Berkeley Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theater 2024-25 Seasons - San Francisco, CA EPA
Various Producers
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
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LORT Non-Rep
$1151 weekly minimum (LORT B+ Protected) - Toni Rembe Theater - A.C.T.
$776 weekly minimum (LORT D Protected) - Strand Theater - A.C.T.
NOTE: At the Strand Theater, A.C.T. will pay above scale next season, $940, per San Francisco minimum wage guidelines. $1100 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Equity actors for roles in Berkeley Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theater's 2024-25 Seasons (See breakdown).
Both Berkeley Rep and A.C.T. welcome actors of all races, ethnicities, ages, gender identities, abilities/exceptionalities, and body types.
All roles at Berkeley Rep will be understudied. Some roles at A.C.T. will be understudied.
Please prepare EITHER a short monologue OR a short song OR a one-minute monologue and 16-bars of a song. Audition may not exceed 3 minutes. Accompanist will be provided; please bring sheet music. Please bring two copies of your headshot and résumé.
American Conservatory Theatre Studios
30 Grant Ave
San Francisco, CA 94108
Near the Powell Street and Montgomery Street MUNI/BART Stations and the Mason/O’Farrell Parking Garage. Take elevator to 8th Floor; follow signs to the holding space, Studio 8B. Auditions in Studio 8A.
Expected to attend:
Karina Fox, Associate Casting Director &
Artistic Associate - Berkeley Rep
Katie Craddock, Literary Manager & Casting Associate - A.C.T.
Rebs Chan, Peter F. Sloss Artistic Fellow - Berkeley Rep
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
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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.
By Noël Coward
Directed by KJ Sanchez
Toni Rembe Theater - LORT B+ Non-Rep Protected Theater minimum
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
First Tech: Friday, August 6, 2024
First Preview: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Opening: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Closing: Sunday, October 6, 2024
AMANDA PRYNNE (Offer Out): Elyot’s first wife, newly married to Victor.
VICTOR PRYNNE (Offer Out): Amanda’s husband.
SIBYL CHASE (Offer Out): Elyot’s wife.
ELYOT CHASE (Offer Out): Amanda’s first husband, newly married to Sibyl.
By Craig Lucas
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
Toni Rembe Theater - LORT B+ Non-Rep Protected Theater minimum
Sept 16-20, 2024: Experimental Theatre 6-day workshop
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
First Tech: Friday, November 15, 2024
First Preview: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Opening: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Closing: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
PHIL: over 65, cast as Scrooge. Aubrei’s partner. Local luminary. Someone whose political values would appear to depend on his momentary needs.
LARK: late 20s, set/costume/light designer; assistant director; Managing Director of Whynot Players, Zayd’s single mother. Can do anything that needs immediate attention.
FRAN: late 30s-40s, cast as Ghost of Xmas Past, Fredricka’s Spouse, Laundress. A dancer. New to town. Speaks with whistling ‘s.’
KAREN: 30s, cast as Fredricka, Belle, Beggar, Charwoman, Londoner, Party Guest.
CHIMA: 20s, choreographer; cast at the last moment as Topper, Debtor, Londoner; Bethel’s older brother. Black. Extremely soft-spoken; makes one other surprise appearance.
AUBREI (Offer Out): Over 55, director; eventually she is pressed into service playing Old Joe.
HOLTS (Offer Out): 40ish, cast as Cratchit, Fezziwig, Undertaker, Londoner, Party Guest (Rabbi). An excellent actor, politically to the right of the others (or at least how they like to be perceived by the others).
SIMONE (Offer Out): 20s, cast as Wriggles, Mrs Fezziwig, Ghost of Xmas Present, Londoner, Debtor’s Wife.
SWAN (Offer Out): over 50, cast as Narrator, Marley, Mrs Cratchit, Londoner, Party Guests, Maid. Nonbinary.
JESS (Offer Out): 20s/30s, cast as Ruggles, Grocer, Dick, Belle’s Spouse, Debtor, Londoner, Party Guest (Reverend). Evangelical Christian.
(The children character's ages are all 13 years old or younger)
ZAYD: child cast as Tiny Tim Cratchit. Lark’s child. An impossible spirit; prodigy.
KILEY: child cast a Martha Cratchit, Young Niece.
JORDAN: child cast as Young Ebenezer, “Ignorance,” Peter Cratchit, Fredricka’s Spouse’s Young Nephew, Londoner, Debtor’s Child.
