Audition for Bark Park!

Mar 22

Bark Park

A Comedy from Two Perspectives • Written and Directed by Jim Dalglish • Jennifer Kangas, associate director

Bark Park is a collection of two one-act plays set in a dog run in New York's Central Park. Part One follows a driven newcomer and the self-appointed mayor of the Strawberry Fields dog run — strangers drawn together by a border collie who refuses to follow anyone's rules.

Part Two gives the dogs their own voice: two canine companions who escape, follow the wild ones north, and discover what freedom actually costs.

The play received its world premiere at Cotuit Center for the Arts in 2014, and was named one of the Cape Cod Times' favorite productions of the year.

Auditions…

Online auditions (via Zoom) will be held:

April 7 - 9 (Tues - Thurs) from 6pm - 9pm
April 11 & 12 (Sat & Sun) from Noon - 6pm.

Casting…

All four roles are double cast. Each role will be played by two actors — one production per night, with a different casting configuration each performance. Each actor performs in half of the total performances.

Actors of any gender — male, female, or nonbinary — are encouraged to audition for any role. The names and pronouns shift with the casting, but the characters themselves do not change.

Roles for Part One…

Mia / Milo

Late twenties to early thirties. Any gender.
Beautiful and relentlessly ambitious, this character arrives in New York armed with a Stanford MBA, a tech startup, and absolute certainty that the city will bend to their will. Their real education begins in a dog run, courtesy of a border collie puppy who refuses to cooperate.

Mike / Mickie

Any age. Any gender.
The self-appointed Mayor of the Strawberry Fields dog run — twenty years a New Yorker, generous to strangers, and quietly private about everything that matters. They have failed at many things and are largely at peace with that. Well… not entirely.

Roles for Part Two…

These roles may be performed by the same actors from Part One.

Truman

Any gender.
Tall and commanding, with a quiet watchful presence and deep soulful eyes. Loyal, stoic, and living — without quite knowing it — someone else's idea of a good life. When the wild ones appear on the other side of the fence, everything changes.

Jimmy

Any gender.
Smaller and quicker than Truman, with a tenacious wit and an irrepressible instinct for chaos. Braver than he looks, funnier than he means to be. His courage, when it arrives, costs him everything. He doesn't regret it.

Venues and Dates

Cotuit Center for the Arts
(Vivian and Morton Sigel Black Box Theater)
4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA 02635.
August 12 - 30 (Thurs - Sat at 7:00pm, Sunday at 4pm)

The Academy of Performing Arts
(Main Performance Venues)
120 Main Street, Orleans, MA, 02653
September 3, - 6 (Thurs - Sat at 7:00pm, Sunday at 4pm)

Additional Venue
(Not yet confirmed • Dates and times to be provided after venue confirmation)

Rehearsals

Rehearsals begin June 2026. Schedules will be built around the cast. Actors should be available through the final performance in September. We will be finding rehearsal locations that are convenient for the cast.

Non-Equity

Due to budgetary considerations, Helltown Players will not be casting Equity actors for this production.

Compensation

$200 per actor per role for the total run of the show. Actor’s Box Proceeds split equally among cast.

How to Audition…

Visit this Google folder to find the plays scripts, play descriptions, character breakdowns, and audition slides (the scripts we will be using to audition each role):
Bark Park Script & Audition Sides > >
Complete this Google form to indicate your interest in auditioning for the show:
Bark Park Audition Form > >
The form will allow you to upload your actor bio, indicate the roles you are interested in playing, and choose dates and times you can audition. The form will explain how it all will work.
Auditions will be conducted via Zoom • April 7 - 9 (Tues - Thurs) from 6pm - 9pm and April 11 & 12 (Sat & Sun) from Noon - 6pm.