Asylum productions are Launching our Witch Hunt!
This is an Open Casting Call for Community Actors for our forthcoming production
The Alice Project
for Kilkenny Arts Festival 2025.
Availability for weekend and evening rehearsals in Late July,
and daytime performance dates between 7th and 16th August is essential.
Please note: these are non-professional roles for community actors/citizen performers. Casting will be by open audition, and all applicants will be given equal consideration, regardless of experience, and or past work with us.
Asylum believes in a diverse and colourful creative environment. We very much welcome applications from non-binary and trans performers, people from ethnic and cultural minorities, people with a disability/disabled actors.
If any of the below roles interest you please contact joe@asylumtheatre.com with a short paragraph about yourself and a selfie and we’ll respond with a date and time for your audition.
Roles:
Female
Alice Kyteler: the eponymous so-called witch–playing age, late 40’s, early 50’s.
(note: shared role)
Petronella De Meath – Alice’s maid servant, and ultimate 1st victim of witch burning in Ireland. (note: shared role - this role will not require actual burning).
Bascillia De Meath: - daughter of Petronella - playing age 12 (note: shared role)