Hope Repertory Theatre 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Hope Repertory Theatre Auditions

Hope Repertory Theatre 2026 Season - Holland, MI EPA

Hope Repertory Theatre | Holland, MI

Notice: Audition. Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Sunday, April 12, 2026
DeWitt Student & Cultural Center
141 E 12th St
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Holland, MI 49423-3607

Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. DeWitt Theatre — visitor parking on the street and in the lot across the street.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

To schedule an audition appointment, please contact Mandy Scott at: 616-395-7600, M–F 9am–4pm or email
theatre@hope.edu. Audition appointments will be accepted until Friday, April 10th, 2026, at 4pm.

Productions and directors:

• ALWAYS....PATSY CLINE — Director: Kelsey Mesa
• OKLAHOMA! — Director/Choreographer: Tommy Rapley
• OUR TOWN — Director: Brad Dell
• NEXT TO NORMAL — Director: Daina Robins

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract — $668 weekly minimum.

Artistic Director: Michelle Bombe
Associate Music Director: Kellen Woolheiser

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Equity actors for roles in Hope Repertory Theatre's 2026 Season. See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

PREPARATION

More information:
https://hope.edu/offices/hope-summer-repertory-theatre/

Please prepare a short song in the style of Oklahoma! or Next to Normal and bring sheet music for the accompanist. 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.

ALWAYS....PATSY CLINE

Director: Kelsey Mesa
First Rehearsal: May 26
Opening: June 11
Closing: July 3

SEEKING:

Patsy Cline: Female-presenting, 20s–30s. A gifted vocalist with a rich, powerful mezzo-soprano/alto belt and strong mix; must comfortably carry the score and embody Patsy’s warmth, wit, and quiet strength. Captures the essence and vocal style of the iconic country star without impersonation. Confident, charismatic, grounded, with emotional depth and ease in storytelling through song.

Louise Seger: Female-presenting, 40s–60s. Excellent comic timing and dramatic range. Big-hearted, brash, and charmingly direct; serves as narrator and emotional anchor of the piece. Must sustain high energy, connect easily with an audience, and create a deeply authentic portrayal of a devoted fan whose friendship changes both women’s lives. Strong Texas accent. Singing ability helpful but role is primarily text-driven.

OKLAHOMA!

Director/Choreographer: Tommy Rapley
First Rehearsal: May 26
Opening: June 26
Closing: Aug 1

SEEKING:

Curley McLain: Male-presenting (20s). Baritone C3–F#4 — Cowboy, leading man, charming but full of himself. He is in love with Laurey but won’t admit it.

Jud Fry: Male-presenting (20–35). Baritone D3–C#4 — Aunt Eller’s farm hand, seen as a surly outsider but misunderstood. He has feelings for Laurey.

Laurey: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Female-presenting (20s). Soprano C4–A5 — Spunky and romantic but headstrong. Strong singer and dancer with good ballet technique.

Will Parker: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Male-presenting (20–30). Tenor D#3–F4 — Cowboy, energetic and impulsive; loves Ado Annie. Strong dancer.

Aunt Eller Murphy: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Female-presenting, about 50. Mezzo-soprano G3–F5 — Laurey’s aunt, a respected community leader.

Ado Annie Carnes: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Female-presenting, late teens. Mezzo-soprano C4–A5 — A flirtatious, gullible young woman.

Andrew Carnes: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Male-presenting, about 50. Baritone F3–F4 — Ado Annie’s father, eager to have her marry.

Ali Hakim: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Male-presenting, late 20s. Baritone F3–D5 — A peddler, enamored of Ado Annie.

Gertie Cummings: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. Female-presenting, late teen — A local farm girl, fond of Curly, marries Ali Hakim.

OUR TOWN

Director: Brad Dell
First Rehearsal: June 23
Opening: July 10
Closing: Aug 1

All roles have been cast.

Stage Manager: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. The host of the play and the dramatic equivalent of an omniscient narrator, moving the story along its action. Occasionally assumes other roles (old woman, druggist, minister). Interacts with both the audience and the play’s characters.

