Buffalo Theatre Ensemble 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Friday, June 6, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

CONTRACT

CAT
$318.25 weekly minimum (Tier 1)

SEEKING

Equity actors for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's 2025 - 2026 Season (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two pieces: one period/Austen type monologue and one contemporary monologue, no longer than three minutes total. Bring headshot/resume, and Equity membership card.

LOCATION

The McAninch Arts Center (the mac)
425 Fawell Blvd
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Daniel Millhouse, Interim Associate Artistic Director
Amelia Barrett, Interim Managing Artistic Director

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

btechicago.com and atthemac.org
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

BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE 2025 - 2026 SEASON

Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley

by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon

Directed by Connie Canaday Howard
First rehearsal week of: 10/22/2025
Preview: 11/20/2025
Opening: 11/21/2025
Closing: 12/21/2025

NOTE: All characters speak with British Received Pronunciation dialects.

SEEKING:

Georgiana Darcy - extraordinarily shy, an accomplished pianist, romantic but super hesitant after her experience with Wickham. She is an introvert, but lives a full life in the letters she writes and the music she plays. Very like her brother in some ways, she can be stubborn and a bit of a grudge holder.

Kitty Bennet - a ray of sunshine, the perfect best friend and wing man, she is supportive, optimistic and a problem solver. Without the influence of Lydia, she is more grounded and generous. She is the mastermind behind Georgiana’s future.

Elizabeth Darcy (CAST) - loves all of her sisters, but loves Georgiana like a combo of sister and mom, and brings Georgiana out in a way that Darcy tends to shut her down.

Lydia Wickham - a little extra, but has gained some wisdom. Now that she is suddenly without a husband she is looking for a companion again, only to find Kitty unavailable. She is trouble when she has too much unstructured time on her hands.

Jane Bingley (CAST) - Eldest and most reserved sister of the Bennets. Married to Bingley and very pregnant with her first child. Kind, generous, soft spoken.

Mary Bennet - Middle sister, brainy and extremely recently engaged to Arthur de Bourgh.

Henry Grey - Georgiana's beau - also remarkably shy and an introvert, but of incredible sincerity and intellect. Henry is unassuming, possibly to a fault, and is unaware that he is the hero of the story.

Thomas O’Brien (CAST) - Henry’s friend, a little bawdy and a little jolly, says exactly what's on his mind, does not have much time for polite society but is so good natured that everyone kind of loves him.

Fitzwilliam Darcy (CAST) - proud but finding his warmth, does not forgive easily, perhaps slightly over-protective of his little sister.

Unnecessary Farce

by Paul Slade Smith

Directed by Kurt Naebig
First rehearsal week of: 12/29/2025
Preview: 01/29/2026
Opening: 01/30/2026
Closing: 03/01/2026

SEEKING:

Eric Sheridan (CAST): Male, 30s. A bookish, even-keeled police officer who's thrown into some difficult situations--while not wearing any pants.

Billie Dwyer (CAST): Female, 20s/30s. A police officer. Eric's partner. Although she seems to lack every skill needed for police work, she is enthusiastic and eager to succeed.

Karen Brown (CAST): Female, 30s. An accountant who usually has a very professional demeanor, but seems unable to keep herself in control today.

Mayor Meekly: Male, 50s to 70s. A sweet, gentle fellow, who seems very Innocent (with a capital I).

Agent Frank (CAST): Male, 20s to 50s. Town Hall head of Security. Although he can seem confident and even gruff, in moments of crisis he is easily reduced to a very frightened man.

Todd: Male, 20s to 50s. Speaks with a pronounced Scottish accent. A professional hit man whose accent gets thicker the angrier he gets, until he's completely indecipherable.

Mary Meekly: Female, 50s to 70s. The Mayor's wife. Small statured, she seems very sweet natured, and a good match for her husband the mayor.

Birthday Candles

by Noah Haidle

Directed by Steve Scott
First rehearsal week of: 04/08/2026
Preview: 05/07/2026
Opening: 05/08/2026
Closing: 06/07/2026

SEEKING:

Ernestine Ashworth (CAST) - a woman who reflects on the ordinary moments of her life.

Kenneth (CAST) - Ernestine’s awkward and annoying next door neighbor.

Joan (CAST) (Billy’s wife) - Anxious. Very anxious.

Alex (granddaughter) - Takes no b.s., and Beth (domestic partner) - she quit smoking ten years ago and hasn’t been in a good mood since.

Alice (CAST) (mother) - Selfless. Strong.

Madeline (daughter) - Troubled. Bemused. Beautiful. Erudite, and Ernie (granddaughter) - Ethereal. Vivacious. She doesn’t walk, she glides.

Matt (first husband) - Chiseled jawline. A middle linebacker on the high school football team and William (grandson) - Thirteen. Grand.

Billy (son) - Sensitive. An ear for music, and John (domestic partner) - A man woken up in the middle of the night.