Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park 2023-24 Season - Cincinnati, OH EPA
Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park | Cincinnati, OH
Monday, April 17, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://cincyplay.com/about/employment. Scroll down to the Audition section and the ANNUAL EQUITY PRINCIPAL AUDITIONS and click on the link.
LORT Non-Rep
$926 weekly minimum (LORT C) - ROUSE THEATRE
$739 weekly minimum (LORT D) - ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE
Equity actors for roles in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).
Some roles will be understudied.
Please prepare 1-2 contrasting monologue(s) not to exceed 3 minutes OR for musical auditions, 1 monologue & 1 song not to exceed 3 minutes. An accompanist will be provided. Clearly marked music will be required for the accompanist or you may accompany yourself on your instrument of choice. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Cincinnati Playhouse
962 Mt. Adams Circle
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Parking available in the adjacent garage. Enter via main lobby entrance.
Expected to attend:
Joanie Schultz, Associate Artistic Director
Daunielle Rasmussen, Director of Artistic Engagement
See breakdown for production specific personnel
The 2023-24 season begins rehearsal in early August with a September opening. The last show of the season will close in the end of May.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical
mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas
are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the
extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and
dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 30
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 50
Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Created by RICHARD MALTBY, JR.
Conceived by WILLIAM MEADE
Rehearse: 8/1/23
Performs: 8/26-10/1/23
Ring of Fire is a celebration of the music of Johnny Cash. The musical leads the audience through
Johnny Cash’s hits as a semi-biographical story unfolds. The main character begins life in the cotton
fields of Arkansas, moves to Memphis to begin a music career, hits it big and marries the love of his
life. Five actor-musicians’ impassioned renditions of “I Walk the Line,” “Man in Black,” “Folsom Prison
Blues,” I’ve Been Everywhere,” and, of course “Ring of Fire” will have the audience singing these
songs long after they’ve left the theater.
No Understudies
JASON: Male vocalist, plays acoustic guitar.
DAVE: Male vocalist playing electric guitar, bajo, and fiddle
EDDIE: Male vocalist playing acoustic and electric guitar.
MARK: Male vocalist playing bass and percussion.
Director: Timothy Douglas
by Lynn Nottage
Rehearse: 9/19/23
Performs: 10/14-11/5/23
At a truck stop sandwich shop, run by an ex-con named Clyde, we meet a crew of recently
incarcerated people who are the kitchen staff. They learn not just to make sandwiches on the menu,
but to find the art in sandwich making. They learn to express themselves creatively all while they
attempt to restart and reclaim their lives and find purpose and humanity in a world that is set up for
them to fail. Somehow even in this impossible situation, Nottage finds humor and hope in telling their
story.
No Understudies
CLYDE: (she/her 30s-40s, Black) Formerly incarcerated. Owner of the sandwich shop. Frighteningly
charming. Her way or the highway. Knows she’s the shit and doesn’t care what anyone else thinks.
Her tough love is heavy on tough and very light on love. Invulnerable. Insensitive. Tyrannical. Fire and
ice. Sees the worst in people. Delights in humiliating others. Dangerously funny.
MONTRELLUS: (he/him 50s-60s, Black) Formerly incarcerated. Head sandwich chef. Mindful.
Smooth as silk. Guides others to find their own way. Accepts himself fully and needs no one else’s
approval. Patient. Kind. Inspiring. Experiences sandwich making as necessary healing. Sees the best
in people. Relishes in empowering others. Wit as sharp as his wisdom.
RAFAEL: (he/him 20s-30s Latinx) Formerly incarcerated. Recovering addict. A romantic. In love with
Letitia. Big personality. Bigger heart. Full of charm. Shows off and shows out with machismo and
bravado. Takes everything a little too seriously because he fears no one takes him seriously. Sensitive
but defensive. Needs this job to stay clean.
LETITIA: (she/her 20s-30s, Black) Formerly incarcerated. Single mother to a child with health issues.
A dreamer. Likes Rafael. Loves to laugh. Quick witted. Sharp tongued. Independent to a fault because
she fears being vulnerable. Trust issues. Wants stability. Hopeful but impatient. Needs this job to stay
afloat.
JASON: (he/him 20s-30s, white) Formerly incarcerated. White supremacist affiliation. A survivor.
Proud. Hard. Standoffish. A lone wolf. Quick to anger. Keeps his distance from people because he
fears he is the monster they see. Wants someone to really see him. Earnest but lost. Needs this job to
stay alive.
A World Premiere
Adapted and Directed by Blake Robison (CPIP’s Osborn Family Producing Artistic Director)
Rehearse: 10/27/23
Performs: 11/24 - 12/30/23
This new adaptation of the classic Dickens novella is by none other than CPIP Osborn Family
Producing Artistic Director Blake Robison. Written with Mo and Jack’s Place—The Rouse Theatre in
mind, this production features a brand-new set, costumes, sound and lighting design. It’s a story we
know and love and its brand new.
