Am I too old for this role?
So my community theater is going to be doing a production of On Golden Pond, and I'm hoping for the role of Billy Jr. The issue is, I'll be 16 by the time the production starts auditioning, while Billy is only 13. This doesn't sound like that big of a difference, but I'm worried that me being well into puberty might make me too unbelievable to pass as 13 (if you don't know, Billy literally says in one of his lines that he is 13, so I'll likely have to look the part. Should I still consider auditioning?
FYI, Billy isn't a dream role or anything. I just really love theater and wanna be on stage whenever I can, so there's little to no emotional stakes in this if it matters.