Theater Latte Da | Minneapolis, MN
Theater Latte Da
345 13th Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Ritz Theater - Rehearsal Hall. There is plenty of free street parking around The Ritz, but make sure to check the signs. There are some time restrictions in certain places. They will tow.
Expected to attend:
Justin Lucero (Artistic Director)
Elissa Adams (Associate Artistic Director/Director of New Work)
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
www.latteda.org
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.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
Airtable and all other questions or inquiries can be directed to christian@latteda.org. You may indicate what audition time works best for you (give a couple of options) and specific roles or productions you'd like to be considered for in the Notes/Comments section on the audition sign-up form.
SPT
$605 weekly minimum (SPT 6) - pays $650 weekly.
Equity actors for roles in Theater Latte Da's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). We value inclusion, equity, diversity and access in all areas of our work, including casting. We seek to see and hire actors who reflect our world and strongly encourage people from historically underrepresented groups and diverse backgrounds and identities to audition.
Auditioning for 5 mainstage productions, understudies, and performers for workshops and NEXT Festival presentations. (Child roles will be auditioned at a separate time.)
Please prepare 16-bars of a musical theater song that shows your vocal range, and one contemporary monologue no longer than 3 minutes. An accompanist will be provided; please bring sheet music, clearly marked; do not sing a capella. Please also bring one physical copy of your headshot and resume stapled together. Please be prepared to slate your name, pronouns (if comfortable), and your choice of audition song and monologue.
Founded in 1998, Theater Latté Da is in its 28th season of presenting original and reimagined music theater. Theater Latté Da creates new and impactful connections between story, music, artist, and audience — exploring and expanding the art of music theater. We believe in work that is bold, inclusive and collaborative; we act with integrity and gratitude. These values are integral to the organization's health and drive the discussion at every stage of decision-making. Through productions that transcend the conventional, the organization helps solidify the Twin Cities’ reputation as a place where progressive art plays a vital role.
Note: For the purposes of this notice, these show/role descriptions make use of the pronouns as written in their respective scripts.
Music by Various
Directed by Justin Lucero
First Rehearsal: September 29, 2025
Tech Begins: October 5, 2025
Opening: October 7, 2025
Closing: October 19, 2026
Typical Performance Schedule: Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
SYNOPSIS: In celebration of our milestone 100th production in the company’s history, this evening “trip down memory lane” will feature music from throughout Latté Da’s past shows.
SINGER #1: Featured in solo and group performances. Age: 18+
SINGER #2: Featured in solo and group performances. Age: 18+
SINGER #3: Featured in solo and group performances. Age: 18+
SINGER #4: Featured in solo and group performances. Age: 18+
SINGER #5: Featured in solo and group performances. Age: 18+
Music by Frederick Loewe
Book by Alan Jay Lemer
Directed by Justin Lucero
First Rehearsal: October 13, 2025
Tech Begins: November 3, 2025
Opening: November 15, 2025
Closing: January 4, 2026
Typical Performance Schedule: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
SYNOPSIS: Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, is taken on by Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, to transform her speech and mannerisms into that of a lady through rigorous training, ultimately testing the boundaries of class and societal expectations as she learns to navigate high society.
ELIZA DOOLITTLE: A flower girl and the subject of Higgins and Pickering’s experiment and bet. Strong-willed, quick-witted and Cockney. Age: 20-30; Vocal Range: A3-G5
HENRY HIGGINS: A world renowned phoneticist of the upper-class British society. Age: 35-50; Vocal Range: B2-E4
COLONEL PICKERING / ENSEMBLE: A former British officer and author. Friends with Henry Higgins and a fellow phonetics enthusiast. Age: 50-70; Vocal Range: C3-D4
FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL / ENSEMBLE: A young, upper-class British man who falls in love with Eliza. Age: 20-30; Vocal Range: C3-F4
ALFRED P. DOOLITTLE / ENSEMBLE: Eliza’s boisterous and charismatic father. Age: 50-70; Vocal Range: G3-E4
HARRY / ENSEMBLE: A friend of Alfred P. Doolittle’s. Age: 30-70
JAMIE / ENSEMBLE: A friend of Alfred P. Doolittle’s. Age: 30-70
MRS. PEARCE / ENSEMBLE: Higgins’ Housekeeper. Age: 40-60; Vocal Range: E4-G4
MRS. EYNSFORD-HILL / ENSEMBLE: Freddy’s mother and a friend of Mrs. Higgins. Age: 40-70
MRS. HIGGINS / ENSEMBLE: Henry’s Mother. Age: 60-80
GEORGE / ENSEMBLE: A bartender at the Tottenham Court Road Pub. Age: 20-50
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Justin Lucero
First Rehearsal: January 5, 2026
Tech Begins: January 26, 2026
Opening: February 7, 2026
Closing: March 8, 2026
Typical Performance Schedule: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
SYNOPSIS: Told through the lens of Tom Wingfield, his mother, Amanda, is a remnant of Southern gentility striving to give meaning and direction to her life and her children, son Tom and daughter Laura, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. The world of illusion that the Wingfields have endeavored to create in order to make life bearable collapses about them. Set in St. Louis during the 1930s — and now — this pioneering memory play delves into themes of escape, desire, and the burden of unfulfilled dreams, with Tom’s narrative serving as both a reflection on and an escape from the past. Williams blends several elements, including the “extra-literary accent of music which he describes as serving “as a thread of connection and allusion between the narrator with his separate point in time and space and the subject of his story.”
