Open audition notice for Campaigns, Inc.
A new play by native Daytonian Will Allan

Auditions will be held Mon & Tue, Aug 26 & 27, 2024, starting at 7:00 pm both nights.
Production dates: Oct 11-20, 2024

Directed by K.L.Storer
Produced by Debra Kent

A comedic docudrama based on the actual first American political consulting firm, formed by Leone Baxter and Clem Whitaker, Campaigns, Inc. is a behind‐the‐scenes look at orchestrated political dirty tricks executed through what may be the original “fake news” strategy. With dark humor, the play examines Baxter and Whitaker’s propaganda machine that sabotages novelist Upton Sinclair’s 1934 bid to become the first Democratic governor of California.

Casting Requirements:

• Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
• *(Access to audition sides will posted by late July)
• A résumé and headshot are not required but are appreciated.
• Please provide a list of all known conflicts between Aug 28 & Oct 20, 2024.

  • Leone Baxter: 28, Female
  • Clem Whitaker: 31, Male
  • Frank Merriam: 69, Male
  • George Hatfield: 46, Male
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 51, Male
  • Eleanor Roosevelt: 50, Female

*DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
> The ages listed are those the actors can play successfully, not necessarily the actors’ actual ages.

> The following roles will be played by actors in multiples of them. The script suggests the roles be played by the actors playing FDR and Eleanor, but the casting of these roles MAY be altered somewhat, adding to the cast.

  • Louis B. Mayer (male)
  • Kyle Palmer (male)
  • Ty Cobb (male)
  • Reporter (female)
  • Photographer (male)
  • Douglas Fairbanks (male)
  • Mary Pickford (female)
  • Waitress (female)

*Due to preproduction needs, the following roles are precast:

  • Upton Sinclair
  • Charlie Chaplin

For more information, please contact Director K.L.Storer.