Blueberries Development LLC | New York, NY
REVISED
Audition date updated.
Friday, July 25, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
LOA
$1257 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT) + P/H
Equity actors for roles in HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Seeking a diverse and dynamic group of actors who have demonstrable experience in devised theater work. Brechtian technique is a plus. This is a diverse cast, reflecting the heterogeneity of Auschwitz during this time period, and the world that exists now in its wake. We recognize that characters are written on the binary (use she/her pronouns) and invite gender non-confirming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We seek to cast expansively and intentionally with consideration of race, ethnicity, gender, body type and ability.
Please prepare a 1 minute, direct-address, contemporary monologue. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Playwrights: Moisés Kaufman & Amanda Gronich
Director: Moisés Kaufman
Casting: Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA - tbd casting co.
First Rehearsal: Oct 27, 2025
Performance Dates:
Miami New Drama: Nov 13 - Dec 14, 2025
Seattle Rep: Jan 21 - Feb 15, 2026
https://www.heretherareblueberries.com/
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.
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Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
A mysterious album of never before seen Nazi-era photographs arrives at the desk of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding. As Rebecca and her team of historians begin to unravel the shocking story behind the images, the album soon makes headlines around the world. In Germany, a businessman sees the album online, recognizes his own grandfather in the photos, and begins a journey of discovery that will lead him to a reckoning of his family’s past and his country’s history. Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these photographs – what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and about our own humanity.
[RAINER HÖSS AND OTHERS] (he/him, late 20's - mid 30's, white). As a teen, Rainer Höss comes undone when he learns about his family's role in Auschwitz. By the time we meet him, he is a dangerous thug. He has been broken down by his family's secrets, struggling to make sense of it all.
[TILMAN TAUBE AND OTHERS] (he/him, 40's, Global Majority). Discovers that he is a direct descendant of a war criminal in light of this photo album of Auschwitz that has been discovered. Over the course of the play he comes to terms with his family's role in Auschwitz and tries to help others do the same.
[KARL HÖCKER AND OTHERS] (he/him, 40's-50's, open to all ethnicities). At the start of the war, a lowly bank teller. Due to an injury he becomes the right hand man to the head of the entire camp complex. He's at the center of power. Considers this power a fortune.
[MELITA MASCHMANN, CHRISTOPH BUSCH AND OTHERS] (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (she/her, 40's- 50's, Black). As MELITA: Meticulous in her speech, she is still coming to terms with her role as Press and Propaganda Officer of the League of German Girls. As a young girl, she was wooed by Hitler’s promises of a better life. As CHRISTOPH: Very discerning, matter-of- fact disposition. The Managing Director of the Holocaust museum in Belgium.
[REBECCA ERBELDING] (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (she/her, 20’s-30's, open to all ethnicities). The head intake archivist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rebecca takes us on the journey of this play. She leads with an intense curiosity that's compelling yet relentless. The wheels are always turning.
[PETER WIRTHS, HEINZ BAUMKÖTTER AND OTHERS] (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (he/him, 40’s – 50’s). Peter Wirths is coming to terms with his family history - a combination of empathy and remorse for what his father participated in and had to contend with.
[CHARLOTTE SCHUNZEL AND OTHERS] (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (she/her, 30's-40's). Methodical but not unfeeling, Charlotte acted as a receptionist and coordinated arrivals on the camp. In one interrogation scene, she denies knowing anything, as the receptionists were kept out of the loop of what was going on. But how could she not know?
[JUDY COHEN] (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (she/her, 60's-70's, open to all ethnicities). The Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's photographic collection. Studies the pictures like a puzzle and gets excited when the dots connect! Judy has been around long enough to know that blinders are the only way to get by in a job like this. She can focus on the details and that helps her make it through.
UNDERSTUDY 1 (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (femme identifying, 20’s-40’s, open to all ethnicities). Covering Melita, Charlotte, and Rebecca.
UNDERSTUDY 2 (THERE IS AN OFFER OUT ON THIS ROLE.) (masc identifying, 20’s-40’s, open to all ethnicities) Covering Höcker, Wirths, Rainer Hoss, and Tilman Taube.
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