FATIMA: young child cast as Belinda Cratchit, Fredricka’s Spouse’s Younger Niece.
BETHEL: child cast as Fan, Eeny-Beeny Cratchit, Fredricka’s Spouse’s Even Younger Niece, Londoner, Debtor’s. Black. Chima’s young sister.
RUTH: child cast as “Want,” Eeny-Beeniest Cratchit, Fredricka’s Spouse’s Distant Cousin, Londoner, Debtor’s Child.
Book by Itamar Moses
Lyrics by Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
Toni Rembe Theater - LORT B+ Non-Rep Protected Theater minimum
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
First Tech: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
First Preview: Friday, February 28, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Closing: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Extension TBD: Sunday, April 6, 2025
JEFF: Male-identifying, mid 20s – early 30s. Smart, edgy guy whom we end up falling in love with. The protagonist who doesn’t like reality TV, but he ends up as a contestant on a reality TV show and learns to fall in love. A hyper-intellectual, which makes him vulnerable. Should have a sexiness and warmth. Has comic chops. Pop/rock preferably tenor, but could be baritenor.
JENNY: Female-identifying, mid 20s – early 30s. A reality TV show assistant producer. Intelligent, edgy, hipster-ish, not easily impressed—but we also have to fall in love with her. Afraid to express her artistic vision. Has comic chops. Pop/rock alto or mezzo.
BYRON: Male-identifying, 30 – 40. Very handsome host of the reality TV show Nobody Loves You. Takes all of this completely seriously. Carries a torch for Nina, his producer. An absurd version of Chris Harrison, the host of The Bachelor. Has gravitas and comic chops. Pop/rock/soul preferably tenor but can be baritenor.
NINA/TANYA/ZENOBIA: Female-identifying, 30 – 40. NINA is a tough, high-powered reality TV producer. TANYA is Jeff’s flighty ex-girlfriend. ZENOBIA is a funny reality TV show contestant who gets eliminated. Has comic chops. Pop/rock alto.
DOMINIC/EVAN: Male-identifying, mid 20s – mid 30s. DOMINIC is a misogynistic reality TV show contestant. Hyper-masculine a la Jersey Shore. EVAN is Jenny’s gay roommate. Protective of Jenny, he’s the biggest fan of the reality TV show Nobody Loves You. Has comic chops. Pop/rock tenor.
SAMANTHA: Female-identifying, mid 20s – early 30s. An ingénue with quirkiness. A reality TV show contestant, she is a good, sweet, gorgeous gal who has been unlucky in love but turns out to have an emotional, manipulative side; she ends up not finding love but becoming a reality TV star. Has comic chops. Mezzo or soprano pop/rock belt.
CHRISTIAN: Male-identifying, mid 20s – early 30s. CHRISTIAN, a reality TV show contestant, is sweet, earnest, and religious, but not totally naïve. Needs a manly, virile quality. He’s a virgin by choice—not by default—and it has required great determination. Pop/rock tenor.
MEGAN: Female-identifying, mid 20s – early 30s. Reality TV show contestant. A worn-out alcoholic party girl who’s desperate for some kind of redemption. Uses sex as a way of connecting with others. Has comic chops. Pop/rock alto or mezzo belt.
By August Wilson
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown
Presented by The Acting Company in repertory with The Comedy of Errors
Toni Rembe Theater
Fully CAST touring production.
The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare
In a modern verse translation by Christina Anderson
Directed by Devin Brain
Presented by The Acting Company in repertory with Two Trains Running
Toni Rembe Theater
First Tech: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Berkeley Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theater 2024-25
Seasons - San Francisco, CA EPA
Closing: Sunday, May 4, 2025
Fully CAST touring production.
By Ryan Nicole Austin, Beau Lewis, and Adesha Adefela
Directed by Jamil Jude
Strand Theater - LORT D Protected Theater $776/week (NOTE: At the Strand Theater, A.C.T. will pay above scale next season, $940, per San Francisco minimum wage guidelines.)
Sept/Oct 2024: 2-week Experimental Theatre workshop, dates TBD
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
First Tech: May 20, 2025
First Preview: May 29, 2025
Opening: June 11, 2025
Closing: July 6, 2025
Extension TBD: July 20, 2025
ESATA THOMPSON (Offer Out): An introverted Oakland coder. Black, singer/rapper, female- identifying, 20s - early 30s.
