Timber Lake Playhouse 2024 Season Auditions
CHICAGO (EPA, ECC) AUDITION DATES
EPA - Saturday, February 10th
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (CST)
ECC (Dancers), ECC (Singers) - Sunday, February 11th
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CST)
ECC (Dancers) 11:00 AM - 3:00PM , ECC (Singers) 4:00 PM - 7:00PM
Break: 3:00-4:00pm
LOCATION
PORCHLIGHT STUDIOS
4200 W Diversey Ave
Chicago, IL 60639
APPOINTMENTS
Email casting@timberlakeplayhouse.org to schedule your audition slot. All unscheduled slots will be released for in-person signup at 11am on the day of the audition.
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Dan Danielowski - Executive Director
Tommy Ranieri – Artistic Director
Trent Soyster - Choreographer; Jekyll & Hyde
OTHER
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.
Unclaimed spots can be used by non-union actors, we encourage all actors, regardless of union status to attend.
CONTRACT
SPT
$690 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
VIRTUAL SUBMISSIONS
If you are unable to attend in-person auditions, please submit a self-tape of a 32-bar musical selection that demonstrates how you might best fit into the 2024 season, a monologue, and a dance reel (with preference to dancers who can tap). Along with these, please include a headshot and resume to
casting@timberlakeplayhouse.org.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 32-bar musical selection that demonstrates how you might best fit into the 2024 season. Provide sheet music as an accompanist will be in attendance. Please have additional selections, including a monologue, ready upon request. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
For consideration for “The Nerd” or “Clue: On Stage” please come prepared with a brief comedic monologue.
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Timber Lake Playhouse 2024 Season (see breakdown).
CASTING BREAKDOWN
THE NERD
A Comedy by Larry Shue
Dates:
First Rehearsal - May 16th
Opening - May 30th
Closing - June 9th
Seeking:
WILLUM CUBBERT: 25 - 30s. Willum is an architect and a pushover. He's kind and intelligent, but could use a little gumption. He lacks the backbone to stand up for himself.
TANSY MCGINNIS: 25 - 30s. Willum's on-again, off-again girlfriend. She's been offered her dream job in Washington, D.C., and feels guilty for leaving Willum behind. Idealistic, perky, weather woman, and is just as kind as Willum.
AXEL HAMMOND: 25 - 30s. Willum's best friend, he lives in Willum's basement. He's a pretentious, often-inebriated drama critic, always ready with a sarcastic comment.
RICK STEADMAN: 25 - 30s. The titular nerd. He's oblivious to insult and lacks manners or sensitivity. Works as an inspector at a chalk factory in Wisconsin.
WARNOCK WALDGRAVE: 35 - 50s. A boisterous, slightly dim businessman with no creativity and no tact.
CLELIA WALDGRAVE: 35 - 50s. Mr. Waldgrave's high-strung, put-upon wife. She holds back all of her emotions, and only releases her stress when she can break something small.
THOR WALDGRAVE: 7 - 10. The Waldgraves' terror of a son. Spends most of the play hiding in a closet or bedroom.
FOOTLOOSE
Book by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by Kenny Loggins)
Music by Tom Snow (among others)
Dates:
First Rehearsal - May 31st
Opening - June 13th
Closing - June 23rd
Seeking:
REN MCCORMACK: 18-20s. Tenor. Energetic, emotional, rebellious, likable; emotes his pain through quirky sarcasm and dance; strong dancer.
REVEREND SHAW MOORE: 35-55. Baritone. The powerful, traditional local church leader; strict, stern, and solemn, still struggling with the death of his son.
VI MOORE: 30-50. Soprano. Reverend Moore’s loving, supportive, resilient wife.
ARIEL MOORE: 18-20s. Mezzo-Pop. Smart, a bit of the bad girl with an edge, sweet, the rebellious minister’s daughter; has a strong belt, a strong singer/dancer.
RUSTY: 18-20s. Great soprano/pop voice. Ariel’s friend; a bit scatterbrained, sweet, fun, and knows everything about everything; has a strong belt, strong comedic timing, and dances.
WILLARD HEWITT: 18-20s. Tenor. A simple country bumpkin with a warm heart and a big smile; has comedic timing and dances.
ETHEL MCCORMACK: 30-50. Soprano. Ren’s mother; had a tough go, just trying to make it...would do anything for her son.
CHUCK CRANSTON: 18-20s. Tenor. The local bad boy and Ariel’s boyfriend.
URLEEN: 18-20s. Mezzo/Alto. Ariel’s friend; the smart one of the group; has a strong belt, comedic timing, and dances.
WENDY JO: 18-20s. Mezzo. Ariel’s friend; has a strong belt, comedic timing, and dances.
*Also seeking various teen ensemble roles for strong singer/dancers and singer/mover roles for adults.
ANYTHING GOES (2022 Revision)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Dates:
First Rehearsal - June 14th
Opening - June 27th
Closing - July 7th
Seeking:
RENO SWEENEY: 30s. Alto Beltress. Brassy evangelist turned nightclub singer. Strong singer and dancer, especially tap.
HOPE HARCOURT: 18 - 20s. Soprano. Prominent debutante. Strong singer and should be able to dance or move well.
BILLY CROCKER: 18 - 20s. Tenor. A young businessman who is in love with Hope. Strong singer and should be able to dance or move well.
LORD EVELYN OAKLEIGH: Wealthy Englishman, and Hope’s fiancé. English accent, strong singer and the ability to move well.
EVANGELINE HARCOURT: 40s - 60s. Soprano/Alto. Hope’s overbearing mother. Ability to move well is a plus.
MOONFACE MARTIN: 40s - 60s. Baritone. A hapless gangster, “Public Enemy #13”. Strong comic timing, plus the ability to sing and move well.
