Auditions - Dog Sees God

Springboro Community Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, directed by Aaron Joseph Brewer.

Auditions will be July 21 and 22 at 7pm, with potential callbacks on July 23.
Performances are September 12-14 & 19-21, 2025.

***Please note: Auditions will not take place at the Springboro Performing Arts Center, but an alternate location to be announced at a later time. Please check back for updates!

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

About the Show:
An “unauthorized continuation,” the play reimagines classic comic strip characters as teenagers dealing with their own issues. When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any kind of solace. But a chance meeting with the artistic kid, the object of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that is both haunting and hopeful.

***Please note: The script contains adult content, language, and themes. Auditioners must be over the age of 16. Anyone under 18 will require parental permission to audition.

Available Roles (all characters are high school age, auditioners should be able to convincingly portray this age range):

CB: the titular blockhead and the main character in the play. He is intensely saddened over the death of his dog and is forced to question both his sexuality and his social status when he unwittingly falls for his classmate Beethoven.
Beethoven: the pianist who became the school outcast prior to events in the play. A bit of a recluse, Beethoven takes solace in playing the piano, but when he and CB become romantically involved, his world is turned upside down.
CB’s Sister: the little sister who has gone Goth, at least for a portion of the play, with a crush on Beethoven. She is in the midst of "an eternal identity crisis," often trying on bold and fringe personalities and philosophies, from wiccan to punk to pirate throughout the course of the show.
Van: the former philosopher turned stoner, with a worldview to match. He numbs his frequently intellectual and thoughtful mind with marijuana and as a result is often depicted as the least connected and emotionally unaffected throughout the events of the play.
Matt: the boy always covered in dirt in childhood is now a pathological germaphobe whose dirtiness has been internalized – he is sex-obsessed, homophobic, and terrorizes Beethoven mercilessly. He is CB’s best friend.
Tricia: the former tomboy turned party girl, who professes herself to be “pretty” and “popular”. She is deeply image obsessed. Her own delusions and desperation to be perceived as "pretty" and "popular" becomes more and more transparent over the course of the play.
Marcy: still a follower and Tricia’s sidekick, now a party girl. The intellect she held in her youth has been seemingly neglected and pushed aside to make room for more important things like boys and booze.
Van’s Sister: the therapist turned patient. She has been institutionalized for setting the Little Red-Haired Girl’s hair on fire. CB's on-again, off-again girlfriend before being taken away, she serves as his moral confidante and guides him as he attempts to break his status quo.