Milwaukee Repertory Theatre 2024-25 Season - Milwaukee, WI EPA
Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Milwaukee, WI
Friday, March 1, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Beginning at 9am (CST) on Friday, February 16, performers will request an audition appointment by emailing
casting@milwaukeerep.com. Auditions will be given on a first come, first serve basis- date and time requests may not be granted.
Appointments will be assigned during regular business hours- please allow a 48-hour response time after sign-up.
LORT Non-Rep
$1318 weekly minimum (LORT A)
$1011 weekly minimum (LORT C)
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's 2024-25 Season (see breakdown).
Actors of all races, and ethnicities are encouraged to audition. Some roles will be understudied.
For NON-MUSICAL auditions: 1 Classic and 1 Contemporary Monologue (not to exceed 3 minutes total). For MUSICAL auditions: a brief cut of a song; 1 Classic or Contemporary Monologue (60-90 seconds). Please bring your current headshot and resume stapled together. NOTE: For those auditioning for the musical, we are giving actors the option to use the provided accompaniment, and sheet music or select a song of their choice with their own accompaniment. Materials can be found here:
https://tinyurl.com/ycknd2as. An accompanist will be available to play day of auditions.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
108 E Wells St
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3504
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Jonathan Hetler, Artistic Producer, Casting Director
Annika Perez-Krikorian, Associate Artistic Producer/Casting Associate
Maria Amenabar Farias, Assistant Artistic Producer/Casting Associate
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
www.milwaukeerep.com
Contact casting@milwaukeerep.com with any questions or issues.
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.
Music by Dan Messé
Lyrics by Sean Hartley and Dan Messé
Book by Craig Lucas
Co-Production with South Coast Rep
Directed by David Ivers
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts (LORT C)
1st Rehearsal – August 20, 2024; 1st Preview – September 10; Opening – September 13; Closing – October 20
SYNOPSIS: “For better or worse” takes on new meaning when a mysterious guest requests a kiss at Peter and Rita’s wedding—and their lives are forever changed. Originally a South Coast Repertory world premiere, the Tony Award-winning play returns as a musical. Refreshed, reimagined and elevated by a breathtaking score, this modern fable soars through the peaks and valleys of love—the perfect salve for our disconnected times.
Peter - Male 20s-30s A smart, loving but complicated everyman. An off-beat romantic, falls in love with Rita and wants to build a life with her, but his clear path forward is quickly thrown off course. Vocal: Strong pop tenor or bari-tenor with a bit of grit and strong falsetto.
Taylor – Male, 30s. Peter’s best friend who introduces the couple. A big hearted ‘bro’ with a great sense of humor. Vocal: Pop tenor to an A.
Angie – Female or Non-Binary 30s-40s. Rita’s best friend and co-worker. A tough, funny, lesbian bartender who is always there when you need her with a joke or good advice. Vocal: Pop mezzo/belter with an edge.
Rita’s Mom – Female, 50s-60s. Funny, smart, and spunky. A neurosurgeon with both heart and intellect. Sweet and caring but not easily fooled. Vocal: Mezzo/Soprano.
Leah – Female, 40s-early 50s. Julius’ daughter. Salt of the earth and sensitive. Cares deeply for her father and is concerned for his advancing age and health. Vocal: Strong belter in the mezzo/alto range with a strong contemporary mix.
Rita – Female, 20s - 30s. A funny and charming, but cynical woman. Her innate warmth softens the corners of her dry, blunt sense of humor. She loves Peter, but is unsure of her place in life. When she is embodied by Julius, she becomes vivacious, spry and invigorated by life. Vocal: Folky pop voice, with belt.
Rita's Dad – Male, 50s-60s. An affable, warm, and funny man who loves his family but can quickly toughen up to protect them. A dentist who likes to chat. Ability to play the banjo a plus. Vocal: Baritone/Baritone.
Julius – Male, 70s, An elderly man who wanders into the wedding and upon contact with the bride is embodied by Rita who becomes trapped in his older body as she waits for Peter to “recognize” her. Vocal: Baritone G2 - F4
Ensemble (4) – Any gender expressions. Late 20s-40s. Strong singers who are also versatile actors to play a variety of speaking and singing roles. i.e. wedding officiant, waiters, party guests, etc. Vocal: Strong contemporary musical theatre, pop voices who can blend and sing harmonies.
By George Brant
Directed by E. Faye Butler
Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Steimke Theater (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – October 8, 2024; 1st Preview – October 22; Opening – October 25; Closing –
December 22
SYNOPSIS: Hailed as the “Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock icons
from Elvis Presley to Jimi Hendrix. Bringing fierce guitar playing and sizzling swing to gospel music,
Rosetta was a trailblazer, a young Black woman singing at church in the morning and the Cotton Club
at night. This play with music chronicles Rosetta’s first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight,
as they prepare for a tour that would establish them as one of the great duet teams in musical history.
Marie (CAST)
Rosetta (CAST)
By William Shakespeare
Directed and adapted by Laura Braza
Original Music by Dan Kazemi
Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall (LORT C)
1st Rehearsal – January 28, 2025; 1st Preview – February 25; Opening – February 28; Closing – March 30
SYNOPSIS: A fresh take on the iconic love story through the lens of modern-day Appalachia, with original folk music by Rep favorite Dan Kazemi (Much Ado About Nothing, Run Bambi Run, Hedwig & the Angry Inch).
Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
Mercutio
Friar Laurence
Nurse
Benvolio
Lady Capulet
Lord Capulet
By Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux
Directed by Laura Braza
Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall (LORT C)
1st Rehearsal – March 25, 2025; 1st Preview – April 22; Opening – April 25; Closing – May 25
SYNOPSIS: December 4, 1956: an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Showcased hit songs include “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Hound Dog,” and more.
Sam Phillips
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins
Johnny Cash
Elvis Presley
Dyanne
By Keith Bunin
Directed by Mark Clements
Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Steimke Theater (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – August 6, 2024; 1st Preview – September 3; Opening – September 6; Closing – October 6
SYNOPSIS: One morning, a young man boards the Coast Starlight, the long-distance train that runs from Los Angeles to Seattle. He’s got a secret that can land him in terrible trouble, and he has roughly one thousand miles to enlist the help of his fellow travelers – all of whom are reckoning with their own choices in search of a way forward. Keith Bunin’s play is a smart, funny and compassionate story about our capacity for invention and re-invention when life goes off the rails. After critically acclaimed runs at La Jolla Playhouse and Lincoln Center Theater, the play makes its regional premiere at Milwaukee Rep helmed by AD Mark Clements.
Liz
Jane
Noah
TJ
Anna
Ed
By Christine Quintana
Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Steimke Theater (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – March 11, 2025; 1st Preview – April 8; Opening – April 11; Closing – May 11
SYNOPSIS: Adriana manages the housekeeping staff at a Cancún resort, 200 miles and a world away from the home she left. Sarah, sister of the bride and the self-declared disaster of the family, is just trying to keep it together at this destination wedding. When a storm floods the roads and forces the women together, a series of misunderstandings breaks open the secrets both women have taught themselves to ignore. A bilingual play with Spanish and English supertitles, Espejos: Clean is a potent look at isolation, the power of being seen, and the ways people can grow around their own damaged places.
Adriana
Sarah
By Fred Alley and James Kaplan
Directed by Jeff Herbst
Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Stackner Theater (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – October 22, 2024; 1st Preview – November 8; Opening – November 10; Closing – January 12, 2025
SYNOPSIS: Lumberjacks in Love is one of Northern Sky’s all-time box office hits – celebrating a world where bath time is once a month and the blast of a dinner bell brings the boys running. Four burly lumberjacks live in a state of manly bliss at the Haywire Lumber Camp in Northern Wisconsin – until an encounter with a plucky mail order bride interrupts life as they know it. The result is big belly laughs and beautiful music.
Minnesota Slim
Dirty Bob
Muskrat
Moonlight
The Kid
Rosemary Rogers
By Mark Clements & Deanie Vallone
Directed by Mark Clements
Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Stackner Theater (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – December 17, 2024; 1st Preview – January 17, 2025; Opening – January 19; Closing – March 16
SYNOPSIS: Find yourself transported to a rainy evening near Dingle, in South Kerry, Ireland, as a contemporary seanchaí and his friends gather at their local pub, instruments in hand. As the Guinness & whiskey start a-flowing, so do the stories and songs--charting Ireland's history of love, resilience, and good humor. From jigs and fairy tales to drinking songs and war stories, sit back as these master storyteller-musicians capture the best of Irish culture and have some craic along the way. Featuring such Irish classics as Danny Boy, Whiskey in the Jar”, Molly Malone and “The Irish Rover”, the night will surely have you singing along and ordering another round...or two!
Character 1: male, 50s-60s; a contemporary seanchaí--a captivating storyteller and historian; strong singer; multi-instrumentalist
Character 2: female, 50s-60s; head- and heart-strong, the driving force behind their group; strong singer; multi-instrumentalist
Character 3: male, 20s-30s; charming and boyish, navigating making art as he's about to become a first-time father; strong singer; multi-instrumentalist
Character 4: female, 20s-30s; optimistic, but adverse to change; trying to make her mark in a family of musicians; strong singer; multi-instrumentalist
By Jason Robert Brown
Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Stackner Theater (LORT D)
1st Rehearsal – February 25, 2025; 1st Preview – March 21; Opening – March 23; Closing – May 18
SYNOPSIS: The beloved musical comes to the Stackner Cabaret, with an actor-musician duo at its heart. Two New Yorkers in their twenties fall in and out of love over the course of five years: Cathy, the woman, tells her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show. Told by two actor-musicians who create the world with a cellist onstage.
Cathy
Jamie
By Charles Dickens
Directed by Mark Clements
The Pabst Theater (LORT A)
1st Rehearsal – October 29, 2024; 1st Preview – November 26; Opening – November 29; Closing – December 24
SYNOPSIS: A Christmas Carol is one of the best-known and well-loved stories in the English language. During the course of one memorable Christmas Eve, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future help Ebenezer Scrooge discover that it is never too late to change his miserly ways. Milwaukee Rep favorite Matt Daniels returns to play Scrooge, as enchanting music, dance, costumes, scenery and special effects will once again fill the theater to tell this timeless tale of love, hope and redemption.
Dickens/Scrooge - CAST
Bob Cratchit
Mrs. Cratchit
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Present
Mr. Fezziwig
Mrs. Fezziwig
Young Scrooge
Marley’s Ghost/Old Joe
Belle
Fred
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