Wellesley Repertory Theatre | Wellesley, MA
Saturday, November 15, 2025
12:30 PM - 8:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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.
NEAT
$677 weekly minimum (cat. 6)
Equity actors for roles in LIFTED (see breakdown).
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.
Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues. 3 minutes total. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Calderwood Pavilion - Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116-6306
Artistic Director: Marta Rainer
Playwright: Mfoniso Udofia
Production Manager: David Towlun
Company Manager: Sarah Vandewalle
Artistic Director: Marta Rainer
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.
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 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.
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).
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