Related Clues:

• Tom Cruise plays it
• Stage persona
• Series of lines, essentially
• Audition-er's hope
• Portrayal
• Actor's part
• It's cast
• Actor's pursuit
• Goal of a tryout
• Proper function
• Film part
• See 12-Across
• Thespian's gig
• Starlet's quest
• Auditioner's goal