Auditions

Joy Clark and the cast of The Drowsy Chaperone. Photo by Mark S. Howard.

 

2025/26 Auditions

Dates of Auditions
Sunday, May 4, 2025 from 10-6pm (break from 1-2pm)
Monday, May 5, 2025 from 10-6pm (break from 1-2pm)

Equity Appointments
For Equity members to schedule an appointment, please visit our digital sign up sheet here. Equity members must fill in an email address and phone number, and be prepared on the day of the audition to provide their AEA Member Number. You can opt to receive an email
confirming your audition time and you will receive an appointment reminder the day before your audition.

Location
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
140 Clarendon Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02116.
The audition room can accommodate no more than 99 individuals at a time. The holding room can accommodate no more than 100 individuals at a time.

Preparation
Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Each actor has TWO (2) minutes to perform. Actors can prepare one monologue of their 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. ACCOMPANIST NOT PROVIDED ON SUNDAY, MAY 4.

Please bring a headshot and resume to the audition or email it to Community & Artistic Programs Manager Alexandra Smith at alex_smith@lyricstage.com.

At the Auditions
Courtney O’Connor, Producing Artistic Director
Alexandra Smith, Community and Artistic Programs Manager
Katya Stanislavskaya, Music Director, SOMETHING ROTTEN (Monday, May 5)
Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, Director, SOMETHING ROTTEN (Monday, May 5)
Dan Rodriguez, Accompanist (Monday, May 5)

Contract

NEAT Category 6

Scripts
Scripts will be available for review at our box office (140 Clarendon Street, 2nd floor) from 12-5pm on Tuesdays – Fridays. To arrange a different time, please contact us at boxoffice@lyricstage.com.

Other Information
Please note: the Lyric Stage Company of Boston is committed to the hiring of local actors. Local Boston actors are particularly encouraged to submit. Please reach out to alex_smith@lyricstage.com before making travel accommodations.

Callbacks for individual productions will be announced at a later date. All shows, dates, and information are subject to change.

For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.
All roles are available for inclusive casting, unless otherwise specified.

Stage Managers: Equity Stage Managers are invited to send resumes to david_dagostino@lyricstage.com or by mail to the Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., Boston, MA 02116. ASM positions are available for all shows.

PLEASE NOTE you must be a current member of Actors Equity to sign up for an audition slot; EMC and Non-Union actors are not guaranteed to be seen.

Contact: For questions, please contact artistic@lyricstage.com or 617.585.5684.

Breakdown:
BIPOC actors are strongly encouraged to audition. The Lyric Stage Company of Boston shall conduct all auditions/interviews in a manner that continues to promote fair consideration to everyone. The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we ask auditioners to please read the Lyric Stage’s Anti-Racism and Inclusion Plan. We recognize that many characters are written on the binary; we invite gender nonconforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.

1. OUR TOWN
By Thornton Wilder
Director: Courtney O’Connor
First Rehearsal: August 26, 2025
First Preview: September 19, 2025
Closing: October 19, 2025

STAGE MANAGER: The play’s narrator. Easy-going and friendly, steps in and out of the action as other characters such as a minister, a drug store owner, and a neighbor passing by.

DR. FRANK GIBBS: A doctor and family man, very in love with his wife. Father of George and Rebecca.

MRS. JULIA GIBBS: A romantic who dreams of visiting Paris. Loving wife of Frank and mother of George and Rebecca.

GEORGE GIBBS: Ages from 16-32 in the action of the play. Sincere, naive, and idealistic. Wants to be the best person he can be. In love with Emily Webb.

REBECCA GIBBS: George’s energetic younger sister, age 11-13. Contemplative and amazed by the stars and Earth’s place in the galaxy/MRS. SOAMES: A member of the church choir who enjoys spreading gossip

MR. CHARLES WEBB: Editor and owner of the only local newspaper. Highly educated and intelligent. Husband of Myrtle and father of Emily and Wally.

MRS. MYRTLE WEBB: No-nonsense with an underlying caring nature. Wife of Charles and mother of Emily and Wally.

EMILY WEBB: Ages from 16-32 in the action of the play. Sincere and innocent. Strong love and enthusiasm for life. In love with George Gibbs.

WALLY WEBB: Emily’s younger brother, a Boy Scout, age 11-13/CONSTABLE WARREN: The town’s policeman who keeps a watchful eye on the community.

PROFESSOR WILLARD/SIMON STIMSON: The leader of the church choir who is struggling with alcoholism and undisclosed “troubles,” making him the subject of gossip in the town.

JOE CROWELL: A teen who delivers newspapers. Promotes a sense of friendliness among the community/SI CROWELL: Joe’s younger brother/JOE STODDARD: the town’s undertaker

HOWIE NEWSOME: A teen who leads a horse and wagon around town, delivering milk. Promotes a sense of friendliness among the community/SAM CRAIG: Julia Gibb’s nephew/MR.CARTER: a local farmer/A MAN FROM AMONG THE DEAD

2. SHERLOCK CAROL
By Mark Shanahan
Director: Ilyse Robbins
First Rehearsal: October 21, 2025
First Preview: November 14, 2025
Closing: December 21, 2025

SHERLOCK HOLMES: The World’s Foremost Consulting Detective, in decline.

