AUDITIONS
2024 SEASON EPAs
SEEKING: Performers of all genders for 2024 Season (see breakdown below)
WHEN: Saturday March 23 2:00 – 6:00, Sunday March 24 10:00 – 6:00 (lunch 1:00 – 2:00)
Tuesday March 26 10:00 – 6:00 (lunch 1:00 – 2:00)
Call 508-349-9428 x113 or email auditions@what.org to schedule an appointment
WHERE: Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
2357 State Highway Route 6
Wellfleet MA 02667
(Enter through main lobby and follow signs to Second Floor Studio)
PREPARATION: 2 brief contrasting contemporary monologues
For Reefer Madness: one comedic monologue and 32 bar cut from a song in the style of the show. Accompanist provided.
Please bring headshot and resume
CONTRACT: AEA NEAT (New England Area Theaters) Category 4 ($405/week minimum) or Category 5 ($499/week minimum)
PERSONNEL: Christopher Ostrom – Producing Artistic Director
Nicholas Ward – Managing Director
See individual production directors below
We are not accepting video submissions at this time.
Also accepting resumes for stage management positions at jobs@what.org.
SMART
By Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Directed by Jess Chayes
First Rehearsal: on or around May 13, 2024
First Public Performance: June 6, 2024
Press Opening: June 8, 2024
Closing Performance: June 23, 2024
RUTH Female, suffering from primary progressive aphasia caused by a stroke. 70’s.
ELAINE Female, RUTH’s daughter, real estate agent and singer. 30’s.
GABBY Female, a software programmer for an Amazon-like corporation. 30’s.
REEFER MADNESS THE MUSICAL
Book by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Music by Dan Studney
Lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Directed by Christopher Ostrom
First Rehearsal: on or around June 11, 2024
First Public Performance: July 3, 2024
Press Opening: July 5, 2024
Closing Performance: July 27, 2024
LECTURER 40s – 60s, Any Gender, A severe authority figure who warns the audience of the perils of reefer madness. Also plays GOAT-MAN, MR. POPPY, PRIEST, OLD MAN, RADIO ANNOUNCER, POLICEMAN, FDR
JIMMY HARPER Teen, Male presenting and Identifying, A wholesome, innocent teenager who runs into trouble as he is lured into the dangerous world of reefer
MARY LANE Teen, Female presenting and Identifying, JIMMY’s girlfriend, a sweet and naïve girl whose wild side is revealed after her first toke
JACK STONE 30s – 40s, Male presenting and Identifying, The handsome and ruthless proprietor of the reefer den. Also plays JESUS, GEORGE WASHINGTON
MAE 30s, Female presenting and Identifying, The attractive but slightly haggard hostess of the reefer den, who turns to cannabis to escape JACK’s abuse
SALLY 20s-30s, Female presenting and Identifying, A sultry and seductive denizen of the reefer
den with the quick wit and libidinous soul of Mae West combined with the moxie of
Barbara Stanwick. Also plays LADY LIBERTY
RALPH 20s-30s, Male presenting and Identifying, a former fraternity man whose college career ended due to his reefer habit. A denizen of the reefer den. Also plays SALLY’s BABY, UNCLE SAM
PLACKARD GIRL Any Age, Female presenting and Identifying, the LECTURER’s very serious assistant who reinforces his warnings. Also plays POLICE OFFICER, FIVE-AND-DIME PATRON
ENSEMEBLE (4 total) Teens – 20s, All Genders, Portray STUDENTS, FIVE-AND-DIME PATRONS, REEFER DEN PATRONS, ANGELS/CHURCH CHOIR.
SUMMER, 1976
By David Auburn
Directed by Daisy Walker
First Rehearsal: on or around July 16, 2024
First Public Performance: August 7, 2024
Press Opening: August 9, 2024
Closing Performance: August 31, 2024
DIANA 40s – 50s, Female presenting and Identifying, A fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom
ALICE 40s – 50s, Female presenting and Identifying, A free-spirited yet naive young housewife
LIBERTY TALKS!
World Premiere
By Fermin Rojas
Directed by TBA
First Rehearsal: on or around August 20, 2024
First Public Performance: September 12, 2024
Press Opening: September 14, 2024
Closing Performance: October 6, 2024
LIBBY Charming, likable, funny, smart and an emotional mess. African-American female or non-binary. 30-60
BARTHOLDI mid 30, male, white, a sculptor and conflicted artist
STATUE OF BLIND JUSTICE 30-60, also plays LILLIE DEVEREAUX
TEACHER late 20s, male, any race, also plays DOCENT
STATUE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH 30-60, African-American female
GEORGIE Latinx Zoomer, any race, female. Also plays EMMA LAZARUS
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.