Clinton Area Showboat | Clinton, IA
Email for audition sign-ups added.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an appointment please email:
courtney.crouse@clintonshowboat.com
SPT
$379 weekly minimum (SPT 2)
Equity actors for roles in Clinton Showboat Theatre's 2025 Season (see breakdown). The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (CAST) strives to foster an environment that is free of racism, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation--where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, can contribute fully, and have equal opportunities. We seek to foster an environment of mutual respect, collaboration, acceptance, appreciation, and caring for all members of our company.
Please prepare a brief cut of a song as well as a 30 second monologue. Please bring headshot/resume and your book in case the artistic team would like to hear more. An accompanist will be provided.
Camanche High School
937 9th Avenue
Comanche, IA 52730
THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Courtney Ryan Crouse: Director, ADDAMS and BRIGHT STAR.
Jenna Shoppe: Director/Choreographer, JOSEPH
ALMOST HEAVEN Director TBD
Sabin Fisher: Music Director
Ryan Scobel: Associate Producer
EXPECTED TO ATTEND: Courtney Ryan Crouse, Artistic Director
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity 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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
CLINTON AREA SHOWBOAT 2025 SEASON
The Addams Family
First rehearsal: May 27, 2025; Performs: June 2-June 12, 2025
Gomez Addams (35-50): A suave man who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams. Gomez finds himself trapped between his daughter and his wife, being forced to hide Wednesday’s big secret from Morticia. He has great comedic timing and is a strong mover. Bb2-G4
Morticia Addams (35-50): The beautiful, leggy and mysterious head of the Addams family who believes strongly in family tradition. Morticia is unnerved thinking that Gomez is hiding something from her. She is confident and sexy with a side of dry wit. She is a strong mover. G3-Bb5
Wednesday Addams (18-25): Gothic big sister Wednesday who has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility falls in love with a “normal” boy who she brings home to meet the family. Wednesday is trying to balance her relationships with “strange” family with that of her new love and his “normal” family. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness and strong will. She has a strong belt. A3-E5
Uncle Fester (30-50): Serving as the narrator of the show, Uncle Fester is lovable, childish, enthusiastic, and highly incorrigible. Fester has great comedic timing and a tenor voice. nun of the convent. Consistently perky, enthusiastic, and easily excitable. C3-G4 (optional G5).
Grandmama (1,000 years old): Fun, quirky and feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve. Grandma is wise, wacky and sometimes a bit crass. She has great comedic timing and physicality. G4-F5
Lurch (25-50): A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams Family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans, and deliberate movement. Must have great non-verbal story-telling abilities. Lurch has a rich bass voice. Eb2-E4
Mal (35-50): The uptight father of Lucas and cold-shouldered husband to Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism. He finds the Addams to be too bizarre for his liking and cannot fathom being related to them. C3-A4
Alice (35-50): Lucas’s mother and Mal’s wife, Alice is strongly devoted to her family. She presents herself as reserved and collected (even when speaking in rhyme) until she learns to unleash her wild side at dinner with the Addams. She is strongly comedic, with a strong belt. A♭3–D#5.
Lucas (18-25): The hopeful romantic and son of Alice & Mal, Lucas has fallen in love with Wednesday and intends to marry her. He is optimistic and hopeful yet struggles to find the balance between his ‘normal’ family and the macabre Addams. Strong singer. C3-C5.
Ancestors (18-50): The Addams ancestors from various eras serve as the chorus for the show and help bring the story to life. They will be featured both singing and dancing throughout the entire show (once released from the family crypt!). Seeking both vocals and dancing abilities. SATB
First rehearsal: June 10, 2025; Performs: June 26-July 6, 2025
Narrator (20-30): An actress with a strong rock singing voice who is strong on comedy and moves well. B3-G5
Joseph (20-25): The eleventh son of Jacob. His father's favorite, Joseph has a talent for interpreting dreams and telling the future which gets him into trouble early on with his brothers. However, it saves his life later when he correctly interprets Pharaoh's dreams. In the end, he has risen to a great position of power, but he still forgives his brothers and brings his family to Egypt. B2-G4
Jacob (35-50): Aged father of Joseph and his 11 brothers. Strong character actor who can sing and move well. D2-B3
11 Brothers (20-35): Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Napthali, Isaacher, Asher, Dan Zebulun Gad, Benjamin, Judah — although acting usually as a group — have their own different personalities, talents, flaws and sometimes even musical numbers. As a group they sell Joseph into servitude, but as individuals they deal with the following years and how they can make amends. They sing and dance their way through many situations and places, and double as Egyptians in many cases. Various vocal ranges.
