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Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

REVISED

Added Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Luna Stage Company (2/21) - Added

George Street Playhouse

AUDITION DATE

Monday, March 24, 2025

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)

Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

Sign-ups for auditions start on Monday, March

3rd, 2025. For registration information and to

set up an appointment visit:

https://njtheatrealliance.org/...

At registration, NJTA will require you to submit your headshot and resume digitally in advance of your audition. They will be placed in a virtual book for theatre representatives attending. The deadline to register is Monday, March 17, 2025. You will be notified of your time by email no later than March 18, 2025.

CONTRACT

Other

Various - See breakdown

LOCATION
Nathan Weiss Graduate College
215 North Ave
Hillside, NJ 07205
Enlow Recital Hall.

PERSONNEL
Various NJ Area Theatres will be participating in these auditions. The theatres listed below
will count their participation toward their Equity audition requirements and their personnel
expected to attend are listed in their breakdowns.

New Jersey Repertory Company

Premiere Stages at Kean University

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

Luna Stage Company

George Street Playhouse

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER
njtheatrealliance.org
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.

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles within various NJ-area theatres' seasons. Actors will be auditioning
for multiple theatres at these auditions.

Breakdowns for any Equity theatres whose participation is fulfilling part of their Equity
audition requirements will be attached to this notice.

New Jersey Theatre Alliance (NJTA), the service organization for the state and region’s 42 professional theatres, will hold auditions in Enlow Recital Hall on the campus of Kean University in Hillside, NJ on Monday, March 24th from 10:00 am-5:00 pm for Equity
performers, and Tuesday, March 25th from 10:00 am-5:00 pm for non-Equity performers. This is a fantastic opportunity to be seen by multiple theatres at once. Representatives from our member theatres will follow up with actors directly if they are interested in working with them.

Actors of color and actors with disabilities are encouraged to audition.

Local New Jersey actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Equity actors have 5 minutes to audition. Two contrasting monologues are preferred: one contemporary, one classic; one comedic, one dramatic. You can also perform one monologue if it represents you best. Alternatively, actors may choose to deliver one monologue and a 32-bar cut of a song. If singing, bring sheet music; an accompanist is provided all day. No phone calls, please!

BREAKDOWN

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Luna Stage Company 2025-26 Season

www.lunastage.org

Contract: SPT 2 - -$403/week for all actors, favored nations.

Expected to attend:

Ari Laura Kreith, Artistic Director

They do not have the 2025-2026 Season plays picked out. They produce mostly new works that are focused around issues of social justice. Dramas, new work, national/regional premieres.

The information they do have is:

We will be producing 3 plays (no musicals)

Cast sizes between 2-4 actors.
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NEW JERSEY REPERTORY COMPANY 2025 SEASON

Contract: ITC (Independent Theatre Contact)
$605 weekly minimum until June 6, 2025 - Past that still in negotiations.
Housing provided for out-of-area performers

Expected to attend:
SuzAnne Barabas, Artistic Director

Joel Stone, Literary Manager

MAKE BELIEVE
Writer: John Biguenet
Director: SuzAnne Barabas
Rehearsals begin January 21, 2025
Performances February 13 – March 09, 2025

SYNOPSIS: A nostalgic, haunting look back at the world of 1930’s Hollywood, where larger-than-life
movie stars went to great lengths to keep their secrets from coming to light.

SEEKING:

Bailey Hunter: Cast – role offered and accepted. youngish Depression-era movie star.

Eleanor: Cast – role offered and accepted. a prostitute about Bailey’s age.

COMFORT
Writer: Neil LaBute
Director: Evan Bergman
Rehearsals begin March 25, 2025
Performances April 17 – May 11, 2025

SYNOPSIS: The complicated, love-hate relationship between a mother and son is put to the test, after
he breaks into her home, and they battle over the authorship of her most famous novel.

SEEKING:

Cal: Cast – role offered and accepted. 40s. – Man. Serious.
Iris: Cast – role offered and accepted. 60s. – Cal’s mother. Once extremely pretty, now older and a bit severe.

HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE, A NEW MUSICAL
Book by Cary Gitter
Music by Neil Berg
Lyrics by Cary Gitter and Neil Berg
Director: SuzAnne Barabas
Rehearsals begin June 23, 2025
Performances July 17 – August 10, 2025

SYNOPSIS: In 1933, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to America a decade earlier, returns to his
hometown of Rovno in search of a wife. There, Charlie meets Chava, who works at a hat shop and
dreams of being a scholar at a Warsaw university. They eventually fall in love, as the growing clouds
of European anti-Semitism and persecution threaten them both.

