-Meadow Brook Theatre is seeking actors for the 2024-2025 season-
2024-2025 Season Information
Strangers on a Train, 1st rehearsal 9/17/24 and closing performance 11/03/24
A Christmas Carol, 1st rehearsal 10/29/24 and closing performance 12/22/24
Footloose, 1st rehearsal 12/17/24 and closing performance 2/02/25
The Angel Next Door, 1st rehearsal 1/21/25 and closing performance 3/09/25
Vanities: The Musical, 1st rehearsal 2/25/25 and closing performance 4/13/25
The Rat Pack Lounge, 1st rehearsal 4/01/25 and closing performance 5/18/25
Shear Madness, 1st rehearsal 5/06/25 and closing performance 6/22/25
IN PERSON AUDITIONS: April 29th & 30th from 9am - 1pm & 2pm – 6pm
*An Accompanist will be present April 29th from 9am-1pm & April 30th from 2pm - 6pm.
*There will not be an accompanist on April 29th from 2pm-6pm & April 30th from 9am - 1pm.
For AEA appointment requests, please email: casting.mbt@gmail.com subject “appointment request.” Non-AEA & walk ups will be seen in the order of arrival and as time permits.
For non-locals or those unavailable in person, please submit a video audition to casting.mbt@gmail.com, subject “video audition.” Please follow the same guidelines as below and state your name and union affiliation at the start of the video. Please also attach a current headshot and resume. For prime consideration, please submit audition materials by May 3, 2024.
*Non-union A Christmas Carol children’s auditions for those under the age of 14 will be at a later date.
PREPARATION: Attach current headshot & resume and two contrasting monologues no longer than three minutes total. Those who wish to be considered for Footloose, Vanities: The Musical or The Rat Pack Lounge, please substitute one monologue with up to 32 bars of a song in a style appropriate for one of the above shows. For video submissions, if you do not have accompaniment available to you please use the accompaniment below for the song “Heart and Music” . (Please only use “Heart and Music” if you do not have other accompaniment choices.)
Meadow Brook Theatre operates under a LORT-D contract. All rehearsals & performances are currently planned to be held indoors at the theatre. The only personnel who will have access to these auditions are Cheryl L. Marshall, Managing Director, Travis W. Walter, Artistic Director, and Britt Sicker, Stage Manager.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
Strangers on a Train
- Charles Bruno
- Guy Haines
- Elsie Bruno
- Anne Faulkner
- Frank Myers
- Robert Treacher
- Arthur Gerard
A Christmas Carol
- Scrooge and ensemble to play multiple roles.
(Most roles expected to be played by returning cast.)
Footloose
Ren McCormack - a teenage boy from Chicago
Ethel McCormack - his mother
Reverend Shaw Moore - the minister of Bomont
Vi Moore - his wife
Ariel Moore - their teenage daughter
Lulu Warnicker - Ren’s aunt
Wes Warnicker - her husband
Coach Roger Dunbar - the high school gym teacher
Eleanor Dunbar - his wife
Rusty - Ariel’s best friend
Urleen - Ariel’s friend
Wendy Jo - Ariel’s friend
Chuck Cranston - Ariel’s boyfriend
Lyle - Chuck’s buddy
Travis - Chuck’s buddy
A Cop
Betty Blast - owner of The Burger Blast
Willard Hewitt - Ren’s friend, a country boy
Principal Harry Clark
Jeter - Ren’s friend
Bickle - Ren’s friend
Garvin - Ren’s friend
Cowboy Bob - lead vocalist at the Bar-B-Que
Cowboy Bob’s Band
Townspeople & High School Students
The Angel Next Door
Charlotte Sanders - a successful Broadway playwright; smart, resourceful, optimistic; female, 50s to 60s
Oliver Williams - a young novelist; handsome, full of promise, still unsure of himself; male, early- to mid-20s
Arthur Sanders - Charlotte’s husband and co-playwright; a pessimist to her optimist, delighted to be her foil; male, 50s to 60s
Olga - the Housekeeper; a nebulous Eastern European accent - from the Old Country; a proudly unhelpful servant, intimidating, a little frightening; female, 40s to 70s
Margot Bell - a Broadway singer and actress; easily cast as the beautiful ingénue, but realizing she’s wiser and stronger than the characters she plays; female, mid-20s to early 30s
Victor Pratt - a Broadway leading man - and an idiot; impressively self-involved and - in his mind - the handsomest, sexiest, manliest man on Broadway. Always a beat behind; male, mid-30s to 40s
Vanities: The Musical
Mary
Joanne
Kathy
The Rat Pack Lounge
Note about casting: The premise of the show is that Frank, Dean, and Sammy come back to earth and inhabit the bodies of living people. Therefore, none of the actors need to look anything like our stars, they just need to embody their essence.
Vic Candelino - Down on his luck, owner of Vic’s Place. When Vic was a kid, Frank told him he would ‘one day be a star.’ He is now bankrupt and ready to throw in the towel.
Bobby Goldberg/Sammy Davis, Jr. - the bartender at Vic’s Place, Bobby has known Vic since he was a kid. Energetic and caring. His body is taken over by Sammy Davis Jr.
William Saunders/Frank Sinatra - Real estate developer who wants to demolish Vic’s Place and build a parking lot for Hooters next door. His body is taken over by Frank Sinatra.
Katherine Kerr/Angie - Mr. Saunders’ secretary. Very type A. Her body is taken over by Angie - An angel sent from above who uses her feminine wiles to influence men.
Jorge Rodrigues/Dean Martin - Easy going guy. English is a second language. He loves the Rat Pack. His body is taken over by Dean Martin.
Shear Madness
Barbara Demarco - Hairstylist
Mikey Thomas - A customer (an undercover Police Detective)
Tony Whitcomb - Hairstylist, Owner of “Shear Madness”
Eddie Lawrence - Antique Dealer
Nick Rossetti - A customer (an undercover Police Lieutenant)
Mrs. Shubert - High Society Hair Client
