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Seeking Performers for Upcoming Theatre Season

Saint Louis, MO, United States
ID: 275923Exp: 1/12/2025
$361/week
Description:

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Looking for equity principal actors for 2025 theatre season. Please see the details below. About the project: 1. "CABARET" First Rehearsal – Monday, February 24, 2025; Opens – Thursday, March 21, 2025; Closes – Sunday, April 6, 2025. 2. "THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" First Rehearsal – Monday, May 5, 2025; Opens – Thursday, May 29, 2025; Closes – Sunday, June 15, 2025. 3. "TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR" First Rehearsal – Monday, June 30, 2025; Opens – Thursday, July 24, 2025; Closes – Sunday, August 10, 2025. 4. "THE WANDERERS" First Rehearsal – Monday, August 18, 2025; Opens – Thursday, September 11, 2025; Closes – Sunday, September 28, 2025. 5. "KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE" First Rehearsal – Monday, October 27, 2025; Opens – Thursday, November 20, 2025; Closes – Sunday, December 7, 2025. Rate: SPT $361 weekly minimum (SPT 2) Additional info: Either 2 contrasting monologues OR 1 monologue and a 32-bar cut of a musical theatre song to be considered for Cabaret. To be considered, please apply between 10 AM and 2 PM Mon-Fri.

30 roles

EmceeBoth genders20-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" (Range: C3-G4) The host at the Kit Kat Club. A magnetic performer who acts as ringleader for the entire story.

Sally BowlesFemale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" (Range: E3-C5) An effervescent British cabaret performer and want-to-be actress; the headliner at Berlin's Kit Kat Club.

Clifford BradshawMale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" (Range: C#3-E4) An idealistic aspiring American novelist traveling to Berlin for inspiration amongst its underground arts scene.

Fräulein SchneiderFemale50-70 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" *(Range: Eb3-B4) Female, early 50s-early 70s. A practical landlady who rents rooms in her large flat. Begins a romance with Herr Schultz. Will also double as Kit Kat Klub dancers.

Herr SchultzMale50-70 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" *(Range: C3-G4) A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider and strives to make a life with her in spite of the political circumstances. Will also double as Kit Kat Klub dancers.

Fräulein KostFemale20-59 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" *(Range: F#3-Eb5) A prostitute and lodger in Fraulein Schneider's boarding house. Will also double as Kit Kat Klub dancers.

Ernst LudwigMale26-35 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" *(Range: D3-F#4) Life and soul, dependable yet enigmatic, he takes English lessons from Cliff. He’s Cliff’s first ‘true’ friend upon arrival to Berlin. Everyone knows him, everyone loves him. He appears witty, charming, and warm but, ultimately, a Nazi. Baritone. Will also double as Kit Kat Klub dancers.

Kit Kat Klub DancersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" Ensemble.

MaxMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" Ensemble.

Customs AgentBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" Ensemble.

RudyMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" Ensemble.

SailorsBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"CABARET" Ensemble.

Heidi HollandFemale18-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" An art historian and writer, highly articulate, intelligent, thoughtful.

Scoop RosenbaumMale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" Heidi's sometime lover, a charismatic, Jewish journalist with irresistible charm and humor.

Peter PatroneMale18-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" Heidi's best friend. A clever and well-spoken pediatrician.

Susan JohnstonFemale18-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" Heidi's oldest friend who throws herself fully into whatever she pursues in life.

3 Ensemble MembersFemale18-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" 3 Ensemble members, play characters from teens to 30s. Including a lesbian graduate student, a member of a Montana Women's Collective, a pregnant magazine editor, the host of Hello New York, a T.V. talk show, a teenager looking for help at a women's group, a 1980s yuppie, and more.

1 Ensemble MemberMale18-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" Including a prep school student council president and an anesthesiologist.

ZeblyanMale50-59 y.o.All ethnicities

"TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR" Afghan Jew. Carpet salesman. A ruffian, crude, aggressive, hot-headed, defiant.

IshaqMale40-60 y.o.All ethnicities

"TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR" Afghan Jew. Accountant. Cerebral, high-minded, stubborn.

EstherFemale25-34 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE WANDERERS" She feels young, impressionable, eager and yet no-nonsense too; she’s Jewish (Hasidic).

SchmuliMale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE WANDERERS" Formal, not totally comfortable in his skin, also Hasidic; should have the capacity for deep surprising emotion; he is a profoundly gentle person.

AbeMale35-44 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE WANDERERS" An intellectual who enjoys seducing with language; he’s charming but also self-effacing, humble, confused, and trying his best; he’s Jewish.

SophieFemale35-44 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE WANDERERS" Abe’s wife, dry and intelligent and world-weary; she is biracial: Caucasian/Jewish and Black.

Julia CheeverFemale35-44 y.o.All ethnicities

"THE WANDERERS" A movie star with an abundance of outward charm and confidence; she is poised and polished, but not without vulnerability.

Sherlock HolmesMale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

"KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE" The iconic detective. Highly intelligent, confident, charismatic, quick-witted, obsessive.

Doctor WatsonMale30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

"KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE" Smart, grounded, and full of heart and wonder, lives to have adventures and assist his close friend Holmes. We see the play through his eyes.

Track OneMale20-59 y.o.All ethnicities

"KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE" Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Doubles multiple roles.

Track TwoMale20-59 y.o.All ethnicities

"KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE" Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Doubles multiple roles.

Track ThreeFemale20-59 y.o.All ethnicities

"KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE" Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Doubles multiple roles.