San Leandro Players is excited to announce auditions for our Fall 2025 production of
Thunder Rock
By Robert Ardrey; directed by Daniel Dickinson.
On the eve of World War II, a man seeks solace in a lighthouse on Lake Michigan as he flees the world and its problems. When all looks darkest, a collection of ghostly figures help him find the strength and courage to rejoin the world of the living. This play's determined message is uniquely relevant for today.
Auditions:
7pm Tuesday August 26 and Wednesday August 27, 2025 (August 28th callbacks, if necessary). No appointment necessary—if interested, please contact Daniel Dickinson at danielrdickinson@gmail.com
Non-AEA, no pay; all ethnicities and ages encouraged. Open to casting against type, age, and gender. All ages are suggestions.
Where:
At the San Leandro Museum/Auditorium 320 West Estudillo Ave, San Leandro (next to the historic Casa Peralta and 2 blocks east of the San Leandro BART Station).
Rehearsals:
From September 2 to October 23 (Monday thru Thursday 7-9 pm September 2 through October 16, and 7-9:30pm October 20 through October 23), plus October 24 (dress rehearsal).
Performances:
October 25 thru November 23; Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm PLUS Fridays at 8pm November 14 and 21.
Characters (suggested ages):
Be advised that the roles of DAVID CHARLESTON, DR. STEFAN KURTZ, and MISS KIRBY are pre-cast.
AVAILABLE ROLES
STREETER -- the Lighthouse Service supply plane pilot. He's been a knockabout professional flyer for many years. He's reticent, observant, the kind of man who shares his experiences with others, but not his thoughts. American (30s).
NONNY -- helper on the supply plane, is just a kid, about seventeen. If Nonny were the only man on Earth, he would still be a little bit confused. American (17-20).
INSPECTOR FLANNING -- the superior officer in this division of the Lighthouse Service. Ruddy, healthy, essentially cheerful. He's a man who draws all his pleasure from human contact, but he's stuck in an impersonal job. American (50s-60s).
CAPTAIN JOSHUA STUART -- as first visualized, he is the strictly romantic concept of a sea captain. He is ageless, bluff, cheery. But as he more and more takes on the role of the lead character's conscience, he becomes resolute, driving, almost menacing. English or Scottish accent (50s-70s).
BRIGGS -- is a lower-class workingman. At first a comic strutting figure, but after his re-conception he is pale, drawn, sickly, beaten yet pathetically hopeful. Cockney, Yorkshire, or Irish accent (40s-50s).
MELANIE KURTZ -- the daughter of Stefan and Anne Marie, is young, lovely, at first merely tempestuous and quarrelsome. After her re-conception, she becomes the more dignified figure of a rebel who cannot rebel. Light Austrian/German accent (20s).
ANNE MARIE KURTZ -- Stefan's French-born wife, seems at first merely a superficial fluttery mindless mother. She too becomes quieter with her re-conception, and turns into a sympathetic figure pathetically determined to cling to the grace and beauty of a world she will never see again. Light French accent 50s-60s.
CASSIDY -- the relief man brought to take over the lead character's post, is a spare, sardonic man with a certain austerity. American (30s).
"Thunder Rock" is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, Inc, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection (www.dramatists.com)
