Theatre Casting Call for 2023-2024 Season Show
The company is holding auditions for 2023-2024 season show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: URINETOWN First Rehearsal: August 26, 2024 First Preview: September 20, 2024 Closing: October 27, 2024 NOISES OFF First Rehearsal: October 22, 2024 First Preview: November 15, 2024 Closing: December 22, 2024 CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY First Rehearsal: December 17, 2024 First Preview: January 10, 2025 Closing: Feb 2, 2025 "ART" First Rehearsal: January 28, 2025 First Preview: February 21, 2025 Closing: March 16, 2025 "THE GREAT REVEAL" First Rehearsal: March 11, 2025 First Preview: April 4, 2025 Closing: April 27, 2025 "HELLO DOLLY" First Rehearsal: April 22, 2025 First Preview: May 16, 2025 Closing: June 22, 2025 Rate: CONTRACT NEAT $602 weekly minimum (Category 6) until Sept. 1, 2024 $638 weekly minimum (Category 6) after Sept. 2, 2024 Additional info: Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Each actor has TWO (2) minutes to perform. Please prepare appropriate material (monologue, song, selections from the scripts) of your choosing, which may be from one or more of the season’s shows. Scripts and a reader will be provided at both auditions. If using a selection from one of the scripts that you have chosen, please be prepared to state your starting and stopping places. You may audition for one or more roles in the season. If singing, please bring sheet music. The accompanist will only be provided on Monday, May 6th. No Accompanist will be present on Sunday, May 5th. Please bring a headshot and resume. Please apply if interested.
48 roles
Voice Type: Soprano (A3-C6) The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Tenor (A2-C5) The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Mezzo Soprano (A3-E5) A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Tenor/Mezzo Soprano (C#3-F4) A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Baritone/Bass (G2-F4) Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Soprano (A3-A5) Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Baritone/Alto (D3-A3) One of the Poor, he is an idiotic manchild. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto (Bb3 B4) One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Doubling as CALDWELL'S SECRETARY. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Soprano (Bb3-F5) One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Optional Doubling as MRS. MILLENIUM. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto (Bb3-D5) Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Baritone (A2-F4) One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Baritone/Alto (E3-A3) Head of Research and Development at UGC. "URINETOWN"
Voice Type: Baritone/Alto (B2-E4) Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant. "URINETOWN"
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. "URINETOWN"
(Off Stage Character: Dotty): A middle-aged actress who is also one of the play's principal investors. Means well and tries her best. A bit forgetful. (On Stage Character: Mrs. Clackett): A Cockney Housekeeper for the Brent's home in England. Hospitable, though she is a slow-witted and slow-moving chatterbox. "NOISES OFF"
(Off Stage Character: Brooke) An inexperienced actress who seems as though she isn't fully "here" sometimes – somewhere else inside her head. She will execute her blocking and lines the way she was told. One-third of a Lloyd–Poppy–Brooke love triangle. (On Stage Character: Vicki): An English woman who works for Inland Revenue and is trying to woo Roger. "NOISES OFF"
(Off stage Character: Belinda): Cheerful and sensible. One of the only reliable actors in the company. She may have feelings for Freddy. (On Stage Character: Flavia Brent): Phillip Brent's English wife. She is dependable, though not one for household duties. "NOISES OFF"
STAGE MANAGER: Emotional and over-sensitive, and envious of Brooke, whom she understudies. One-third of a Lloyd-Poppy-Brooke love triangle. "NOISES OFF"
The director of the play, Nothing On. A seasoned thespian working with "amateurs". His patience draws thin to the point where he mutters out loud internal thoughts. One third of a Lloyd–Poppy–Brooke love triangle. "NOISES OFF"
