Saturday, June 14, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LOA
2024-25 rates:
$557 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) per maximum 30-hour rehearsal week
$743 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) per 40-hour maximum Tech-Week through Opening Week
$557 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) after Opening Week, for up to 6 performances
$162 per performance after Opening Week beyond 6 performances
Plus pension and health. ANW has a long history of paying Favored Nations across all union acting roles and does not reimburse for mileage.
Equity actors for roles in A Noise Within's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Please prepare 1 classical monologue of 2-minutes maximum. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
A Noise Within
3352 E Foothill Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91107
Parking: in the Sierra Madre Villa Metro Parking or across the street at the Ross parking lot.
Expected to attend:
Alison Rodriguez: Casting Director
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
Rehearsals are typically weekday evenings 6 pm – 11 pm, and weekend afternoons 12 pm - 5 pm.
Each production will have at least one Student Matinee (some shows several).
ANW is a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination employer. The Actor is required to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in order to be hired. The Actor will be asked to provide proof of vaccination.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
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.
By: Richard Bean
Directed By: Geoff Elliott & Julia-Rodriguez Elliott
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 29th at 6:00 pm
Opening: Saturday, September 6th at 7:30 pm
Closing: Sunday, Sept 28th at 2 pm
Rachel Crabbe (20s-30s) The first guvnor, Rachel is Stanley’s girlfriend, but is disguised as her twin brother Roscoe, who is engaged to Pauline.
Stanley Stubbers (20s-30s) The second guvnor, Stanley is Rachel’s boyfriend; he is a privately educated upper class.
Harry Dangle (50s-60s) Harry is a crooked solicitor (partner in Dangle, Berry, and Bush Solicitors).
Charlie “The Duck” Clench (50s-60s) Charlie is a local mobster and has arranged the marriage of daughter Pauline to Roscoe Crabbe.
Lloyd Boateng (50s-60s) Lloyd is Charlie’s friend and runs The Cricketers’ Arms pub.
Gareth (20s-40s) Gareth is head waiter at Lloyd’s pub.
Alfie (30s-40s) An eighty-seven-year-old waiter. Actors who specialize in stunts are encouraged to audition.
By: August Wilson
Directed By: Gregg T. Daniel
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 9th at 6 pm - 11 pm
Opening: Saturday, October 18th at 7:30 pm
Closing: Sunday, November 9th at 2 pm
Bynum Walker (50s-60s) A “conjure man” or “rootworker” (somebody who practices folk magic and healing) who lives in Seth and Bertha’s boarding house. Bynum is a wise, existential man.
Herald Loomis (30s-40s) A man who appears with his daughter, Zonia, at Seth and Bertha’s boarding house. Although Seth thinks he looks suspicious, he allows him to rent a room.
Jeremy Furlow (20s-30s) A cheerful young man who lives in Seth and Bertha’s boarding house. Jeremy works for white employers as one of many people installing a new bridge.
Mattie Campbell (20s-30s) A young woman who comes to Seth and Bertha’s boarding house to see Bynum so that she can ask him to bind her to Jack Carper, her lover who recently left her.
Molly Cunningham (20s-30s) An independent young woman who comes to stay in Seth and Bertha’s boarding house. Molly makes it clear that she’s happy as a single woman unencumbered by romance.
Zonia Loomis (10-13 yrs) Herald and Martha Loomis’s daughter, who has been traveling from town to town with her father in the hopes of finding Martha.
Martha Loomis (Martha Pentecost) (30s-40s) Herald Loomis’s wife, and Zonia’s mother. After Herald was captured by Joe Turner, Martha had trouble sustaining Zonia and herself financially, so she left Zonia with her own mother and traveled north.
Reuben Scott (10-13 yrs) A young boy who lives next door to Seth and Bertha’s boarding house. Reuben befriends Zonia, eventually kissing her and telling her that when he grows up, he’s going to come looking for her.
