Sarasota, FL EPA – Florida Studio Theatre Winter Mainstage & Stage III 2024-2025 Season - Florida Studio Theatre

AUDITION NOTICE – Sarasota, FL EPA – Winter Mainstage & Stage III 2024-2025 Season

Florida Studio Theatre is seeking talented actors for our Winter Mainstage 2024-2025 Season! We will host auditions in Sarasota, FL on Wednesday, November 27th, from 9:30am-5:30pm.



AEA Actors may sign up for an appointment here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8AE2AA4FCC16-53205341-florida



Please only sign up for an appointment if you are a member of Actors’ Equity Association. All other actors will be seen as time permits.



AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, November 27th

9:30am-5:30pm

1pm-2pm Lunch Break



AUDITION LOCATION

Florida Studio Theatre Rehearsal Studios, Studio A

1239 N Palm Ave.

Sarasota, FL 34236



Studio A is located above FST’s Goldstein Cabaret. Signage with directions will be posted.



AUDITION PERSONNEL

Nancy Rominger, Director of Shedding a Skin

Ben Liebert, Director of Jersey Boys (from 10am-12pm)

Hershey Vazquez Millner, Casting & Hiring Coordinator

Jakob Harding, Artistic Fellow

Mattie E. Hinckley, Casting & Hiring Intern

Krista Hagans, Monitor

Jim Prosser, Accompanist



WHAT TO PREPARE

• For the Stage III Series: Please prepare a 1-minute monologue.

• For Jersey Boys: Please prepare a 32-bar cut and a 1-minute monologue in the style of the show. Please sign up for a slot between 10am-12pm for Jersey Boys.

• All actors: Please bring a hard-copy headshot/resume.



 

SHOW BREAKDOWN

ADVICE [Rights Pending] - (Experimental)

Written by Brent Askari

Directed by TBD

Rehearsals Begin – January 7, 2025

Previews – January 29-30, 2025

Opens – January 31st, 2025

Closes – February 16th, 2025

Possible extension(s) through – February 23rd, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Ron and Joy, a professional couple learn that their biggest screw-up of a friend, Gary, has somehow managed to get a self-help book published by a small press. When the couple attempts to persuade Gary that he should not quit steady employment to pursue dreams of becoming a life coach, they end up uncovering secrets that throw their relationship into chaos.

SEEKING:

JOY – Late 30s-50s, Female. Corporate lawyer. Kindhearted, yet cautious.

RON – Late 30s-50s, Male. History professor. Sardonic and articulate.

GARY – Late 30s-50s, Male. Office manager & new author. Lead by his spontaneity.



BAD BOOKS [Rights Pending] - (Experimental)

Written by Sharyn Rothstein

Directed by TBD

Rehearsals Begin – February 4, 2025

Previews – February 26-27, 2025

Opens – February 28, 2025

Closes – March 16, 2025

Possible extension(s) through – March 30, 2025

SYNOPSIS: A worried mother comes to the library for what she thinks will be a reasonable, polite discussion about which books are appropriate for her teenage son. But her confrontation with the town librarian, a woman who cares deeply about her job and her community, sparks a chain reaction of consequences no one expected. A raucous and brash debate in the quietest place in America... the library. (New Play Exchange)

SEEKING:

THE LIBRARIAN / THE MANAGER / THE EDITOR – Female-presenting, any age over 35. THE LIBRARIAN – A person who might have lived in a city, or thought she'd live in a city, or did live in a city until life happened. Funny with a side of sly. Smart without question. A woman who loves what she does. Most of the time. THE MANAGER – A middle manager on her way to the next level. Corporate Material. Compulsively inarticulate, often interrupting herself. Not a word person. Something surprising and almost violent dressed in management training. A woman who loves her job. And her fish. THE EDITOR – Another mother. A different mother. A hugger. A woman who loves a good book. A woman who wants to help.

THE MOTHER – Female-presenting, late 30s-50s. A Woman Who Cares. Who has lived a surprising amount of life. More layered than she appears, than she's allowed to be, or than she chooses to reveal. Genuinely religious. A woman who loves her children. All of the time.



