Center Repertory Company
Walnut Creek, CA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, April 5, 2025

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (P)

AND

Sunday, April 6, 2025

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (P)

APPOINTMENTS

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CONTRACT

LOA

$547 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024-25 rates - All other shows.

$569 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024-25 rates - A CHRISTMAS CAROL

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Center Repertory Company's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).

Local Bay Area actors are encouraged to audition. Center REP is committed to hiring local artists.

Performers, ages 8 through 70, of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and dis/abilities are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue(s)/song of your choice. You will have a total of 3-minutes. There will be an accompanist. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If you are unable to attend this in-person audition, you may submit a video audition. Video submission information can be found at: https://www.centerrep.org/get-i... .

LOCATION

Lesher Center for the Arts

1601 Civic Dr

Walnut Creek, CA 94596-4299

Vukasin Theatre - Parking Garage directly next door to the Lesher Arts Center

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Artistic Director: Matt M. Morrow

Casting Director: Kimberly Donovan, CSA (KSD Casting)

Casting Assistant: Sarah Wilcox

Artistic Associate: Rebs Chan

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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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.

BREAKDOWN

Center Repertory Company 2025-26 Season

INDECENT

Written by Paula Vogel

Director TBD

First Rehearsal: August 5

Tech: September 2

Preview: September 7

Run: September 13-28

Venue: The Lesher

NOTE: The characters in INDECENT make up THE DEAD TROUPE. When speaking their native language, all characters speak in perfect English. When not speaking in their native language, they speak English with an accent. All characters speak and sing in English, Yiddish, and German.

SEEKING:

LEMML: 30s, Male Presenting, The Stage Manager. A kind-hearted country tailor whose life is forever changed upon reading Asch’s “The God of Vengeance”. Lemml exemplifies the belief that theatre can transform our lives and the lives of those around us. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3

CHANA: 20s, Female Presenting, The Ingénue. Passionate, adventurous, and smart. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: G2 to E3. Doubles as: Rifkele, Madje, Elsa, Immigrant, Ruth/Reina, Virginia McFadden, Bagelman Sister

AVRAM: 20s, Female Presenting, The Ingénue. Rebellious, ambitious, and passionate. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3. Doubles as: Sholem Asch, Immigrant, Morris Carnovsky, Eugene O’Neill, John Rosen

HALINA: 30s, Female Presenting, The Middle. Sophisticated, frank, and unconcerned with politics. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: D2 to E3. Doubles as: Manke, Immigrant, Freida, Dorothee Nelson/Dine, Dr. Hornig, Bagelman Sister

MENDEL: 40s, Male Presenting, The Middle. Traditional and conservative. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3. Doubles as: Nakhmen, Immigrant, Harry Weinberger, Officer Benjamin Bailie, Rabbi Joseph Silverman. Additional languages spoken: short lines of French, Spanish, and Chinese

VERA: 50s, Female Presenting, The Elder. Protective, witty, with a strong bite. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: G2 to E3. Doubles as: Sarah, Mrs. Peretz, Immigrant, Esther Stockton, Madje

OTTO: 50s, Male Presenting The Elder. Cultured, educated, traditional, and cynical. Singing and movement required. Vocal range: F#2 to E3. Doubles as: Yekel, Peretz, Schildkraut, Immigrant, Bartender, Judge McIntyre, Sholem Asch

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Adapted by Harrison David Rivers

Directed by Jared Mezzocchi

First Rehearsal: Nov. 4, 2025

Tech: Dec. 4

Preview: Dec. 10-11

Run: Dec. 12-21

Venue: The Hoffman

Show specific generals held March 29th and 30th

NOTE: Most roles require performer to carry a tune in character.

We will be casting understudies for this show.

SEEKING:

TRACK 1: EBENEZER SCROOGE – Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 50-60s. A man of business. Incredibly wealthy, but frugal. Miserly even. Personal loss has made him hard. He will be cracked open by play’s end. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 2: BOB CRATCHIT - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 30-50s. SCROOGE’S clerk. A devoted husband and father. Longsuffering and compliant. He will stand up to his employer by play’s end. Doubles as JACOB MARLEY.

