Local AEA & Non-Union Auditions | Ten Brave Seconds
PTC Announces Local AEA and Non-Union Auditions for Ten Brave Seconds
Ten Brave Seconds
Music & Lyrics by Will Van Dyke
Book & Lyrics by Jeff Talbott
Directed by Ellie Heyman
Music Direction by Patrick Sulken
December 29, 2025 – January 30, 2026 (Rehearsals)
January 30 – February 14, 2026 (Performances)
Mike is having a very big day. He’s been holding onto a secret for awhile, and today his secret is totally coming out. It’s also a big day for the country – huge decisions are being made all over, and at the center of it is one family teetering on the brink of…everything. Ten Brave Seconds is a bright and vital new musical, infused with infectious pop melodies and rooted in a big-hearted examination of one day in the life of a kid, a family, and a community stepping bravely from the dark unknown into the daylight together.
PTC Rehearsals Run:
Monday – Saturday: Up to eight hours daily (with a break) between the hours of 10:00AM and 8:00PM
Additional hours will be added for Technical Rehearsals beginning January 23.
This audition is for local Actors only. Out of town actors may submit to Casting By Them for New York auditions held September 15 – 18.
Audition Information
- Actors must audition in-person, Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
- 12:00-4:00 PM
Call backs are by invitation only and will be held in-person, Thursday, September 11, 2025. Times: TBA.
- 12:00-4:00 PM
Audition Location
Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre
300 South 1400 East, Room 245
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- To audition for a specific role or voice part, please use the sides provided below. Please also prepare your own brief selection from acontemporary musical theatre song that can show vocal range and personality, if asked. An accompanist will be provided. Bring your own music as well as a headshot & resume.
Audition Sign-Up
Sign-up opens Tuesday, September 2 at 9:00 AM.
(Because an Equity Principal Audition has already been provided for the 2025-26 Season, a dedicated AEA hour is not required.)
Cast Breakdown for Ten Brave Seconds
All roles listed in character breakdown below are available, unless otherwise noted.
Pioneer Theatre Company is seeking all races, ethnicities, body types, gender identities, actors with disabilities, and actors of all ages for roles in this production.
In reference to the character descriptions below- most characters we encounter currently are written with man/woman, he/him, or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following descriptions. However, limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.
While the musical involves 16 year-olds, we are seeking skilled and nuanced actors over the age of 18 who can play/look 16 years of age.
MIKE: (Male identifying, 18+ to play 16) A bright kid who has always been good at not rocking the boat, or at least he was until his mother died unexpectedly. It’s been almost two years, and even though the surface waters seem calm, he’s about to come out and make a lot of waves.
CARL: (Male identifying, late 30s) Mike’s dad. He’s a good man doing his best, but before he could help his family adjust to the failure of his marriage, his soon-to-be-ex-wife died suddenly. Now all he feels is unresolved grief and a fairly sure sense that he is messing it all up.
*BECKY: (Female identifying, 14) Mike’s sister. Against all the odds, she’s become the one thing in her family that is slightly stable. She has processed her grief remarkably, but it’s come at a cost: she is exhausted from being the most mature person in her family while still being 14. (*PLEASE SEE PRE-SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS ROLE*)
GABBY: (Female identifying, 18+ to play 16) Mike’s best friend. A sometimes-social misfit who is also a smart young woman. She currently feels pretty not-so-smart because she’s all too aware that she has fallen in love with her best friend. And unbeknownst to her, the information she’s about to get today will kill that dream forever.
TIM: (Male identifying, 18+ to play 16) Mike’s new friend. The new kid in school, an easy-going guy who prefers to keep his life drama-free. But now he’s in Mike’s gravitational field, and drama is coming.
MR. G.: (Male identifying, 50s) Mike’s history teacher. The teacher you remember for the rest of your life. He’s kind but also tough and unsentimental. He knows something’s up with Mike, but he’s waiting for Mike to tell him.
TEEN ENSEMBLE: A multitalented ensemble to portray Mike’s High School classmates but also function as psychological back-up for him when he sings.
