LIFTED Equity Principal Actors - Wellesley Repertory Theatre Auditions

LIFTED - Boston, MA EPA

Wellesley Repertory Theatre | Wellesley, MA

AUDITION DATE

Friday, November 14, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

APPOINTMENTS

Sign up online here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FA-DAC28A6FFC16-60295322-wellesley#/ or
contact Company Manager Sarah Vandewalle at
sv104@wellesley.edu, or 781-283-2678.

The deadline to request an in-person appointment is Thursday, November 13 at 5pm. Actors may also request to submit an online video audition.

CONTRACT

NEAT
$677 weekly minimum (cat. 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in LIFTED (see breakdown).
Actors for upcoming workshop production of Lifted by Mfoniso Udofia in March 2026. Lifted is the seventh production in the Boston-wide Ufot Family Cycle. There will be a series of staged readings March 10-15, as well as March 22-29, 2026.

PREPARATION

Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues, 3 minutes total. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Calderwood Pavilion - Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116-6306

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Marta Rainer
Playwright: Mfoniso Udofia
Production Manager: David Towlun
Company Manager: Sarah Vandewalle

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Artistic Director: Marta Rainer

OTHER DATES

• First rehearsal: Monday, February 9, 2026
• First staged reading: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
• Closing: Sunday, March 29, 2026

Please note, there will be an additional week of rehearsals in between public staged readings weeks. This additional rehearsal week is March 16-22, 2026. Actors will be paid for 7 weeks total, February 9 through March 29, 2026.

OTHER

www.wellesleyrepertorytheatre.org
Actors unable to attend EPA in person may contact Wellesley Rep at
wctheatre@wellesley.edu to request to submit a video audition, Subject Line: WRT EPA [role].
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

Equity’s policy

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.

BREAKDOWN

LIFTED

SEEKING:

DR. TOYOIMA UFOT [Front-facing]: Female. 40s. Of Nigerian descent. A scholar and an artist. Mezzo-soprano.

DR. TOYOIMA UFOT [Innocent]: Female. 40s. Of Nigerian descent. A scholar and an artist. Soprano.

DR. TOYOIMA UFOT [Wrath]: Female. 40s. Of Nigerian descent. A scholar and an artist. Contralto.

DR. ANTHONY BASSEY: Male. Mid-50s. Of Nigerian descent. A scholar. Tenor.

ABASIAMA UFOT: Female. 70s. Nigerian. Toyoima's mother and more... She's a soprano [spinto-like].

OSONDU UFOT: Female. 70s. Nigerian. Toyoima's mother and more... She's a soprano [spinto-like].

ADIAHA UFOT: Female. mid-40s. Of Nigerian descent. An artist. She's a soprano [lyric].