(Off stage Character: Garry): The play's leading man, a solid actor who is completely incapable of finishing a sentence unless it is dialogue. Means well but is a little pretentious. (On Stage Character: Roger): An English Real estate agent who is attempting to rent Flavia's and Phillip's home but uses it for his own personal benefit. "NOISES OFF"
(Off stage Character: Freddy) A bit skittish and afraid of violence. Well-meaning, but lacks some self-confidence and is rather dim-witted. (On Stage Character: Phillip Brent): An Englishman who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes.(On Stage Character: Sheikh): A Middle-Eastern man interested in renting Flavia's and Phillip's home and is the spitting image of Phillip. "NOISES OFF"
(Off Stage Character: Selsdon Mowbray): An elderly alcoholic Englishman who may or may not have had a successful acting career at one point. He hides his bottles cleverly onstage. He is hard of hearing... when he wants to be. (On Stage Character: Burglar): Old Cockney man in his seventies, breaking into the Brent's home. "NOISES OFF"
The overworked and easily flustered Stage Manager who wears too many hats in this production. "NOISES OFF"
Godfrey believes in the importance of respectability and outward appearances, seeks solutions outside of himself. "CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY"
Extroverted, craves much more beyond what 1950 America can offer her race and gender. "CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY"
Gerte is an honest and direct German woman with an uncompromising perspective on all things (as opposed to nuanced/ambiguous). "CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY"
An engineer and an intellectual; a self-proclaimed aesthete who has trouble seeing the meaning in much of modern art. "ART"
Mild-mannered, sensitive, stressed; works at a stationery company that belongs to his fiancée’s uncle; drawn into the argument as a kind of referee/peacemaker. "ART"
A well-to-do dermatologist who is divorced; has relied for years on his close friendship with Marc and, to a lesser degree, Yvan, to provide him with company and comfort. "ART"
(Cis woman) almost seven months pregnant, a planner, a celebrator, a worrier. "THE GREAT REVEAL"
(Trans man) her brother, aspiring future dad, emotionally inept. "THE GREAT REVEAL"
(Transfemme) LINUS’s partner, sometimes can’t believe these people. "THE GREAT REVEAL"
(Cis man) a bro trying to grow, scared shitless by his future. "THE GREAT REVEAL"
Matchmaker, widow, meddler, opportunist, life-loving, commanding, strong stage presence. Vocal range: alto-soprano. Dance ability: some. "HELLO DOLLY"
Well-known half-a-millionaire, widower, owns the Feed Store, gruff, set in his ways, authoritative. Vocal range: baritone. Dance ability: some. "HELLO DOLLY"
Head clerk at the Feed Store, energetic, enthusiastic, and adventurous. Vocal range: baritone-tenor. Dance ability: some "HELLO DOLLY"
Assistant to Cornelius at the Feed Store, naïve, energized, follower. Vocal range: baritone. Dance ability: some "HELLO DOLLY"
Owns the Hat Shop, widow, beautiful, smart, fun-loving. Vocal range: soprano. Dance ability: strong. "HELLO DOLLY"
Irene’s assistant, naïve, straight-laced, fresh, follower. Vocal range: mezzo-soprano. Dance ability: strong. "HELLO DOLLY"
Struggling artist, good-natured, accommodating, wants to marry Ermengarde. Vocal range: tenor. Dance ability: moderate "HELLO DOLLY"
Horace’s niece, high-strung, wants to marry Ambrose. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: strong. "HELLO DOLLY"
Accommodating, good-time girl. Vocal range: any. Dance ability: some "HELLO DOLLY"
Maitre’d of the Harmonia Gardens, proper, commanding. Vocal range: bass. Dance ability: some. "HELLO DOLLY"
Street vendor: Alto/Soprano Dance ability: Some "HELLO DOLLY"
Strong with presence. Baritone. No Dance "HELLO DOLLY"
Good comedic timing. Tenor. Some Dance ability plus "HELLO DOLLY"
Vocal range: even split of tenors/basses. Dance ability: some "HELLO DOLLY"
Vocal range: even split of sopranos and altos. Dance ability: some "HELLO DOLLY"