Dr. Gibbs: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) The town doctor. His delivery of twins before the play opens establishes themes of birth, life, and daily activity. (Content disclosure: shares a chaste kiss with Mrs. Gibbs.)

Mrs. Gibbs: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Female-presenting) Dr. Gibbs’s wife. Her desire to visit Paris (unfulfilled) suggests the importance of seizing life’s opportunities. (Content disclosure: shares a chaste kiss with Dr. Gibbs; she is dead in Act 3.)

George Gibbs: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs’s son, 16 at the start. An earnest, upstanding young man and high school baseball star who plans to attend the State Agricultural School. (Content disclosure: simulated kiss with Emily on wedding day; must weep at Emily’s grave in Act 3.)

Rebecca Gibbs: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Female-presenting) Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs’s daughter, 12 at the start. Filled with wonder; her remarks about Grover’s Corners articulate an important theme.

Mrs. Webb: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Female-presenting) Initially no-nonsense and not prone to tears on her daughter’s wedding morning; later reveals a caring, worried nature.

Mr. Webb: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) Mrs. Webb’s husband and publisher/editor of the Grover’s Corners Sentinel. His Act I report draws the audience into the play. (Content disclosure: Emily kisses him on the cheek.)

Emily Webb: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Female-presenting) Mr. and Mrs. Webb’s daughter, 16 at the start. George’s schoolmate and later his wife. After dying in childbirth, Emily joins the dead souls in the cemetery and attempts to return to the living. Her realization that life is precious because it is fleeting is central. (Content disclosure: kisses dad on cheek; simulated kiss with George on wedding day; she is dead in Act 3.)

Wally Webb: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) Emily’s younger brother. (Content disclosure: he is dead in Act 3.)

Sam Craig: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) Emily Webb’s cousin who left Grover’s Corners to travel west but returns for her funeral; has the air of an outsider.

Simon Stimson: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) The organist and choir director who is the subject of town gossip because of his alcoholism. (Content disclosure: visibly drunk in Act 1; takes his life between Acts 2 and 3.)

Constable Warren: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) The town law enforcement officer.

Joe Crowell: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) A paperboy in Act 1 and in the Act 3 flashback; later became a scholar at Massachusetts Tech and was killed in France during World War I. Si Crowell (Male-presenting) — Joe’s younger brother, who takes Joe’s job in Act II to indicate the passage of time.

Woman In Audience: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Female-presenting) “Random” audience member who asks a question about culture in Grover’s Corners. Mrs. Soames (Female-presenting) — A local busybody who clucks over Simon’s alcoholism and idealizes George and Emily’s marriage; she is a spirit in the last act.

Joe Stoddard: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting) The town undertaker. Joe prepares Emily’s grave and remarks on the sadness of burying young people, emphasizing the theme of life’s transience.

NEXT TO NORMAL

Director: Daina Robins
First Rehearsal: July 7
Opening: July 23
Closing: July 31

SEEKING:

DR. MADDEN: (Male-presenting, 30s–50s) Diana’s psychiatrist. Assured in his practice and somewhat of a rock star. The individual cast as Dr. Madden will also double as Diana’s psychopharmacologist, Dr. Fine, and various other voices (doctors, nurses, etc.) as needed.

DIANA: (Female-presenting, 40s–50s) Mother to Gabe and Natalie, wife to Dan. Often appears delusional. Determined to make her family perfect but tortured by a traumatic event.

DAN: (Male-presenting, 40s–50s) Father to Gabe and Natalie, Diana’s husband. A constant in Diana’s tumultuous life, he has grown tired and weary of her antics and often feels caught.

GABE: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting, 18–21) Diana & Dan's son. Dashing, athletic, and bright. Playful and idealized by his mother.

NATALIE: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Female-presenting, 16–18) Diana & Dan's troubled daughter. An accomplished pianist and hardworking student; her struggles are exacerbated by her mother's behavior. Vocal range: G5–G3.

HENRY: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (Male-presenting, 16–18) Natalie’s classmate. A musician, philosopher, and slacker with an intoxicating capacity for sympathy and romance. Vocal range: B4–G#2.