Audition Notice for Penelope Versus the Aliens by Chris Bullough and Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull
Directed by Nikki Loach

Preliminary Rehearsal and Show Dates
Rehearsal Dates: (12 days) March 22 – April 4, 2027
Tour Dates: (5 weeks) April 5 – May 9, 2027
Calgary Public Presentation Dates: (3 shows) Fri April 16 at 7:00 pm, Sat April 17 at 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm
Hold Over Dates: (1 week) May 10 – 16, 2027

Role: ACTOR 2-Marcia/Mom/Dog/Edna/Alien Any age, adult female presenting
• Marcia: Channel 4 Television News Anchor.
• Mom: Alice. A 1950’s era wife and mother.
• Dog: German Shepard who lives next door.
• Edna: An old vaudevillian worm who, along with Marty, is working on an act for a TV variety show.
• Alien: Brad a child Alien lost on earth.

Submission Information
Please send an electronic resume, and headshot to Artistic Director Nikki Loach at artistic-director@questtheatre.org.
Please make the subject heading: Penelope vs the Aliens Submissions 2026

The DEADLINE for submissions is Monday, August 10th, at 5:00 pm.

Auditions will take place in-person on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026. Candidates will be granted an audition based on their submission material and will be asked to prepare the following:
1. Audition sides supplied by Quest Theatre when given an audition slot.
2. A song, no longer than 2 minutes in length, to be sung acapella or with a recorded track on your phone.
We will not have an accompanist.

Submissions are open to Equity and Non-Equity artists. We are currently only considering submissions from Calgary based artists. As Quest Theatre is a professional touring company, artists must perform during the day and cannot be enrolled as full or part-time students as of January 2027.