AMERICAN IDIOT Equity Principal Actors - Flint Repertory Theatre Auditions

AMERICAN IDIOT - Flint, MI EPA

Flint Repertory Theatre | Flint, MI

AUDITION DATE

Monday, July 28, 2025
2:00 PM - 9:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 5:00PM - 6:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

Please fill out our in-person audition form here. At the end of the form, you will be directed to a link to select an appointment block. If you are unable to access the form, you can also email
enichter@flintrep.org or call 810-237-2520 to schedule a time.

CONTRACT

SPT
$538 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in AMERICAN IDIOT (see breakdown). Performers of all gender identities and expressions are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Prepare a brief cut no longer than a minute of a rock musical theatre song of your choice. An accompanist will be provided at in-person auditions. A Movement callback will be held concurrently with the EPA. Please arrive with movement clothes to change into in case you are asked to stay.

LOCATION

Flint Repertory Theatre
1220 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503

PERSONNEL

Interim Artistic Director & Managing Director Nicole Samsel
Director Kevin O’Callaghan
Choreographer Cy Paolantonio
Assistant to the Artistic Director Emily Nichter

OTHER DATES

Callback: July 30, 2025
First Rehearsal: April 28, 2025
Performances:
Friday May 29, 2026 7:30 pm (Opening Night)
Saturday May 30, 2026 7:30 pm
Sunday May 31, 2026 2:00 pm
Thursday June 4, 2026 7:30 pm
Friday June 5, 2026 7:30 pm (College Night)
Saturday June 6, 2026 7:30 pm
Sunday June 7, 2026 2:00 pm (ASL Interpreted Performance)
Thursday June 11, 2026 7:30 pm
Friday June 12, 2026 7:30 pm
Saturday June 13, 2026 7:30 pm
Sunday June 14, 2026 2:00 pm (Closing)

OTHER

https://thefim.org/flintrep/about/auditions/

If unable to attend in-person auditions, video submissions will be accepted. See breakdown for Video Submission instructions.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

EQUITY’S POLICY

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.

BREAKDOWN

AMERICAN IDIOT

Flint Rep is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities to audition for all available roles.

VIRTUAL

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Movement: For each video auditioner, the directing team would like to give them the same amount of time with the movement material as an in-person auditioner. Please select one of the appointment blocks at the link below. Each block is two hours long, where the video auditioner will receive a link with the movement tutorial, then learn, film, and email a link to the combo to
enichter@flintrep.org within those two hours. After solidifying a time on the sign-up, this information and confirmation of time will be emailed.

American Idiot Virtual Movement Audition Sign-up

Vocal: Provide a video of a brief cut of a rock musical theatre song of your choice with your own accompaniment or use the accompaniment provided here.

Submit vocal video auditions through the audition form here:
Videos can be submitted via a link to your Vimeo, YouTube, personal website or other online account you prefer through the form below. Videos should be viewable without requiring downloads. Submissions should include a digital copy of your headshot and resume.
Video Submission Deadline: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
For additional questions, contact Emily Nichter at
enichter@flintrep.org, 810-237-2520.

SEEKING:

JOHNNY 20-30. Baritone. The self-proclaimed “Jesus of Suburbia.” Bored of his do-nothing, go-nowhere existence, he takes off for the city to get a new lease on life. He wages an inner war between a budding love for Whatsername and growing dependency on St. Jimmy and drugs.
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: B2

TUNNY 20-30. Tenor. Johnny’s friend who follows him to the city and eventually enlists in the army. A dreamer who is easily swayed, first by Johnny’s ideas and then by patriotism and the American Dream. Non-Binary and Trans actors are particularly encouraged to submit for this role.
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: D3

WILL 20-30. Tenor. Johnny’s friend. He ends up staying in Suburbia to take care of pregnant girlfriend Heather. The more he stays on the couch, the more he becomes slowly disconnected from the world and his own relationships.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C#3

ST. JIMMY 30-40. Tenor. Johnny’s alter ego. Known as the “city badass.” An enigmatic and charismatic enabler who gets Johnny addicted to drugs and grows jealous of his relationship with Whatsername. Any gender.
Vocal range top: F#5
Vocal range bottom: C3

HEATHER 20-30. Mezzo-Soprano. A girl in Suburbia and Will’s girlfriend. She discovers she is pregnant but has difficulty telling her boyfriend of the news. Once she settles down with him, she struggles to maintain their relationship with his despondency and eventually leaves him.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3

WHATSERNAME 20-30. Mezzo-Soprano. A girl in the city who falls for Johnny. A rebellious activist who is willing to follow Johnny to the ends of the earth, but fights to have him embrace their authentic relationship rather than pursue his addiction.
Vocal range top: D
Vocal range bottom: F#3

EXTRAORDINARY GIRL 20-35. Mezzo-Soprano. A girl who appears as a hallucination to injured Tunny. Attractive and mysterious. She has a powerful sense of empathy, purpose, and a belief in the possibility of change.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3

ENSEMBLE Seeking strong singers and dancers of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities to portray the youth of Jingletown and various roles throughout the show.