Saturday, January 24, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please email:
courtney.crouse@clintonshowboat.com. Please put 2026 AEA in the subject line. If you are unable to attend these auditions, you may submit a video audition. See breakdown for details.
SPT
$394 weekly minimum (SPT 2)
Equity actors for roles in Clinton Area Showboat Theatre's 2026 Season (See breakdown).
The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (CAST) strives to foster an environment that is free of racism, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation—where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, can contribute fully, and have equal opportunities. We seek to foster an environment of mutual respect, collaboration, acceptance, appreciation, and caring for all members of our company.
Please prepare one brief song cut as well as a 30-second monologue. Please bring your headshot and resume and your book in case the artistic team would like to hear more. An accompanist will be provided.
Camanche High School
937 9th Avenue
Camanche, IA 52730
THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Courtney Ryan Crouse: Artistic Director
Amy Fritsche: Director/Choreographer
Sabin Fisher and Connor Crotzer: Musical Director(s)
Ryan Scoble: Director/Associate Producer
Expected to attend:
Courtney Ryan Crouse: Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific dates.
https://www.clintonshowboat.com/
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre 2026 Season
Please submit your headshot, resume and video audition at:
courtney.crouse@clintonshowboat.com
In the subject line please put, 2026 AEA - Video submission.
Please submit a video recording of you performing a brief song cut with your own accompaniment as well as a 30-second monologue. If possible, please also submit a dance reel or video that shows your movement ability.
Please include in your email which productions you are submitting for as well as any roles you are interested in.
Video submission deadline is February 1st, 2026.
First Rehearsal: May 26, 2026
Performs: June 11 - June 21, 2026
Sky Masterson: A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with the unlikeliest of women. Suave, smart, handsome. E5-B3
Sarah Brown: A pretty, bright-eyed woman who serves as Sergeant of the local Mission. She fully believes in her worthy cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with Sky along the way. She is prudish and uptight but eventually lets go. G5-B3
Nathan Detroit: A good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who could never hit the bigtime. He loves Adelaide but cannot quit his gambling ways. A broke schemer with unwitting ways. A3-E5
Miss Adelaide: Nathan's fiancé and a lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub. She loves Nathan more than anything in the world and desperately wants to get married. Pretty, outspoken, stubborn. D5-A3
Arvide Abernathy: The bass drum and cymbal player in the Mission band, he is Sarah's loving grandfather. Wise and sweet, he wants nothing but the best for her. F5-D4
Nicely-Nicely Johnson: Just like his name suggests, he is the nicest and cheeriest of the gambling crooks. High-spirited and a bit naïve, but sincere and genuine. Nathan's loyal friend and lackey. B5-D4
Benny Southstreet: Nathan's right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan's best interest at heart. G5-D4
Harry the Horse: A crook and gambler. He is a tough guy with dollar signs as his bottom line. Brings Big Jule into Nathan's craps game and backs his cheating but is also a man of his word in the gambling community. G5-F3
Big Jule: A big-time craps player from Chicago who uses a gun and his own pair of rigged dice to bully his way into never losing. Tough looking. A bit of an oaf. G5-F3
Ensemble: Ensemble members of various vocal ranges and ages to play Hot Box Girls, Crapshooters, et al. SATB
First Rehearsal: June 16, 2026
Performs: July 2 - July 12, 2026
The Cat in the Hat: Our story's omniscient narrator, they are fun loving and enjoy rhyming. Pops up throughout the story to help the audience. Wise and attentive. A strong rock singing voice who is strong on comedy and moves well. F4-F2
Jojo: The mayor’s son, he is a Who that is always finding trouble. Bright, creative, and inadvertently mischievous. Possesses a wildly expansive imagination and finds solace in his friendship with Horton. C5-Ab3
Horton the Elephant: Our story's main character, he is a compassionate and gentle elephant. Commonly misunderstood because of his larger size. He is protective and loving of all creatures in the jungle. F4-A2
Gertrude McFuzz: Horton's one-feathered-tail bird neighbor. Gertrude is sweet and timid. Though kind and loyal, she is also self-conscious of her shortfalls. F5-F3
Mayzie Labird: The most beautiful bird in all of the jungle. Oblivious to her self-centered ways, she relies on her talent of manipulation, and intoxicating beauty, to navigate her way through life. Eb5-G3
Sour Kangaroo: The 'leader' of the jungle. She is loud, brassy, and stubbornly set in her ways. A caring mother, but unabashedly sassy and soulful. F5-F#3
Ensemble: Ensemble members of various vocal ranges and ages to play Whos, Bird Girls, Wikersham Brothers, et al. SATB
First Rehearsal: July 7, 2026
Performs: July 23 - August 2, 2026
Clyde Barrow: A charming small-town boy who craves notoriety. Bonnie's reckless, bold, daring lover. C5-A2
Bonnie Parker: A beautiful girl torn between love and fame. Clyde's ambitious, stubborn lover. F5-G3
Marvin “Buck” Barrow: Clyde's brother and an outlaw troubled by his wife's distaste for his lifestyle. Adventurous and loyal. G4-B2
Blanche Barrow: A religious woman who disapproves of the criminal lifestyle. Honorable and righteous. Married to Buck Barrow. Eb5-G3
Cumie Barrow: A kind woman among those suffering in the Depression. Loyal and selfless. Mother to Clyde and Buck.
