"Keeping Score" - A Broadstage Live Performance
Live Event
Non Union
Jacob Jonas The Company (JJTC), a Los Angeles–based nonprofit, interdisciplinary dance company, is casting for supporting theatrical roles in an upcoming trilogy of new live works premiering at BroadStage in Santa Monica this March. There will also be performances in Scottsdale, Arizona (for the Boy and Grandmother roles but not the Father). The trilogy, titled Keeping Score, brings together dance and physical theater to explore themes of illness, memory, resilience, and recovery, inspired in part by Jacob Jonas’s personal experience. Performed by a cast of 12 professional dancers, the work also incorporates non-dancing performers who contribute to the narrative through presence, simple staging, and character-based action. We are currently seeking three additional performers for featured, non-dancing roles: a young boy, a grandmother, and a father. These roles function as onstage characters who help frame the emotional landscape of the work through observation, timing, and subtle interaction rather than choreography. While Keeping Score contains mature themes portrayed through movement by adult performers, these two supporting roles do not participate in scenes involving physical intimacy or nudity. Mature themes in the work may include portrayals of acts of violence, themes of illness, death, sexuality, and partial nudity.
Roles For This Project
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Live Event
Young Boy (in All Three Works)
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Man
Los Angeles
8 - 11
Non Union
Live Event
Submissions Due:
02/27/2026
Appears in all three works. Age: 8–11 Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Rebellious but quiet, observant presence who serves as a through-line across the trilogy. The role is primarily nonverbal and rooted in natural behavior onstage rather than performance in a theatrical sense. Looking for a child ... [See More]
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Live Event
Grandmother (Appears in Work 1: Product of Divorce)
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Woman
Los Angeles
65 - 85
Non Union
Live Event
Submissions Due:
02/27/2026
Appears in Work 1 – Product of Divorce Age: 65+ Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female A warm, grounded onstage presence who reads and narrates from The Story of Babar to the young boy. This role involves speaking onstage and following structured timing cues aligned with the score and staging. Text wil... [See More]
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Live Event
Father (in Work 3: Restart)
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Man
Los Angeles
45 - 65
Non Union
Live Event
Submissions Due:
02/27/2026
Project: Appears across the Keeping Score trilogy Age: 50+ Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male A strong, grounded male presence who embodies authority, restraint, and emotional depth. This role carries the physical energy of a coach. Someone with quiet command, lived-in strength, and a sense of intern... [See More]
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
02/27/2026
Appears in all three works. Age: 8–11 Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Rebellious but quiet, observant presence who serves as a through-line across the trilogy. The role is primarily nonverbal and rooted in natural behavior onstage rather than performance in a theatrical sense. Looking for a child ... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/27/2026
Appears in Work 1 – Product of Divorce Age: 65+ Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Female A warm, grounded onstage presence who reads and narrates from The Story of Babar to the young boy. This role involves speaking onstage and following structured timing cues aligned with the score and staging. Text wil... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/27/2026
Project: Appears across the Keeping Score trilogy Age: 50+ Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male A strong, grounded male presence who embodies authority, restraint, and emotional depth. This role carries the physical energy of a coach. Someone with quiet command, lived-in strength, and a sense of intern... [See More]
