Huntington Theatre Company 2024-25 season - NYC EPA Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, April 4, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1,100 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in Huntington Theatre Company's 2024-25 season (see breakdown). Some, if not all roles may be understudied, exact plan to be determined.
The Huntington Theatre Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and produces shows in the Huntington Theatre, a LORT B theatre and the Virginia Wimberly Theatre, a LORT B theatre.
Huntington Theatre Company intends to use the terms of the LORT Rule 35(S) to simulcast/stream a capture of a regularly scheduled performance to virtual ticket holders for each production.
Please prepare one (1) Contemporary Monologue, no longer than 2 minutes. If you wish to demonstrate singing skill, please prepare 16-bars of a legit musical theatre song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring a stapled copy of your headshot and resume.
CHARACTER
Sunlight Studios
321 W 44th St
Ste #202
New York, NY 10036
Studio A
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Janet Foster (Casting Director)
Lyndsay Allyn Cox (Local Casting & Producing Director at The Huntington)
Carla Mirabal Rodríguez (Artistic and Casting Associate at The Huntington)
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.
See production dates in breakdown.
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If you have any questions, you can reach Janet Foster at janetfostercasting@gmail.com
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
This is a co-production with Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Playwright: Tom Stoppard
Location: Huntington Theatre, LORT B; Shakespeare Theatre Company, LORT B+ First Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Tech Begins: Friday, September 6, 2024
First Preview: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Opening: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Closing: Sunday, October 13, 2024
Shakespeare Theatre Company Dates
First Rehearsal: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Tech Begins: Sunday, November 24, 2024
Thanksgiving: Day off Thursday, November 28 and daylight day of rest Friday, November 29
Dress Rehearsal: Friday evening, November 29, 2024
First Preview: Saturday, November 30, 2024
Opening: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Closing: Sunday, December 29, 2024
Extension Closing: Sunday, January 5, 2025
Dates are subject to change.
Actors must be available for both runs.
In this production, the adult cast size will be reduced down to a 15-person cast with actors required to double and triple roles.
For characters/tracks whose ages span across a wide range, we are interested in seeing actors who fall anywhere within that spectrum and could play older or younger throughout the course of the play.
HERMANN: Ages from his 40s through his 70s. Jewish, but converted to Catholicism. He is married to Gretl and is the father of Jacob. Ebullient patriarch. Warm, sympathetic and loving with a good sense of humor. He believes strongly in the process of assimilation and will do anything in his power to give a better life to his only son.
LUDWIG: Ages from his 40s through his 70s. Jewish. Husband of Eva, father of Pauli and Nellie, brother of Wilma and Hanna. He is a mathematician: clever, witty, and a true intellectual. He is Hermann's ideological opposition. Despite his strong opinions, he will put his love for his family before all else.
ERNST/KURT: ERNST: Protestant. A doctor. Husband of Wilma; father of Rosa and Sally. A kind, caring family man with a level head and distaste for danger and violence. KURT: Jewish. Husband of Hanna, father of Hermine. A respectfully dressed philosopher and a Marxist academic. He is a very supportive husband to Hanna and respects her need to distance herself from his political reputation.
ROSA/HILDE: Ages from her 30s through 60s. Jewish. Born in Vienna, moves to New York as a student and becomes a psychoanalyst. Authoritative and witty. A kind person with a ferocious temper. Despite living through a period of great historical and familial despair, she maintains that her worst moment was forgetting where she hid the afikomen as a child. HILDE: a parlor maid.
GRETL: Ages from her 30s through 60s. Gentile, married to Hermann. So enthusiastic and curious about her husband's Jewish culture that she is unaware of her place of privilege. She is beautiful and wants to be remembered.
YOUNG HANNA/HERMINE: HANNA: 18. Jewish. Younger sister of Wilma and Ludwig; wife of Kurt, mother of Hermine. She starts a bit naïve and innocent, but grows to be tough. Plays piano. HERMINE: 20s through 30s. Jewish. Daughter of Hanna and Kurt, wife of Otto and mother of Heini. Flirtatious. A good dancer. Despite her love of romance, she is very understanding of her circumstances and approaches relationships with practicality in mind.