The script is still in development. As of Spring of 2023, the following roles are available:
Some Understudies
ENSEMBLE with featured parts:
SOLICITOR 1 who doubles as TOPPER, BUSINESSMAN 1 and a GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
FEZZIWIG who doubles as GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
MRS. FEZZIWIG who doubles as HOMELESS PERSON 2
YOUNG SCROOGE who doubles as UNDERTAKER
BELLE who doubles as MRS. DILBER
DICK WILKINS who doubles as MINER 2 and BUSINESSMAN 3
ROSE who doubles as the POULTRESS and a GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
FRED GUEST 2 who doubles as A YOUNG HUSBAND and a GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
HOMELESS PERSON 1 who doubles as a GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
CHILDREN’S ENSEMBLE with featured parts:
BOY SCROOGE who also plays IGNORANCE and TURKEY BOY
FAN who also plays WANT
PETER CRATCHIT who also plays a YOUNG GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
MARTHA CRATCHIT who also plays a YOUNG GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
BELINDA CRATCHIT who also plays a YOUNG GUEST in the Fezziwig Party and a YOUNG GIRL
TINY TIM
ROLES ALREADY CAST:
SCROOGE
MARLEY who doubles as a MINER and OLD JOE
BOB CRATCHIT
FRED
ENSEMBLE roles:
SOLICITOR 2 who doubles as BUSINESSMAN 2, a GUEST at Fred’s dinner party, and a GUEST in
the Fezziwig Party who is later revealed as BELLE’S HUSBAND.
CHARWOMAN who doubles as a NIECE, a GUEST in the Fezziwig Party and A CAROLER
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST who doubles as a YOUNG WIFE
MRS. CRATCHIT who doubles as a GUEST in the Fezziwig Party
A World Premiere
By Vanessa Severo in collaboration with Joanie Schultz (CPIP’s Associate Artistic Director)
Directed by Joanie Schultz and Vanessa Severo
Rehearse: 1/5/24
Performs: 2/3 - 3/3/24
A new and inventive re-telling of Bram Stoker’s classic story. This adaptation focuses first on the
friendship between Lucy and Mina. Meanwhile, Dr. Seward and Dr. Van Helsing contemplate
Renfield’s exceptionally strange illness, Lucy’s sudden illness and Jonathan Harker’s return from
Transylvania. The mystery reveals that vampires aren’t a fantasy, and Count Dracula is a threat to
them all. This new highly theatrical adaptation will bring the tension of this thriller with humanity and
humor.
No Understudies
The script is still in development with the following roles including:
VAN HELSING: (female, presents as a man, 50s-60s) Extremely smart and accomplished, Dr. Van
Helsing is in love with knowledge and ideas, and has dedicated her life to them. She lives as a man
only so she can pursue this life of the mind.
MINA: (female, 20s) The smartest person in the room, fascinated by ideas, has a big interior life.
Resigned to her role as a woman in this world until another option presents itself. Loves and longs to
protect her friend Lucy.
DR. SEWARD: (male, 30s) Cocky, wry, jaded. Dr. Seward is in charge of an institution for the mentally
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ill. Recently lost out on winning Lucy’s hand in marriage, he’s bitter about women. Longtime friend and
mentee of Van Helsing, it takes a lot to swallow his pride and ask for help.
LUCY: (female, 20s) Full of life and joy and a love for beauty and fun. She is the opposite of serious
and is excited for the life ahead of her with her fiance, Arthur. She's tired of living under her mother’s
thumb. Loves her friend Mina more than anything. She has a kind heart, free spirit, and lights up a
room.
ARTHUR: (male, 20s-30s) Grew up rich, next in line to be a Lord. Never had big problems, he’s
handsome and fun at a party. Loves the idea of marrying Lucy, but is actually gay and has a whole
other life we don’t see.
MRS. W/RENFIELD: (any gender, 40s-50s) Renfield is very smart, a very accomplished lawyer that
now lives with the torture of living between becoming full vampire or being full human. Mrs. W is
Lucy’s mother, strict and careful with her daughter.
JONATHAN: (male, 20s-30s) An up and coming attorney, Mina’s fiancé, and tortured by what he saw
at Dracula’s castle. A shell of the man he once was.
DRACULA: (male, timeless) A vampire.
Director: Aaron Posner
By Aaron Posner and Chiam Potok
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre:
Rehearse: 2/6/24
Performs: 3/5 – 3/31/24
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park:
Rehearse: 4/9/24
Performs: 4/13 - 5/5/24
“Both these and these,” the character Reuven reflects in Aaron Posner’s The Chosen. Adapted from
the novel by Chaim Potok, this play is about how two directly opposing ideas can exist together. Two
boys from two very different Jewish communities in 1940s Brooklyn, learning under the religious
instruction of their fathers, forge a friendship as they grow into adulthood. This piece is a heartfelt
exploration of Jewish culture and the human ability to reach out across difference.
NOTE: This is slated to be a co-production with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre which will originate at
MRT and is being cast by MRT.
