Casting Performers for "Caroline, Or Change Play
Audition for "Caroline, Or Change" show. Looking for performers. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Set in one of the most pivotal times in America's history, the Tony-nominated Caroline, Or Change is riveting, moving and awe-inspiring. Featuring a virtuosic score by Tesori (Fun Home, Violet, Shrek), it blends blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, creating a breathtaking medium for Kushner's (Angels in America) provocative and personal story. In 1963, the Gellman family and their African-American maid, Caroline, live in sleepy Lake Charles, Louisiana. Caroline is drifting through life as a single mother of four working in a service job to a white family. A fragile, yet beautiful friendship develops between the young Gellman son, Noah, and Caroline. Outside of the laundry room, some of the greatest social advancements that the country has seen are being set in motion, and change is knocking on the door. Rate: AEA contracts are available. All performers are compensated. Additional info: Please prepare two contrasting selections in the style of the show, not to exceed three minutes total. You must bring sheet music in the proper key. No recorded tracks or acapella singing will be accepted. Audition Accompanist provided. Rehearsals begin July 7, 2025. The show runs August 7-24, 2025. To be considered, please apply.
11 roles
(Female Identifying, Mezzo/Belter) Works as a maid to the Gellman family. She is a divorcee with four children and resistant to change in the world. Bitter, tired, devoted. A true star-vehicle, this role requires a commanding singer/actor.
(Female Identifying, Mezzo/Belter) Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story.
(Female Identifying) Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. Played by three women similar to a Motown trio. Must be proficient with tight harmonies and movement.
(Male Identifying, Baritone) The Dryer is part narrator, part tormentor, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story; The Bus is part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story. One actor plays both roles.
(Female Identifying, Mezzo) Stuart's mother and Noah's grandmother. She is concerned for her son's melancholy and an admirer of his new wife.
(Male Identifying, Baritone) Stuart's father and Noah's grandfather. He is aloof to the changes occurring in the South.
(Female Identifying, Mezzo/Belter) An old friend of the Gellman's and Stuart's new wife. She has recently moved to the South.
(Male Identifying, Baritone) Noah's father and Rose's new husband. He is also Caroline's employer. He has trouble connecting to his son and new wife.
(Female Identifying, Mezzo/Belter) Caroline's high-spirited friend and fellow maid. A drinker and smoker, she is routinely admonished by Caroline for her behavior.
(Female Identifying, Soprano) Part narrator, part friend, and part subconscious to Caroline and her story.
(Identifying, Baritone) Rose's father from New York City. A politically progressive man with dissenting opinions.
RELATED CASTING CALLS
