Boderlands Theater 40th Season General Auditions
General Auditions for Borderlands Theater’s 2026-2027 40th Anniversary season take place May 9 & 10. Sign up now for Community Wide General Auditions which also include the following theaters: Arts Express, Live Theatre Workshop, Invisible Theatre, Saguaro City Music Theatre, The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre & Winding Road Theater Ensemble. Click below for details and the audition registration link.
Casting for Borderlands Theater 2026-2027 40th Anniversary Season:
Barrio Stories – A 10 Year Retrospective / festival-drama
November 12 – 16, 2026
First Rehearsal: September 21, 2026
After 10 years and four Barrio Stories Festivals, Borderlands Theater presents the Barrio Stories greatest hits: a dozen short plays – based on collected oral histories – tell the story of Tucson’s oldest Barrios; a theater festival where the audience walks through the world of the play, as memories and the past come to life all around them.
Cast:
Looking for actors of all backgrounds and ages to play characters from the diverse communities that intersected in Tucson’s barrios. Most actors will be cast in multiple vignettes/roles.
Blame of Thrones / melodrama-musical
By Jonathan Heras
January 28 – 31, 2027
First Rehearsal: January 4, 2027
Telenovela-level melodrama. The realm is buzzing with whispers of treachery, deception, and who poisoned El Pinche wine and killed Juan Snow. Diverse casting. 3M, 2F, 1 non-gender specific
- Tinyon Cannister – 20s-40s
- Cursy Cannister/Jaime Cannister – 20s-40s
- Kaleesee of Dragons – 20s
- A-Mountain/Priest/White Walken – any age
- Juan Snow – 20s-30s
- Wildthing – any age
A Drunkard’s Tale of Melted Wings and Memories / drama
By Silviana Wood
April 1 – 18, 2027
First Rehearsal: February 6, 2027
Set in 1970s Barrio Hollywood, Nacho “el Borracho” Robles, is a paralyzed WWII vet, haunted by the ghosts of the past. His goddaughter, Roshanda, and a young generation of Chicano activists work to build a community center, but neither past nor present are what they seem. A Chicano mythology filled with barrio archetypes, and inspired by historical events. 4M, 4W
- Nacho ‘el borracho’ Robles – Male 55, Mexican-American
- Watusi – Male, 20s, Mexican-American, Nacho’s best friend
- Artemisa – Female, early 20s, Mexican-American, Nacho’s sweetheart when they were young
- Helen Encinas – Female, late 40s, Mexican American; A faded barrio rose.
- Catungas – Male, early 20s, Mexican-American, Watusi’s son
- Roshanda – Female, early 20s, Mexican-American, Nacho’s goddaughter. An activist.
- Hector – Male, 20s, Mexican-American, Roshanda’s husband
- Moonbeam – Female, 20s, Caucasian or Mexican-American, a California hippy