The Black Vault
by Euodyne Immersive Collective

Jul. 20 (2019)

The Black Vault is a fully improvised show that spins horror tales in the style of H.P. Lovecraft, the writer best known for his "Cthulhu Mythos". The show's stories incorporate many of Lovecraft's themes: ancient unspeakable terror, impossible twisted dreamscapes, unseen forces from beyond the stars that infect our minds, and the real horrors that humanity inflicts upon itself. 

To that last point: Lovecraft was an awful racist, misogynist, and xenophobe—even for his time—and much of his fiction reflects those unfortunate traits. While the original run (and following podcast) steered away from that sort of unpleasantness, the cast was overwhelmingly similar in demographics to Lovecraft himself, and the stories hewed close to the familiar style of horror that he produced.

Recognizing that, our new production of The Black Vault will instead focus on stories still telling tales of creeping alien horrors, but through the lens of the experiences of those not typically represented in Lovecraftian horror. To that end, we will be heavily stacking the cast towards those underrepresented populations: women, people of color, queer folks of all stripes, and so on. We are very eager to create and hear new horror stories from new voices, and we will be developing the skills to do so through the rehearsal process, so if you have an interest in weird terrible things, please come on down.



We are looking to cast eight to ten new performers to create our stories on stage, along with a handful of technical improvisers to help us tell those stories through lights, sounds, and scoring. We are also in the market for a fantastic stage manager, if that's your jam.

Auditions will be 1 pm - 5 pm at Space Rehearsal and Recording Studio (6945, 7915 Manchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78745) on Saturday, 7/20. Rehearsals will be Sundays (time tbd) and Wednesday evenings in August and September. (Except 9/8) Shows will be Friday and Saturday nights in October!

For more information on the original cast and run of the Black Vault, click HERE

The Black Vault is being produced by Euodyne Immersive Collective, directed by Marc Majcher, and employing the technical expertise of Lindsey McGowen. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line at majcher@gmail.com. We'll be sending out audition times early next week—if the form submits, you're good to go! Thanks!
 
Audition Form at:
 
https://forms.gle/5MZzNwUfuG158y3m9
 
 
[poster graphic by Kaci Beeler]