EPA
Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation, Inc. | Ivoryton, CT
Saturday, February 1, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
Audition Appointment Form.
SPT
$761 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
Equity actors for roles in JOSEPH AND THE TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and MY FAIR LADY (See breakdown).
Ivoryton Playhouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Ivoryton Playhouse aims to ensure that our productions and production teams reflect a multi-racial society that includes actors and stage managers with disabilities. Our casting process includes a flexible and imaginative casting policy to increase employment for actors and stage managers of color, women, seniors, and actors and stage managers with disabilities. We encourage actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to audition. Ivoryton Playhouse is committed to diversity and encourages actors from underrepresented communities to audition.
Actors 17 + are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare a short cut of a song in the style of either show. An accompanist will be provided. Also, please bring your picture and resume stapled together.
Centerbrook Meeting House
51 Main Street
Centerbrook, CT 06409
Executive Director: Jacqueline Hubbard
Executive Producer: Ben Hope
Managing Director: Krista May
Expected to attend:
Jacqui Hubbard – Executive Director
Ben Hope – Executive Producer
Brian Feehan – Director/Choreographer, MY FAIR LADY
Todd L. Underwood – Director/Choreographer, JOSEPH … DREAMCOAT
First Rehearsal – June 10, 2025
Previews – June 26, 2025
Opening – June 27, 2025
Closing – July 27, 2025
First Rehearsal – July 22, 2025
Previews – August 7, 2025
Opening – August 8, 2025
Closing – September 7, 2025
ivorytonplayhouse.org
For additional information, email Ben at
ben@ivorytonplayhouse.org.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
We are seeking a diverse cast of talented and committed performers ages 10 and older. All roles are available to actors of any age and ethnicity.
JOSEPH: Male, Tenor – Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob. Confident and charming. Vocally strong. 20 – 40.
NARRATOR: Male or Female, Tenor or Soprano – The audience’s guide through the story. The narrator tells Joseph’s story. Able to command the stage while directing focus to story elements. Strong singer with great energy.
PHARAOH: Male or Female, Baritone or Mezzo – Egypt’s ruler, considered a god on earth. Searching for the meaning behind his/her dreams. Portrayed as a world-famous rock star. Full of energy and confidence. May double as a member of the greater ensemble.
POTIPHAR: Male, Baritone – Rich, self-indulgent, and sophisticated Egyptian capitalist. Makes Joseph the leader of his household. Strong character with a powerful speaking voice. May double as a member of the greater ensemble.
MRS. POTIPHAR: Female, Alto – Indulgent and confident in her pursuit of what she wants, which at this time happens to be Joseph. May double as a member of the greater ensemble.
JACOB: Male, Baritone – Aged father of Joseph and his 11 brothers. Strong character who can sing and move well. 50 and up.
BUTLER: Male or Female, Tenor or Mezzo – Pharaoh’s right hand. While in jail, Joseph interprets the Butler’s dreams to a positive outcome. May double as a member of the greater ensemble.
BAKER: Male or Female, Tenor or Mezzo – Head of Pharaoh’s kitchen. While in jail, Joseph interprets the Baker’s dreams to a less-than-positive outcome. May double as a member of the greater ensemble.
JOSEPH’S BROTHERS: Male, Various Ranges – Jealous of Joseph being their father’s favorite son. Skilled dancers and singers.
WIVES: Female, Various Ranges – Skilled dancers and singers. Will also double as general ensemble in some scenes.
CHILDREN’S CHORUS: Male and Female, 8 and older. Strong singers. Learning about the story of Joseph from the Narrator. - NOTE: Auditions for the Children's Chorus will take place at a later date.
Eliza: (age 25 - 35) SOPRANO. The cockney flower girl who Professor Higgins tries to educate. She is warm, high-spirited, unconventional, and self-reliant. (A Cockney accent as well as standard British). Vocal range: A3 - G5.
Henry Higgins: (age 40 - 60) BARITONE. The self-absorbed, aristocratic professor of linguistics attempts to transform a cockney flower girl, Eliza, into a well-bred lady. He is eccentric, independent, energetic, and cares more about intellect than emotion. Vocal range: B flat 2 - E4.
Colonel Pickering: (age 50+) BARITONE. A retired British officer with colonial experience and the amiable linguist friend of Professor Higgins. Vocal range: C3 - D4.
Alfred Doolittle: (age 50+) BARITONE. Eliza's fun-loving, free-thinking father. He is a good-natured rascal with many friends and never passes up a free drink. Vocal range: G3 - E4. A good mover. Cockney accent.
Freddy Eynsford-Hill/Ensemble: (age 25 to 40) TENOR/ HIGH BARITONE. An upper-class young man who becomes completely smitten with Eliza. Vocal range: C3 - F4. A good mover.
Mrs. Higgins/Ensemble: (age 50+) Professor Higgins’ self-assured, wealthy, and elegant mother.
Mrs. Pearce/Ensemble: (age 40+) Professor Higgins’ housekeeper, who acts as a surrogate mother to Eliza. Vocal range: E4 - G4.
Ensemble: A versatile ensemble of actors, singers, and dancers who will take on multiple roles as servants, aristocrats, musicians, and working men and women.
Videos
