FRANK THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON Equity Principal Actors - Frank Theatre Auditions

FRANK THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON - MINNEAPOLIS, MN EPA

Frank Theatre | Minneapolis, MN

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
1:00 PM - 10:00 PM (C)
Break 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please go to:

https://www.theaterforms.com/franktheatre/2025-26/auditionform/

CONTRACT

SPT
$323 weekly minimum (SPT 1) - until 1/4/26
$333 weekly minimum (SPT 1) - after 1/5/26

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Frank Theatre's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 2-minute monologue.

LOCATION

Frank Theatre rehearsal studio
Ivy Building for the Arts
2637 27th Ave S, Suite 208
Minneapolis, MN 55406

We are on the second floor of the Ivy Building for the Arts.

PERSONNEL

Beth Cleary: Dramaturg
Carol Brady and Lucas Erickson: Board members

Expected to attend:
Wendy Knox: Director/Artistic Director

OTHER DATES

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
1st Rehearsal: September 29 (tentative)
Performances: October 31 - November 23

THE WELKIN
Rehearsal: February 3, 2026 - March 5, 2026
Opening: March 6, 2026
Performances: March 29, 2026

OTHER

www.franktheatre.org

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

BREAKDOWN

Frank Theatre 2025-26 Season

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI

A diverse cast of 12 men and women, many of whom play multiple roles.

SEEKING:

• Announcer/Ragg/Sheet/Actor/Butler/Grocer – announcer; reporter; shipyard owner; butler employed by Dosborough; grocer
• Clark/Prosecutor – member of the Cauliflower Trust; prosecutor
• Caruther/Bodyguard/Young Dogsborough – member of the Cauliflower Trust; young son of alderman Dogsborough
• Butcher/Judge/Dullfeet/Grocer/Gunman – member of the Cauliflower Trust; Judge; journalist; gunman
• Flake/Hook/Inna/Grocer – member of the Cauliflower Trust; grocery warehouse owner; young gangster recruit; grocer
• Dogsborough/Pastor – Chicago alderman
• Ernesto Roma – Ui's first lieutenant
• Arturo Ui – mob chieftain
• Dockdaisy/Short Gunman/Grocer – gangster moll, gunman, grocer
• Emanuele Giri – gangster
• Giuseppe Givola – gangster, florist
• Public Defender/Betty Dullfeet/O'Casey/Bowl – public defender; business woman; chairman of the Investigation Committee; shipyard accountant

THE WELKIN

An ensemble cast of diverse actors (age, race, ethnicity), many of whom play multiple roles.

SEEKING:

• Sally Poppy – 19, young woman accused of murder
• Elizabeth Luke – local midwife
• Judith Brewer – village woman, loves to gossip
• Charlotte Cary – widow of an army lieutenant, new to town
• Kitty Givens – Elizabeth's daughter
• Helen Ludlow – has had 12 miscarriages in 8 years
• Sarah Hollis – village woman, hasn't spoken in 20 years
• Emma Jenkins – village woman
• Ann Lavender – village woman married, mother of 4 daughters
• Mary Middleton – village woman, mother of five
• Hannah Rusted – village woman
• Sarah Smith – 83, married three times, 21 children
• Peg Carter – married to a gardener
• Mr. Coombes – bailiff
• Fred/Mr. Willis – Sally's husband
• Katy Luke/Alice Wax – young girl
• The Justice – decides on Sally's sentence