*Please Note: Brothers will be cast with both male and female identifying performers.
Potiphar (30-40): A powerful and rich Egyptian, Potiphar purchases Joseph and puts him to work in his household, where he soon realizes that Joseph is honest, hard-working, and a great addition to his household staff. When he grows suspicious of his wife and Joseph, however, he grows angry and has Joseph thrown into prison. D2-B3
Mrs. Potiphar (20-30): Beautiful and scheming, Mrs. Potiphar tries to seduce Joseph (unsuccessfully). However, she does manage to rip off much of his clothing just as her husband comes into the room, thus condemning him to prison.
Baker (20-35): One of Pharaoh's servants, the Baker is in prison with Joseph who correctly interprets his dreams and predicts that he will be put to death. F2-G4
Butler (20-35): Another of Pharaoh's servants, the Butler is also in prison with Joseph who also correctly interprets his dreams, this time that he will be released and taken back into Pharaoh's household. It is the Butler who tells Pharaoh about Joseph and his uncanny ability with dreams. F2-G4
Pharaoh (20-35): The most powerful man in Egypt, Pharaoh is considered a god on earth. When Joseph interprets his dreams, he promotes him to one of the highest positions in his government. Bb2-Ab4
NOTE: Brothers and supporting characters (Baker, Butler, Potiphar, Mrs. Potiphar, Pharaoh) will be cast with both male and female identifying performers.
First rehearsal: June 27, 2025; Performs: June 17-July 27, 2025
Alice Murphy (25-40): Both 16-17 and 36-37. Alice at age 36-37 is an editor of a southern literary magazine; intelligent, attractive, professional – but with an air of melancholy. Young Alice at age 16-17 is rebellious, high-spirited, adventurous – looking to break out of small-town life and experience the world. She is a strong singer and comfortable in folk and bluegrass styles. F3-C5
Billy Cane (18-30): A young soldier returning home from WWII; an aspiring young writer; fresh, open, optimistic, charming, and a little naïve. C3-A4
Jimmy Ray (25-40): Both age 18-20 and 38-40. Jimmy Ray in his early 20s in flashbacks is Mayor Dobbs’ son and young Alice’s beau; handsome, boyishly charming, well-built and intelligent; from a family of wealth and power and is being groomed by his father for a similar future in the family business; an independent thinker who is not afraid to stand up to his father for what he believes in; he has a sense of personal responsibility and morality as well as a deep reserve of passion and emotion. Doubles as an adult Jimmy Ray at age 38-40. C4-A4
Mayor Josiah Dobbs (35-55): The Mayor of Zebulon; a political and financial powerbroker – distinguished, an imposing and controlling presence; has a genuine interest in protecting his son’s future and his family name, but in doing so, is ultimately pushed to a point of extreme and irrevocable cruelty. A2-G4
Margo Crawford (18-30): A small-town bookstore owner; a childhood friend of Billy’s who now harbors romantic feelings towards him; a natural beauty with a keen intellect. B3-F#5
Mama Murphy (40-60): Alice’s mother. A caretaker to her family and her rural community. A warm, loving, sensible woman. Hardworking, with great inner strength and compassion. G3-C5
Daddy Murphy (35-60): Alice’s father; an authoritative and a stern disciplinarian; devoutly religious, hard-working, a poor but proud farmer. A2-G4
Daddy Cane (40-60): Billy’s father. A widower. Spry, good looking. Kindhearted, if a bit lonely. C3-A4
Lucy (20s): A junior editor at a literary magazine. An ambitious, professional young “modern” career woman of the 1940s. Strong, forthright and provocative with a sharp sense of humor. A3-D5
Daryl (25-30): An assistant at a literary magazine. Funny, with a dry and officious sense of humor. Insecure, and perhaps a bit socially awkward, but endearing and innately likeable. C3-E4
Ensemble (18-40): 6 Ensemble members of various vocal ranges and ages. SATB
First rehearsal: July 15, 2025; Performs: July 31-Aug, 10 2025
Note: For Almost Heaven, seeking actors who play guitar, mandolin, violin/fiddle, banjo, autoharp, piano, harmonica.
Performer 1 (20-35): Male Presenting. B3-C6
Performer 2 (20-30): Male Presenting. B3-C6
Performer 3 (20-30): Male Presenting. A2-G4
Performer 4 (25-35): Female Presenting. B3-F#5
Performer 5 (20-30): Female Presenting. F3-C5
Performer 6 (20-35): Female Presenting. F3-C5
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