DEB THOMPSON: Esata’s resilient single mother / Doubles as SANDY HILL: notorious venture capitalist. / Doubles as APRIL DELOUCHE: Conway’s mom, a free spirit. Black, singer, female- identifying, 40s-50s.
KAMAIYAH: straight-talking Oakland MC and entrepreneur / BUTT BIT CO-FOUNDER / AD BOD CO-FOUNDER. Black, singer/rapper, female-identifying, 30s.
CONWAY DELOUCHE: Wannabe entrepreneur and college dropout. White, rapper/singer, male- identifying, 20s - early 30s.
VICTOR: cult-like leader of the Xcelerator / Doubles as GERHART DELOUCHE: Conway’s dad. White, rapper/singer, male-identifying, 30s-40s.
CHADWICK: Victor’s saucy assistant at the Xcelerator / Doubles as MARCUS: opinionated kid attending Esata’s mom’s daycare / Doubles as BOOTLEG SHAWN. Singer, 20s-30s.
DADVATAR: Esata’s deceased father, a military tech / Doubles as RACISM INSURANCE FOUNDER 1 / TASK RABBI CO-FOUNDER. Black, rapper/singer, male-identifying, 40s-50s.
DHAMEER: Bay Area hustler and rideshare driver / Doubles as LANEY MECHANIC STUDENT / RACISM INSURANCE FOUNDER 2. Latine, rapper/singer, male-identifying, 20s-30s.
By Ins Choi
Director TBD
Toni Rembe Theater
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
First Tech: Friday, September 12, 2025
First Preview: Thursday, September 18, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Closing: Sunday, October 19, 2025
Extension TBD: Sunday, October 26, 2025
APPA (Cast): A 59-year-old 1st generation Korean-Canadian man. The owner of Kim’s convenience store. Speaks with a thick Korean-Canadian accent. Male-identifying.
UMMA: A 56-year-old 1st generation Korean-Canadian woman. She's married to Appa. Speaks with a thick Korean-Canadian accent, female-identifying.
JUNG: A 32-year-old 2nd generation Korean-Canadian man. Son of Appa and Umma, male- identifying.
JANET: A 30-year-old 2nd generation Korean-Canadian woman. Daughter of Appa and Umma, female-identifying.
RICH: a young man / Doubles as MR. LEE: a successful real estate agent and friend of APPA / Doubles as MIKE: a Jamaican man / Dounles as ALEX: a 32-year-old police officer and childhood friend of JUNG. Black, 30s, male-identifying.
By and Featuring Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson
Directed by David Mendizábal
West Coast Premiere
Peet’s Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
Rehearsal: 8/20/2024
Tech: 9/8/2024
Preview: 9/13/2024
Opening: 9/18/2024
Contract End Date: 10/20/2024
FULLY CAST
In Association with Goodman Theatre
Adapted and Directed by Mary Zimmerman
Based on Mozart’s Opera
Roda Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
Rehearsal: 10/1/2024 or 10/7/2024
Tech: 10/13/2024
Preview: 10/18/2024
Opening: 10/23/2024
Closing: 12/8/2024
Contract End Date: 12/15/2024
FULLY CAST
A Co-Production with Arena Stage and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
In Association with Madison Wells Live & LaChanze
By Jocelyn Bioh
Directed by Whitney White
Peet’s Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
Rehearsal: 10/31/2024
Tech: 11/3/2024
Preview: 11/8/2024
Opening: 11/13/2024
Closing: 12/15/2024
Contract End Date: 12/22/2024
Marie: (Female Identifying, 18, Black Senegalese) Has lived almost her whole life in America. Jaja’s daughter who runs the shop for her mother. Does a great job. Kind and smart. Academically successful, but her immigration status is in the way of her college dreams. Carrying a lot of weight on her young shoulders pretty gracefully.
Sista Bea: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black Ghanaian) Has been at the shop the longest and values her seniority. Constantly gossiping with Aminata. Has a great sense of humor, but you don’t want to cross her. Critical and unpredictable, she creates a lot of drama. But when push comes to shove, she’ll come through.
Aminata: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black Senegalese) Does a good job but takes all day. BEA’s best friend in gossip and drama - she doesn’t create it, but she doesn’t diffuse it either. Dryly funny, has mastered the art of side-eye.
