Callback Comedown

(SHORT) Three actors wait outside an audition room, unsure if they can leave, and reflect on their missteps.

(SHORT) Three actors wait outside an audition room, unsure if they can leave, and reflect on their missteps.

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Callback Comedown

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  • Liam Castellan: Callback Comedown

    Starts as a very relatable skewering about the audition process (with characters we've all definitely shared an awkwardly quiet hallway with), which was already funny enough to keep my interest for ten minutes. But then it goes WAY off the rails in a way that made me laugh out loud multiple times. Get yourself a few folding chairs and produce this hilarious play!

    Starts as a very relatable skewering about the audition process (with characters we've all definitely shared an awkwardly quiet hallway with), which was already funny enough to keep my interest for ten minutes. But then it goes WAY off the rails in a way that made me laugh out loud multiple times. Get yourself a few folding chairs and produce this hilarious play!

  • Paul Donnelly: Callback Comedown

    This lunatic recounting of an audition gone terribly awry is gripping fun. The very realistic interactions among three tense actors spiral into a comic horror story. The escalation of disastrous events is wittily rendered and a twisted delight.

    This lunatic recounting of an audition gone terribly awry is gripping fun. The very realistic interactions among three tense actors spiral into a comic horror story. The escalation of disastrous events is wittily rendered and a twisted delight.

  • Dan West: Callback Comedown

    The life of the working actor is not all fun and games. Sometimes you nail it and just know you’ve landed the role, sometimes you’re not sure how you did, and sometimes it’s an unmitigated disaster. (Maybe even all three?) In this 10-minute comedy, James Kelsey Nelson runs his three characters through a gamut of emotions as they wait to find out which of them ends up as Madame (or is it MaDAME) Skretzky. Fun stuff.

    The life of the working actor is not all fun and games. Sometimes you nail it and just know you’ve landed the role, sometimes you’re not sure how you did, and sometimes it’s an unmitigated disaster. (Maybe even all three?) In this 10-minute comedy, James Kelsey Nelson runs his three characters through a gamut of emotions as they wait to find out which of them ends up as Madame (or is it MaDAME) Skretzky. Fun stuff.

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Character Information

  • RAE
    Character Age
    Any Age
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female or gender non-conforming
  • FAITH
    Character Age
    Any Age
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female or gender non-conforming
  • FAITH
    Character Age
    Any Age
    Character Gender Identity
    Female or gender non-conforming

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization No Dogs in the Kitchen, Year 2026