Auditions for Oppenheimer's Atomic Bombers

Auditions for Oppenheimer's Atomic Bombers will be held August 24 & 25, 2025 from 6-8pm on the Main Stage.

Directed by Todd Jones, Oppenheimer's Atomic Bombers (a play by Russell Vandenbroucke) pulls us into the lives of the cadre of brilliant scientists who worked on the bomb from Robert Wilson to Enrico Fermi to Oppenheimer himself. With wisecracking physicist Dr. Richard Feynman as our guide, the race to create the atom bomb comes alive as a very human endeavor, filled with humor, playfulness and dread.

Parts are available for both men and women as well as tech positions.

(If you are unable to make the set audition times, and would like to try out,
please call 605-584-2067 to set up an alternative time.

Performance dates are October 23-26, 2025!

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Parts include:

Richard Feynman (male) - native New Yorker (Queens), a wit in every sense of the word; tells his story in retrospect

Enrico Fermi (male) - Italian-born, dry, cool, and calm.

J Robert Oppenheimer (male) - Native New Yorker, erudite and worldly

Leo Szilard also "Local Man" (male) - Hungarian, opinionated, strong-willed, and politicized.

Robert Wilson also "Scientist" (male) - Wyoming-born, pious, Feynman's Princeton friend.

Arline Greenbaum Feynman also "Voice" (Female) - New Yorker (Queens), tubercular, Feynman's wife and match in wit.

Laura Fermi also "Railroad Clerk" (Female) - Italian-born, highly cultured, homemaker, and writer.

Arthur Compton also Klaus Fuchs (Male) - Midwestern minister's son; Klaus - German-born emigre to England and Feynman's friend.

General Leslie Groves also "Official Voice-Over" (male) - Rigid, West Point graduate.

Hans Bethe also "Local Man" (Male) - German-born, sensible, and down-to-earth as well as brilliant.

Leona Woods also "Coed," "Telephone Operator," and "Local Woman" (Female) - Chemist and a member of Fermi's Chicago team

"Scientists," "Officials," and "Clerks" (Male or Female) - Stage Managers assisting with scene changes that happen during the action.