Ndidi: (Female Identifying, 20s, Black Nigerian) The young spitfire. She dresses the youngest and braids the fastest. Everyone at the shop knows that she makes the most money, and it doesn’t always go over well - especially with Bea, who accuses her of stealing clients.
Miriam: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black Sierra Leonean) Quiet and kind. She has a five-year-old daughter back in Sierra Leone, who she is trying to bring to America. Her peaceful demeanor belies a rebellious streak, which has landed her in this life - very different than the one she was raised for.
Jaja: (Female Identifying, 40s Black Senegalese) Owner of the shop. Getting married today in City Hall to Steven - the landlord of a local building. Warm, joyful. Has a presence that draws you in.
Jennifer: (Female Identifying, 20s, Black American) Comes to the shop for micro braids and is in there all day. Patient, and an enthusiastic audience to the stories and dramas of the women in the shop.
Chrissy/Michelle/LaNiece: Chrissy: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black American) Very particular about her hair and adamant that they “make her look like Beyonce.” Michelle: (Female Identifying, 20s, Black American) The nervous client who doesn’t want trouble or confrontation and just wants to get her hair done peacefully. A former client of Bea’s who has come to have her hair done by Ndidi, without realizing they’re in the same shop. LaNiece: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black American) A really messy eater.
Vanessa/Radia/Sheila: Vanessa: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black American) A super-rude customer who no one wants to deal with. Radia: (Female Identifying, 18ish, Black American) One of Marie’s former classmates whose “just catching up” conversation highlights the differences between the opportunities available to them. Sheila: (Female Identifying, 30s, Black American) A friendly but loud- talking and nosey customer. Constantly on her phone.
James/Franklin, The Sock Man/Olu, The Jewelry Man/Eric, the DVD Man: James: (Male Identifying, 30s, Black Ghanian) Aminata’s on and off again husband who clearly takes advantage of her. Charming, of course. Franklin, The Sock Man & Olu, The Jewelry Man: (Male Identifying, 30s, Black West African) Honest men just trying to make a living; well-known to the women who work in the shop. Eric, the DVD Man: (Male Identifying, 30s, Black West African) The caring DVD man who looks out for his friends; brings them critical news.
Based on the novel by Ali Benjamin
Adapted for the stage by Keith Bunin
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
In Association with Madison Wells Live
Roda Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
Rehearsal: 12/30/2024
Tech: 1/24/2025
Preview: 1/31/2025
Opening: 2/5/2025
Closing: 3/9/2025
Contract End Date: 3/16/2025
SUZY (Offer out) (Female Identifying, 12, any ethnicity) Suzy is seen currently in the seventh grade, though also in flashbacks at a slightly younger age (late 10 and 11). High IQ, though her EQ is still very much a work in progress. Socially awkward, filled with huge emotions (sorrow, rage, loneliness, hurt) that she can neither name nor control. Determined. Curious to the point of obsession. In most of the present-day scenes she does not talk at all, though there will be moments when she cannot stop talking, even as she desperately wishes she could just keep her mouth shut.
FRANNY (Female Identifying, 11, any ethnicity). Seen mostly in flashbacks to age 11. Suzy's best/only friend through elementary school, but very different from Suzy. Desperately shy through her elementary years, with a lot of anxieties and fears, she was comfortable only with Suzy. But by middle school, when we meet her, she longs to step into a new version of herself. She yearns to be part of a larger friend group, to attend dances, and experience first-love. As she pulls away from Suzy, she tries to be kind, but she also feels stifled by this intense one-on-one friendship.
AUBREY (Female Identifying, 13, any ethnicity) Smart, confident, and maybe (definitely) a little bossy. When it comes to trends and what it means to be ‘grown-up’, Aubrey is ahead of the curve. An arbiter of all things cool, and a master of the middle school social scene. As they get older, Franny and Aubrey begin a budding friendship, connecting on style, boys, and all of the best girlhood things. Despite her social prowess, Aubrey can not seem to make heads or tails of Suzy’s awkwardness, and doesn’t quite care to.
JUSTIN (Male Identifying, 12, any ethnicity) A sweet mess of a kid. Diagnosed ADHD and not afraid to talk about it (as if anyone could miss it!). He’s the kind of kid who doesn’t notice that he puts on his T- shirt inside out, and who might work hard on homework assignments then forget to turn them in. If you opened his backpack, you might find buried at the bottom, that cheese sandwich that he lost last week.
