convergence-continuum announces auditions for: 

The Secret in the Wings

directed by Anne McEvoy

Sunday, August 17th 6:30 - 9pm

Monday, August 18th 7-10pm

PLAY DESCRIPTION:

Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery against her signature wit and humor. The framing story features a child and the frightening babysitter with whom her parents leave her. As the babysitter reads from a book, the characters in each of the tales materialize, with each tale averting disaster just as it looms to give way to the next one. As in Zimmerman’s other productions, here she also offers opportunity for creative costumes, props, sets, and lighting, creating images and feelings that render the fairy tales in all their elemental and enduring power. Like the very best of the genre, children may enjoy Zimmerman’s fairy tales, but it is adults who will find them the most evocative, fulfilling and visionary.

Available Roles:

• “Opening: Left in the Forest”
  MOTHER
  FATHER
  HEIDI
  MR. FITZPATRICK (TONY)
  “The Three Snake Leaves”
  SNAKE-LEAVES PRINCESS
  THREE SINGERS
  BOY
  SEA CAPTAIN
  BOY’S SERVANT
  FATHER OF SNAKE-LEAVES PRINCESS
  “The Three Blind Queens”
  THREE PRINCES
  THREE QUEENS
  AMBASSADOR
  NURSEMAID
  SON OF THE THIRD BLIND QUEEN
  “Stolen Pennies”
  CHILD
  PAPA
  MAMA
  OTHER CHILDREN
  STRANGER
  “Allerleira”
  TWO MEN
  ALLERLEIRA
  ALLERLEIRA’S COMPANIONS (LAURA, LOUISE, AND HEIDI)
  ALLERLEIRA’S FATHER
  ALLERLEIRA’S FATHER’S ATTENDANT
  KING
  SECOND KING
  KING’S ATTENDANT
  
  “The Princess Who Wouldn’t Laugh”
  ROYAL DANCING COUPLES
  PRINCESS WHO WON’T LAUGH
  FATHER OF THE PRINCESS
  THREE SUITORS
  THREE LADIES-IN-WAITING
  “Seven Swans, or Silent for Seven Years”
  FATHER OF SEVEN SONS
  SONS
  DAUGHTER
  ANDREW
  KING OF SILENT FOR SEVEN YEARS
  EVIL MOTHER

This play consists of different combinations of actors per scene, and may be cast in a variety of combinations.

Please arrive early to fill out an audition form and bring any conflicts which you may have.

Auditions will consist of readings from the scripts.

All roles are compensated with a $400 stipend.

Production Dates are Friday December 5th through Saturday December 20th, 2025 (Shows Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 PM, and  Sunday performances at 3PM).

For more information please contact amcevoy13@gmail.com