PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK Equity Principal Actors - Producing Org TBD Auditions

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (OBway) - NYC EPA

Producing Org TBD

AUDITION DATE

Friday, October 3, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway
$885 weekly minimum (cat. A)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (see breakdown).
All genders are welcome to audition.
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is a non-traditional melting pot of pop, classical, and traditional musical theater influences ranging from Kate Bush to Sondheim to Meredith Monk.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief folk, pop or contemporary musical theatre song that shows range. Bring sheet music in the correct key and a hardcopy headshot/resume.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Studio 1206 (Holding Room), Studio 1201 (Audition Room)

PERSONNEL

Produced by Irma Theatricals LLC
General Manager & Executive Producer: Carl D. White (Martian Entertainment)
Book and Lyrics: Hilary Bell
Music and Arrangements: Greta Gertler Gold
Adapted from the novel by Joan Lindsay
Director: Portia Krieger
Music Director: Anna Ebbesen
Choreographer: Mayte Natalio
Orchestrator: Todd Sickafoose

EXPECTED TO ATTEND

Greta Gertler Gold (Composer)
The TRC Company / Kevin Metzger-Timson, CSA and/or Tara Rubin, CSA (Casting Directors)

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: November 10, 2025
1st Preview: December 15, 2025
Opening: December 18, 2025
Closing: January 18, 2026

OTHER

GREENWICH HOUSE THEATRE
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

EQUITY 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

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

SEEKING:

THE TEACHERS

MRS. APPLEYARD – 50s-60s. Headmistress, English, a widow. A self-made woman in a man’s world. Confides in Miss McCraw, daunted by no one but Miranda, she becomes fixated on Sara. Vocal range: A3-E5.

MISS MCCRAW – 60s. Maths teacher, Scottish, single. Rational, curious, occasionally oblivious. Connects with Marion, in whom she sees traces of her younger self. Vocal range: D4-E5.

MADEMOISELLE – 20s. Teaches French. Engaged to be married. Warm, sensitive, shares a bond with Irma. Vocal range: B3-E5.

THE SENIORS

MIRANDA – 18+ to play late teens. A rangy country girl with a calm fearlessness. Best friends with Marion and Irma. Vocal range: A3-E5 for the majority of the score, pop yodel to A5.

IRMA – 18+ to play late teens. Flirtatious, playful, an heiress who enjoys life to the full. Best friends with Miranda and Marion. Vocal range: Gb3-G5.

MARION – 18+ to play late teens. Blunt, brilliant, ambitious with an edge of rage. Best friends with Irma and Miranda.

THE JUNIORS

SARA – 18+ to play early teens. The youngest. Awkward, lonely, passionate. Worships Miranda. She is Albert’s sister. Vocal range: A3-F5.

EDITH – 18+ to play early teens. Anxious to be accepted, she distances herself from Sara and curries favour with the seniors. Vocal range: Mixed belt to F#5.

BLANCHE – 18+ to play early teens. The class clown. Aspires to the music hall stage. Friends with Fanny and Rosamund.

FANNY – 18+ to play early teens. A drama queen, brimming with energy. Friends with Rosamund and Blanche.

ROSAMUND – 18+ to play early teens. An earnest do-gooder. Wants to be a missionary. Friends with Fanny and Blanche.

THE MEN

ALBERT (ROLE IS CAST.) – Early 20s. An Indigenous tracker far from home. Watchful, generous, a dry sense of humour. He forms a tentative friendship with Michael, and is brother to Sara.

MICHAEL – Early 20s. A gentleman, newly arrived from England. Assured in his position, but curious. He becomes fascinated by Miranda, and forms a connection with Albert. Baritenor.

UNDERSTUDIES

TEACHERS UNDERSTUDY – 30s-50s, to cover Mrs. Appleyard, Miss McCraw, and Mademoiselle. This is an offstage understudy.

SCHOOL GIRLS UNDERSTUDY – 18+ to play teens, will cover the Junior and Senior School Girls. This is an offstage understudy.

MALE UNDERSTUDY – 20s, to cover Albert and Michael. This is an offstage understudy.