FRITZ/DR. OTTO/PERCY: FRITZ: 20s. A gentile. Military officer who enters an affair with Gretl. Passionate, prideful, and cunning. OTTO: 30s. Married to Hermine, father of Heini. A charming doctor of law and economics. He is in favor of the merging of Austria and Germany as one nation; he does not mince his words. PERCY: 40s. An intelligent Englishman who extends his kindness to the family after developing a deep understanding of the danger they are in. Friendly, honest, and worrisome. RP accent.
WILMA: Ages from 20s through her 50s. Ludwig's sister. Married to Ernst and mother to twins Sally and Rosa. Yearns to regain the love and approval of her parents after marrying a gentile and does everything in her power to earn it.
PAULI/ZAC/CIVILIAN: PAULI: a young Jewish boy. Son of Ludwig and Eva. Sweet brother to Nellie. ZAC: Jewish, 30s. Caring father of Nathan, Mimi, and Bella. Balances his appreciation for tradition with his love for his hesitant wife. CIVILIAN: a powerful, intimidating, and authoritative figure; an outsider.
JACOB/LEO: Ages from age 10 through his 30s. Son of Hermann and Gretl. After deciding he wanted to be a soldier from a young age, he is severely wounded in World War One. This experience makes him a realist with strong opinions on government, politics, Judaism, and revolution. LEO: Ages from childhood through 20s. Jewish, with a slight British accent as he ages. Fled Austria as a young boy and has since become unaware of his family's history and devastation. He is proud of his upbringing as an Englishman while remaining empathetic. RP accent.
EVA/NELLIE: EVA: 30s. Self-proclaimed bad Jew. A devoted wife and mother with a quick wit, unafraid to speak her mind. NELLIE: Ages from her 20s through 40s. Jewish. The daughter of Eva and Ludwig, sister of Pauli, and mother of Leo. Educated, warm, witty, and intelligent; a socialist.
POLDI/OLDER HANNA: POLDI: Ages from 40-60. The family's housekeeper-cook. She is unreasonably powerful yet incredibly loyal. HANNA in her 50s: Jewish. Poised. Full of protective love for her family. Plays piano as HANNA..
AARON/NATHAN: AARON: in his late 20s. Jewish. Husband of Nellie, father of Leo. A working-class intellectual who doesn't take himself too seriously. NATHAN: Ages from childhood through 30s. Jewish. Son of Sally and Zac. Auschwitz survivor. Mathematician. He has strong opinions and the ability to articulate them passionately and effectively. Proud of his heritage, outspoken about what he and his family have endured.
EMILIA/OLDER EVA: EMILIA: 80s. Jewish. A loving matriarch with a quick wit who passively resents her family's turning away from tradition. She cares deeply about the preservation of family memories and identities. EVA: in her 60s. She has faith in her and Ludwig's ability to persevere. Believes that the worst is behind them, making her immobile to the possibility of the danger to come. Proudly and defiantly Austrian, Jewish, and a mother.
JANA/ADULT SALLY: JANA, the family's nursemaid, tasked with caring for several children of various ages during holidays. SALLY: Ages 30s through 50s. Jewish. A devoted mother who wants what is best for her children and is forced to navigate the uncertainty of what that might be in real time. Her passion can become loud, unabashed, and frantic at times.
CHILD SALLY/MIMI: SALLY: 9-11. Jewish. Daughter of Wilma and Ernst. Rosa's twin. Bold and sure of herself. MIMI: Daughter of Sally and Zac. Bella's twin. Insistent. Protective. Loves when her mom reads to her.
CHILD ROSA/BELLA: ROSA: 9-11. Jewish. Daughter of Wilma and Ernst. Sally's twin. Finds joy in simple things, was thrilled to be asked to hide the afikomen. BELLA: Daughter of Sally and Zac. Mimi's twin. Has a habit of sucking her thumb. Always self-soothing.
CHILD HEINI: young child, 7-9. Jewish. Son of Hermine and Otto. The youngest and smallest of the children in 1938. Loves playing his toy piano.
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SOJOURNERS
Playwright: Mfoniso Udofia
Location: Huntington Theatre, LORT B; Potential Co-Production, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Tech Begins: Friday, October 25, 2024
First Preview: Thursday, October 31, 2024
Opening: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Closing: Sunday, December 1, 202
Possible Co-Production Dates
Mid-March through the end of April, TBA.
