EXPIRES: April 24, 2025
Equity Cast for Theatre Company's 2025-26 Season Shows
Description
Equity actors for roles in Theatre Company’s 2025-26 season. See breakdown below.
Rate:
LORT Non-Rep
$1,144 weekly minimum (LORT B) – Huntington Theatre, Virginia Wimberly Theatre
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D) – Roberts Studio Theatre
Additional info:
Audition lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
Some, if not all, roles may be understudied, exact plans to be determined.
PREPARATION
Please prepare one monologue of your choosing or a monologue from any of the plays listed on the breakdown. If you wish to demonstrate singing skill, please prepare 16 bars of a legit musical theatre song. An accompanist will be provided on both dates. Please bring a stapled copy of your headshot and resume.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
“THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA”
Location: Huntington Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Saturday, August 12th, 2025
Tech Begins: Friday, September 5th, 2025
First Preview: Thursday, September 11th, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
Closing: Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Dates are subject to change.
“FUN HOME”
Location: Huntington Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Tech Begins: Thursday, November 7th, 2025
First Preview: Friday, November 14th, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Closing: Sunday, December 14th, 2025
Possible Extension: Sunday, December 21st, 2025
Dates are subject to change.
“EUREKA DAY”
Location: Huntington Theatre, LORT B
Dates: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 – Friday, February 6th, 2026. Thursday, February 12th, 2026 – Wednesday, February 18th, 2026. Sunday, March 15th, 2026
Dates are subject to change.
“OEDIPUS EL REY”
Location: Roberts Studio Theatre, LORT D
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Tech Begins: Friday, May 1st, 2026
First Preview: Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
Opening: Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Closing: Sunday, June 7th, 2026
Possible Extension: June 8th 28th, 2026
Dates are subject to change.
If you are interested, please apply.
26 Project roles
JILLIAN
Female, Male.
30
-39.
All ethnicities, White / Caucasian, African-American, Other, White / Caucasian, Asian, White / Caucasian, Other, Latino / Hispanic.
The youngest of the four Webb sisters. She is the one who stayed at home after the other girls grew up & moved away for various reasons. She's been the main caretaker for their mother, who's dying of cancer, & she carries a lot of emotional responsibility for their mother into that reunion. The most sensitive & hopeful of the sisters. She has taken on the burden of the youngest female child - stayed home, took care of mom, didn't marry, watched the town around her die.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
PENNY/BIDDY
40
-59.
PENNY - (40s) Nurse, caring but practical, of Caribbean heritage. Doubles as BIDDY - (50s) Maid/North British accent.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
MR. POTTS/LUTHER ST. JOHN
40
-59.
MR. POTTS - (50s) Piano Tuner. Doubles as LUTHER ST. JOHN - (40s) American. Talent manager, scout, and producer who claims to have his finger on the pulse of popular music and a roster of famous names. He takes advantage of his position when the opportunity arises.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
RUBY/MRS. SMITH
28
-39.
RUBY - (30s) She's the second youngest. She adores her older sister, Joan, who went off to America to cut a record and become a singer. She's completely mythologized it. She comes across as energetic and makes jokes but you learn as the play goes on, that costs her quite a lot and she can't hold it all in. The most practical of the sisters. Doubles as MRS. SMITH - (30) Guest at the Sea View, not her real name - a tryst with MR. SMITH.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
BILL/JOE FOGG
40
-59.
BILL - (40s) Working class, northern England family man: he is the down-trodden husband of Gloria and father of Tony and Patty. Doubles as JOE FOGG - (50s) Lodger / The alcoholic piano player who cant seem to catch a break.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
GLORIA
30
-39.
The second eldest of the Webb girls. When we meet her, she is furious at having to be called back to her mother's deathbed and furious that one of her sisters hasn't turned up. The embittered oldest of the daughters. GLORIA was hurt by her mother in her early teens and has never recovered, often taking out her hurt and anger on those around her.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
DENNIS/JACK LARKIN
30
-49.
DENNIS - (40s) Working class, northern England family man: he is the husband of Ruby, rumpled, sun-burnt, indescribably dull, prone to argue when drunk. Doubles as JACK LARKIN - (30-40s) Fancies himself a performer and comedian and is well-loved by guests and residents of the Sea View, he is always short on money and three months behind on rent.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
JOAN/VERONICA
36
-39.
JOAN - The only one of the sisters who went on to actually pursue that dream. The one daughter who gets away to America to find a career. Able to sing and light piano skills a plus. Doubles as VERONICA - Veronica in the 1950s. She is the mother of these four girls, and she has big dreams for them to be an all-singing, all-dancing, Andrews Sisters-style act that might hopefully take off to America someday, where they'll become big stars.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
MR. SMITH/HALLIWELL
38
-42.
MR. SMITH - (40) Guests at the Sea View, not their real names a tryst. Doubles as MR. HALLIWELL - (40) A boarder at the Sea View who likes shortcuts.
"THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA"
Application deadline closed.
ALISON
30
-49.
Narrator; now a self-aware adult, she is able to reflect insightfully on her own life and her relationship with her father before his tragic death; a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range - low E to light belt C sharp.
"FUN HOME"
Application deadline closed.
MEDIUM ALISON
18
-20.
A freshman at Oberlin College, discovering her sexuality; an incredibly well-read, hyper-intelligent teenager; her uncertainty about who she is makes her socially awkward at times; a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; strong mix-belt to C and effortless mix to E.