DYLAN (Male Identifying, 12, any ethnicity) Cute and confident, Dylan is the kind of kid who finds creativity in destruction. He’s a daredevil sometimes to the point of being dangerous and is always pushing the boundaries. Dylan is charismatic and funny, but he can also be cruel. Suzy finds him at best off-putting and at worst terrifying, and though we can definitely see her point, we can also see how he makes the other girls swoon.
MEG (Female Identifying, 40s, any ethnicity). Suzy’s mother. A real estate agent, which is probably not what she expected to be doing at this point in her life. A little harried: her house is messy, and she’s the kind of person who’s always running a little bit late. Wears all her feelings on her outside. Wants urgently to be there for her beloved, odd duck of a child, but is bewildered about how to help. Recently divorced from Suzy’s dad Jim, and still has lingering feelings about it all.
JIM (Male Identifying, 40s, any ethnicity). Suzy’s dad. A systems guy, meticulous. Likes order, planning; he’s the kind of person who takes pride in how he packs a car. Doesn’t love single parenting, and as a result he doesn’t always provide Suzy with the best environment on her nights at his place. A lot of take out, tv, etc. Like Meg, he’s baffled by Suzy, and by her silence, but he, too, will do anything for her. Thinking about the divorce, what went wrong, only sends him backwards, when he needs to be moving forwards, so he doesn’t linger there.
JAMIE (Male Identifying, 50s-60s, any ethnicity), based in Australia and speaks with an Australian accent. A charismatic, passionate biologist. Larger than life. He can deliver a TED talk, go on TV, jump fearlessly into jellyfish-infested waters, grab a deadly box jellyfish without batting an eye. For Jamie, life is the ultimate adventure. He’s deeply charming and also oddly intuitive – it's a little magical, at times. His relationship with Suzy works because he treats her like a peer, not like a kid.
ADULT AUTHORITY FIGURES (Franny’s Mom/Mrs. Turton/Dr. Legler/Wallace/Naomi/Angela/Ticket Agent. Female Identifying, 40s-50s, any ethnicity) Multiple adult tracks including Franny's mom, Suzy's science teacher Mrs. Turton, Suzy's therapist and many other real and imagined figures in Suzy's life. Strong comedic sensibilities and lands the more tender moments in the play. Switches between roles nimbly throughout the show.
A Co-Production with Shakespeare Theatre Company
By Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Conor McPherson
Directed by Simon Godwin
Peet’s Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Tech: Sunday, February 9, 2025
First preview: Friday, February 14, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Contract End Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025
Aleksindr Serpbryakov: (Male Identifying, 60s, any ethnicity) ‘Alexandre’ a retired professor.
Elpna Andrpevna: (Female Identifying, 35-45, any ethnicity) ‘Yelena’, his second wife.
Syfya Aleksindrovna: (Female Identifying, 20-30, any ethnicity) ‘Sonya’, his daughter from his first marriage.
Martya Vointtsky: (Female Identifying, 70s, any ethnicity) ‘Grandmaman,’ mother of the professor’s first wife.
Ivin Vointtsky: (This role is cast.) (Male Identifying, 50s, any ethnicity) ‘Vanya’ her son.
Mikhatl Èstrov: (Male Identifying, 40s, any ethnicity) A doctor.
Ëlya Ëlyich Telpgin: (Male Identifying, 60s, any ethnicity) ‘Waffles,’ an impoverished landowner, lodging with the family.
Martna Timofeevna: (Female Identifying. 60s-70s, any ethnicity) ‘Nana,’ an elderly nanny/nursemaid to the family.
By Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Conceived & Directed by Moisés Kaufman
Produced by Tectonic Theater Project, Brian & Dayna Lee, and Sonia Friedman Productions
Roda Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
Rehearsal: Thursday, April 2, 2025
Tech: Friday, April 4, 2025
First preview: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Contract End Date: Sunday, May 11, 2025
FULLY CAST
By Jiehae Park
Directed by Knud Adams
Peet’s Theatre
LORT Non-Rep minimum (LORT B)
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Tech: Sunday, April 27, 2025
First Preview: Friday, May 2, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Contract End Date: Sunday, June 15, 2025
Old Man: Male Identifying, 50s-80s, White
Old Woman: Female Identifying, 50s-80s, Asian
Young Woman: Female Identifying, 20s-30s, Black
Young Man: Male Identifying, 20s-30s, Latinx
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