AUDITION NOTICE: Jane and Kel Go To Hell - Javeenbah Theatre Company

Title: Jane and Kel Go To Hell

Presented By: Javeenbah Theatre Company

Genre: Comedy / Dark Comedy / One-Act Play Reading

Synopsis: Jane and Kel are housemates and best friends with bad jobs and questionable judgement. When Jane loses her job, she needs a new housemate to help cover rent. After interviewing several candidates, Roy seems like the perfect fit—except he is secretly a demon. Roy drags Jane into Hell, forcing both characters into a surreal and comedic journey through chaos, consequence, and friendship tested beyond the mortal world.

Audition Self-Tape Due: Video Submissions due May 23rd, 2026

Audition Requirements:

• Please submit a recording of you reading a monologue of your choice.

  This show is a dark comedy, so please choose something that might fit

  this theme.

• Monologue must be no longer than a minute.

• Please submit via email to mikmurph@gmail.com

Audition Registration: Submission via email

Audition Pack: Jane and Kel Go To Hell Audition Pack

Performance Dates: June 20th - 21st, 2026

Performance Times:

• Saturday - 7PM

• Sunday - 2PM

Performance Location: Javeenbah Theatre, Stevens St, Nerang QLD 4211

Rehearsal Dates: Decided amongst cast availability.

Rehearsal Location: Javeenbah Theatre, Stevens St, Nerang QLD 4211

Warnings:

• Themes of Hell / afterlife

• Mature humour and language

• Dark comedic content

Performer Age: 18+

Creative Team: Directed by Mikaela Murphy

Production Website: Javeenbah Theatre Company

Other Information:

• This is a rehearsed play reading, not a full staged production

• The script focuses on character-driven comedy in a surreal, supernatural setting

  
  

Available Roles/Character Breakdown:

• JANE (Lead) (Female, playing age between 20-35) A burnt-out journalist struggling with depression, purpose, and modern adulthood. Intelligent and deeply cynical, Jane feels trapped between wanting meaningful work and surviving in a shallow, contentdriven world.

• KEL (Lead) (Female, playing age between 20-35) Jane’s chaotic, loud, fiercely loyal best friend. Kel masks her own fears about failure and adulthood with humour, recklessness, and pop culture obsession, but deeply cares about protecting Jane.

• KIM (Supporting) (Female, any age 18+) Kel’s quiet, intelligent university classmate. Awkward but kind-hearted, Kim becomes an unexpected source of stability and practical thinking as the supernatural events escalate. Kim also doubles as the characters SKYE, TINA, and LYLE*.

• ROY (Supporting) (Male, any age 18+) The seemingly perfect new housemate; polite, thoughtful, and unsettlingly nice. As the play progresses, Roy’s behaviour becomes increasingly uncanny, revealing something far darker beneath his calm exterior. Roy also doubles as the characters WAITER, TILLY, and LYLE*.

• TROY (Supporting) (Male, any age 18+) Kel’s immature but oddly sincere ex-boyfriend. A wannabe rapper with zero self-awareness, Troy provides much of the play’s comic relief while occasionally stumbling into genuine emotional insight. Troy also doubles as the characters DEVIN, TRAIN GUY, and LYLE* .

  *LYLE is the karaoke host at Fat Louie’s. Lyle acts as a recurring comic presence throughout the play. Different actors play “Lyle” throughout the show.