Actors Theatre of Louisville 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - Actors Theatre of Louisville Auditions

ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE 2025-26 SEASON - NYC EPA

Actors Theatre of Louisville | Louisville, KY
REVISED
Paco Tolson added to personnel expected to attend.

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Actors Theatre of Louisville's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
Actors Theatre of Louisville is committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression practices in all areas, including casting. Our goal is to create a casting process that is welcoming, absent of intimidation, and serves those auditioning as well as the creative team in the full exploration of the material. Building an environment of mutual trust that upholds our mission to unlock human potential, build community, and enrich quality of life are the principles upon which we base our processes.

As an ADA compliant organization, we welcome performers of all abilities. We are prepared to engage interpreters, utilize captioning, and provide any reasonable accommodations and resources needed in order to cast performers with disabilities.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue or song of your choosing, or a combination of multiple pieces for a total of no more than 2 1/2 minutes. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Amelia Acosta Powell: Interim Artistic Director, CSA (She/Her)
Paco Tolson: Artistic Associate (He/Him)

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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Performers non-local to Louisville will be provided with travel and single-occupancy/furnished housing within a half mile of the theatre.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

Actors Theatre of Louisville 2025-26 Season

In reference to the descriptions below – these are descriptions of the characters as identified in the script and in collaboration with the creative team. They are not meant to be exhaustive of who should play these roles and we seek to cast expansively and intentionally. We acknowledge the history of systemic exclusionary practices and are working to dismantle barriers to theatre-making and auditioning for performers of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender expressions, body types, and abilities.

We also recognize that most characters are written on the binary (use he/him or she/her pronouns) and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.

All dates subject to change.

FDR'S VERY HAPPY HOUR

Written by Regan Linton
Additional contributions by M. Graham Smith
Conceived by Regan Linton and M. Graham Smith
Directed by M. Graham Smith
LORT D
Stage Manager Prep Week: September 15th – September 20th
First Rehearsal: September 22nd
Tech: October 9th – October 17th
Previews: October 15th and 16th
Open: October 17th
Performances: October 17th – October 26th

This production will also include ASL Interpreters during the performances, alongside the actors. ASL Interpretation will be provided for performers requiring it during the auditions, rehearsals and performances.

Roles in FDR'S VERY HAPPY HOUR are not understudied.

SEEKING:

Performer - (any pronouns) This role is for a deaf/hard of hearing actor who is fluent in ASL and comfortable with spoken English, multiple characters with a range of communication — some using ASL and others using spoken English. A SINGLE PERFORMER DOUBLES AS ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

• JAMES MADISON – (he/him) 40s+, a reincarnate version of the real-life former US President. A Founding Father who is perhaps less popular than his counterparts, but no less accomplished. FDR and Madison have taken a shine to each other in the great beyond... if FDR’s the popular kid, Madison is the brainiac good friend. Decorous and less gregarious than FDR but excited to be included. Madison is representative of the guests’ apprehension at the start, and models how to open up. Also unafraid to question FDR. Speaks... properly.
• SMOKEY THE BEAR – (no specified gender identity) Timeless fuzzy life-size bear-suited version of the Park Service icon, who, like the icon, mixes bear and human attributes. Smokey’s kindhearted simplicity may seem naïve or youthful, but like FDR, Smokey has experienced a lot... just tries not to get bogged down by the weight of it. Grounded wisdom with heart. Embodies the best American qualities: a hard worker, steadfast, optimistic, genuine, hopeful. A nonverbal character aside from bear sounds, Smokey communicates using ASL as well as invented gestural bear language. Smokey’s physical communication speaks volumes.
• ELEANOR ROOSEVELT – (she/her) 40s+, a reincarnate version of the real-life former First Lady. You feel her presence as soon as she steps into the room. Poised and witty, but entirely relatable. The most genuine of all the characters. She holds her own with FDR, and it’s clear that they have maintained a deep respect for each other, despite many past ups and downs. Like in their real lives, she is one of the few people who can challenge FDR and make him face things he’d rather avoid. Even keel. Speaks with an easy assurance and should not have much affectation to her voice. She’s just real.

FDR - This role is already CAST.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Written by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Lavina Jadhwani
Co-directed by Amelia Acosta Powell and Emily Tarquin
LORT B
Stage Manager Prep Week: November 4th–9th
First Rehearsal: November 11, 2025
Tech: November 29th – December 5th
Preview: December 4, 2025 (Student Matinee)
Open: December 5, 2025
Performances: December 6 – 21, 2025

Roles in A Christmas Carol are not understudied.

