RAQUEL’S PURPLE PINEAPPLE ADVENTURES
Book and Lyrics by Noemi de la Puente | Music by Fernanda Douglas

The pressure is on ten year old Raquel, as she goes to summer school against her will, to improve her reading skills. She knows her Mamá needs more help at the family-owned campground, because the busiest weekend of the season is coming up. To help Raquel, Pinkie the Purple Pineapple, part inspiration, part aggravation, and part reading assignment, salsas out of a book, teach Raquel a thing or two. With Pinkie’s coaching, she teaches Raquel how to manage her very real emotions.This musical is about learning how to meet the challenges life brings using our imaginations and techniques to help us think a little more clearly when the going gets tough.

Raquel's Purple Pineapple Adventures is the 42nd annual Young Audience Outreach Tour. The program's mission is to provide equitable access to high quality theatre and arts education to rural and remote communities across Colorado and the Southwestern United States. YAOT annually produces an original, bilingual, musical production for students in grades K-6, impacting an average of 32,000 students per year.

Production Dates:
1st Rehearsal: August 5
Opens: August 29
Closes: November 21

Contract & Compensation:
Non-Equity
$600/wk
$250 travel stipend
Housing provided in Creede and while on Tour

How to Audition:

Please submit a VIDEO SUBMISSION by May 1, 2025 at 11:59pm.

Audition materials can be found HERE. Please prepare the song in whichever key is most comfortable for your voice and record the side performing the Pinkie character. Please include a slate.

Actor Tracks (subject to change):
Seeking two performers (20s-30s, Latine, Female Presenting) for the two casts of our Young Audience Outreach Tour; an original, bi-lingual musical performed across the rural southwest for students in grades 3-6. Must be strong singers and bilingual in Spanish.

ACTOR 2: plays the following roles: PILAR - Raquel's mom, very busy with the summer season / PINKIE THE PURPLE PINEAPPLE - a saucy, fun pineapple who teaches Raquel / MISS PALOMA - Raquel's reading teacher / SARAH - another rising fifth grader, Raquel makes friends with her.

A note from CRT: In reference to the character descriptions below: most characters we currently encounter are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/hers pronouns. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking actors of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Please note that actors will be cast in two or three productions as is the nature of repertory theater.

Don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if you are an actor who might need specific accommodations we can provide.