AUDITIONS at PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre:
Strange Snow
By Stephen Metcalfe
By arrangement with Samuel French
RUN DATES: March 27–April 19, 2026
Directed/Produced by Linda Englund and Julia Smith
Audition Info: Watch for updated information on our Auditions page at www.powpac.org and on Facebook
PowPAC welcomes and encourages actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to submit for these roles.
PowPAC Theater is located at 13250 Poway Road, Poway, CA 92064 (Upstairs) – Elevator access in rear of building.
Open Call: Sunday, November 30 between 5:00-7:00 p.m. & Monday, December 1, 2025 between 7:00-9:00 p.m. (Additional audition dates to be opened, if necessary)
Please bring an acting resume, headshot & calendar for paperwork/schedule comparison; no performance conflicts permitted
Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script with a reader & will be attended by Directors Linda Englund & Julia Smith and Stage Manager Shari Lyon
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Compensation & Union Contract Details
No Pay – Volunteer Organization
Rehearsals & Performance Dates:
Evening rehearsals will begin the week of Monday, January 19th and continue until Opening on Friday, March 27th
Rehearsals will be scheduled Monday– Thursday evenings based on Cast availability
Performances: Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. from Friday, March 27, 2026 – Sunday, April 19, 2026, including 2:00 p.m. matinees on Saturday, April 4th & Saturday, April 18th
About the Play:
Megs and David are Vietnam vets who don’t see much of each other anymore, although they live in the same town. But, on opening day of trout season, Megs shows up to take Davey fishing in honor of their pal Bobby, who died alongside them in war, and to get some closure on the tragic experience they shared. David lives with his sister Martha, a plain, lonely high school teacher who acts as his caregiver. He masks his pain with alcohol and refuses to talk about his war experiences. The gregarious, charming Megs tries to hide his own explosively angry tendencies and can’t stop talking about Vietnam. Their friendship is tested when a romantic relationship develops between Megs and Martha. In a sense all three characters are “wounded warriors,” struggling to get past their pain, loss and guilt and get on with life.
About the Characters:
MEGS:
Age: Portray 30s-50s
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Heavy, Lead
Characteristics: Megs is an out-going, volatile Vietnam veteran whose charismatic energy is a desperate cover for his explosively angry tendencies. His determination to help his war buddy David is an attempt at self-redemption as much as an act of friendship.
MARTHA:
Age: Portray late 30s-50s
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Heavy, Lead
Characteristics: Martha is a plain, desperately lonely high school science teacher who is a bit straightlaced. She still lives in the home she grew up in because she devotes herself to her brother Davey, who suffers from PTSD, by serving as his maid and caregiver.
DAVID:
Age: Portray 30s-50s
Ethnicity: Any
Line Load: Medium-Heavy, Major Supporting
Characteristics: David is a former high school athletic hero whose life was irrevocably changed by his service in Vietnam. He still blames himself for the death of his pal Bobby. He is silent, brooding, surly and withdrawn from life as he masks his pain with alcohol.
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