SEEKING:

• EBENEZER SCROOGE (He/Him, older adult) Bitter and sharp. A lifelong miser haunted by regret. Closed off to love and joy until ghosts change everything.
• BOB CRATCHIT (He/Him, adult) Quietly resilient. Overworked and underpaid, but full of warmth. Loves his family more than anything. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• TINY TIM (He/Him, child) A young boy with a joyful spirit and kind nature. He uses a crutch and leg brace. This is a singing role.
• FRED (He/Him, 20s–30s) Scrooge’s nephew. Earnest, cheerful, and unshakably kind. Keeps the door open for reconciliation. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• JACOB MARLEY (He/Him, older adult) Chained by greed—literally. Scrooge’s dead business partner, returned to warn him of the cost of a loveless life. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST (Any gender, ageless) Gentle and ethereal. Guides Scrooge through memory like a lantern in the dark. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Any gender, adult) Larger than life. Radiates joy, generosity, and fury at injustice. Shows Scrooge the world outside his walls. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• MRS. CRATCHIT (She/Her, adult) Strong-willed and loving. Protects her family with every fiber of her being. Fierce when wronged. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• FAN (She/Her, child/teen) Scrooge’s sister. Full of light and affection. Her early kindness leaves a lifelong echo. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• BOY SCROOGE (He/Him, child) Bookish and alone. A solitary child, neglected by his friends. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• YOUNG SCROOGE (He/Him, young adult) Eager and ambitious. Grows into a man hardened by fear, pride, and the pursuit of wealth. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• BELLE (She/Her, young adult) Calm, clear-eyed, and kind. Leaves Scrooge when he chooses wealth over love. This role may double with others. This is a singing role. Musical instrument skill a plus.
• ENSEMBLE (various genders, ages) An ensemble of performers who are strong singers (including acapella) and movers able to physically and vocally transform. Roles will include BELINDA, PETER, IGNORANCE, WANT, FRED’s WIFE, BELLE’s HUSBAND, FEZZIWIG, MRS FEZZIWIG, DICK WILKINS, CHAR WOMAN, LAUNDRESS, OLD JOE, COLLECTORS. Musical instrument skill a plus.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Fiasco Theater and Actors Theatre of Louisville present Fiasco Theater’s:
Written by William Shakespeare
Created in collaboration with The Saunders Collective
Directed by Ben Steinfeld
LORT D
Stage Manager Prep Week: February 17th – February 21st
First Rehearsal: February 24, 2026
Tech: February 27, 2026 - March 4, 2026
Previews: March 4, 2026 & March 5, 2026
Open: March 6, 2026
Performances: March 7 – 15, 2026

SYNOPSIS:

This take on the classic play features the Saunders collective - a family of multi-talented performers, singers, composers, and producers. This production will include original music, so actor-musicians are encouraged to audition.

SEEKING:

ALL ROLES ARE CAST - Seeking Understudies for all roles.

• EGEON (He/Him, older adult) A merchant from Syracuse, searching for his lost wife and son after a shipwreck separated their family.
• DUKE SOLINUS (He/Him, adult) The ruler of Ephesus, stern but just, tasked with upholding laws that complicate Egeon’s fate.
• ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE (He/Him, young adult) A traveler newly arrived in Ephesus, unknowingly stepping into his twin’s life while searching for his brother.
• DROMIO OF SYRACUSE (He/Him, young adult) Loyal and witty servant to Antipholus of Syracuse, often bewildered by mistaken identities.
• ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS (He/Him, young adult) A well-known citizen of Ephesus, husband to Adriana, increasingly confused as his life unravels due to his twin's arrival.
• DROMIO OF EPHESUS (He/Him, young adult) Servant to Antipholus of Ephesus, caught in a spiral of blame, beatings, and mistaken orders.
• ADRIANA (She/Her, adult) The assertive and emotional wife of Antipholus of Ephesus, frustrated by what she believes is her husband's erratic behavior.
• LUCIANA (She/Her, young adult) Adriana’s sister, more romantic and reserved; unexpectedly courted by the wrong twin.
• ANGELO (He/Him, adult) A goldsmith who becomes entangled in the confusion over a missing chain and unpaid debts.
• SECOND MERCHANT (He/Him, adult) A creditor to Angelo, adding urgency to the mistaken identity chaos.
• FIRST MERCHANT (He/Him, adult) A helpful Ephesus local who warns Antipholus of Syracuse about the city’s danger to Syracusians.
• BALTHASAR (He/Him, adult) A merchant who defends Antipholus of Ephesus’s honor when his wife bars him from his home.
• COURTESAN (She/Her, adult) A confident and clever woman from whom Antipholus of Ephesus once took a ring; she demands repayment.
• DR. PINCH (Any gender, adult) A schoolmaster and self-styled exorcist, enlisted to “cure” Antipholus of supposed madness.
• OFFICER / JAILER (Any gender, adult) An authority figure responsible for arrests and enforcing debts.
• EMILIA / LADY ABBESS (She/Her, older adult) Head of a local priory; later revealed to be the long-lost wife of Egeon and mother of the twins.
• LUCE (NELL) (She/Her, adult) A kitchen maid and fiancée to Dromio of Ephesus, known for her fiery tongue and large presence.
• MESSENGER (Any gender, adult) A household servant for Antipholus of Ephesus and Adriana.
• Attendants, Servants, and Others (Various genders, various ages) Ensemble roles supporting both households and city life.