THT Repertory 2024-25 Season - Worcester, MA EPA
THT Repertory | Worcester, MA
Monday, June 24, 2024
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (E)
Break 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://forms.office.com/r/MerMkk3Z7x.
Audition requests must be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday, June 19th, 2024. If you have a question or need assistance, please email auditions@thehanovertheatre.org with subject line THT Rep Auditions. Thank you!
SPT
$512 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in THT Repertory's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare a Shakespearean monologue not to exceed 60 seconds. Please be prepared to demonstrate any special skills listed on your resume. Please bring one copy of your headshot and resume, stapled together. If headshots and resumes are not properly trimmed and stapled, you will not be seen for an audition.
Jean McDonough Arts Center
20 Franklin Street
Worcester, MA 01608
Accessible by the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham / Worcester line. Parking available at Federal Plaza Garage, 570 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608.
Troy Siebels: President + CEO
Expected to attend:
Livy Scanlon: Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
TheHanoverTheatre.org/THTRep.
Venue: the Worcester BrickBox Theater at the
Jean McDonough Arts Center, 20 Franklin St /
Worcester, MA 01608.
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.
An initiative of The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, THT Rep engages, entertains and energizes audiences with dynamic theatrical events made in and for Worcester, MA with a focus on classics, modern-classics and classics-inspired works.
Directed by Livy Scanlon
First Rehearsal: August 27th, 2024
Tech: September 14th- 15th, 2024
Previews/Opening: Week of September 16th, 2024
Closing: October 6th, 2024
SYNOPSIS: Among the greatest American plays ever written, The Crucible is a gripping drama set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the infamous witch trials of the late 1600s. The story follows John Proctor, a young farmer whose affair with former servant Abigail Williams incites a chain of events that lead to mass hysteria. As fear and paranoia consume the town, innocent people are convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death. Ultimately, Proctor must confront his own integrity and decide whether to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
Set in Salem jail at the height of the witch trials, this fully realized production of The Crucible builds on THT Rep's 2023 experimental staged reading featuring an All-Female Cast. Facing dire consequences, the wrongly accused women of Salem choose to act out the story of their society's decent into madness. Female / Non-binary actors are encouraged to audition.
JOHN PROCTOR. 30s-40s. Any ethnicity. Weary of authority. Deeply complex and conflicted.
ELIZABETH PROCTOR. This role is CAST. 30s-40s. Any ethnicity. Stoic. (Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement.)
DEPUTY GOVERNOR DANFORTH. 50s-70s. Any ethnicity. Severe.
JUDGE HATHORNE. 30s-50s. Any ethnicity. Subservient to Danforth.
REVEREND PARRIS. 40s-60s. Any ethnicity. Paranoid. Self-centered. A “fire and brimstone” style preacher.
REVEREND HALE. 20s-40s. Any ethnicity. Idealistic. Intellectual. The opposite of Parris in his style as a preacher.
GILES COREY. 60s-80s. Any ethnicity. Cantankerous.
THOMAS PUTNAM. 40s-60s. Any ethnicity. A wealthy, entitled landowner.
ANN PUTNAM. 30s-40s. Any ethnicity. Odd and traumatized.
REBECCA NURSE. 60s-70s. Any ethnicity. Wise, warm and grounded, with a whiff of superiority.
FRANCIS NURSE. 60s-80s. Any ethnicity. Husband of Rebecca Nurse.
EZEKIEL CHEEVER. 30s-50s. Any ethnicity. The newly appointed clerk of the court, he’s a bit of a lackey.
TITUBA. 20s-60s. Black. Originally from Barbados, she is the house servant to Reverend Parris.
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. 18+ to play late teens. Any ethnicity. Disturbed, abused, volatile, manipulative and extremely intelligent.
BETTY PARRIS. 10-12. Any ethnicity. Abigail’s cousin.
MARY WARREN. Late teens. Any ethnicity. Awkward and easily influenced.
SUSANNAH WALCOTT. Teens. Any ethnicity. Unassuming.
MERCY LEWIS. Teens. Any ethnicity. A bully.
