WE HAD A WORLD Equity Actors - Huntington Theatre Company Auditions

WE HAD A WORLD - Submit for NYC appointments

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Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA
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Breakdown updated.

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in WE HAD A WORLD (see breakdown).

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration. Auditions will consist of sides provided from the show. Please also be prepared to sing musical theater music.
Deadline: 10/10/2025

SUBMIT TO

janetfostercasting@gmail.com

PERSONNEL

Director: Keira Fromm
Artistic Director: Loretta Greco
Managing Director: Christopher Mannelli
Playwright: Joshua Harmoni

OTHER DATES

Invited auditions: October 14th and 15th
Rehearsal Date(s): January 13, 2026
Tech. Reh: February 6, 2026
Preview Date(s): February 12, 2026
Opening Date(s): February 18th, 2026
Closing Date(s): March 15, 2026

OTHER

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

WE HAD A WORLD

SEEKING:

ELLEN: 40s - 50s to play ages 30's to 60's. Renee's daughter and Joshua's mother. The daughter of an east coast liberal Jewish family, Ellen is a high functioning professional and often the most grounded person in the room. She is also brittle, overextended and full of conflicting emotions. She is the child who became the parent -- of both her mother and her son -- and that responsibility has left her worn down. She speaks quickly, thinks critically and resists sentimentality, but her deep well of love often erupts as frustration.

JOSHUA: 20s - 30s to play 5 - 30. A gay, Jewish playwright and the narrator of our story. He is a grandson, son and observer. A boy who grows into a man before our eyes, Joshua is both a character in the story and the one trying to piece it together. Sensitive, imaginative, and attuned to the dynamics around him, he often watches more than he acts - until he begins to find his own voice. His journey is one of memory and reconstruction, moving from childlike wonder to the painful clarity of adulthood. He is desperate to understand the fractured relationships within his family, and has a strong desire to play a role in their healing.

RENEE: Late 60s to play 60s to 90s. Joshua's Jewish grandmother. A sharp, magnetic and emotionally complicated woman who commands attention whenever she enters a room. She's charming and well-traveled with a dry wit and a love of performance but her glamour masks deeper wounds. She struggles with alcohol and with the reality of her age and often evades vulnerability with humor or distraction. Her love for her grandson is genuine but tangled.