TheaterWorksUSA | New York, NY
Friday, April 4, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Special Agreement
$607 weekly minimum (Actor/ASM) + health
Equity actors for roles in TheaterWorksUSA's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). All actors must be available to audition, rehearse and travel from NYC.
Please prepare a short contemporary uptempo musical theatre or pop song that showcases your mix/belt vocal range. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Artistic Director: Barbara Pasternack
Interim Managing Director: Tegan Meyer
Expected to attend:
Assoc. Artistic Director/Casting Director: Jillian Carucci
Casting Coordinator: Sarah Hogewood
Accompanist: Alec Bart
Callbacks will take place in NEW YORK CITY.
www.twusa.org
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
TheaterWorksUSA 2025-26 Season
TheaterWorksUSA has led the Theater for Young and Family Audiences movement in New York City and across North America for over half a century. At TWUSA, we believe that access to art—and theater, in particular—is vital for our youth. Since 1961, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit has captured the imaginations of 100 million new and veteran theatergoers with an award-winning repertoire of over 140 original plays and musicals. Acclaimed alumni include Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Disney's Frozen), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent), Jerry Zaks (The Music Man), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton), Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America), and Chuck Cooper (Tony award winning actor, The Life). Visit
WWW.TWUSA.ORG for more information. TheaterWorksUSA is America’s largest theatre for young and family audiences.
All actors are on ACTOR/ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER contracts. Actor/ASMs will be required, as such, to lift scenery and sound equipment during daily load-in and load outs. All actors participate in assembling and disassembling the set at each venue and school at which they perform. The company travels by car & van across the U.S. to theaters and schools each day. All roles are currently available. All shows are musicals. All roles require singing in tight harmonies. For more information on each show, please visit:
https://twusa.org/shows-artists/on-tour-2/
by Kevin Del Aguila, Brad Alexander
Original Direction and Choreography by Jen Wineman
Based on the books by Dav Pilkey
DOG MAN
PETEY
LI’ L PETEY
FLIPPY
HAROLD
GEORGE
Book by: Kevin Del Aguila
Lyrics and Music By: Kevin Del Aguila, Brad Alexander
Original Direction & Choreography: Marlo Hunter
Based on the books by Dav Pilkey
CAT KID, MOLLY & OTHERS
NAOMI & OTHERS
POPPY, STARLA, SARAH HATOFF & OTHERS
FLIPPY & OTHERS
DENNIS, CHUBBS MCSPIDERBUTT & OTHERS
MELVIN & OTHERS
Book And Lyrics: Sarah Hammond
Music: Will Aronson
Original Direction & Choreography: Dan Knechtges
Based on the books by: James Dean and Kimberly Dean
MOM
PETE
JIMMY
OLIVE
DAD
by: Matt Acheson, Fergus Walsh, Chris Anselmo, Jared Corak
Original Direction by Matt Acheson, Fergus Walsh
Additional Staging by Laura Brandel
Based on the books by: Deborah Diesen
SHARK, STORYTELLER 1 & OTHERS
SHIMMERFISH, STORYTELLER 2 & OTHERS
OCTOPUS, MS. CLAM, STORYTELLER 3 & OTHERS
POUT-POUT FISH & STORYTELLER 4
by Matthew Lee Robinson and Marshall Pailet
Original Direction and Choreography by Connor Gallagher
Based on the books by: Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
MS. FRIZZLE
ARNOLD
JANET
WANDA
CARLOS
RALPHIE
Book by Billy Aronson
Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila
Music by Brad Alexander
JENNY
MADDY
DARLENE
LORETTA
FARMER BROWN
DUCK
Book: Mo Willems, Mr. Warburton
Music: Deborah Wicks La Puma
Lyrics: Mo Willems
Original Direction and Choreography: Jen Wineman
Based on the book by: Mo Willems
THE PIGEON
THE BUS DRIVER
THE BUSINESS MAN
THE DUCKLING
THE CITY WORKER
THE LITTLE OLD LADY
Book: Lauren Gunderson
Lyrics: Kait Kerrigan
Music: Bree Lowdermilk
Based on the books by: Andrea Beaty
ADA TWIST
ROSIE REVERE ENGINEER
IGGY PECK
LILA GREER
GREAT GREAT AUNT ROSE
Book by: Melvin Tunstall, III
Lyrics: Melvin Tunstall, III
Music: Greg Dean Borowsky and Melvin Tunstall, III
Original Director/Choreographer: Banji Aborisade
Based on the Illustrated Novel by: Jason Reynolds and Raul the Third
PORTICO
ZOLA
HERBERT SINGLETARY THE WORST
GRAN-GRAN & OTHERS
MR. REEVES & OTHERS
TWUSA has other projects in development based on children's literature and YA novels. Fall and Spring dates for projects in development are TBD.
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