Renaissance TheaterWorks and Next Act Theatre 2025-26 Seasons Equity Principal Actors - Various Producers Auditions

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RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS AND NEXT ACT THEATRE 2025-26 SEASONS

Milwaukee, WI EPA Revised

Various Producers |

REVISED

Updated salary.

AUDITION DATE

Monday, May 12, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
forms.gle/Xv17v5NrPa4y4uyB6. 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.

CONTRACT

SPT
$605 weekly minimum (SPT 6) - Renaissance TheaterWorks
$763 weekly minimum (SPT 8) - Next Act Theatre - 2024-25 rates

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Renaissance TheaterWorks and Next Act Theatre's 2025-26 Seasons (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

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).

LOCATION

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.

PERSONNEL

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

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

rtwmke.org

nextact.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

BREAKDOWN

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.

RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS 2025-26 SEASON

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.

SWITZERLAND

First Rehearsal: Sept 23, 2025
Opening: Oct 17, 2025
Closing: Nov 9, 2025

SEEKING:

Patricia Highsmith - PRECAST. An older woman, distinct vestiges of beauty
Edward - PRECAST. Twenties, handsome, sexually ambiguous

CARDBOARD PIANO

First Rehearsal: Dec 16, 2025
Opening: Jan 9, 2026
Closing: Feb 1, 2026

SEEKING:

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

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK

First Rehearsal: Feb 24, 2026
Opening: March 20, 2026
Closing: April 12, 2026

SEEKING:

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

NEXT ACT THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON

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.

SANCTUARY CITY

First Rehearsal: Aug. 18, 2025
Opening: Sept. 12, 2025
Closing: Oct. 5, 2025

SEEKING:

FULLY CAST
G: CAST. Age 17-21 female
B: CAST. Age 17-21 male
Henry: CAST. Older, male

BOSWELL

First Rehearsal: Oct. 28, 2025
Opening: Nov. 21, 2025
Closing: Dec. 14, 2025

SEEKING:

FULLY CAST (6 actors will play all the roles)
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. Edinburg. 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
Doctor: CAST. London. 1760s

TRAYF (Staged Reading)

Rehearsals: December 14th and 15th, 2025
Performance: December 15th, 2025

SEEKING:

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

SWING STATE

First Rehearsal: Jan. 20, 2026
Opening: Feb. 13, 2026
Closing: March 8, 2026

SEEKING:

FULLY CAST
Peg Smith: CAST. 65
Ryan Severson: CAST. 26
Sheriff Kris Callahan Wisnefski: CAST. 50s
Deputy Dani Wisnefski: CAST. 27

DINNER WITH THE DUCHESS

First Rehearsal: March 31, 2026
Opening: April 24, 2026
Closing: May 17, 2026

SEEKING:

Margaret: CAST. Retired violin virtuoso
David: Margaret's husband
Helen: A young reporter