Casting Call for The Women Who Mapped the Stars

Auditions for The Women Who Mapped the Stars, by Joyce Van Dyke, will be held on Saturday August 19 from noon to 2PM at the Alliance.

This show is scheduled for performances in the Planetarium at the Calusa Nature Center February 8 – 18, 2024.

To make an appointment, please, email [email protected]. For more info call 239-939-2787 or email [email protected].

Character Information

Williamina (Mina) Fleming – 20s to 50, White, Female. Brusque, organized. Scottish accent. Smart, with a high school education. 

Cecilia Payne – 20s to 50, Female. Ardent, stormy, hungry, ambitious to discover a new theory in astrophysics. English accent. Trained in sciences at Cambridge University.

Antonia Maury – 30s to 50s,  Hispanic or White. Female Dreamy, prickly, idealistic, aggressive, aristocratic. College graduate and trained astronomer.

Annie Jump Cannon – 30s to 50s, Female, White. Charming, sociable, enthusiastic. Deaf. College educated, trained astronomer.

Henrietta Leavitt – 20-40’s White, Female. Reserved, meticulous, devoted. Deaf. College educated, trained astronomer.

About the Show

In The Women Who Mapped the Stars, five women astronomers working together at the Harvard Observatory help to shape the development of astrophysics. Cecilia Payne, the central character, makes the revolutionary discovery while still a graduate student that the stars are made of Hydrogen. In this time-bending, non-linear play, we experience the rivalries and friendships of five very different women as they build on each other’s work, feed each other’s dreams, exult in the thrill of discovery, struggle for recognition, and open the doors for those who come after them. 

To make an appointment, please, email [email protected]. For more info call 239-939-2787 or email [email protected].