Registration and Online Submissions for Auditions Are Open For 2025!
2025 Season Information
First Rehearsal: May 6th, 2025
First Preview: May 29th, 2025
Opening: May 31st, 2025
Closing: August 23rd, 2025
Shared Housing Available
Performer Salary starting at $275/wk
Crew/Technician Salary starting at $400/wk
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In Person Audition Dates
January 23rd, 2025: Native American Auditions at the Catawba Nation (Rock Hill, SC)
March 1st, 2025: Local Auditions in Manteo, NC
March 3rd, 2025: Native American Auditions in Pembroke, NC
March 19th-23rd, 2025: Auditions at the Southeastern Theatre Conference (Baltimore, MD)
Questions about auditions? Contact The Lost Colony offices at 252-473-2127 or email mgabbard@thelostcolony.org.
Cast Breakdown
Note: All Native American roles with be cast with Indigenous performers.
STORYTELLER – Principal
(Older Indigenous female identifying actor) The elder who knows all the stories of the land and provides the connection with the present and the past.
JOHN BORDEN – Principal
(Young male identifying actor) Farmhand and hired laborer who rises in prominence and importance in the new colony because of his leadership skills. Extraordinary sword fighter.
ANANIAS DARE – Principal
(Young male identifying actor) Educated young soldier who is quick to put aside the gentleman’s life to learn the ways of the New World. Extraordinary sword fighter.
GOVERNOR JOHN WHITE – Principal
(Older male identifying actor) English colonial governor, explorer, artist and cartographer who will do anything for his daughter and granddaughter.
SIMON FERNANDO – Principal
(Male identifying actor) Spanish navigator and sometime pirate. Hot-tempered and spirited. Extraordinary sword fighter. Fast, quick on his feet.
MANTEO – Principal
(Young Indigenous male identifying actor) A Native American Croatoan, the chief of the tribe that befriends the colonists. Helps the colonists navigate their way through the New World.
WANCHESE – Principal
(Young Indigenous male identifying actor) The last known ruler of the Roanoke Native American tribe. Wanchese breaks from the colonists when they incite tribal violence.
ELEANOR DARE – Principal
(Young female identifying actor) Head-strong, spirited and strong-willed. Able to keep pace with the men. Quick to speak the truth.
QUEEN ELIZABETH – Principal
Older female identifying actor) Regal, wise, and does not suffer fools gladly.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH – Ensemble
(Older male identifying actor) English landed gentleman, soldier, politician and explorer with a dream to establish the first English colony in the New World.
OLD TOM – Principal
(Male identifying actor) The Falstaff of the New World, hard-drinking ne’er-do-well with a big heart.
Other speaking ensemble roles available.
ENSEMBLE:
Seeking performers of Native American Descent of all ages, including Pow Wow Dancers (Fancy, Grass, Traditional, Jingle, etc.), Hoop Dancers.
Seeking singers, actors, dancers of all ages (any ethnicity) to portray colonists, British soldiers, members of the Royal Court. Puppetry skills a plus. Also, fire dancers.
FIRE DANCER:
Seeking performers who work with fire, including fire dancers.