AUDITIONS Sometime the Rain, Sometimes the Sea Monday, November 17 th Tuesday, November 18 th 6:00pm-9:00pm Murphy Theatre, Tri-C Metro Campus The Fine Print: All Tri-C students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to audition. 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. Participants agree that by accepting a role or crew assignment that s/he/they will disclose all known scheduling conflicts and will not accept another role, position, or job on or off campus which conflicts with the rehearsal or performance duties of the production (especially critical in the fourteen days before and during performances). 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 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 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