AUDITIONS SET FOR KUMU KAHUA’S PRODUCTION OF The Magic of Polly Amnesia by Tony Pisculli

AUDITIONS SET FOR KUMU KAHUA’S PRODUCTION OF

The Magic of Polly Amnesia

by Tony Pisculli

directed by Tony Pisculli

Saturday April 27th at 2pm - 5pm
Monday April 29th at 6pm - 9pm
at Kumu Kahua Theatre 
46 Merchant Street Honolulu, HI 96813

Because of the unique and extensive demands of the role of Polly—who will perform a full hour of stage magic, in character—auditions will be held well in advance of the production, and the role will be double cast. Rehearsals will begin in May, with 1-2 hours/week to learn magic, followed by a regular rehearsal period in 2025

We have yet to announce our full 54th season; stay tuned for more information on Kumu Kahua Theatreʻs 2025-2025 mainstage productions, coming soon.

WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street

WHEN: Saturday April 27th- 2-5pm and Monday April 29th, 2024

Performances will be from March 27th - April 27th 2025, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:00 pm, Sundays at 1:00 pm. Due to Easter Sunday, there will be one Saturday afternoon performance on April 19th, 2025. There is the possibility of added performances.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and simple magic tricks. Sides will be provided. Actors can prepare a monologue from the script if they desire to but it is not required also actors can prepare a simple magic trick, but it is not required

Please note any conflicts on audition form.

Script Synopsis:

Polly Amnesia—orphan, magician, punk—takes the stage for her one-woman magic show. Throughout her act, she attempts to sort hope from delusion, dreams from bullshit and true magic from trickery as she recounts her quixotic quest to solve the mystery of her own identity and the family that abandoned her. But in tonight’s performance, something is going terribly wrong ...

Director Tony Pisculli is looking for actors to play the following roles. 

POLLY AMNESIA- A mixed-race, queer woman in her 20s. (Two women will be cast in this role)

BEARY MUCH- Polly’s stuffed bear, loved almost to rags. He speaks with the voice of a young girl.

[DAVE] THE TECH- Any age, race or gender. Change name to suit. Has a few lines but also runs tech for the show.

LISSA THE STAGEHAND- A queer woman within a few years of Polly’s age. Secretly in love with Polly.

 You can read the script by Clicking Here

Call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office 536-4222 or email officemanager@kumukahua.org  if you need more information.

Tony Pisculli is a writer, director and former improviser (which he prefers to think of as “writing on your feet” as opposed to “acting without a script”). With Stephanie Keiko Kong, he wrote #haoleboyfriend for Kumu Kahua Theatre and Enigma for TAG—The Actors’ Group. He previously wrote the one-act plays Life Among Shadows, The Eternal Champion, Small Gods and Dashiell Hamlett: The Blue Dane Meets the Black Bird (Earle Ernst) and scenarios for the original commedias Guano dell’Amore; Duck, Duck, Scrooge; and Dromio and Juliet. His short stories have been published in The Arcanist, The Vampire Connoisseur, Grievous Angel and Daily Science Fiction.

Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by The Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, the NME Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, the Island Insurance Foundation, The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi, The AAPI Community Fund, The Richard Aadland Fund, The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The John R. Halligan Charitable Fund, Spectrum/Charter Communications, ABC Stores, the Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund, Hawaiʻi Public Radio, H. Hawaii Media, Simply Storage, Vacations Hawaiʻi, Zippy’s Restaurants, Highway Inn, Generations Magazine, CVS/Longs Drugs, HMSA, Hawaiian Electric, MonkeyPod, and other foundations, businesses, and loyal patrons.