All dates are subject to change.
Actors must be available for both runs.
ABASIAMA EKPEYONG: Early 20s. Paragon of Nigerian femininity. A dedicated biology student at Texas Southern University. Independent out of necessity. Kind to those unlike her. Swallows emotion until all remaining internal space is overflowing. 8 months pregnant. Ibibio accent. A singer.
MOXIE WILLIS: 15-18 years old. African American. She's learning to read and write. A caretaker. Far younger in age than her attitude might belie. Frayed from the harsh realities of street life. Quickwitted, hard-edged, and able to adapt on a dime. She's Massachusetts born and Southern bred. Black American, East Texan accent (inclusive of Houston).
UKPONG EKPEYONG: Early – mid-20s. Nigerian. High on life and the American dream. An economics student at Texas Southern University, though he has only earned 12 credits in 3.5 years. He has an effortless, magnetic charisma that has allowed him to coast through life. He claims his space and does not apologize. Ibibio accent.
DISCIPLE UFOT: Early – mid 20s. Nigerian. A Walgreens employee. A communications student at Texas Southern University with an intricate and specific plan for his future. Exceedingly intelligent. Intense and driven. An acute and rabid dreamer without an emotional tether. He claims his space and does not apologize. Ibibio accent.
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Playwright: Mfoniso Udofia
Location: Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Tech Begins: Saturday, February 1, 2025
First Preview: Friday, February 7, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Closing: Sunday, March 9, 2025
Dates are subject to change.
ADIAHA UFOT: 20s. Zaftig. The first-born child; queer. Acts as mediator, peacemaker, and passer of knowledge within her family. Attended NYU and just graduated with a Master's degree in Creative Writing. Tries to balance honoring her family and ancestors while coming to terms with her queer identity. Follows her instincts. Grounded to her body. Has a mix of a Massachusetts accent (not Boston) with the musicality of Ibibio. Ibibio speaker.
NSIKAN DISCIPLE UFOT: Early-mid 50s. Intense. Precise. A spiritually connected, clairsentient man. He is willing to do anything to save his family from ruin; he believes they're going down the wrong path. Traditional Southeast Nigerian. An immigrant. Ibibio accent.
ABASIAMA UFOT: Early 50s. Nigerian. Very intelligent, carefully chooses the moments she speaks her mind. Resents being treated like a child and treasures her independence. A loving mother attempting to understand her daughter's impulses. Ibibio accent.
KIMBERLY GAINES: 20s. African-American. Adiaha's girlfriend. A painter completing her thesis at NYU. Wholeheartedly embraces being an artist, including the sacrifices that come with it. Refuses to 9-5 someone else's dream. Passionate. Unapologetic. THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST.
TOYOIMA UFOT: 20s. Of Nigerian descent. She is quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and bold. A stealth caretaker. An escape artist. Has a complicated relationship with her older sister Adiaha; she has genuine love for her, but often feels abandoned by her.
EKONG UFOT: 16. Of Nigerian descent yet utterly American. Funny, practical, and seething. He is growing into his defiance despite a fear of his father. Behind his youth and love for video games he holds a wealth of intelligence and blossoming confidence.
COSMOS AKPAN: 60-65. Nigerian. Fiery, witty, and verbose. Embraces being the eldest in the room. Ibibio accent.
UDOM UDOH: 45-50. Nigerian. Gregarious and charming. Wholly non-religious and unapologetically so. Ibibio accent.
SHADOWS: An ensemble of the Ibibio/Efik [and more] sisters who comprise Adiaha’s ancestral line. They are Adiaha's unanswered prayers and they fight for her attention throughout the play. Once she sees them and becomes one of them, they collectively become powerful and assured in the face of Adiaha's sexuality and independence.
For roles already cast, we are seeing actors for understudies or replacements.
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Playwright: Ricardo Pérez González
Location: Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Tech Begins: Thursday, March 20, 2025
First Preview: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Closing: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Dates are subject to change.
ISMELDA: 46, Puerto Rican, the oldest sister. Still living at home, she is the primary caretaker of her parents, both of whom are ill. She also works in home loans at the bank. She lives for herself and her parents; she is vocally against the idea of needing a man. She has a strong sense of humor when she allows herself to. Yearns for rest. Sings briefly.
