A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ... FORUM Open Call - Theater 2020, Inc. Auditions

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ... FORUM - NYC OPEN CALL

Theater 2020, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Saturday, February 7, 2026
4:30 PM - 9:00 PM (E)
A.R.T./New York Theatres and Studios (South Oxford)
138 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217

APPOINTMENTS

The call will be run on a 1st come, 1st served basis. Doors will open and sign-ups will begin at 4:00 PM. Holding room - Garden Studio, 1st Floor.

PERSONNEL

• Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
• Book: Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
• Showcase-NY Producing Artistic Directors: Judith Jarosz & David Fuller
• Contract: Travel Stipend
• Director: David Fuller
• Choreographer: Judith Jarosz
• Lighting Designer: Giles Hogya
• Costume Designer: Robert J. Pugh

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (see breakdown).

OTHER DATES

Theater 2020 is committed to casting without regard to race or ethnic origin and encourages all ethnicities to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one song by Stephen Sondheim. A song from FORUM is preferable but not necessary.

First Rehearsal: Monday, March 9, 2026

Tech Rehearsals: Saturday & Sunday, April 11 & 12, NOON–10PM (at Mark O'Donnell Theater)

Dress Rehearsals: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 14 & 15

Preview: Thursday, April 16

Opening: Friday, April 17

Closing: Sunday, May 10, 2026

Rehearsals are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 7 PM–10 PM; Saturday 4 PM–9 PM; Sunday 2 PM–7 PM. Tuesdays are the day off except Monday is off opening week.

16 performances: Thursday–Saturday at 7:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM.

CALLBACKS

Callbacks: 2/14/26, 4 PM–9 PM & 2/15/26, 2 PM–7 PM

Rehearsals are at A.R.T./NY South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford St., Brooklyn, through Friday, April 10.

Performance Venue: The Mark O'Donnell Theater at the Entertainment Community Fund Arts Center, 160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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.

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BREAKDOWN

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Director's Note: The cast of actors will be ethnically diverse, singer-comedians who move well and are skilled in a slapstick style of broad comedy. A sense of humor is mandatory! Please be familiar with this show. Age ranges and genders for some roles are not specified. This production concept is an itinerant company of actors presenting FORUM as part of their repertoire, like a 21st Century vaudeville troupe. In the script, the authors note, “This is a scenario for vaudevillians.”

SEEKING

Prologus / Pseudolus (Any gender): Introduces the audience to the comedy. A Roman slave, owned by Hero, who seeks to win his freedom. Quick-witted, scheming, childlike spirit. A vaudevillian. Vocal range: top A4 - bottom A2.

Proteans (3) (Any gender): Extremely versatile. Will play Romans, Soldiers and all the Courtesans (Gymnasia, Tintinabula, Vibrata, The Geminae, Panacea). Circus skills (tumbling, juggling, balancing) a plus! The Proteans are extremely important to this production.

Senex (male): A prominent Roman and father to Hero and husband to Domina. Vocal range: top G4 - bottom B2.

Domina (female): Senex's wife and mother to Hero. Vocal range: top F5 - bottom B3.

Hysterium (Any gender): Chief slave in the House of Senex. Vocal range: top G5 - bottom D4.

Hero (male): Son of Senex and Domina, in love with Philia. Vocal range: top G4 - bottom B2.

Marcus Lycus (Any gender): A neighbor of Senex and the owner of the house of Courtesans. Vocal range: top F5 - bottom A3.

Philia (female): A virgin in the House of Lycus (we learn is Erronius' daughter), promised to Miles and loves Hero. Vocal range: top G5 - bottom B3.

Erronius (male): A neighbor of Senex and a father searching for his lost children (stolen by pirates). Vocal range: top G4 - bottom B2.

Miles Gloriosus (male): A captain in the Roman army and promised to Philia. Vocal range: top F5 - bottom B3.