Monday, October 6, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM
LORT Non-Rep
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in Florida Studio Theatres 2025-2026 Stage III Season (see breakdown).
No roles will be understudied.
FST seeks to create an environment where diverse identities, cultures, and ideas are encouraged. FST embraces diversity in all its forms. The inclusion of difference(s) such as ability, age, background, beliefs, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and all other identities represented across staff, board, artists, and audiences help make us better equipped to serve our community.
Please prepare a cut of a monologue, a song in the style of Janis Joplin/Bessie Smith/Odetta/Etta James/Aretha Franklin/Nina Simone, or both - not to exceed 2 minutes.
Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Alexys Allan-Hatch - Casting Associate
Nancy Rominger - Director / Artistic Associate
Madelyn Rubinstein - Accompanist
Debra Whitfield - Casting Associate
First rehearsal: 12/16/2025
1st Preview: 1/7/2026
Opening: 1/9/2026
Closing: 2/1/2026
First rehearsal: 1/13/2026
1st Preview: 2/4/2026
Opening: 2/6/2026
Closing: 3/8/2026
First rehearsal: 2/17/2026
1st Preview: 3/11/2026
Opening: 3/13/2026
Closing: 4/12/2026
https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/
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.
Dwight D Eisenhower: 71, General of the Army and former President of the United States.
Emma Grandma Gatewood: 50s-60s, an Appalachian farm woman who has seen much and endured.
NOTE: The following roles are not the same character, but are all played by the same actor.
P.C. Gatewood: 50s-60s, Emma's abusive husband
Hugh Caldwell: 50s-60s, Emma's father, a one-legged drunk
Dr. Monroe: 40s, a local doctor
Burris Hall: 30s, a Park Ranger
Nelson Gatewood: 30s, Emma's son
Slade: 40s, suspicious farmer, lives near A.T.
Frank Callahan: 30s-40s, a reporter
Warren Large: 40s, a bird-watcher
Mary Snow: 20s, Sports Illustrated writer
Weatherman: 40s, works for the National Weather Service
Howard Bell: 30s, hiker on the A.T.
Sheriff: arrests Emma
Mayor: bails Emma out of jail
Janis Joplin: 20s-30s to play 27, female, force of nature, authentic old soul rock & roll/blues voice with incredible range and chords of steel, an original. Range: G3-A5.
Janis Joplin Alternate: 20s-30s to play 27, female, force of nature, authentic old soul rock & roll/blues voice with incredible range and chords of steel, an original. Range: G3-A5. NOTE: May cover Joplinaire backup vocals.
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