Dare to Know Theatre are searching for 16 actors Witn playing ages ranging from 16-19 Tor their new play Young Love.

53 TWO
Arch 19 Watson st, Manchester M3 4LP


JENNIFER

Trans (M-F). Any Sexuality. Playing age 16-18. Jennifer’s family has fallen apart, She has an incredibly supportive Mother, who helps her become the woman she is. She has yet to share her transition with the world, following the negative reaction from her father

MATTY

Male, Any sexuality. Playing age- 16-18 years old. Matty is struggling to come to terms with the death of his best friend. He is trying to understand what love is as someone who feels they have never experienced love and isnt capable of doing so. Matty is an every man.

JAMES

Male, Straight. Playing age- 18. James and Anna have been dating since year 8, James is very much in love with Anna. They’re naive. James is a person that can see his whole path ahead of him. Straight A student.

ANNA

Female, Straight. Playing age- 18. She was and probably is still in love with James. She’s very strong, driven and determined. Herself and her future is the most important thing to her. She’s intelligent, but hides it.

EMILY

Female, Bisexual. Playing age 16-18. Young, inexpereinced, discovering who she is and her sexuality and what that means to her. She lives in awe of other people. She has a viivid imagination, with little faith in herself.

NOAH

Male, Any Sexuality. Playing age 16-18. Noah is a young man living with sex shame brought on by domeneering parents. He struggles with relationships, feeling noone would accept or help him deal with his shame. He has never quite fit in.

PETE

Male, Straight. Playing age 16-18. Pete has been engaging in an online relationship with a girl half the world away. He finds solace from his imagination of his future life away from home and his family. Pete is a true outcast who has never fit in.


ALICE

Female, Straight 16-18. Alice is a pregnant teenager, she’s very outspoken and to the point. Although she comes across as very mature, she has an immature view on life. She is blunt and to the point.


FRANKIE

Male, Any Sexuality. Playing age 16-18. Frankie is a young carer for his Mother and younger brother. He is very capable and mature, but is struggling to juggle everything life has thrown at him to make everything work, making him extremely stressed.


ALLY

Female, Asexual. Playing age 16-18. Ally has got a long term girlfriend with whom she is in love with, but the thought of being intimate is something that she knows she isn’t interested in. As a person she is very to the point, things are very much black or white.

WILL

Male, Straight. Playing age 18 – 19. Struggling to deal with grief. Feels out of place in his family. In love with his girlfriend but can’t open up to her. Strong bond with his Mother but is uncertain about her feelings towards him.


MOLLIE

Female, Any Sexuality. Playing age 18 – 19. Others see her as beautiful but she can’t see the beauty in herself. A long term sufferer of domestic abuse. She is angry. She wears a mask that others have created for her and now she can feel it slipping.