TOM WINGFIELD: The play’s narrator. Amanda’s son and Laura’s younger brother. Tom supports his mother and sister by working at a shoe factory, but he aspires to be a poet. Like the others, he is trapped and must decide what measures to take to escape life’s tediousness. Age: 25-35
AMANDA WINGFIELD: Laura and Tom’s mother. Amanda is a proud, vivacious woman who clings to memories of the past and is at the same time courageous and foolish, charming and pitiable. Age: 45-70
LAURA WINGFIELD: Amanda’s daughter and Tom’s older sister. Laura suffers the results of a childhood illness (Note: this has sometimes been manifested throughout theater history with a gait that suggests one leg shorter than the other and/or in a brace; we seek to be expansive in our ways to approach this and will see actors of any/all abilities to collaborate with in this role). Laura is painfully shy and has withdrawn herself from the outside world, and much like her beloved glass figurines, delicate. Age: 20-35
JIM O’CONNOR: The gentleman caller. And the play’s on-stage musician (Note: we are seeking to collaborate with an actor-instrumentalist in this track and seek to be expansive in our ways to approach this). Jim is an old high school acquaintance of Laura and Tom and works in the same shoe factory as Tom. Age: 20-35
Written & Composed by Anthony King and Scott Brown
Directed by Tyler Michaels King
First Rehearsal: March 2, 2026
Tech Begins: March 23, 2026
Opening: April 4, 2026
Closing: May 10, 2026
Typical Performance Schedule: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
SYNOPSIS: In this two-person musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project — a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg! With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will give them that elusive Broadway contract.
All of the roles were originally written for men, but there's no reason any of the roles couldn't, with only slight changes, be played by anyone.
DOUG SIMON: Doug is an innocent. He’s a naive, utterly sincere and earnest man who has never met a cause he wasn’t passionate about. He’s a jack of all trades, master of none, who compensates with an infectious, matter-of-fact energy and focus that would probably sound condescending if he weren't so likeable. He’s incredibly proud of the show he wrote with Bud, and thinks Bud, whom he adores, is a genius. Age: 18+
BUD DAVENPORT: Bud is an innocent. He’s eager to please and thrives on approval. When Bud sings one of his songs, he’s reveling in his own “brilliance”. But he’s too naive to be a true egomaniac; if anything, he’s overly grateful for the mere opportunity to create and perform. Bud enjoys getting caught up in Doug’s passion and admires his friend’s Big Ideas. Age: 18+
Book by Noah Brody
Music and Lyrics by The Kilbanes
Directed by Jessie Austrian
First Rehearsal: May 4, 2026
Tech Begins: May 25, 2026
Opening: June 6, 2026
Closing: July 19, 2026
Typical Performance Schedule: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm
SYNOPSIS: Based on Willa Cather’s classic novel of immigrant life on the Nebraska prairie that chronicles the friendship between the orphaned Jim Burden and Ántonia Shimerda, a young woman from the Old Country who has recently arrived with her family. This new musical adaptation was commissioned by Theater Latté Da; this production will be the World Premiere.
ÁNTONIA / ENSEMBLE: A smart, strong young woman navigating her place in a new world. Age: 18-30
JIM / ENSEMBLE: A smart, well-cared for young man who follows the path expected of him by his family and social class. Age: 18-30
WILLA / ENSEMBLE: Willa Cather, a writer who has lost her lover and returns to memories of her childhood for solace. Age: 30-50
JAMES / ENSEMBLE: A financially successful lawyer with no sense of home. Age: 30-50
MR. SHIMERDA / ENSEMBLE: An artist who must reinvent himself as a farmer in middle age. Age: 40-60
GRANDMOTHER / ENSEMBLE: Jim Burden's grandmother who helps run the kitchen and the farm outside of Black Hawk, Nebraska. Age: 40-60
GRANDFATHER / ENSEMBLE: Jim Burden’s grandfather who runs a successful farming operation outside of Black Hawk, Nebraska. Age: 40-60
CUTTER / ENSEMBLE: A citizen of Black Hawk who takes advantage of newly arrived immigrants. Age: 30-50
MRS. SHIMERDA / ÁNTONIA CUSAK / ENSEMBLE: An immigrant woman struggling to provide for her family. Doubles as the adult Ántonia. Age: 25-45
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