SHEDDING A SKIN - (Experimental)

Written by Amanda Wilkin

Directed by Nancy Rominger

Rehearsals Begin – March 11, 2025

Previews – April 2-3, 2025

Opens – April 4, 2025

Closes – April 20, 2025

Possible extension(s) through – May 4, 2025

SYNOPSIS:

Sometimes you crack. Sometimes you didn't mean to yell that.

Sometimes you have to lay low until you've figured it out. And sometimes, sometimes you have to hibernate until you've healed. This is a new day.

Shedding a Skin is a story for our times. It's a play about finding kindness in unexpected places; about understanding what our elders can teach us; it's new skin honoring old. It's a play about joy, healing and protest.

SEEKING:

MYAH – 30s. Female-Presenting. Black. A woman who is still figuring out her life. She is apprehensive, troubled, and messy, but she is looking for hope. Has some trouble with her anger and is prone to outbursts.



JERSEY BOYS - (LORT D)

Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice

Music by Bob Gaudio

Lyrics by Bob Crewe

Directed by Ben Liebert

Rehearsals Begin – March 4, 2025

Previews – March 26-27, 2025

Opens – March 28, 2025

Closes – May 11, 2025

Possible extension(s) through – June 1, 2025

SYNOPSIS: With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, Jersey Boys follows the fascinating evolution of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to discover the secret of a 40-year friendship as the foursome work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom.

SEEKING:

TOMMY DEVITO - 30s to 40s, male-presenting. Strong tenor/baritone voice, must be comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; ability to play guitar a strong plus; funny; a wise-guy; a natural-born leader with appealing bad-boy quality.

FRANKIE VALLI – 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. 5’9 or shorter; A strong tenor with sweet and strong falsetto and able to sing in the style of Frankie Valli; strong tenor to high A or Bb plus strong falsetto up to treble G; charismatic and charming; has a gritty side as well as a polished veneer; very comfortable with four-part harmonies.

NICK MASSI - 30s to 40s, male-presenting. Strong bass/baritone voice, very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; a quiet dreamer who longs for life after The Four Seasons; understated with a dead-pan quality.

BOB GAUDIO - 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. Strong tenor/baritone voice; very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; an intelligent, sensitive, and introspective musical prodigy.

JOE PESCI - 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. 5’9 or shorter; young, energetic and funny; a strong singer. Will double as various roles.

BARRY BELSON - 20s to late-40s, male-presenting. Strong singer, doubles as various roles (friends, producers, etc.); strong tenor to high C; with a strong falsetto to G above high C; Has the ability to riff in rhythm-and-blues style.

BOB CREWE - 30s to 40s, male-presenting. Intelligent and flamboyant; genius music producer and lyricist; an integral part of creating the magic of The Four Seasons.

NORM WAXMAN - 20s to mid-30s, male-presenting. Owns a private money lending agency; strong singer doubles as various roles; strong tenor/bari-tenor voice.

GYP DECARLO - mid-40s to mid-50s, male-presenting. Tough, Mafioso type; a strong singer.

MARY & OTHERS - 20s to late-30s, female-presenting. Frankie’s wife; tough, “Seen it all”, Italian, Jersey girl; she’s got a killer sense of humor; doubles as a variety of other roles including member of a 60’s style girl group; strong belt useful; high straight tone soprano also useful; very good dancer.

LORRAINE & OTHERS - 20s to mid-30s, female-presenting. Frankie’s girlfriend; educated; not from Jersey; a reach career girl; young Diane Sawyer; doubles as a variety of other roles, including member of a 60’s style girl group and tough-as-nails Jersey girl; strong high belt useful, belt to high F extremely useful; high, straight tone soprano also useful; very good dancer.

FRANCINE & OTHERS - 20s to mid-30s, female-presenting. Frankie’s daughter; named for, doted on and deeply loved by Frankie. She’s a Jersey girl—vulnerable, lost and acts out to make up for lack of attention from her dad. Doubles as a variety of other roles including member of a 60’s style girl group and a tough-as-nails Jersey girl. Strong, high belt useful. Belt to high F extremely useful, high straight tone soprano also useful but not required, very good dancer.




Salary: Jersey Boys - LORT-D // Stage III Series - LORT-D Experimental