2025 AUDITION MATERIALS
NOTICE!
In-person Season EPAs will be held:
March 29, 2025 at The Heritage House, 6459 Main St, Westport, NY
10am – 2pm (First come, first served)
April 4, 2025 at Actors’ Equity Association, 165 West 46th St., 16th Fl.,New York, NY.
9:30am – 5:30pm (Lunch 1-2pm). EPA procedures will be in effect.
PREPARATION:
Please prepare a brief cut of an up-tempo and brief cut of a ballad in the style of the show of interest: FIRST DATE contemporary Broadway (pop/rock) and MDQ, rock, gospel, country, and R&B. For plays: prepare a 1-2 minute monologue in the style of the show (dark comedy) British accent RADIANT, and American accent ROOMMATE. See breakdown for production-specific preparation for MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled
together.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Beth Glover, Artistic Director, Director of FIRST DATE
Karen Lewis, Artistic Director, Director of THE ROOMMATE
Chan Harris, Director of RADIANT VERMIN
Michael Santora, Director of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Aaron Jodoin, Musical Director for FIRST DATE
Amy Fitts, arts in education staff
Peter Corley, Production Assistant
Kim Rielly, Executive Director
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
FIRST DATE
Aaron: Late 20s-30s, male, any ethnicity. Tenor. New Yorker. Jewish investment banker. He has never been on a blind date before. Out of his element, nervous, and trying way too hard.
Casey: Late 20s-30s, female, any ethnicity. Great belt/mix voice. Daring, bold, and delightfully controversial. All as a defense mechanism.
Man #1: (Gabe, Casey’s Uber Gay Bestie Reggie, Edgy British Guy, Google Backup, Aaron’s future son, Stoner, Friendly Therapist) 20s – 30s; Male, any ethnicity. Baritone/Tenor range. Displays a wide age range, and character voices.
Man #2: (Waiter, Edgy Rocker, Casey’s Dad, Google Backup, British Artist) Late 20s – 30s, Tenor, any ethnicity. Displays a wide age range, and character voices.
Woman #1 (Aaron’s Grandma Ida, Casey’s sister Lauren, Google Girl, Aaron’s Ex, Aaron’s Mother) Belt/mix with soprano, any ethnicity. Strongly comedic with a great voice, warmth, and personality. Displays a wide age range, and character voices.
RADIANT VERMIN
Ollie: – 20s – British married to Jill, any ethnicity. Facility with various UK dialects and lightning-fast
character shifts required.
Jill: – 20s – British, any ethnicity. Facility with various UK dialects and lightning-fast character shifts
required.
Miss Dee / Kay: – 30s – 40s. Can be British or American, any ethnicity. Dee is a real estate agent.
Kay is homeless, poor, young.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
ELVIS – 20s; male; actor/singer/guitar player. Sound and look somewhat like Elvis without being an “impersonator.” Tenor-Baritone
JERRY LEE LEWIS – 20s-early 30s; male; actor/singer/pianist. A superb piano player, able to play like Jerry Lee Lewis; fun, energetic; comic skills a plus. Tenor
CARL PERKINS – mid 20s; male; actor/singer/guitar player (lead guitar); Must be an excellent lead guitarist. Tenor
JOHNNY CASH – late 20s-late 30s; male; singer/guitar player. Sounds and look somewhat like Johnny without being an “impersonator.”
SAM PHILLIPS – mid-30s-40s; “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and founder of Sun Records who brought the “Million Dollar Quartet” together on that fateful night. NOTE: Non-Singing Role.
DYANNE – 20s-early 30s; Excellent singer, any ethnicity. Mezzo Soprano w/Belt
PREPARATION for MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET:
For ELVIS: Please prepare an Elvis Presley song (or a song in that style or from the era) and accompany yourself on the guitar.
For JOHNNY CASH: Please prepare a Johnny Cash song (or song in that style from that era) and accompany yourself on the guitar. Baritone-Bass
For JERRY LEE LEWIS: Please prepare a Jerry Lee Lewis song (or song in that style or from the era) and accompany yourself on the piano.
For CARL PERKINS: Please prepare a Carl Perkins or Elvis Presley song (or song in that style from that era) and accompany yourself on the guitar. An amp will be provided.
THE ROOMMATE
Sharon: – quintessential middle American woman in her mid to late 50’s, any ethnicity.
Robyn: Polar opposite of Sharon but keeping it undercover – as much as she can. Late 50’s, any ethnicity.