Milwaukee, WI EPA
Various Producers
Monday, May 12, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://forms.gle/Xv17v5NrPa4y4uyB6. The final day to sign up for a May 12th audition slot is Sunday May 11th, 2025. If time slots are filled, you may attend day-of via a wait list sign up.
SPT
$605 weekly minimum (SPT 6) - Renaissance TheaterWorks
$800 weekly minimum (SPT 8) - Next Act Theatre
Equity actors for roles in Renaissance TheaterWorks and Next Act Theatre's 2025-26 Seasons (See breakdown).
Please prepare two, 90-second contrasting monologues. For example, one 90-second comedic and one 90-second dramatic. There will be no accompanist present. Also, please bring TWO (2) printed, single page resumes with a printed headshot four-corner stapled to the back of the resume. Please bring proof of equity membership (i.e. your member card).
Next Act Theatre
255 S Water St
Milwaukee, WI 53204
A yellow building with the company logos painted on the front. Located in the Walker's Point Neighborhood, just a few blocks south of downtown. Building is only one floor. Rehearsal Hall, indoors. Street Parking only.
Expected to attend:
Suzan Fete: Artistic Director, Renaissance Theaterworks, Director - BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
Jayne Pink: Artistic Associate, Renaissance Theatreworks
Cody Estle: Artistic Director, Next Act Theater, Director - SWING STATE
Caroline Norton: Administrative and Artistic Manager, Next Act Theatre
See breakdown for production specific dates.
rtwmke.org
nextact.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Renaissance TheaterWorks and Next Act Theatre 2025-26 Seasons
About the Companies: Both companies are SPT theaters. NAT produces four productions per season, September - May. RTW produces three productions per season, October-April. Both companies produce modern drama/comedy. Both companies have been producing for 30+ years and are dedicated to hiring regionally (central) based artists.
RTW produces three (3) productions per season. Each production has three weeks of rehearsal, followed by four days of tech, and four weeks of performances totaling 7 weeks of employment and 20 performances.
First Rehearsal: Sept 23, 2025
Opening: Oct 17, 2025
Closing: Nov 9, 2025
Patricia Highsmith - PRECAST. An older woman, distinct vestiges of beauty.
Edward - PRECAST. Twenties, handsome, sexually ambiguous.
First Rehearsal: Dec 16, 2025
Opening: Jan 9, 2026
Closing: Feb 1, 2026
Chirs - PRECAST. 16 & 30, a child in love/a visitor.
Adiel - PRECAST. 16 & 29, a child in love/a pastor's wife. Adiel from part 1.
Pika - PRECAST. 13 a child soldier/Francis - 22 a local kid, Pika from part 1.
Soldier / Paul - PRECAST. 27 a pastor, Soldier from part 1.
First Rehearsal: Feb 24, 2026
Opening: March 20, 2026
Closing: April 12, 2026
Corie Bratter - PRECAST. 20s, F.
Telephone Repair Man - PRECAST. Any age, M.
Delivery Man - PRECAST. Any age, M.
Paul Bratter - PRECAST. 20s, M.
Mother - PRECAST. 40-60s, F.
Paul Velasco - PRECAST. 40-60s, M.
NAT produces four (4) productions per season, plus a staged reading. Each production has three weeks of rehearsal, followed by five days of tech, and four weeks of performances totaling 7 weeks of employment and 21 performances.
First Rehearsal: Aug. 18, 2025
Opening: Sept. 12, 2025
Closing: Oct. 5, 2025
G and B were born in other countries and brought to America young. Henry is first generation. Born in America of immigrant parents. All have American mouths. All raised working class.
G: CAST. Age 17-21 female.
B: CAST. Age 17-21 male.
Henry: CAST. Older, male.
First Rehearsal: Oct. 28, 2025
Opening: Nov. 21, 2025
Closing: Dec. 14, 2025
Joan: CAST. Graduate student of English literature, in her 20s to 30s, from Chicago, 1950s.
James Boswell: CAST. Scottish gentleman searching for identity, 1760s-1770s.
Father: CAST. Scottish barrister, Lord of Auchinleck, father of Boswell, 1760s.
Oliver Goldsmith: CAST. Anglo-Irish playwright/novelist, 1760s.
Joshua Reynolds: CAST. Famous English portrait painter, 1760s.
David Garrick: CAST. Famous English Shakespearean actor, 1760s.
Serving Woman: CAST. Works at The Cheese in London, 1760s.
Mrs. Thrale: CAST. Englishwoman of letters and a friend of Johnson, 1760s.
Samuel Johnson: CAST. A world-famous lexicographer/poet/essayist in his 60s to 70s, 1760s-1770s.
Taxi Driver: CAST. Scotland, 1950s.
David Hume: CAST. Scottish Enlightenment writer, 1760s.
Margaret Boswell: CAST. Boswell's Wife, 1760s.
Gardyloo Woman: CAST. Edinburgh, 1770s.
Professor: CAST. Joan's American academic boss, 1950s.
Louisa: CAST. Attractive English Actress, 1760s.
Hebrides Tavern Woman: CAST. Speaks only Scottish Gaelic, 1770s.
The Lady: CAST. Scottish widow, 1950s.
Rehearsals: December 14th and 15th, 2025
Performance: December 15th, 2025
Zalmy: 18 Chasidic Jew. Brave and curious. Best friends with Shmuel.
Shmuel: 18. Chasidic Jew. The orthodox version of a lovable band geek.
Jonathan: 20s. A potential convert. A former bad-boy musician.
Leah: 20s. Secular Jew living in Manhattan.
First Rehearsal: Jan. 20, 2026
Opening: Feb. 13, 2026
Closing: Mar 8, 2026
Peg Smith: CAST. 65.
Ryan Severson: CAST. 26.
Sheriff Kris Callahan Wisnefski: CAST. 50s.
Deputy Dani Wisnefski: CAST. 27.
First Rehearsal: March 31, 2026
Opening: April 24, 2026
Closing: May 17, 2026
Margaret: CAST. Retired violin virtuoso.
David: Margaret's husband.
Helen: A young reporter.
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