06/18/2026
Auditions
PAID!
ThreePenny Theatre is now accepting auditions for our next production!
Auditions:
We will be accepting video auditions, and in person auditions upon request.
Auditions are due Wednesday July 1st.
Please send auditions to [email protected].
Callbacks 7/7 6-8 pm (let us know if you are available. Unavailable actors will still be considered.)
Please prepare one of the monologues from the show, character bios in doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FuVEhOQMSvD9mTqL_g_ln27ta0fvTXsYBpypXur6G4s/edit?usp=sharing
Actors of all backgrounds, abilities, and gender identities are encouraged to audition. If you have a disability and need accommodation please reach out. None of these roles should be taken too literally, and identity diversity is encouraged.
Every actor aside from Pavel/Nero will be playing multiple roles.
Roles:
Pavel/Nero (double cast role)
Marie/Sporus (double cast role)
Freidrich/Poppae (double cast role)
Jester 1/2/3
Timeline:
Rehearsals will begin July 13th.
A concrete schedule will be constructed after casting based upon director/actor availability.
Performances will be September 4th-13th at the Alliance Theater (Fri, Sat, Sun)
About the Play:
This is the World Premier of The Death of Nero. A play written in 1929 but never saw production due to the inherently homos*xual and anti authoritarian themes and messages.
The play is split into two realities, the contemporary real world of Pavel which exists in the year 1919 in Rome and a flashback to 1914 in Saratov. The other reality is Rome during Nero’s lifetime, however, that reality is never real.
We will be building what this play will look like as a creative team, with curiosity and playfulness.
Please note that we will be exploring all types of gender expression through Drag. The show has moments of intimacy such as kissing between Pavel and Marie, Sado-Masochist themes, implied violence towards a pregnant Pompae, and a simulated s*x scene between Nero and Servilius, no nudity. These scenes will be directed with an intimacy coordinator. Trigger warnings include violence toward a pregnant woman, infanticide, s*x, murder.
Script available upon request.