EBENEZER SCROOGE: Formerly a miser. One Christmas, Scrooge transformed into as good a man as the good old city everyone knew. (Also is noted as a GHOSTLY VOICE)

TRACK 1:
● DR. TIMOTHY CRATCHIT: Tiny Tim, all grown up. Now a doctor at St. Bernard’s Hospital for Children.
● MR. TOPPER: The manager of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A bit older, a bit pompous. Easily irritated. Supposedly a friend of Fred, Scrooge’s nephew.
● RALPH FEZZIWIG: A nervous, wiry young man. The misfit member of a proud family. Engaged to Fannie.
● CONSTABLE BRADSTREET: A seemingly upstanding member of Scotland Yard.

TRACK 2:
● EMMA WIGGINS: A good-spirited 13-year-old, she is a former Baker Street Irregular.
● FAN “FANNIE” GARDNER: Scrooge’s grandneice. A refined young woman, she works backstage at the theatre in the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Engaged to Ralph Fezziwig.
● INSPECTOR LESTRADE: Blustery, easily confounded member of Scotland Yard with a grudging respect for Holmes.
● MRS. WINDIGATE: A Scottish tavern-keeper and member of the Goose Club. Giggly, a whirlwind.

TRACK 3:
● DR. WATSON: Sherlock Holmes’ best and most loyal friend. The Boswell to Holmes’ Johnson.
● MRS. DILBER: Mr. Scrooge’s housekeeper of over 30 years. An emotional creature with a connection to the spiritual realm.
● HENRY BURKE: An Irish candlemaker, an old friend of Mr. Scrooge.
● OLD JOE BRACKENRIDGE: The owner of Old Joe’s in Covent Garden. Gruff, a born salesman.

TRACK 4:
● CAROLER: A cheerful person in the street.
● ELDERLY WOMAN: A London lady.
● THE COUNTESS OF MORCAR: American. An old love of Holmes’ who also goes by another name, Irene Adler.
● MARTHA CRATCHIT: Tough and a bit lower-class than her brother. She is as smart and observant as any detective she might happen to meet.
● MARY MORSTAN: Watson’s elegant and brave wife.
● ABIGAIL “ABBY” FEZZIWIG: Runs a business fattening geese for market. No-nonsense and direct – a proud member of the hardworking Fezziwig family.

3. PENELOPE

Book by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean, and Eva Steinmetz
Music and Lyrics by Alex Bechtel
Director: Courtney O’Connor
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez
First Rehearsal: January 13, 2026
First Preview: February 6, 2026
Closing: March 1, 2026

PENELOPE: CAST Witty and bright, almost always with a drink in her hand. Still waiting for Odysseus to return but finding completeness in herself.

Please note: The role of Penelope has been cast. We are seeking an alternate who will perform at select performances.

4. ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
By Pearl Cleage
Director: Jacqui Parker
First Rehearsal: February 24, 2026
First Preview: March 20, 2026
Closing: April 12, 2026

BETTY SAMSON: 65, Black; manager/agent; looking for a home.
ANNA CAMPBELL: 65, Black; actress and performance artist; looking for a future.
KATE HUGHES: 45, Black; producer; looking for a hit.
PRECIOUS “PETE” WATSON: 25, Black; burlesque artist; looking for a change.

5. SOMETHING ROTTEN
Book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick
Music and Lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Director: Ilana Ransom Toeplitz
Music Director: Katya Stanislavskaya
Choreographer: Christopher Shin
First Rehearsal: April 7, 2026
First Preview: May 1, 2026
Closing: June 7, 2026

NICK BOTTOM: 30s-40s. An aspiring playwright who is frustrated with his lack of success. Desperate to outdo Shakespeare and create the next big thing in theater. Ambitious, jealous, determined, but also somewhat clueless. Strong dance/tap skills needed. G4-A2

SHAKESPEARE: 30s-40s. The famous playwright and rival to the Bottom brothers. An egotistical rock star of the Elizabethan theater scene. Undeniably talented, but also self-centered and pretentious. Arrogant, charming, flashy, and full of himself with a modern swagger. Strong dance/tap skills needed. Ab4-Ab2

NIGEL BOTTOM: 20s-30s. Nick’s younger brother. A talented but more idealistic playwright who is much more interested in writing meaningful theater than in being famous. Sweet, sincere, and naive, with a deep love for poetry. A4-Eb3

BEA: 20s-40s. Nick’s wife and “Right Hand Man.” Loves and supports Nick despite his questionable decision making and lack of success. A strong, persuasive leader who ultimately saves the day. D5-D3

NOSTRADAMUS: Mysterious, all-knowing, and eccentric. Provides Nick with a vision of the future.

PORTIA: 20s-30s. A quirky Puritan girl who loves theater. The only daughter of Brother Jeremiah. She and Nigel fall madly in love with each other over their mutual love of Shakespeare and poetry. F#5-G3

BROTHER JEREMIAH: 40s-50s. Portia’s strict Puritan father. Particularly disdainful of playwrights like Nick and Nigel. G4-G3

LORD CLAPHAM: 20s-40s. A flamboyant theatre producer.

SHYLOCK: 50s-70s. The inspiration for the moneylender of the same name in Shakespeare & The Merchant of Venice. Witty, sharp-tongued, and sarcastic. Involved with everyone’s finances.

MINSTREL: Comedic narrator and guide for the audience. A4-C#3

ENSEMBLE: all ages and genders; Strong singers and dancers to play Shakespeare fans and other characters during the Renaissance.