Circle Theatre Inc | Fort Worth, TX
Sunday, December 14, 2025
12:30 PM - 6:30 PM (C)
To schedule an audition, please visit:
https://www.circletheatre.com/rentequity
Contact
hello@circletheatre.com for questions or rescheduling
SPT
$333 weekly minimum (SPT 1)
Equity actors for roles in RENT (see breakdown).
Please prepare the music side(s) for the character(s) that you are most interested in auditioning for, which can be found at the audition website here:
https://www.circletheatre.com/rentauditions
Circle Theatre
230 W 4th St
Fort Worth, TX 76102
See website for parking details.
By Jonathan Larson
Director: Garret Storms
Music Director: Vicky Nooe
Director: Garret Storms
Music Director: Vicky Nooe
Artistic Director: Ashley H. White
Executive Director: Tim Long
First rehearsal: On or Around March 23, 2026
First preview: April 23, 2026
Opening: April 25, 2026
Closing: May 16, 2026
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
NOTE: The roles in this production require comfort learning and performing intimacy choreography including opposite-sex physical touch. Actors who dance and are comfortable showcasing their body through movement are encouraged to audition. Transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary, and gender-expansive actors are encouraged to audition.
Mark Cohen - he/him; any ethnicity; the narrator and documenter; Jewish-American; Filmmaker and video artist. Knee deep in his own soul-searching. He connects deeply with his roommate Roger and longs for the days when his group of friends and chosen family were closer. In his struggles to find his place in the world, he often finds himself on the outside looking in. He’s desperate to understand his responsibility to himself and his community.
Roger Davis - he/him; any ethnicity; the poet and musician; Struggling musician/singer-songwriter who is a recovering drug addict. Roger is grieving the loss of his deceased former girlfriend. Roger longs for connection and meaning through his music. He isolates and lives in fear of death. There is greatness within him - he is desperate to create something that matters. He is roommates with Mark. He forms a taut yet cosmic bond with Mimi. Living with HIV.
Tom Collins - he/him; any ethnicity; the philosopher and anarchist; a university professor who believes in liberation; A nurturer with a smooth, relaxed disposition. Former roommate of Mark and Roger. The backbone of his friend group. His chosen family is lifted by his positivity, warmth, and empathic presence. Falls in love with Angel. Living with HIV.
Benjamin Coffin III - he/him; any ethnicity; the landlord and opportunist; Mark and Roger’s landlord and former roommate. He is charismatic and has a bit of an ego. He struggles to find connection with his former chosen family. He is constantly navigating being a friend while also pleasing his new in-laws. In spite of being seen as a sell out, Benny yearns to belong and maintain his place in the friend group and chosen family.
Mimi Márquez - she/her; Person of Color; the dancer and addict; She lives in the same building as Mark and Roger, Benny is her landlord. She is very present tense and determined to live in the moment - a physical creature, she is alluring and talented. Her addiction and intentions are often at odds. She forms an unexpected romantic connection to Roger and is forever changed by this chosen family. Living with HIV.
Angel Dumott Schunard - he/him and she/her; any ethnicity; the optimist and lover; a vibrant street percussionist and eccentric drag queen; Angel is magnetic and radiant with a singular spirit. She is a fashion icon. Angel becomes Collins’ beloved and the two form a very special bond, bringing Angel solidly into the chosen family. Living with HIV.
Maureen Johnson - she/her; any ethnicity; the artist and provocateur; an avant-garde and radical performance artist; She is passionate, unpredictable, and oozes sexuality. A former roommate of Mark, Roger, Collins, and Benny, but has recently dumped Mark and has started dating Joanne. She is intoxicating and full of vigor and effortless confidence. She is equally self-centered and selfless.
Joanne Jefferson - she/her; any ethnicity; the advocate and realist; A public interest lawyer who is smart, purposeful, and grounded in all her decisions. She comes from a conservative upper-class family. As an out and proud lesbian, she demands her own liberation. In dating Maureen, she is brought into the chosen family where she discovers the power of being celebrated in your own community.
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