ERMA LATOUR: 20s - 30s. Mezzo Belter. A playful, independent, impulsive, and loveably clueless “dame”. Strong singer and the ability to move well.
ELISHA WHITNEY: 40s - 60s. Baritone. A nearsighted tycoon who always believes he’s right. Ability to move well is a plus.
SPIT & DIPPY: 20s - 40s. Tenor/Baritone. Two rascally New York City street toughs. Ability to move well is a plus.
*Also seeking various ensemble roles for strong singer/dancers.
THE WIZARD OF OZ (RSC Version)
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard / Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Dates:
First Rehearsal - June 28th
Opening - July 11th
Closing - July 27th
Seeking:
DOROTHY GALE: 18 - 20s. Mezzo Soprano. Young Kansas girl, earnest, expressive, and strong-willed, in search of something more. Must be comfortable with dogs. Very strong singer who moves well.
SCARECROW/HUNK: 18 - 20s. Baritone. Scarecrow is plucky and clever in a pinch, even while lacking a brain. Acrobatic skills are a plus.
TINMAN/HICKORY: 18 - 20s. Tenor. Desperate for a heart. A kind-hearted romantic. Tap skills are a plus.
COWARDLY LION/ZEKE: 20s - 30s. Baritone. A mix of bravado and cowardice. Should move well. Big voice with excellent comic timing. Strong baritone to F.
GLINDA/AUNT EM: 20s - 30s. Soprano. Good Witch of the North who is the mother figure for the Munchkins and Dorothy whom she guides through Oz. Benevolent and beloved.
WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST/MISS GULCH: 30s - 40s. Alto. Crafty and vain. Like a froggy, ferny cabbage, the Wicked Witch of The West is unnaturally green!
PROFESSOR MARVEL/WIZARD OF OZ: 50s - 60s. Baritone. Traveling salesman who lives by telling fortunes; a con man but with a good heart. Older father figure with an eccentric flair.
UNCLE HENRY/OZ FRONT GATE GUARD/ENSEMBLE: 30s - 40s. Baritone. Kansas farmer whose wife, Em, runs things. Adoring uncle to Dorothy. Comical Oz guard who gets flustered and bossy.
*Also seeking various ensemble roles for strong singer/dancers.
CLUE: ON STAGE
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture based on the Hasbro board game CLUE
Adapted from the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price
Dates:
First Rehearsal - July 18th
Opening - August 1st
Closing - August 11th
Seeking:
WADSWORTH: 20s - 30s. A traditional British butler in every sense: uptight, formal and “by the book.” He is the driving force in the play.
YVETTE: 20s - 30s. A sexy, French Maid, with her own secret aspirations. (Also plays THE REPORTER in the final scene).
MISS SCARLET: 20s - 30s. A dry, sardonic D.C. Madam who is more interested in secrets than sex.
MRS. PEACOCK: 20s - 30s. The church-going wife of a Senator. A bit batty, neurotic, and quick to hysteria.
MRS. WHITE: 20s - 30s. A pale, morbid, and tragic woman. Mrs. White may or may not be the murderer of her five ex-husbands.
COLONEL MUSTARD: 20s - 30s. A puffy, pompous, dense, blow-hard of a military man.
PROFESSOR PLUM: 20s - 30s. An academic Casanova who woos women with his big… brain.
MR. GREEN: 20s - 30s A timid, yet officious, rule follower. He’s a bit of a klutz and awfully anxious.
ENSEMBLE WOMAN 20s - 30s to play:
THE COOK – A threatening presence.
THE MOTORIST – A benign gentleman who rings the wrong doorbell.
AUXILIARY SCARLET – The back of Miss Scarlet during a scene of theatrical trickery.
AUXILIARY WADSWORTH – Wadsworth during two scenes of theatrical trickery.
AN AGENT – An FBI agent who helps to save the day.
ENSEMBLE MAN 20s - 30s to play:
MR. BODDY – A mobster type fella. A dark cloud follows this guy wherever he goes.
THE COP — A “Regular Joe.”
AUXILIARY MUSTARD – The back of Colonel Mustard during a scene of theatrical trickery.
AUXILIARY WADSWORTH – Wadsworth during two scenes of theatrical trickery.
AN AGENT – An FBI agent who helps to save the day.
JEKYLL & HYDE
Conceived for the Stage by Frank Wildhorn & Steve Cuden
Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dates:
First Rehearsal - August 2nd
Opening - August 15th
Closing - August 25th
Seeking:
HENRY JEKYLL/EDWARD HYDE: 30s. High Baritone. Extremely strong actor and singer, must transform from sensitive Victorian doctor to charismatic, sexual serial killer.
EMMA: 20s. Soprano. Jekyll's fiance, upper crust, innocent.
LUCY: 20s - 30s. Alto Belter. Prostitute with a heart of gold, lower class but smart.
UTTERSON: 30s. Baritone. Jekyll's best friend, attorney, smart, intuitive.
SIR DANVERS CAREW: 40s - 60s. Baritone. Emma's father, well-bred and loving.
SIMON STRIDE: 20s - 30s. Baritone. Jekyll's rival, handsome, upper class.
LADY BEACONSFIELD: 40s - 60s. Alto. Society dowager but still on the prowl.
BISHOP OF BASINGSTOKE: 40s - 60s. Baritone. Conservative looking but has a secret hobby with the ladies of the night.
LORD SAVAGE: 40s - 60s. Baritone. Man-about-town, arrogant. Doubles as Spider, a pimp.
SIR ARCHIBALD PROOPS: Baritone. 40s - 60s Queen's Counsel, all-business.
GENERAL LORD GLOSSOP: Baritone. 40s - 60s. An old fashioned Army General with dated ideas on discipline.
*Also seeking various ensemble roles for strong singer/dancer/actors.
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