Berkshire Theatre Festival
Stockbridge, MA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, April 7, 2025

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

BREAK: 12:30PM - 1:30PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1051 weekly minimum (LORT C) - Colonial Theatre

$807 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Unicorn Theatre - Rate increase to $839 on July 1, 2025

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Berkshire Theatre Festival's 2025 Season (see breakdown).

Some roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Auditionees for The Mousetrap & Metamorphoses should come prepared with a monologue no more than 2 minutes in length.

Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center

165 W 46th St

16th Fl

New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director - Kate Maguire

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Managing Director - Corey Cavenaugh

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

www.berkshiretheatregroup.org

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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.

BREAKDOWN

BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2025 SEASON

COLONIAL THEATRE (LORT C):

THE MOUSETRAP

by Agatha Christie; directed by Gerry McIntyre.

Contract Dates: June 30 - August 17, 2025

SEEKING:

Mollie Raston: Age 20s to early 30s. New owner/hostess of Monkswell Manor; anxious about hosting the inn's first guests; married to Giles for one year.

Giles Raston: Age 20s to early 30s. Owns Monkswell Manor with his wife Mollie; somewhat arrogant and jealous of the other guests' attentions toward Mollie.

Christopher Wren: Age 20s to 30s. The first guest to arrive at the hotel, Wren is a hyperactive young man who acts in a very peculiar manner. Wren claims to have been named after the architect of the same name by his parents.

Mrs. Boyle: Age 40s to 60s. Mrs. Boyle is an imposing woman in a bad temper; she complains about everything. She is disapproving of every effort that Mollie and Giles produce to make her comfortable.

Major Metcalf: Age 40s to 60s. Major Metcalf is middle-aged, square shouldered, military in manner and bearing. He is friendly and very polite, and serves as a good counter to Mrs. Boyle during the play’s first act.

Miss. Casewell: Age 20s to 30s. A strange, aloof, somewhat masculine woman who speaks offhandedly about the horrific experiences of her childhood.

Mr. Paravicini: Age 30s to 50s. A man of unknown provenance who turns up claiming his car has overturned in a snowdrift. He appears to be affecting a foreign accent.

Sergeant Trotter: Age late 20s to early 40s. Detective Sergeant Trotter is a cheerful, common-place man who arrives at the guest house on skis to investigate a local murder.

UNICORN THEATRE (LORT D):

THE ELEPHANT MAN

by Bernard Pomerance, directed by Eric Hill.

Contract Dates: May 6 - June 15, 2025

All roles are cast

OUT OF CHARACTER

by Ari’el Stachel, directed by Tony Taccone.

Contract Dates: June 9 - July 26, 2025

All roles are cast

DYING IS NO EXCUSE

by Renee Taylor, directed by Elaine May.

Contract Dates: July 15 - August 31, 2025

All roles are cast

METAMORPHOSES

by Mary Zimmerman, directed by Isadora Wolfe.

Contract Dates: September 2 - October 26, 2025

Seeking 10 actors of any gender or gender identity, and any ethnicity in all roles.

Myrrha and others

Midas and others

Hermes and others

Phaeton and others

Aphrodite and others

Erysichthon and others

Alycon and others

Orpheus and others

Eurydice and others

Therapist and others

NOTE: Please note that specific roles have not yet been assigned as the Director is currently remapping some of them. All roles will be offered as “Ensemble / “As Cast” and will inform specific assignments for roles at a later time.

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep $1051 weekly minimum (LORT C) - Colonial Theatre; $807 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Unicorn Theatre - Rate increase to $839 on July 1, 2025

UNION

AEA