Halloween Haunted Trail
(an outdoor experience)
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Auditions
Saturday September 9th at 2:00-4:30pm
OR
Monday September 11th at 6:30-8:30pm
At
Matthews Playhouse
Matthews Community Center
100 E McDowell Street
Matthews, NC 28105
Performances
October 27-29, 2023
Not So Spooky Hours: 5:30-6:30pm
Regular Scare Hours: 7:00-10:00pm
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Please submit an audition form AND sign up for an audition slot using these links.
You will need to complete BOTH parts below in order to audition.
AND
Note: You will have the opportunity to attach an optional resume and/or headshot with the audition form.
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We are not accepting any physical form submissions, only forms submitted through the website.
We are looking for:
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Adults, teenagers, and young people 12 and up (*see requirements below)
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Trail guides, scare actors, and wandering actors
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Auditions will consist of cold readings from scary stories, creature movement, vocal demonstrations, and some improv activities. Actors will only need to attend one day of auditions.
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This year’s theme is “Brothers Grimm”; actors who are cast as scare actors will be assigned to a site based on a fairy tale and given a role. Trail guides will have more flexibility with creating their own character [within the given parameters]. Wandering actors will interact more with patrons on the front of house side
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Rehearsals will typically take place on Monday & Wednesday evenings and Saturday
afternoons. Not all actors will be called to every rehearsal. -
Actors must be available to participate for all three (3) event nights.
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*Due to the nature of the trail, the following age requirements are in place:
-Actors must be 16 years or older to audition as a trail guide
-Actors must be 13 years or older to audition as a scare actor or wandering actor, or 12 years
old with a parent participating as a volunteer during event nights.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an outdoor production, which will take place on a natural greenway
trail. Actors may be exposed to uneven walking/performance surfaces, dim, dark or strobe
lighting, plant and animal life, weather and temperature changes, haze, fog, stage blood, etc.
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