Created and performed by Livy Scanlon
First Rehearsal/Tech: October 29th , 2024
Opening: October 30th, 2024
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Closing: November 2nd, 2024
SYNOPSIS: The Poe Double Header consists of short stories The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado.
At turns dark and darkly funny, this 60-minute solo show is staged as a séance, conjuring two of Poe’s most notorious narrators.
NARRATOR. This role is CAST. Any age, any gender, any ethnicity. (Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement.)
Directed by Brendon Fox
First Rehearsal: March 12th, 2025
Tech: April 5th – 6th, 2025
Previews/Opening: Week of April 7th, 2025
Closing: April 27th, 2025
Possible Extension Through May 4th, 2025
SYNOPSIS: A delightful romp, Shakespeare's Much Ado follows the tangled affairs of Benedick and Beatrice, two fiercely independent souls engaged in a battle of wits, and the sweet courtship of Claudio and Hero, whose young love is threatened by jealousy and deception. This sharp-tongued comedy proves that, sometimes, the biggest fuss is made over absolutely nothing at all.
About the production. Following a successful rep of Katie Bender’s Judith and Shakespeare’s Twelfth
Night, director Brendon Fox returns to helm Much Ado, continuing THT Rep's commitment to a fresh, fun, accessible approach to Shakespeare's work.
BEATRICE. This role is CAST. 40s. Female presenting. Any ethnicity. Witty while masking her vulnerability; passionate, forthright. (Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement.)
HERO. 20s. Female presenting. Any ethnicity. High status and observant. Cares deeply for Beatrice. Inexperienced with love but sharper than others give her credit for. Introverted but witty.
MARGARET. 20s. Female presenting. Any ethnicity. Maid in Leonato’s household. Sassy, sex positive, witty. Adores Hero and her family.
URSULA. 20s-40s. Female presenting. Any ethnicity. Hero’s best friend. Warm, compassionate,
trustworthy.
BENEDICK. 40s-early 50s. Male presenting. Officer under Don Pedro, he begins the play with a large ego masking persistent feelings for Beatrice. Witty and proud, with a sensitive side and commitment to morality.
DON PEDRO. 40s-50s. Male presenting. Any ethnicity. Head officer of Messina’s army. Charismatic, charming, sizeable ego, proud, quick to judge.
CLAUDIO. 20s. Male presenting. Any ethnicity. Young officer under Don Pedro, fiery temper but warm with his male friends, awkward and shy when wooing, naïve.
LEONATO. 50s-early 60s. Male presenting. Any ethnicity. High status, Governor of Messina, father to Hero and uncle to Beatrice, congenial and warm, very traditional when it comes to gender roles.
ANTONIO / ANTONIA. 50s-early 60s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Sibling to Leonato and loving uncle / aunt to Beatrice and Hero. Traditional, sweet and quick to defend the family.
DOGBERRY. 30s-early 60s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Head of Messina’s small police force. Sweet. A bit bumbling and earnest, full of malaprops, loves to mentor Verges, long-winded but somehow not annoying.
DON JOHN. 30s-40s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Don Pedro’s clever half-sibling and former officer who went to war against him. Sly, seething, canny and sharp.
BORACHIO. 20s-30s. Male presenting. Any ethnicity. Don John’s former lieutenant. Cocky, smart, funny. Wants to impress Don John. Loves drinking and having a good time with Margaret, ultimately remorseful for his part in villainy.
CONRADE. 20s-30s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Looks up to Don John and Borachio, loves to embrace mischief and chaos like them.
BALTHASAR. 20s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Very young solider under Don Pedro. Open guileless, enthusiastic.
OATCAKE. 20s-40s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Excitable, working-class volunteer for Dogberry’s Watch.
REVEREND FRANCIS. 30s-60s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Jovial, smart, insightful, wise, empathic.
VERGES. 20s-60s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Over-enthusiastic deputy to Dogberry. Not the sharpest tool. Eager to prove their mettle to the boss, but unaware of their own mistakes and malaprops.
SEXTON. 30s-60s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Down to earth, deadpan Church official presiding over taking evidence of Borachio and Conrade’s crimes.
SEACOAL. 20s-50s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Grounded and curious working-class person. What they lack in intelligence they make up for in enthusiasm.
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