AUDITIONS – Frankie Builds Androids

FRANKIE BUILDS ANDROIDS is presented through special arrangement with Beat by Beat Press (bbbpress.com)

Jess Diamond, Director; Emily Rentoul, Musical Director; and Kat Thompson, Choreographer.

Varied cast roles available.

Ages 8 – 12

Come along to one of our workshops to see if this is for you.  We welcome new and experienced performers.

Meet Frankie, a brilliant but socially awkward student who can’t seem to connect with her classmates. When a group project goes awry, Frankie devises an unconventional solution: she replaces all her classmates with android replicas, each programmed to correct their flaws. What follows is a hilarious and unexpected string of events that challenges Frankie’s ideas of belonging and perfection.

Featuring a modern synth-pop score, this sci-fi musical comedy explores the ways we build narratives around one another and how a community where everyone is exactly the same is not a community at all.

FRANKIE: A socially awkward genius. Struggles to make friends, except for the friends that she literally makes.
AVERY: Frankie’s best friend. Very smart, more socially confident than Frankie. Wants to explore new interests.
“The Pointers”: The robots Frankie built when she was younger. Her sidekicks.
1.0: Very excitable.
2.0: Very nervous.
3.0: Very wise.

Student Council:
SAWYER: Running for Student Council President. Very precise and punctual.
EMERSON: Running for Student Council President. Willing to do whatever he needs to in order to succeed.
ASHER: Running for Student Council Vice President as Emerson’s running-mate. Rarely gets a word in.

Improv Club:
FINN: Captain of the improv club. Happy to point out that improv takes a LOT of hard work.
POLLY: Firmly believes improv is NOT a contact sport.
KAI: As an android, she sings about how her “dancing is shoddy.”
CAM: Extremely agreeable (“Yeah, yeah, yeah!”).
ASPEN: As an android, he sings about auditioning for a role, but “lacking soul.”

BRYN: More than happy to explain the #1 rule of improv club (“yes, and”).
IMPROV ENSEMBLE: Additional members of the improv club.

Ultimate Frisbee Club (UFC):
TURBINE: Captain. Also one of the leaders of the android revolution. Always down to teach others a thing or two about ultimate frisbee.
CYCLONE: UFC Teammate. One of the leaders of the android revolution. His favorite word is “word.”
STORM: UFC Teammate. One of the leaders of the android revolution. Believes any issue can be solved by “tossing it out.”
GALE: UFC Teammate. Offended that anyone would consider ultimate frisbee “silly.”
ZEPHYR: UFC Teammate. Offended that anyone would call ultimate frisbee “a game.”
TEMPEST: UFC Teammate. Offended that anyone would confuse ultimate frisbee with disc golf.
UFC ENSEMBLE: Additional members of the ultimate frisbee club.

Students:
DEVON: A student who hasn’t chosen a particular club. Anxious about participating in school dances.
TREY: A student who hasn’t chosen a particular club. Mistakes Devon for Frankie.

STUDENT ENSEMBLE: Members of the student ensemble in school. Also play COLLEGE STUDENTS in Frankie’s imagination.