LORT D productions, $839/week, contracts pending:

• SHAKE IT UP by Allyn Burrows and Jacob Ming-Trent: 1^st rehearsal 6/24, 1^st preview 7/1, close 7/6;
• ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare: 1^st rehearsal 6/10, 1^st preview 7/12, close 8/10;
• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare: 1^st rehearsal 7/22, 1^st preview 8/14, close 8/24.

Some ROMEO AND JULIET actors will also perform in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW;
Some TAMING OF THE SHREW actors may understudy in ROMEO AND JULIET.

SPT 6 and SPT 7 productions at $620.00 or $685.00/week, contracts pending:

• World premiere THE VICTIM by Lawrence Goodman: 1^st rehearsal 6/3, 1^st preview 6/19, close 7/20;
• THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson: 1^st rehearsal 7/15, 1^st preview 7/25, close 8/24;
• MOTHER PLAY by Paula Vogel: 1^st rehearsal 8/5, 1^st preview 8/29, close 10/5.

At the Auditions
Producing Associate, Ariel Bock, and/or Artistic Director, Allyn Burrows.
Other Personnel: General Manager Stephen Ball

Audition Dates & Times
LORT auditions: Friday, March 7, and Monday, March 10, from 10-1:30 & 2:15-5:45 each day, by appointment; walk-ups and non-Equity applicants will be seen as time permits.

SPT auditions: Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, from 10-1:30 & 2:15-5:45 each day, by appointment; walk-ups and non-Equity applicants will be seen as time permits.

For Appointments
For LORT auditions, Equity actors may visit SignUpGenius – LORT to schedule or call 413.637.1199 ext. 140 between 11 am and 2 pm weekdays with questions.

For SPT auditions, Equity actors may visit SignUpGenius – SPT to schedule or call 413.637.1199 ext. 140 between 11 am and 2 pm weekdays with questions.

EQUITY ACTORS NEED ONLY SIGN UP FOR LORT -or- SPT AUDITIONS; one audition will suffice for all productions of the season (no need to come twice).

For all auditions, Non-Equity actors may visit SignUpGenius – Non-equity to sign up for a waiting list and will be contacted via email with the best times to attend a few days before the audition dates; or call 413.637.1199 ext. 140 between 11 am and 2 pm weekdays with questions.

For the LORT Auditions
Prepare one short classical / Shakespearean monologue AND one short contemporary monologue; bring resume and headshot stapled to your audition appointment. Equity Members must bring their Equity Membership card to auditions.

For the SPT Auditions
Prepare one short classical / Shakespearean / contemporary monologue; bring resume and headshot stapled to your audition appointment. Equity Members must bring their Equity Membership card to auditions.

Available roles and *pre-cast roles
All roles that are listed as “pre-cast” have been cast without auditions; for *pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.

SHAKE IT UP by Allyn Burrows and Jacob Ming-Trent: 6/24-7/6/25, LORT D at $839/week, rehearsed and performed indoors in the Tina Packer Playhouse; singing and/or other musical ability a plus

*Track 1: 20s, she/her (pre-cast*)

*Track 2: 20s, he/him (pre-cast*)

*Track 3: 30/40s, she/her (pre-cast*)

*Track 4:30/40s, he/him (pre-cast*)

*Track 5: 50s, she/her (pre-cast*)

ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare: 6/10-8/10/25, LORT D at $839/week, contracts pending, rehearsed and performed outdoors at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre

Romeo: 20s, male presenting, any ethnicity, sensitive, passionate, likeable

Mercutio: 30/40, any gender, any ethnicity, quick-witted, brooding, cynical, adept with physicality and language

Tybalt: 20/30s, any gender, any ethnicity, hot-tempered, vain, adept with physicality

Juliet: 20s, female presenting, any ethnicity, wealthy daughter, courageous, passionate

Nurse & as cast: 40-60s, any gender, any ethnicity, sentimental, long-winded, earthy

Lady Capulet & as cast: 35/50s, she/her, any ethnicity, married young, ineffectual mother

Friar Laurence& as cast: 50/60s, any gender, any ethnicity, civic-minded, teacher, herbalist

Lord Capulet & as cast: 50s, he/him, any ethnicity, authoritarian patriarch, quick to anger

Benvolio & as cast: 20s, any gender, any ethnicity, good friend to Romeo, thoughtful, adept with physicality

Duke & as cast  30/50s, any gender, any ethnicity, noble, physically adept

Montague/Peter & as cast (Non-Equity role): 30/40s, any ethnicity, he/him , Father to Romeo, comic servant

Paris/Sampson & as cast (Non-Equity role): 20/30s, male presenting, sympathetic nobleman/earthy servant

Four of the Equity actors in ROMEO AND JULIET will also be cast in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: 7/22-8/24/2025, LORT D at $839/week, rehearsed and performed indoors in the Tina Packer Playhouse

Kate & as cast: 30/40s, female presenting, any ethnicity, sharp-tongued and quick-tempered

Petruchio & as cast: 30/40s, male presenting, any ethnicity, boisterous, eccentric, quick-witted

Bianca & as cast: 20/30s, she/her, any ethnicity, soft-spoken, sweet

Lucentio & as cast: 30s, he/him, any ethnicity, intrepid, student, in love with Bianca

Baptista & as cast: 50/60s, he/him, any ethnicity, wealthy, good natured, absent-minded

Grumio & as cast: 20/40s, any gender, witty, physically adept

Christopher Sly & as cast: 40/60s, any gender, any ethnicity, drunken tradesperson

Hortensio & as cast: 40/50s, he/him, gentleman wooer to Bianca, frustrated

Four of the actors in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW will be cast in ROMEO AND JULIET, and some others may understudy in ROMEO AND JULIET

World premiere THE VICTIM by Lawrence Goodman: 6/3-7/20/25, SPT 6 at $620/week, contracts pending, rehearsed and performed indoors in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

* Ruth – 70s, she/her, sophisticated, confused, white, Holocaust survivor (pre-cast*)

* Daphne – 50s, she/her, capable, physician, white, Jewish (pre-cast*)

Maria- late 20s, she/her, Dominican immigrant, caring with a bit of a mean streak, Latina

THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson: 7/15-8/24/25, SPT 7 at $685/week, contracts pending, rehearsed and performed indoors in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

* Boy Willie: 30s, he/him, Black impulsive, talkative, optimistic (pre-cast*)

* Berneice: 35/40s, she/her, Black, mother, in mourning, skeptical (pre-cast*)

* Doaker Charles: late 40s, he/him, Black, househol owner, tall, thin, railroad worker (pre-cast*)

* Lymon Jackson: 30s, he/him, Black, straightforward, friend, taciturn (pre-cast*)

* Wining Boy: 40/50s, he/him, Black,washed-up musician, often broke, storyteller (pre-cast*)

* Avery: 30s, Black, honest, ambitious, preacher (pre-cast*)

*Maretha (Non-Equity role): aged 11, she/her, Black self-confident, younger generation (pre-cast*)

*Grace (Non-Equity role): 20s, she/her, Black, young urban woman (pre-cast*)

MOTHER PLAY by Paula Vogel: 8/5-10/5/25, SPT 6 at $620.00/week, contracts pending, rehearsed and performed indoors at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

* Phyllis Herman: she/her, The Mother, plays ages 30s-80s (pre-cast*)

Carl Herman: he/him, the family genius, plays ages 13-37

Martha Herman: she/her, the Daughter, plays ages 11-50s*