Come Play @DSP

Messenger

by Wendy Lill
directed by Andra Kelly

November 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 2026 at 7:30 pm
November 15, 21, 2026 at 2 pm
Audition August 2026, Details TBA

Characters: Age and gender refer to character; actors must be able to play the character’s age and gender. No accents will be required. Diversity is encouraged.

Kate Stockman (43 and 67)
Thomas Stockton (47), Kate’s husband, Minister of Environment
Peter Stockman (53 and 77), Thomas’s brother, Chief of Staff to PM
Jimmy Hall (38 and 62), reporter
Offstage voices of Newscaster, Production Assistant, Radio Host

Things I Know To Be True

by Andrew Bovell
directed by Phil Ireland

January 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 2027 at 7:30 pm
January 24, 30 at 2 pm
Audition October 2026, Details TBA

Characters: Age and gender refer to character; actors must be able to play the character’s age and gender. No accents will be required. Diversity is encouraged.

Fran, a hospital emergency room nurse
Bob, Fran’s husband, a retrenched auto plant worker
Their children:
Pip (34), an education bureaucrat
Mark/Mia (32), a library IT specialist
Ben (28), a financial services worker
Rosie (19), who does not know who or what she is but is about to find out

A Doll’s House, Part 2

by Lucas Hnath
directed by Shael Risman

March 27, 28, April 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 pm
March 29, April 4 at 2 pm

Audition December 2026, Details TBA

Characters: Age and gender refer to character; actors must be able to play the character’s age and gender. No accents will be required. Diversity is encouraged.

Nora
Torvald
Anne Marie
Emmy

 

It is important to read the plays before auditioning. For more information or to borrow a script for advance reading, please email DSP at dsp@durhamshoestring.org or phone 905-725-9256. If you are interested but not available on the audition dates, please contact DSP.

Auditions are held at the Oshawa Arts Resource Centre, 45 Queen St. There is plenty of free evening and weekend parking.

Auditions are public readings using the script; no monologues or bookings required. No fees and no experience necessary, but you should read the script to determine your interest and suitability. Please plan to stay for the duration of each audition. DSP shows are community theatre so are all non-paying, non-union, volunteer only productions.

Scripts for each season’s shows are made available for loan.

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Please contact us if you’re interested.

905-725-9256 or at dsp@durhamshoestring.org

We’d love to meet you.