SEEKING:

CHAVA/ EVA: 21. Chava - A Polish Jew. Smart, strong-willed, independent, with a wry sense of humor. Eva - Chava and Charlie's granddaughter. An American college student.

CHARLIE: 26. A Polish Jew who immigrated to America a decade ago. A dreamer. Charmingly awkward.

CAN’T RUN, CAN’T DANCE
Writer: Gregg Henry
Director: Lisa James
Rehearsals begin August 19, 2025
Performances September 11 – October 5, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Four small-time grifters meet at an isolated cabin in Washington State to pull off a heist
that has all the earmarks of a disaster-in-the-making.

SEEKING:

SQUEAK - Late 20s, She is small

INGRID - Late 30s, early 40s Tough. Strong

RONNIE - Late 30s early 40s, Ray’s brother

RAY - Mid 30s, Ronnie’s younger brother

THE DROP OFF
Written by James Anthony Tyler
Director - TBD
Rehearsals begin October 7, 2024
Performances October 30 – November 23, 2024

SYNOPSIS: Devoted daughter Allain has the unfortunate job of dropping off her stubborn, elderly
mother Delphina at the Deer Lakes Assisted Living Facility. When Delphina refuses to stay, mother
and daughter must grapple with the issues that led them to Deer Lakes in the first place.

NOTE: All of the characters are African American

SEEKING:

Delphina Walker - Allain’s Mother, 75, Female

Allain Ture - Delphina’s daughter, 51, Female

Mimi Gardner - CNA at Assisted Living, 29, Female

Crystal McClain - Assisted Living Resident, 85, Female

BREAKDOWN
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PREMIERE STAGES AT KEAN UNIVERSITY

Contract: LOA to LORT - $625 weekly minimum (2024 rates)

Venue: Bauer Boucher Theatre Center, on the campus of Kean University

Kean University in Union, NJ is a 38-minute train stop from NY Penn Station.

Expected to attend:

John J. Wooten, Producing Artistic Director
Nick Gandiello, Managing Director

A fully vaccinated company

THE MALLARD
Written by Vincent Delaney
Directed by John J. Wooten

The production dates will be EITHER:
Rehearsals: June 24 - July 16
Performances : July 12 - August 3 (15 performances - Thursdays through Sundays)

SEEKING:

FREYA – Any ethnicity, female. 50. Sharp edged, caustic, with a streak of mercy. She is reluctantly
auctioning off cherished possessions after being unjustly ousted from her job.

GILLIAN – Any ethnicity, female. 40. Gentler, a natural peacemaker. Except when she’s not. She is
trying to support Freya in their shared moment of instability.

DAVIS – Any ethnicity, male. 30s. A yard sale aficionado, he is on the trail of a highly valuable item.
Credulous, nervous, and perhaps in over his head.

REAGAN – Any ethnicity, female. 30s. Davis’s partner in life and in pursuit of yard sale treasures. She
knows her angles and thinks she knows Davis.

MORLEY – Any ethnicity, male. 60. Sly, conniving, and dedicated to his causes, which will have great
impacts on the other characters’ strruggles.
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Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey 2025 Season

Contract: LORT D - $807 weekly minimum

Expected to attend:
Bonnie J. Monte - Artistic Director Emerita
Bridget Wiggan - Company Manager

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Brian B. Crowe
First Rehearsal: 4/22/25
First Preview: 5/14/25
Opening: 5/17/25
Closing: 6/1/25

SEEKING:

[JOHN ‘JACK’ WORTHING] An upstanding citizen who is leading a double life, using the persona of “Ernest” while around his friends in London. He is Cecily’s guardian, best friends with Algernon, and in love with Gwendolen. Rational, reasonable, and honorable gentleman.

[ALGERNON MONCRIEFF] Devilishly charming man who loves being a bachelor and hates abiding by social obligations. He is Lady Bracknell’s nephew, Gwendolen’s cousin, and Jack’s best friend. Self-absorbed, witty, and wildly intelligent.

[GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX] A paradigm of high society. She is Lady Bracknell’s daughter and
Algernon’s cousin. Will only marry someone by the name of “Ernest”. She believes herself to be enlightened, but is, in actuality, knowledgeable and pompous.

