MEADOW BROOK THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON - ROCHESTER, MI EPA
Meadow Brook Theatre | Rochester, MI
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment please email:
casting.mbt@gmail.com. Use the subject line “appointment request”. If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition. For video submissions, email your headshot, resume, and video audition at:
casting.mbt@gmail.com. Use the subject line “video audition”. For prime consideration, submit your video audition by 5/3/25.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Meadow Brook Theatre's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). All roles will be understudied.
PREPARATION
Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues (not longer than 3 minutes total). To be considered for ALL SHOOK UP, COME FROM AWAY, or MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET substitute one monologue for 32-bars of a song in a style appropriate for one of the season’s shows. Also, bring your current headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Meadow Brook Theatre
378 Meadow Brook Road
Rochester, MI 48309
Please go to the lobby.
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Cheryl L. Marshall, Managing Director
Travis W. Walter, Artistic Director
Britt Sicker, Stage Manager
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
https://www.mbtheatre.com/
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
BREAKDOWN
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
1st Rehearsal: 9/16/25
Closing: 11/02/25
SEEKING:
- Daniel Corban
- Inspector Levine
- Father Kelleher
- Elizabeth Corban
- Sydney
- Mrs. Parker
- Everett Parker
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
1st Rehearsal: 10/28/25
Closing: 12/24/25
SEEKING:
Ensemble: to play multiple roles.
ALL SHOOK UP
1st Rehearsal: 12/16/25
Closing: 2/01/26
SEEKING:
- Natalie Haler: A young woman & an excellent mechanic. She’s much more at home in the greasy overalls than a dress.
- Chad: A great-lookin’, motorcyclin’, guitar playin’, leather jacket roustabout.
- Jim Haller: Natalie’s widowed father. Middle-aged & messy, he still longs for his wife.
- Sylvia: The no-nonsense, African American owner of Sylvia’s Honky-Tonk.
- Lorraine: Sylvia’s teenage daughter. Pretty, smart, & a total romantic.
- Dennis: An awkward young man. He aspires to be a dentist.
- Miss Sandra: The beautiful, intellectual caretaker of the town’s museum.
- Mayor Matilda Hyde: The town’s very conservative mayor.
- Dean Hyde: Matilda’s teenage son. He has spent his youth at military boarding schools & he never disobeyed his mother.
- Sheriff Earl: The law in town & a man of not many words. He loyally follows the Major wherever she goes.
- Male & Female Ensemble: An assortment of Townspeople.
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
1st Rehearsal: 1/20/26
Closing: 3/08/26
SEEKING:
COME FROM AWAY
1st Rehearsal: 2/24/26
Closing: 4/12/26
SEEKING:
- CLAUDE: The gregarious and well-liked Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland, Claude loves his work, the townspeople and his daily traditions, but he's never had to deal with a crisis of this magnitude before. (40-60s)
- BONNIE: A no-nonsense mother of 3, Bonnie is the head of the Gander area SPCA. When she discovers animals are trapped on the planes, she stops at nothing to ensure their safety - but in frustration, she often lashes out at those around her. (30-40s)
- BEULAH: The head of the Gander Legion, with a firefighter son, who walks Hannah to her church and prays with her. (40-60s)
- OZ: The quirky constable in the two-person Gander police force. When the town's population suddenly doubles, Oz helps out in unexpected ways. (30-50s)
- DOUG: An Air Traffic Controller, married to Bonnie, who tries to help his wife and the animals. (30-40s)
- JANICE: An eager new local TV reporter, Janice is thrown into the deep end on her first day. Initially naïve about the world, Janice must face the pain and confusion around her. (20 yrs. old)
- ANNETTE: A local teacher at the Gander Academy and mother to a lot of children. (40-60s)
- GARTH: The head of the local union, representing the Bus Drivers. (30-50s)
- BEVERLEY: The first female captain for American Airlines Pilot, Beverley Bass has always loved flying, when her world suddenly changes. (50s)
- DIANE: A traditional divorcee from Texas, who is terrified that her son may have been flying at the time of the attacks. When she finds out that he's safe, she's given a new lease on life and discovers a wilder, more carefree side of herself. (50s)
- NICK: An English oil engineer who is focused on his work, Nick's life is turned upside down when he falls for Diane. (50s)
- KEVIN T: The head of an environmental energy company in Los Angeles, Kevin was on vacation with his boyfriend (and secretary, also named Kevin), when they are stranded in Gander. Inspired by the town's generosity, Kevin creates the Pay It Forward Foundation. (30-50s)
- KEVIN J: Kevin's boyfriend and secretary. Sarcastic and unhappy, he wants to leave as soon as possible. (30-50s)
- BOB: A hardened New Yorker, Bob is suspicious of where he's landed, fearing that it's World War 3, that someone going to shoot him and steal his wallet - but instead, he ends up losing his New York jadedness. (20-40s)
- HANNAH: The mother of a firefighter in Manhattan, Hannah waits for news about her son and is comforted by Beulah. (40-60s)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
1st Rehearsal: 3/31/26
Closing: 5/17/26
SEEKING:
- Brother Jay, mid-twenties--bass player, brother of Carl Perkins
- Fluke, mid-twenties—drummer
- Jerry Lee Lewis, 20--Rock ‘n’ Roll’s legendary piano prodigy and celebrated Last Man Standing
- Sam Phillips, 33--the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll and founder of Sun Records; discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and many others, including Roy Orbison and B.B. King; a towering and charismatic figure in American music
- Carl Perkins, 24—lead guitar player, the first poet of Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Johnny Cash, 24--guitar player, a giant of American music at the dawn of his epic career
- Dyanne, mid-twenties--an aspiring singer, Elvis’s girlfriend
- Elvis Presley, 21--guitar, the first and still undisputed King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID
1st Rehearsal: 5/05/26
Closing: 6/21/26
SEEKING:
- KARI AMES-BISSETTE, late 20s, a kind-hearted, spirited Southern charmer
- LIBBY RUTH AMES, late 40s, hopeless romantic, sweet country woman, plain-spoken and guileless
- SEDALIA ELLICOTT, 60s, a gregarious, energetic Virginia hostess and life-force
- MONETTE GENTRY, late 40s, kinda flashy, kinda trashy, Southern-to-the-bone flirt
- CHARLIE COLLINS, late 40s, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, acerbic Southern free spirit
- DEEDRA WINGATE, late 40s, headstrong with a dry wit, no-nonsense Northern transplant
