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Florida Studio Theatre | Sarasota, FL
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Updated
Monday, August 18, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8AE2AA4FCC16-57787663-fstwinter
LORT Non-Rep
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in Florida Studio Theatre's 2025-26 Winter Season (See breakdown).
Florida Studio Theatre is working towards becoming a more inclusive and accessible organization. FST is thus committed to developing a work environment that is reflective of the diverse world that it serves. Applicants from all populations and underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Consideration for employment will be given to all applicants without regard to race/ethnicity, gender identity/sexual orientation, age or ability.
Please prepare either a cut of a song or a monologue, not to exceed 3-minutes total.
Florida Studio Theatre
1239 N Palm Ave
Sarasota, FL 34236-5602
Audition room - Studio A, Holding room - Studio B
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Hershey Vazquez Millner
Music Director: Nathaniel Beliveau
See breakdown for production specific dates.
https://www.floridastudiotheatre.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
Florida Studio Theatre 2025-26 Winter Season
Florida Studio Theatre is an established, five-stage non-profit, operating under LORT D, LORT D EXPERIMENTAL, and AGVA contracts located in Downtown Sarasota, FL.
Rehearsals Begin – October 14, 2025
Previews – November 5 & 6, 2025
Show opens – November 7, 2025
Show closes – January 11, 2026
Harry Witherspoon (32) - A shy, sweet natured, and insecure young Englishman who is working as an underpaid shoe salesman in a dreary London suburb.
Annabel Glick (30) - A rep of the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. Annabel is a young woman with a natural bent for causes.
Rita La Porta (42) - A handsome, hard-edged woman with an extremely volatile nature and a severe case of nearsightedness.
Dr. Vincent Vinnie Di Ruzzio (40) - Rita La Porta's brother. A nervous and conservative optometrist. He never takes risks.
Luigi Guadi (50) - A boisterous and gregarious Italian.
Ensemble Players - 2 women, 2 men double a variety of parts.
The Dead Body of Anthony Hendon - THIS ROLE IS CAST.
Rehearsals Begin – November 18, 2025
Previews – December 10 & 11, 2025
Show opens – December 12, 2025
Show closes – February 15, 2026
Sam (60s) - A white Jewish writer, originally from the United States. Creative, outgoing, and struggling with the illness of a close friend.
Alfredo (80s) - A Black Jewish tailor, originally from Argentina. Intelligent, introspective, and struggling with the decline of his wife.
Rehearsals Begin – December 30, 2025
Previews – January 21 & 22, 2026
Show opens – January 23, 2026
Show closes – March 22, 2026
14 characters to be played by 7 actors. Seeking actors with experience playing comedic character roles.
Howard Haggerty: Astrophysicist from MIT. The President’s Science Advisor. 55-60.
Jed Berman: Creative leader of the Apollo mission. Always wears red socks and a red bow tie. 55-60.
CJ Caldwell: An intuitive engineer who can’t do math. Loves duck hunting. 23.
Vencel von Volp: A numbers man. German. 30.
Buck Rogers: The comic book character.
Galileo: 16th century Italian astronomer, inventor of the telescope and author of “Starry Messenger,” the first description of the moon’s surface.
Apollo: The Greek God.
The Red Baron: The German World War I fighter pilot.
Icarus: The character from Greek mythology who tried to fly to the sun.
Snoopy: The dog from the Peanuts cartoon strip.
Dr. James Towers: A Nobel Laureate in Physics.
Louis Leakey: The British paleontologist who wrote extensively on prehistoric man in Africa.
Tycho Brahe: The 16th century Danish astronomer.
Reporter: A Reporter.
CJ Caldwell, Vencel von Volp, Jed Berman and Howard Haggerty will not be doubled.
TRACK #1: Buck Rogers / Dr. James Towers / Tycho Brahe / Icarus*
TRACK #2: Galileo / The Red Baron / Reporter
TRACK #3: Apollo / Snoopy / Louis Leakey / Icarus*
(*The role of Icarus can be played by either Actor #1 or #3)
Rehearsals Begin – March 10, 2026
Previews – April 1 & 2, 2026
Show opens – April 3, 2026
Show closes – May 17, 2026
12 roles to be played by 6 actors.
ERNESTINE ASHWORTH: Travels from age 7 to 107. In that time she will be a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a mother, a friend, an aunt, a mother-in-law, a widow, a second wife, a grandmother, a great grandmother, and a great-great grandmother.
ALICE: Selfless. Strong. Ernestine’s mother. Will double as Madeline and Ernie.
KENNETH: Ernestine’s awkward and annoying next door neighbor.
MATT: Chiseled jawline. A middle linebacker on the high school football team. Ernestine’s boyfriend then husband. Will double as William.
BILLY: Sensitive. An ear for music. Ernestine and Matt’s son. Will double as John.
MADELINE: Troubled. Bemused. Beautiful. Erudite. Ernestine and Matt’s daughter. Will doubles as Alice and Ernie.
JOAN: Anxious. Very anxious. Billy’s wife. Will double as Alex and Beth.
ALEX: Takes no bullshit. Billy and Joan’s daughter. Will double as Joan and Beth.
ERNIE: Ethereal. Vivacious. She doesn’t walk, she glides. Alex’s daughter. Will double as Alice and Madeline.
WILLIAM: 13. Grand. Will double as Matt.
JOHN: A man woken up in the middle of the night. Will double as Billy.
BETH: John’s domestic partner, she quit smoking 10 years ago and hasn’t been in a good mood since. Will double as Joan and Alex.
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