TRACK 3: FRED HOLYWELL - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 20-30s. SCROOGE’S nephew and only living relative. Playful and generous. His persistence will be rewarded by play’s end. Doubles as FEZZIWIG and PRESENT. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 4: MAN - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 30-40s. Person with a disability. His true identity will be revealed by the plays’ end. Doubles as SOLICITOR 1 and FUTURE. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 5: MRS. CRATCHIT - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, 30-50s. BOB CRATCHIT’S wife. Cheeky, yet grounded. Her hope will be buoyed by play’s end. Doubles as SOLICITOR 2 and MRS. FEZZIWIG. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 6: FAN - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, 20s. SCROOGE’S sister. A compassionate advocate. Doubles as PAST and MARTHA. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 7: BELLE - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, 20-30s. Open to all physical types, differences and disabilities. SCROOGE’S great love. Clever and spirited. Doubles as LILY. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 8: APPRENTICE EBENEZER - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, 20s. A young EBENEZER SCROOGE. Bookish and earnest. Doubles as ELLIS. Comfortable carrying a tune (in character).

TRACK 9: TIM - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Person with a disability. Perceptive and older than his years.

TRACK 10: YOUNG EBENEZER - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Studious and hopeful.

TRACK 11: ARTHUR - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Bright and industrious. Doubles as PETER.

TRACK 12: CLARENCE - Any Ethnicity, Male-identifying, child. Affable.

TRACK 13: BELINDA - Any Ethnicity, Female-identifying, child. Nosy and adorable.

TRACK 14: TURKEY BOY – Any Ethnicity, Male/Female-identifying, child. Clever.

ENSEMBLE

CRIMES OF THE HEART

Written by Beth Henley

Directed by TBD

First Rehearsal: February 24, 2026

Tech: March 24

Preview: March 29

Run: April 4-19

Venue: The Lesher

SEEKING:

Lenny Magrath, 30, the oldest sister. Lenny is insecure about most things in her life, but especially about her relationships with men. She has a difficult relationship with her sister Meg and hides in her caregiving, which gives her an excuse to stay home.

Meg Magrath, 27, the middle sister. Meg moved to Hollywood to pursue her singing career, seemingly abandoning her sisters and her relationship with Doc. She appears to live her life in the moment but may not be as steely hard as she seems.

Babe Botrelle, 24, the youngest sister. Babe is the most fragile of the sisters. A dreamer and innocent, she’s not quite sure what all the fuss is about her shooting her husband.

Chick Boyle, 29, the sisters’ first cousin. Chick is brassy, loud, and continually passes judgment on her cousins and how they live their lives.

Doc Porter, 30, Meg’s old boyfriend. Doc is now married with two children, but the flame he carries for Meg still burns bright.

Barnette Lloyd, 26, Babe’s lawyer. Barnette is a recent law school graduate who is competent beyond his years. He has a soft spot for Babe and wants to protect her from her abusive husband.

JAGGED LITTLE PILL

Written by Diablo Cody & Alanis Morisette & Glen Ballard

Directed by TBD

First rehearsal: May 5, 2026

Tech: May 26

Run: June 6-28

Venue: The Lesher

SEEKING:

Mary Jane Healy - An affluent, white middle-aged woman - Mezzo Soprano

Frankie - 16 years old, Black, Female Presenting, with an artistic style - Mezzo Soprano

Steve - A middle-aged, white, male presenting. Clean-cut/corporate - Baritone

Nick - 18 yrs old, athletic, white male presenting - Baritone

Bella/Ensemble - a free spirited late-teen, female presenting - Mezzo Soprano/Alto

Jo - AFAB, 16 years old, exploring their gender presentation, Alto

Pheonix/Ensemble - 16 years old, male presenting - Tenor

Andrew Montefiore - late teen, male presenting - Tenor, Baritone, Bass

Ensemble - 13 performers

SALARY

LOA $547 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024-25 rates - All other shows; $569 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024-25 rates - A CHRISTMAS CAROL

UNION

AEA