The School of Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College announces auditions for, "Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea," by Julia Izumi. Auditions will take place from 6:00pm - 9:00pm on November 18th & 19th in the Murphy Theatre on the Tri-C Metro Campus.

All Tri-C students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to audition. You do not have to be a currently enrolled student to participate! All roles are unpaid.

The Tri-C School of Creative Arts is committed to promoting diversity in the casting of roles where race, ethnicity, gender, age and the presence or absence of a disability is not absolutely essential to the development of the play or character.

How to Audition:

Cold Read from the Script

Excerpts from the script are available via email.

Share a Story!

Tell us briefly about one of your favorite fairytales

Optional: Showcase a Special Skill!

Play an instrument? Sing? Tumble? Whistle? Share it with us!

Sign up on the “SignUp Genius,” website for a 5-minute audition slot. Some actors may be asked to stay.

Link Here: https://tinyurl.com/322e67ky

If you are unavailable to attend in-person auditions, please contact the email below for self-tape submission instructions!

Sometime the Rain, Sometimes the Sea

Written by Julia Izumi

Directed by Ricky Quintana

Performances: February 27, 28, March 5, 6, 7, 2026 at 7:30pm; March 1 @ 2:00pm. March 4 @ 10:00am

Rehearsals start on: January 13^th, 2026. Rehearsals will be Monday – Thursday evenings, weekend afternoons depending on cast availability.

Synopsis: The Little Mermaid is Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved and well-known fairy tale, which is why it’s not the story our friend, Dolan, is going to tell you today. No, he’s going to tell you the story about a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human. They are not the same story at all, he swears. This playful, quirky, loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid, about a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human, unpacks some personal history about Hans Christian Andersen.

ROLES AVAILABLE:

RAIN CLOUD (pronounced like 🌧🌧)

No age / A rain cloud, then a female human

BESSIE (pronounced like 🐄🐄?)

Age unknown / A cow? A sea witch? A human? A dream?

RALMOND (pronounced like “almond” with an R in front)

28, then no age/ A male human, then a rain cloud

MIDI (pronounced like “mini” but with a D in the middle)

29 / A female human

EDVARD (pronounced like “Edward” with a V in the middle)

Just Old Enough to Marry / A royal male human

INA (pronounced like “I? Nah.”)

Old Enough to Marry / A secretly royal female human

DOLAN (pronounced like “Dole Whip” except instead of “whip” you say “an”)

Timeless / Hans Christian Andersen

LITTLE ONE (NOT pronounced like “mermaid”)

Little / A female hero and storyteller

QUESTIONS? Contact Director, Ricky Quintana: ricky.quintana@tri-c.edu or (216) 987- 4535