YINOELLE: 44, Puerto Rican, the middle sister. A wife and mother of two. Having a family of her own now, she wants to leave the island for new opportunities. She is very protective of Ismelda, but holds her cards close to her chest. Sings briefly
WICHA: 39, Puerto Rican, the youngest sister. A single mother. Passionately anti-capitalist and a vocal supporter of her gay son. A teacher. She is fiercely protective of her sisters and has a strong moral compass; she is incapable of lying.
MAMI: 60s-70s, Puerto Rican. Halts her chemotherapy throughout the course of the play in an attempt to live the rest of her life to the fullest. A caring wife and mother; she believes in the power of dreams and the messages they depict. She can be incredibly powerful, especially in her love for her daughters.
PAPI: 60s-70s, Puerto Rican. Practices English reluctantly so that he can hear what his daughters say about him behind his back. A failed politician, he understands that he has done wrong in his life but is an unwavering believer in God's forgiveness.
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Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Book by: Craig Lucas
Director: Loretta Greco
Location: Huntington Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Tech Begins: Thursday, May 1, 2025
First Preview: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Closing: Sunday, June 15, 2025
Dates are subject to change, and may begin up to a month earlier.
MARGARET JOHNSON: 50s. An elegant, self-possessed, practical and attractive American. Nostalgic about the past and what could have been both in her daughter's life and in her relationship to her husband; her nostalgia and regret manifest themselves in an intense interest in Italian history. She is protective of her daughter above all else and therefore skeptical of the Naccarellis. A3-G5; legit soprano.
CLARA JOHNSON: 26. Margaret’s daughter, young and naïve for her age. Clara is endlessly curious, easily excitable, and uninhibited in following her impulses. Over the course of her stay in Italy, she falls in love and comes into her own as an adult. A3-A5; legit soprano.
FABRIZIO NACCARELLI: 20. A charming Florentine. He is a romantic who doesn't quite fit into the world of practical adult matters yet. Sings and speaks primarily in Italian or accented English. Bb2-A4; tenor.
GIUSEPPE NACCARELLI: Mid 20s. Fabrizio’s slightly older brother; Franca's match in temperament. He, along with his father, attempts to teach Fabrizio how to impress women and engage in relationships. Everything he does is in an attempt to bring his brother joy and success, even in difficult situations; he'd rather see Fabrizio laugh than cry. Speaks in Italian. Bb2-D4; tenor.
FRANCA NACCARELLI: Mid 20s. Giuseppe's wife. She suspects she is being cheated on and is unafraid to speak her mind on the subject. She is the embodiment of Italian hot-blooded femininity. Transitioning from a romantic to a realist. She maintains a deep care for her brother-in-law. Sings and speaks primarily in Italian or accented English. Bb3-B5; soprano.
SIGNOR NACCARELLI: 50s-60s. Fabrizio's father. He is the epitome of a classic Italian gentleman: elegant, stylish, impeccable. He is more interested in freedom than history and filled with a warmth that shines on all he meets, particularly Margaret. He is strict in his values, but is swayed by Margaret and Clara in the way Margaret is swayed by him. Sings and speaks in Italian and lightly accented English. A2-D4; baritone.
SIGNORA NACCARELLI: 50s. Fabrizio's mother. Although she keeps to herself, she is a major proponent of risk taking and enjoys drama for the sake of love and passion. Speaks and sings in Italian, and in unaccented American English. Db3-B5; soprano.
ROY JOHNSON: 50s-60s. Margaret's husband; a successful American businessman who has become wholly enveloped by his work. He is more practical and skeptical than even Margaret, leading to his immobile rejection of Clara and Fabrizio's marriage. Non-singing (excluding ensemble singing).
TOUR GUIDE/ENSEMBLE: She speaks in English. Non-singing (excluding ensemble singing).
PRIEST/ENSEMBLE: Instructs Clara in the Latin catechism and directs the wedding rehearsal. G2- D3.
ENSEMBLE: The residents of Florence: flower sellers, bicyclists, families, squabbling lovers, a man selling newspapers, a soccer playing priest, nuns, maids, etc.
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