"FUN HOME"
Application deadline closed.
BRUCE BECHDEL
40
-49.
High-school English teacher, funeral home director, spends his spare time on the historic restoration of his home; complex man with a hot temper as a result of years of repression; can be caring and attentive to his children but is also quick to anger; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range B to G.
"FUN HOME"
Application deadline closed.
HELEN BECHDEL
30
-39.
Alisons mother; frustrated, exhausted by her tumultuous marriage; has spent her life trying to be a good mother and wife while turning a blind eye to the irreverent activities of her husband; must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song; range A flat to strong mixed E.
"FUN HOME"
Application deadline closed.
JOAN
18
-20.
Student at Oberlin; exudes a confident, sexual energy, with a dry sense of humor; unlike Alison, Joan is very comfortable in her skin and openly identifies as a lesbian; must be comfortable with harmony singing, alto lines.
"FUN HOME"
Application deadline closed.
ROY/PETE/MARK/BOBBY JEREMY
20
-39.
Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work; Pete, a mourner who visits the funeral home; Mark, a high school junior; Bobby Jeremy, the lead singer of a band in Alisons imagination; singer with a strong clean 70s pop sound - to a B.
"FUN HOME"
Application deadline closed.
SUZANNE
53
-57.
Mid-50s. Warm and Gracious. Moved to Berkeley after college when her then-boyfriend now-husband started graduate school at UC Berkeley. Raising her family and nurturing the school is her lifes work, and fully entwined. Has a home worth four million dollars (though shell tell you it was much much much cheaper when they bought), but thinks of herself as comfortable rather than wealthy. Mother of Sebastian, Arlo, Izzy, Juniper, Tompkins, and Walden.
"EUREKA DAY"
Application deadline closed.
DON
56
-56.
Early 60s. Head of school. A calming presence. Has worked hard to become the man he is. From New England, moved to Berkeley in the mid-80s chasing the last gasp of hippiedom. Started in education as a music teacher, and on difficult days fantasizes about going back to it. Has lived with his partner in the same rented In-Law unit for 25 years. She makes pottery. They do silent meditation retreats at Esalen three times a year. No kids.
"EUREKA DAY"
Application deadline closed.
CARINA
40
-44.
Black or biracial. A joiner. Her parents were in the Foreign Service. She grew up overseas and had gone to eight different schools by the time she graduated from high school. This made her skilled at landing in a new environment, figuring out the rules, and putting other people at ease. Her wife is from Berkeley and always wanted to come back, so they moved nine months ago from the East Coast.
"EUREKA DAY"
Application deadline closed.
MEIKO
33
-37.
Mid-30s, Biracial Japanese/White (describes herself as Hapa). Berkeley native. Wry sense of humor. Went to UC Berkeley and has never lived anywhere else or wanted to. A landscape architect, which shes good at but a little bored by. A year after the end of a tortured on again off-again eight-year relationship, became a single mother by choice, of Olivia. When her daughter was young, Meikos mother was effectively a co-parent, but less so now.
"EUREKA DAY"
Application deadline closed.
ELI
33
-37.
Mid-30s. Jewish or half-Jewish. Oblivious but well-meaning. From Southern California, went to Stanford and then straight into working at a tech start-up. Cashed out three years ago and has been in search of how to occupy his time and exercise his mind. An expert pickler, competitive rock climber, manager of family wealth. Went through an intense Ayn Rand phase in college, which now fills him with shame, but which he has also never fully shaken.
"EUREKA DAY"
Application deadline closed.
WINTER
30
-59.
A parent.
"EUREKA DAY"
Application deadline closed.
LAIUS/CORO #4/EL HUESERO
40
-59.
The Old King, ruthless. Willing to do anything to hold on to his power and throne. Deeply values loyalty. Can be superstitious at times. Also performs as part of the chorus and as the Bone Healer.
"OEDIPUS EL REY"
Application deadline closed.
CREON/CORO #3/TECOLOTE #3/ESFINGE #3
20
-39.
Jocasta's brother. Has a less than pleasant past, met Oedipus in the Youth Authority. Loyal to the family business. Has a deep understanding of the town's traditions and demands respect. Projects an aura of authority that falls flat. Yearns for power, wants to be king. Also performs as part of the chorus and as the Owl Oracle and Sphinx.
"OEDIPUS EL REY"
Application deadline closed.
TIRESIAS/CORO #5
40
-59.
Blind Servant. He is Laius' right-hand servant. He is in a constant search for faith and knowledge and follows his conscience. Takes Oedipus under his wing, treats him as his son. Will do anything for him, including get himself into the same prison to be with him. Also performs as part of the chorus.
"OEDIPUS EL REY"
Application deadline closed.
CORO #1/EL SOBADOR/TECOLOTE #1/EL MISTICO/ESFINGE #1
18
-56.
A healer, an owl oracle, a mystic, the Sphinx, and a member of the Coro, the Greek style chorus of the piece.
"OEDIPUS EL REY"
Application deadline closed.
CORO #2/TECOLOTE #2/EL CURANDERO/ESFINGE #2
18
-56.
A healer, an owl oracle, a Shaman, the Sphinx, and a member of the Coro, the Greek style chorus of the piece.
"OEDIPUS EL REY"
Application deadline closed.
