Show dates: November 6-14, 2026
(specifically: Friday 11/6, Sunday evening 11/8, Thursday 11/12, Friday 11/13, and Saturday 11/14, WITH scenes at a UUCA event on Saturday 11/7)
Director: D. Ohlandt
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
Copenhagen, Autumn 1941. The two presiding geniuses of quantum physics, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg meet for the first time since the breakout of war. Danish physicist Bohr and his wife, Margrethe, live in Nazi-occupied Denmark; their visitor, Heisenberg, is German. The two old friends, now on opposing sides have between them the ability to change the course of history. Frayn's Tony award-winning play imagines the three characters re-drafting the events of 1941 in an attempt to make sense of what happened.
NOTE: Actors of all racial and ethnic identities will be considered for all roles. The three characters in this play are based on historical figures, who were white Europeans. The action of the play, however, takes place in a liminal kind of after-life, and the insights offered are relevant to our culturally diverse world.
for a summary of the roles, please click here
Tuesday August 25 6pm- 9pm Fellowship Hall
Saturday August 29 10am - 2pm Chapel, rm 14
(Callbacks: Tues Sept 1 6pm-9pm Fellowship Hall)
1) Please prepare a 1-2 minute dramatic monologue in twentieth-century style from a text other than the show. Memorization strongly preferred.
2) Fill out our online audition form.
3) Sign up for an audition time on our Sign-Up Genius.
4) Bring acting resume and comprehensive list of conflicts.
If you have questions, please email chalicetheatre25@gmail.com.
Rehearsals will be held 3x week Sept 8 - Nov 1, on Tuesdays (eve), Wednesdays (eve), Saturdays (afternoon), or Sundays (afternoon), depending on cast availability.
Technical rehearsals will be held evenings Nov 2 - Nov 5.