Directed by Kareem Fahmy
By Martyna Majok
Rehearse: 8/22/23
Performs: 9/16-10/22/23
Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok is a striking play about two high school students trying to find their
place in the world. G and B are both immigrants living in the United States in the wake of 9/11. When
G’s mother gets naturalized, G also becomes a citizen. G and B make an agreement to get married
when G gets out of college so that B can apply for citizenship. At the end, G and B must ask
themselves what they’re willing to give up for the other.
No Understudies
G: (Female, 18+ to play high school) Brought to the United States as a young child; Americanized
mouth; Youthful vulnerability without sentimentality; Working class; Relationship with B feels like
siblings, and someone she needs, but eventually shifts; Country of origin is unknown, but character
identifies as non-white; could be Black, Latinx (Mexican or Central American), Asian, Filipina, MENA –
someone who does not benefit from white privilege.
B: (Male, 18+ to play high school) Brought to the United States as a young child; Americanized mouth;
Youthful vulnerability without sentimentality; Working class; Relationship to G feels like siblings; He's a
protector but has a softness. Country of origin is unknown, but character identifies as non-white; could
be Black, Latinx (Mexican or Central American), Asian, Filipino, MENA – someone who does not
benefit from white privilege.
HENRY: (Male, mid 20s) A first generation American born to immigrant parents; Loves B and is
fiercely protective of him; Distrusts G; As he is slightly older, he brings stability, but he still has a
youthful nature. Country of origin is unknown, but character identifies as non-white; could be Black,
Latinx (Mexican or Central American), Asian, Filipino, MENA, – someone who does not benefit from
white privilege.
By Vicki Quade & Maripat Donovan
This is a touring production.
THIS PRODUCTION IS CAST
Directed by Stori Ayres
by Zora Howard
Rehearse: 2/6/24
Performs: 3/1 - 4/7/24
A 2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Stew by Zora Howard tells the story of three generations of Black
women as they prepare for an important family meal. The promise of Mama’s stew keeps the
encroaching violence at bay until a devastating climax. This play explores the relationship between
mothers and daughters and how the things they keep from each other are really the things they’re
keeping from themselves.
Some Understudies
LIL’ MAMA: (Female, Black, pre-teens) Lillian’s daughter, Junior’s older sister, Mama’s
granddaughter. The youngest of the four women. She is the Drama, capital D. Precocious, observant,
and endlessly curious, she notices a lot more than the others give her credit for. She can also be
rebellious and defiant, unwilling to let the other women trample over her.
NELLY: (Female, Black, 17) Mama’s daughter, Lillian’s younger sister, Lil’ Mama’s aunt. Turning 18
soon and convinced she’s already grown. She is deeply in love with her boyfriend and eager to move
out from under Mama’s roof. Full of plans for the future, she resents Lillian’s meddling in her affairs.
She is moody and secretive in that teenage way. Also assertive, passionate, and puts up a confident
front to hide her fears and insecurities.
LILLIAN: (Female, Black, 30s) Mama’s eldest daughter, Nelly’s sister, mother to Lil’ Mama and Junior.
Currently employed as a teacher, she moved away from home early and is married to J.R. She is
having marriage troubles but tries to conceal this from their family. She is a tough-love mother,
pragmatic and deeply caring. She is also stubborn and quick to turn defensive when her abilities are
questioned.
MAMA: (Female, Black, 50s) the Matriarch of the family, mother to Lillian and Nelly, grandmother to
Lil’ Mama and Junior. She is the founder and director emeritus of the Mt. Vernon High Dramatic
league and the first soloist at the Greater Centennial AME Zion Church. She values her church
community and is happiest when her family is together under one roof. She is tough on her daughters
and herself.
Director: Joanie Schultz (CPIP’s Associate Artistic Director)
Written by Qui Nguyen
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Rehearse: 3/29/24
Performs: 4/26 - 6/2/24
An all-American love story about two very new Americans. It’s 1975. Saigon has fallen. He lost his
wife, she lost her fiancé. In a new country, they might find each other. Using massive amounts of
humor, heightened theatrical storytelling, and hip hop, Qui Nguyen tells the true story of his family.
No Understudies
QUANG: (Male, 20s-30s) Asian. Strong and handsome leading man. Adventurous, charming. Has a
keen sense of humor and isn’t afraid of a fight. Hides from his pain. Strong musical/rap ability.
TONG: (Female, 20s-30s) A Vietnamese refugee. Strong willed, effortlessly sexy, and fiercely
independent. Strong musical/rap ability.
HUONG: (Female, 35-50: doubles as ASIAN GIRL, AMERICAN GIRL, THU, TRANSLATOR,
FLOWER GIRL) Tong’s mother. Outspoken, surprisingly flirtatious.
NHAN: (Male, 20s: doubles as ASIAN GUY, AMERICAN GUY, KHUE) Quang’s best friend.
Boisterous, loyal, horny. Goo comedic energy.
BOBBY: (Male: doubles as PLAYWRIGHT, GIAI, CAPTIAN CHAMBERS, REDNECK BIKER, HIPPIE
DUDE) American soldier. Naïve, earnest, sweet.
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