Ted Hinton: A police officer struggling to separate his feelings from his duties. Kind and honest. Madly in love with Bonnie. A4-C3
Preacher: The town's evangelist. Loud, passionate, boisterous. C5-A2
Henry Barrow: A hard-working man, struggling to survive. Humble and quiet. Father of Clyde and Buck.
Governor Miriam Ferguson: An enforcer of the law and Governor of Texas. Tough and harsh.
Ensemble: Ensemble members of various vocal ranges and ages to play Cops, Guards, Shop Clerks, Townspeople. SATB
First Rehearsal: July 24th, 2026
Performs: August 6th - 16th, 2026
Chip Tolentino: An athletic, social, boy scout and champion of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, he returns to defend his title, but he finds puberty hitting at an inopportune moment. B4-C3
Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere: Logainne is the youngest and most politically aware speller, often making comments about current political figures. She is driven by internal and external pressure, but above all by a desire to win to make her two fathers proud. She is somewhat of a neat freak, speaks with a lisp, and will be back next year. G5-G3
Leaf Coneybear: The second runner-up in his district, Leaf gets into the competition on a lark and finds everything about the bee incredibly amusing. He is home-schooled and comes from a large family of former hippies. He has severe attention deficit disorder and spells words correctly while in a trance. A4-A2
William Barfee: A Putnam County Spelling Bee finalist last year, he was eliminated because of an allergic reaction to peanuts and is back for vindication. His famous Magic Foot method of spelling has boosted him to spelling glory, even though he only has one working nostril and a touchy, bullying personality. He develops a crush on Olive. Bb4-C3
Marcy Park: The ultimate over-achiever, Marcy has never been given another option. She comes from a family where excellence is expected and so simply produced. A parochial school student, she assumes God, too, expects perfection. She sees herself as a mass of problems, but she keeps them to herself. Having moved often because of her parents' work, she knows she can beat the local competition. Her many talents include piano, dance, martial arts, baton twirling. Eb5-A3
Olive Ostrovski: A young newcomer to competitive spelling. Her mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working late, as usual, but he is trying to come sometime during the bee. Having found comfort in its words and vastness, Olive made friends with her dictionary at a very young age, helping her to make it to the competition. She starts enormously shy, and shyly blossoms. F#5-A3
Rona Lisa Peretti: The number-one realtor in Putnam County, a former Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion herself, and the returning moderator. She is a sweet woman who loves children, but she can be very stern when it comes to dealing with Vice Principal Panch and his feelings for her. Her interest in the competition is unflagging and drives it forward. E5-C4
Douglas Panch: The Vice Principal. Frustrated with his life, he finds the drive of the young spellers alien to him. After five years' absence from the Bee, Panch returns as judge. There was an incident at the Twentieth Annual Bee, but he claims to be in a better place now, thanks to a high-fiber diet and Jungian analysis. He is infatuated with Rona Lisa Peretti, but she does not return his affections.
Mitch Mahoney: The Official Comfort Counselor. An ex-convict, Mitch is performing his community service with the Bee, and hands out juice boxes to losing students. He has no idea how to offer comfort but does find himself wishing he could find a way to make the kids feel better. A4-E3
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