"Here There Are Blueberries" Play Casting Equity Actors
Equity actors wanted for 2026 season show "Here There Are Blueberries". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see breakdown below. About the project: Synopsis: In 2007, a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. As curators unravel the shocking truth behind the images, the album soon makes headlines and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond the museum walls. Based on real events, HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES tells the story of these historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity. Rate: SPT $457 weekly minimum (SPT 3) Additional info: Audition breaks: 12:30PM - 1:00PM. PREPARATION: Please prepare a 60 second monologue. Please bring stapled headshots and resumes (minimum of 5 recommended). An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. First rehearsal: August 25th, 2026 Run: September 18th – October 4th, 2026 When applying, please include contact information and preferred time slots (Friday, April 10, 2026, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E) or Saturday, April 11, 2026, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)). On the day of the Equity auditions, Equity actors without appointments shall be accommodated as time permits.
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As MELITA: Meticulous in her speech, she is still coming to terms with her role as Press and Propaganda Officer of the League of German Girls. As a young girl, she was wooed by Hitler’s promises of a better life. As CHRISTOPH: Very discerning, matter-of-fact disposition. The Managing Director of the Holocaust Museum in Belgium.
Discovers that he is a direct descendant of a war criminal in light of this photo album of Auschwitz that has been discovered. Over the course of the play, he comes to terms with his family's role in Auschwitz and tries to help others do the same.
The head intake archivist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rebecca takes us on the journey of this play. She leads with an intense curiosity that's compelling yet relentless. The wheels are always turning.
At the start of the war, a lowly bank teller. Due to an injury, he becomes the right-hand man to the head of the entire camp complex. He's at the center of power. Considers this power a fortune.
Peter Wirths is coming to terms with his family history - a combination of empathy and remorse for what his father participated in and had to contend with.
As a teen, Rainer Höss comes undone when he learns about his family's role in Auschwitz. By the time we meet him, he is a dangerous thug. He has been broken down by his family's secrets, struggling to make sense of it all.
Methodical but not unfeeling, Charlotte acted as a receptionist and coordinated arrivals on the camp. In one interrogation scene, she denies knowing anything, as the receptionists were kept out of the loop of what was going on. But how could she not know?
The Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's photographic collection. Studies the pictures like a puzzle and gets excited when the dots connect! Judy has been around long enough to know that blinders are the only way to get by in a job like this. She can focus on the details and that helps her make it through.
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