Center Repertory Company 2025-26 Season - Walnut Creek, CA
EPA
Center Repertory Company | Walnut Creek, CA
LOCATION
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr
Walnut Creek, CA 94596-4299
Vukasin Theatre - Parking Garage directly next door to the Lesher Arts Center
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
- Artistic Director: Matt M. Morrow
- Casting Director: Kimberly Donovan, CSA (KSD Casting)
- Casting Assistant: Sarah Wilcox
- Artistic Associate: Rebs Chan
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
centerrep.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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Sunday, April 6, 2025
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (P)
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://calendly.com/kim-ksdcasting. Once you have scheduled your audition, please fill out the audition form at:
https://airtable.com/app1OjYjtHMKMnrlZ/pagEARQ1gwj7gb31j/form. For further information go to:
https://www.centerrep.org/get-involved/audition.
CONTRACT
LOA
- $547 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024-25 rates - All other shows.
- $569 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024-25 rates - A CHRISTMAS CAROL
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Center Repertory Company's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
Local Bay Area actors are encouraged to audition. Center REP is committed to hiring local artists.
Performers, ages 8 through 70, of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and dis/abilities are encouraged to audition.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a monologue(s)/song of your choice. You will have a total of 3 minutes. There will be an accompanist. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If you are unable to attend this in-person audition, you may submit a video audition. Video submission information can be found at:
https://www.centerrep.org/get-involved/audition.
BREAKDOWN
Center Repertory Company 2025-26 Season
INDECENT
Written by Paula Vogel
Director TBD
First Rehearsal: August 5
Tech: September 2
Preview: September 7
Run: September 13-28
Venue: The Lesher
NOTE: The characters in INDECENT make up THE DEAD TROUPE. When speaking their native language, all characters speak in perfect English. When not speaking in their native language, they speak English with an accent. All characters speak and sing in English, Yiddish, and German.
SEEKING:
- LEMML: 30s, Male Presenting, The Stage Manager. A kind-hearted country tailor whose life is forever changed upon reading Asch’s “The God of Vengeance”. Lemml exemplifies the belief that theatre can transform our lives and the lives of those around us. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3
- CHANA: 20s, Female Presenting, The Ingénue. Passionate, adventurous, and smart. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: G2 to E3. Doubles as: Rifkele, Madje, Elsa, Immigrant, Ruth/Reina, Virginia McFadden, Bagelman Sister
- AVRAM: 20s, Female Presenting, The Ingénue. Rebellious, ambitious, and passionate. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3. Doubles as: Sholem Asch, Immigrant, Morris Carnovsky, Eugene O’Neill, John Rosen
- HALINA: 30s, Female Presenting, The Middle. Sophisticated, frank, and unconcerned with politics. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: D2 to E3. Doubles as: Manke, Immigrant, Freida, Dorothee Nelson/Dine, Dr. Hornig, Bagelman Sister
- MENDEL: 40s, Male Presenting, The Middle. Traditional and conservative. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3. Doubles as: Nakhmen, Immigrant, Harry Weinberger, Officer Benjamin Bailie, Rabbi Joseph Silverman. Additional languages spoken: short lines of French, Spanish, and Chinese
- VERA: 50s, Female Presenting, The Elder. Protective, witty, with a strong bite. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: G2 to E3. Doubles as: Sarah, Mrs. Peretz, Immigrant, Esther Stockton, Madje
- OTTO: 50s, Male Presenting The Elder. Cultured, educated, traditional, and cynical. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3. Doubles as: Yekel, Peretz, Schildkraut, Immigrant, Bartender, Judge McIntyre, Sholem Asch
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Adapted by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Jared Mezzocchi
First Rehearsal: Nov. 4, 2025
Tech: Dec. 4
Preview: Dec. 10-11
Run: Dec. 12-21
Venue: The Hoffman
Show specific generals held March 29th and 30th
NOTE: Most roles require performer to carry a tune in character.
We will be casting understudies for this show.