[CECILY CARDEW] She is Jack’s dependent and is in love with Jack’s immoral “brother”, Ernest - whom she has never met. Young, naive, and intrigued by the concept of morality, she has a vivid imagination that she exercises often.

[LADY AUGUSTA BRACKNELL] A domineering woman who values the rules of high society above all else; her primary goal is ensuring that her daughter, Gwendolen, marries well. Intolerant, scheming, and shrewd.

[MISS LETITIA PRISM] Cecily’s strict and unyielding governess. She severely dislikes Jack’s “brother”, Ernest, and has a secret romantic side.

[DR. FREDERICK CHASUBLE] A member of the clergy on Jack’s estate. He has romantic feelings for Miss Prism, which occasionally clashes with his holy responsibilities. Composed, but frequently distracted by his affections.

[LANE/MERRIMAN] Lane: Butler to Algernon in the city. Merriman: footman to Jack in the country. They see and hear everything.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED] [AGAIN]
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by Jeffrey M. Bender
First Rehearsal: 6/20/25
First Preview: 7/9/25
Opening: 7/12/25
Closing: 8/4/25

SEEKING:

[DANIEL / Romeo, Nurse, Kate, Richard III, etc.] Your slightly above-average Shakespeare fan who knows his stuff. He’s the glue that holds the group together.

[JESS / Macbeth, Titus, Hamlet, etc.] The leader of this rag-tag team. High-strung. Shakespeare snob.

[ADAM / Juliet, Cleopatra, Ophelia, Gertrude, etc.] Only knows the Sparknotes version of the Shakespeare classics. He’s there to have a good time.

ROMEO AND JULIET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Bonnie J. Monte
First Rehearsal: 8/15/25
First Preview: 9/10/25
Opening: 9/13/25
Closing: 10/5/25

SEEKING:

[THE PRINCE]

[CAPULET]

[LADY CAPULET]

[NURSE]

[FRIAR LAURENCE]

[TYBALT]

[MERCUTIO]

[MONTAGUE]

[LADY MONTAGUE]

[PETER]

[BENVOLIO]

[BALTHASAR]

[SAMPSON]

[GREGORY]

MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
By David Catlin
Directed by Brian B. Crowe
First Rehearsal: 9/30/25
First Preview: 10/22/25
Opening: 10/25/25
Closing: 11/16/25

SEEKING:

[PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY / Victor Frankenstein / Felix] (20s-30s) Soon to be wed to Mary.
Confident, opinionated, and resistant to change.

[MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN / Elizabeth Lavenza] (20s-30s) The famous storyteller. Soon to be wed to Percy. Clever, weighed by grief, inquisitive.

[CLAIRE CLAIRMONT / Angel of Death / Mother / etc.] (early 20s) Mary’s pregnant younger sister. She can often be found flirting with Lord Byron. She is enthusiastic with her participation in Mary’s story. Has a good ear for dialects.

[LORD BYRON / The Creature, etc.] (30s-40s) Byron is a massive flirt. The Creature, on the other hand, is extremely introspective and intelligent, harboring frustration with his creator.

[DR. JOHN POLIDORI / Henry Clerval, etc.] (20s-30s) Close friends with Percy and Mary. Quick to crack a joke. Harbors unspoken feelings for Mary.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
By Joe Landry
Directed by Paul Mullins
First Rehearsal: 11/14/25
First Preview: 12/3/25
Opening: 12/6/25
Closing: 12/28/25

SEEKING:

[FREDDIE FILMORE / Potter, etc.] An older radio actor who portrays a wide range of characters. Potter, in particular, is cynical and money-grubbery. He is an exceptional voice actor to encompass the range of characters he plays.

[JAKE LAURENTS / George, etc.] A well-accomplished radio actor who portrays the honorable George Bailey through all stages of his life, from optimistic dreamer to down-on-his-luck desperate family man.

[SALLY APPLEWHITE / Mary, etc.] A talented radio actress who portrays the endearing Mary Bailey through all stages of her life.

[LANA SHERWOOD / Violet, etc.] A versatile radio actress who portrays quite a few characters - ranging from sassy vixen to adorable child to motherly figure. She is an exceptional voice actor to encompass the range of characters she plays.

[HARRY “JAZZBO” HEYWOOD / Clarence, etc.] An older radio actor who portrays quite a few characters. Clarence, in particular, is heartfelt and earnest. He is an exceptional voice actor to encompass the range of characters he plays.

SALARY

Other Various - See breakdown

UNION

AEA