Milwaukee Repertory Theater
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B) $739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
Actors of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit headshot, resume, and video submission at the following link: https://airtable.com/shrvHZhsxO4WbNv8V .
Deadline: Sun, Apr 3, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Laura Braza, Artistic Producer
Jada Boggs, Assistant Artistic Producer
Jonathan Hetler, Assistant Artistic Producer
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
For more information about the theater and the season, visit www.milwaukeerep.com
Questions and inquiries may be directed to casting@milwaukeerep.com
All performances will be held at Milwaukee Repertory Theater 108 E Wells St Milwaukee, WI 53202.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Non-musical auditions: Please prepare 1 Shakespeare and/or 1 contemporary monologue (not to exceed 3 minutes total).
Musical auditions: Please prepare a brief cut of a song; along with 1 Shakespeare or contemporary monologue (60-90 seconds). You may also use the accompaniment at: https://tinyurl.com/ycknd2as
Some roles will be understudied.
RAGTIME (LORT B)
1st Rehearsal – August 23, 2022
1st Preview – September 20
Opening – September 24
Closing – October 30
Following three diverse families in pursuit of the American dream.
Roles available:
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Sarah
Mother
Father
Younger Brother
Tateh
WIFE OF A SALESMAN (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – August 23, 2022
1st Preview – September 27
Opening – September 30
Closing – November 6
World Premiere – What if a 1950s housewife from a particularly well-known American play drove from Brooklyn to Boston to confront her husband’s mistress? Would the encounter be explosive? Or would the two women discover they have more in common than one might assume? Taking inspiration from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, this world premiere play imagines how a potentially combustible confrontation brings themes of marriage, duty and division to the surface—and the ways in which the world has, and hasn’t, changed across generations.
Roles available:
Wife/Heather – Any ethnicity, female, early 40s.
Mistress/Violet – Any ethnicity, female, late 20s to early 30s.
Radio/Jim – Any ethnicity, male, 40s-50s.
THE NATIVITY VARIATIONS (LORT B)
1st Rehearsal – October 11, 2022
1st Preview – November 15
Opening – November 18
Closing – December 11
World Premiere – When Jules’ avant-garde theater company in a small Midwestern town is asked to put on the church’s Christmas pageant, she sees it as a way to stretch her artistic wings. But wrangling the cast’s personalities and pleasing Fr. Juan’s artistic sensibilities will be a whole ‘nother challenge! As the team tries to tackle one of the most iconic stories of all time – iambic pentameter, puppets, and fake blood all abound – their little troupe learns what the holiday season is really all about.
Roles available:
Carl – male, 50s-60s, Black, the best actor in an eighty miles radius, an expert puppeteer, children's librarian.
Mateo – male, 30s, Latino, a PE teacher who reads Grotowski in his spare time; doubles as FATHER JUAN an Episcopalian priest of Argentinian descent.
Vanessa – female, 20s-30s, woman of color, college admissions assistant by day, community theater star by night.
Peggy – female, 50s-60s, very midwestern, white, desperate to be liked; this is her first play, but she can already hear the applause; former elementary school music teacher fond of the recorder.
Hank – male, 50s-60s, as midwestern and white as his wife Peggy but not sure how he ended up cast in a play, currently unemployed.
Jules – female, 20s-30s, director, leans butch, willing to bleed for her art, any ethnicity.
BEEHIVE (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – October 18, 2022
1st Preview – November 11
Opening – November 13
Closing – January 15, 2023
Roles available:
Wanda
Pattie
Alison
Laura
Gina
Jasmine
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (LORT B)
1st Rehearsal – December 13, 2022
1st Preview – January 10, 2023
Opening – January 13
Closing – February 12
A classic comedy set in the grunge-era ‘90s.
Roles available:
Benedict
Beatrice
Claudio
Hero
Don Pedro
Don John
Leonato
Dogberry/Antonio
Verges/Balthasar
Borachio
Margaret
THE HEART SELLERS (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – January 3, 2023
1st Preview – February 7
Opening – February 10
Closing – March 19
World Premiere – Funny and deeply moving, this World Premiere by Lloyd Suh (The Chinese Lady) gives voice to the Asian immigrant experience in the 1970s when the landmark Hart-Cellar Act granted thousands of professional workers a new path to citizenship. But for new Americans Jane and Luna, life in the USA with their workaholic husbands has left them feeling isolated and invisible. One Thanksgiving – over sips of wine and a questionable frozen turkey – they reminisce and dream of spreading their wings together in the land of opportunity: disco dancing, learning to drive and even a visit to Disneyland. With grace and dignity, this powerful play asks: “Would you give up your heart to make a new home?”
Roles available:
Luna – Luningning Ignacia Mangahas de la Rosario Bustos, 23, Filipina, female.
Jane – Hong Jae Ha, 23, Korean, female.
SEVEN GUITARS (LORT B)
1st Rehearsal – February 7, 2023
1st Preview – March 7
Opening – March 10
Closing – April 2
Roles available:
Louise
Canewell
Red Carter
Vera
Hedley
Floyd Barton
Ruby
GOD OF CARNAGE (LORT B)
1st Rehearsal – March 21, 2023
1st Preview – April 18
Opening – April 21
Closing – May 14
Roles available:
Alan
Annette
Michael
Veronica
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 submit.
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