SEEKING:
- TRACK 1: EBENEZER SCROOGE – Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 50-60s. A man of business. Incredibly wealthy, but frugal. Miserly even. Personal loss has made him hard. He will be cracked open by play’s end. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 2: BOB CRATCHIT - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 30-50s. SCROOGE’S clerk. A devoted husband and father. Long-suffering and compliant. He will stand up to his employer by play’s end. Doubles as JACOB MARLEY.
- TRACK 3: FRED HOLYWELL - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 20-30s. SCROOGE’S nephew and only living relative. Playful and generous. His persistence will be rewarded by play’s end. Doubles as FEZZIWIG and PRESENT. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 4: MAN - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 30-40s. Person with a disability. His true identity will be revealed by the plays’ end. Doubles as SOLICITOR 1 and FUTURE. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 5: MRS. CRATCHIT - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, 30-50s. BOB CRATCHIT’S wife. Cheeky, yet grounded. Her hope will be buoyed by play’s end. Doubles as SOLICITOR 2 and MRS. FEZZIWIG. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 6: FAN - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, 20s. SCROOGE’S sister. A compassionate advocate. Doubles as PAST and MARTHA. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 7: BELLE - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, 20-30s. Open to all physical types, differences and disabilities. SCROOGE’S great love. Clever and spirited. Doubles as LILY. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 8: APPRENTICE EBENEZER - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 20s. A young EBENEZER SCROOGE. Bookish and earnest. Doubles as ELLIS. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).
- TRACK 9: TIM - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Person with a disability. Perceptive and older than his years.
- TRACK 10: YOUNG EBENEZER - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Studious and hopeful.
- TRACK 11: ARTHUR - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Bright and industrious. Doubles as PETER.
- TRACK 12: CLARENCE - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Affable.
- TRACK 13: BELINDA - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, child. Nosy and adorable.
- TRACK 14: TURKEY BOY – Any Ethnicity, Male/Female-identifying, child. Clever.
ENSEMBLE
CRIMES OF THE HEART
Written by Beth Henley
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: February 24, 2026
Tech: March 24
Preview: March 29
Run: April 4-19
Venue: The Lesher
SEEKING:
- Lenny Magrath, 30, the oldest sister. Lenny is insecure about most things in her life, but especially about her relationships with men. She has a difficult relationship with her sister Meg and hides in her caregiving, which gives her an excuse to stay home.
- Meg Magrath, 27, the middle sister. Meg moved to Hollywood to pursue her singing career, seemingly abandoning her sisters and her relationship with Doc. She appears to live her life in the moment but may not be as steely hard as she seems.
- Babe Botrelle, 24, the youngest sister. Babe is the most fragile of the sisters. A dreamer and innocent, she’s not quite sure what all the fuss is about her shooting her husband.
- Chick Boyle, 29, the sisters’ first cousin. Chick is brassy, loud and continually passes judgment on her cousins and how they live their lives.
- Doc Porter, 30, Meg’s old boyfriend. Doc is now married with two children, but the flame he carries for Meg still burns bright.
- Barnette Lloyd, 26, Babe’s lawyer. Barnette is a recent law school graduate who is competent beyond his years. He has a soft spot for Babe and wants to protect her from her abusive husband.
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Written by Diablo Cody & Alanis Morisette & Glen Ballard
Directed by TBD
First rehearsal: May 5, 2026
Tech: May 26
Run: June 6-28
Venue: The Lesher
SEEKING:
- Mary Jane Healy - An affluent, white middle-aged woman - Mezzo Soprano
- Frankie - 16 years old, Black, Female Presenting, with an artistic style - Mezzo Soprano
- Steve - A middle-aged, white, male presenting. Clean-cut/corporate - Baritone
- Nick - 18 yrs old, athletic white male presenting - Baritone
- Bella/Ensemble - a free spirited late-teen, female presenting - Mezzo Soprano/Alto
- Jo - AFAB, 16 years old, exploring their gender presentation, Alto
- Pheonix/Ensemble - 16 years old, male presenting - Tenor
- Andrew Montefiore - late teen, male presenting - Tenor, Baritone, Bass
- Ensemble - 13 performers
