AUDITION NOTICE: Boy Slaughter - Sun and Wine Arts Company

Title: Boy Slaughter

Presented By: Sun and Wine Arts Company

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: Jimmy is an artist. His dad, Brute, is a butcher with short, stubby, inartistic fingers. In Boy Slaughter, Jimmy relives growing up in a small town with big characters and his desperate escape from it all. This script is a wild ride which dives into messy relationships, power, survival, and the strange things people can do when they are pushed too far. It is the kind of story that gets under your skin.

Audition Self-Tape Due: 6PM, Sunday March 15th, 2026.

Audition Requirements:  Video audition consisting of a short 30 second–1 minute monologue relating to the character you are auditioning for. Submission via unlisted YouTube video or unlisted google drive link.

Audition Registration: 

• Complete the Audition Registration form HERE

• Submit your video audition via email to sun.wine.arts@gmail.com.

Audition Pack: Sides will be provided if required for callbacks.

Performance Dates: June 4th - 13th, 2026

Performance Location: Studio1, 190 Station Rd, Yeerongpilly QLD 4105

Warnings: Mature themes. This production includes intense subject matter and may involve staged intimacy. An intimacy coach will be present.

Performer Age: 18+

Creative Team:

• PM - Claire Yorston

• Director - Laura Renee

• Assistant Director - Claire Yorston

• Tech - Carter Firmager

• Intimacy Coach - TBC

Production Website: Sun and WIne Arts Company - Boy Slaughter

Other Information:

• This production operates on a profit share model.

• In-person callbacks will be held one evening during the week following the audition deadline. Selected performers will present their original monologue, participate in a cold read of a scene, and may take part in some workshop-style exploration.

• You will receive an email regarding whether you are required for a callback. All auditionees will be notified of the outcome of their audition by 22 March.

Available Roles / Character Breakdown:

• Jimmy Slaughter (Male, 18–25) – A young artist trying to find his voice and escape the small town he grew up in. Reflective, creative, and shaped by the difficult relationships around him.

• Brute Slaughter (Male, 35–60) – Jimmy’s father. A butcher with rough hands and a tough presence. A complicated man whose worldview clashes with his son’s artistic ambitions.

• Nell (Female, 18–25) – Jimmy’s neighbour and best friend. Loyal and grounded, she is deeply connected to Jimmy and the town they grew up in.

• Rosie (Female, 35–60) – Brute’s girlfriend. Strong-willed and experienced, navigating her place within Brute’s world and the dynamics of the family.

• There will be flashback scenes where characters portray younger versions of themselves.