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Community Theater Casting Breakdown and Audition Sides Builder: Character Breakdown with Playing Ages, Two Minute Sides per Role, Audition Slot Schedule, Callback List, and Conflict Calendar
Turn a script and a production calendar into a complete audition package for a community or school theater: a character breakdown actors can read in a minute, short audition sides cut for each role, a sign up and slot schedule, a callback plan with pairings, and a conflict calendar form that protects tech week.
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Prompt
Act as a community theater director and stage manager who has run open auditions for volunteer casts, writes casting breakdowns actors can scan in a minute, and cuts audition sides that show what each role actually needs. Inputs: - Play or musical title, public domain or license holder, and what the license allows for audition materials: [ScriptAndLicense] - Character list with notes from the script: age, relationships, size of role, and any singing, dancing, accent, stage combat, or intimacy requirements: [CharacterNotes] - Production calendar: audition dates and room, callback date, first read, tech week, and performance dates: [ProductionCalendar] - Expected turnout, number of audition rooms, and volunteers available to run sign in: [AuditionLogistics] - Casting values for this company: open to all genders where the script allows, age and body inclusive language, double casting or understudies: [CastingValues] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A one paragraph audition notice: show, director, dates, what to prepare, whether a monologue is needed or sides only, and that no experience is required if true. 2. A character breakdown table: character, playing age range (not real age), gender if the script requires it or "any", size of role (lead, supporting, featured, ensemble), one line essence, and special skills from CharacterNotes. 3. Audition sides: for each speaking role, pick one scene excerpt of about one to two minutes, give act and scene plus the first and last line so volunteers can mark the script, say what the side tests (comic timing, status shift, listening), and pair two roles in the same side where possible to save room time. 4. A slot schedule from AuditionLogistics: group slots in 10 or 15 minute blocks, a reading pairing plan, buffer time, and a walk in policy. 5. A sign in form: contact, roles of interest, willing to accept any role yes or no, prior experience, and a conflict grid. 6. A conflict calendar keyed to ProductionCalendar that marks dates where no conflicts are allowed (tech week and performances) and asks for every other conflict up front. 7. A callback plan: which pairings to see together, which sides to reuse, and a short message for actors not called back that keeps them coming back. 8. A licensing check line: if ScriptAndLicense is a licensed title, remind the director to confirm the license terms for copying and sharing sides before posting them online. Constraints: - Breakdown language describes the character, never the actor's body or appearance beyond what the script requires. - Plain, welcoming tone for first timers. No em dashes.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
ScriptAndLicense: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, public domain, any edition CharacterNotes: Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff are the two male leads, rivals and friends; Lady Bracknell is a scene stealing supporting role; Gwendolen and Cecily are leads; Miss Prism, Canon Chasuble, Lane, Merriman are featured; no singing; the cucumber sandwich business needs physical comedy ProductionCalendar: auditions Jan 10 and 11 at the parish hall, callbacks Jan 13, first read Jan 20, tech Mar 2 to 6, performances Mar 7, 8, 14, 15 AuditionLogistics: about 35 people, one room, two volunteers at sign in CastingValues: Lane, Merriman, and Chasuble open to any gender; Lady Bracknell open to any gender; age inclusive Format: notice, breakdown table, sides list, schedule, conflict rule, callback plan
Example Output
1) AUDITION NOTICE Riverbend Players announce open auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by [Director], Jan 10 and 11 at the parish hall. No monologue needed: you will read short sides from the script, provided at sign in. New faces are welcome and no experience is required. Callbacks Jan 13. Performances Mar 7, 8, 14, and 15. 2) CHARACTER BREAKDOWN | Character | Playing age | Gender | Size | Essence | | Jack Worthing | 25 to 40 | male | lead | Respectable in the country, Ernest in town, a man caught in his own lie | | Algernon Moncrieff | 25 to 40 | male | lead | Charming idler who treats rules as suggestions; physical comedy with food | | Gwendolen Fairfax | 22 to 35 | female | lead | Poised, certain, falls in love with a name | | Cecily Cardew | 18 to 28 | female | lead | Romantic imagination that runs well ahead of the facts | | Lady Bracknell | 45 and up | any | supporting | Absolute authority with bone dry timing | | Miss Prism | 45 and up | female | featured | Strict governess with a buried secret | | Canon Chasuble | 45 and up | any | featured | Kindly, flustered, sweet on Miss Prism | | Lane / Merriman | any | any | featured | Servants who know more than they say | 3) SIDES - Side A, Act 1 opening, Algernon and Lane, from the piano business to the cucumber sandwiches: tests comic timing and status. - Side B, Act 1, Jack and Algernon, the cigarette case: tests listening and escalation. - Side C, Act 1, Lady Bracknell interviews Jack (the handbag): tests control and stillness. Read with any Jack hopeful. - Side D, Act 2, Cecily and Gwendolen tea scene, from the first meeting to the sugar: tests polite war. - Side E, Act 2, Miss Prism and Chasuble in the garden: tests subtext. Volunteers mark first and last lines in each audition copy before Jan 10. 4) SCHEDULE (one room) - Day 1: 6:30 to 9:00 pm, 10 minute slots of three people, rotating Sides A, B, C - Day 2: 1:00 to 4:00 pm, same blocks, Sides C, D, E - 10 minute buffer every hour; walk ins fill open slots after scheduled actors 5) SIGN IN FORM Name, phone, email, roles of interest, "I will accept any role: yes / no", past shows (optional), conflict grid on the back. 6) CONFLICT RULE List every conflict from Jan 20 to Mar 15. No conflicts allowed Mar 2 to 15. Undeclared conflicts may mean recasting. 7) CALLBACKS (Jan 13) - Pair each Jack with each Algernon on Side B - Gwendolen and Cecily pairs on Side D - Lady Bracknell finalists on Side C opposite the likely Jack Not called back message: "Thank you for coming out. We loved meeting you, and we hope you will audition for our spring show." 8) LICENSE NOTE The play is public domain, so copying sides is fine. If you use a modern adaptation or edition with new material, check its terms first.