By: Charles Dickens
Directed By: Geoff Elliott & Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, November 11th 6 pm - 11 pm
Opening: Sunday, November 29th at 7:00 pm
Closing: Wednesday, December 24th at 2 pm
Ensemble (20-40) - The ensemble track takes on multiple roles throughout the production.
By: William Shakespeare
Directed By: Guillermo Cienfuegos
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 6th 6 pm - 11 pm
Opening: Saturday, February 14th at 7:30 pm
Closing: Sunday, March 8th at 2 pm
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, King Richard III: Relentlessly power-hungry, Richard is not afraid to betray, lie, and murder to advance himself towards the throne. He is a smooth talker, a skilled actor, and a fickle friend.
Lady Anne, Queen Anne: The widow of Edward of Westminster (the heir to Henry VI's throne before both were killed by Richard), Richard successfully woos the grieving Anne.
Richmond, King Henry VII: A Lancaster and nephew to King Henry VI, Richmond is a kind, steady ruler whose gentle leadership stands in sharp contrast to Richard's.
Duke of Buckingham: Richard's right-hand man who helps the Duke rise to the throne, thinking he'll be rewarded once Richard is king. Instead, Richard spurns him.
Queen Elizabeth: Wife to King Edward and mother to Edward Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and a daughter (also named Elizabeth) whom Richmond eventually marries.
Queen Margaret: Widow of Henry VI and mother of Edward of Westminster (both murdered by Richard), Margaret is bitter, sharp-tongued, grief-addled, and determined to make the living pay for her lost husband, son, and throne.
By: Arthur Miller
Directed By: Geoff Elliott
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 17th 6 pm - 11 pm
Opening: Saturday, March 28th at 7:30 pm
Closing: Sunday, April 19th at 2:00 pm
Biff Loman (30s-40s) Willy and Linda's elder son. He has always been in the shadow of his father's expectations for him, beginning with his starred career as a high school football player and prospective college student.
Happy Loman (25-35) Willy and Linda's younger son. He is the assistant to an assistant manager at a department store and is always willing to do whatever is convenient: be duplicitous to his family, take bribes at work.
Ben Loman: Willy's adventurous brother, who has just died in Africa when the play begins. At moments of great stress or doubt, Willy converses with Ben's ghost.
Charley: Willy's neighbor, a steady businessman. He is a constant friend to Willy through the years, though Willy is quick to take offense whenever Charley tries to bring Willy's unrealistic dreams down to earth.
Howard Wagner: Willy's boss and the son of Frank Wagner, who founded the company for which Willy works. A cold, selfish man, he inherits his success without building anything himself.
Bernard: Charley's son, he is studious and hardworking. As a boy in high school, he warns Biff not to flunk math, a warning both Biff and Willy ignore. He grows up to be a successful lawyer who is about to argue a case before the Supreme Court.
The Woman: Willy's mistress in Boston, during the time that Biff and Happy were in high school. She is a secretary to one of the buyers, and picked Willy as a lover because, it seems, she is able to exploit him for gifts.
By: Eugène Ionesco
Directed By: Michael Michetti
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 31st 6-11 pm
Opening: Saturday, May 9th at 7:30 pm
Closing: Sunday, May 31st at 2 pm
King Berenger - is not only king; he has discovered most of the great discoveries, invented most of the great inventions, written Shakespeare's plays, and founded the great cities of Europe. He discovers that today is his dying day and, with him, the universe is dying, too.
Queen Marguerite - King Berenger's first, older wife. Marguerite is the first person to let him know, through her severe scoldings, that today is his dying day.
Queen Marie - King Berenger's younger wife. When she finds out that the king is dying, she pleads with him not to accept it. Death is only a word, she tells him, and no one knows what it means.
The Doctor - King Berenger's surgeon, science advisor and executioner, although he appears on stage dressed as a magician.
Juliette - the king's nurse and housekeeper. She works hard and speaks bluntly. She describes her life to the king as wretched and filled with misery.
The Guard - the king's primary servant in the court, but, as the king dies, the Guard is no longer able to obey the king's commands.
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