Short North Stage | Columbus, OH
Monday, April 28, 2025
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
No break scheduled
To schedule an audition appointment, please contact Dionysia Williams at:
dionysia@shortnorthstage.org. If you are unable to attend the in-person appointments, you may submit your headshot, resume, and self-tape to
dionysia@shortnorthstage.org.
SPT
$605 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
Equity actors for roles in the 1st Half of Short North Stage's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). Short North Stage is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and invites artists of all gender and non-gender conforming identities, ethnicities, and ages to audition. We are passionate about bringing a diverse cast, crew, and creative team to every production.
Please prepare a song, no longer than 1 minute, appropriate for the season shows listed. Please bring your book as well. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Short North Stage
1187 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43201
Expected to attend:
Dionysia Williams Velazco, Associate Artistic Director
Edward Carignan, Artistic Director
Lisa Glover, Director for THE WIZ
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
www.shortnorthstage.org
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.
Audition Call Type: EPA
Short North Stage 2025-26 Season (1st Half)
In reference to the character descriptions below - most characters we encounter currently are written with man/woman, he/him, or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following descriptions. However, limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to audition for the roles they most identify with.
Directed/Choreographed by Dionysia Williams Velazco
Rehearsals: June 24 - July 9, 2025
Performances: July 10 - August 10, 2025
JENNA: (Female Identifying, 25-40) A woman stuck in her life as an unhappily married waitress in a small town. Finds some happiness and expression through her meticulous baking of pies and her friendships with her coworkers, Dawn and Becky. Lives her life paycheck-to-paycheck, day by day, and wants nothing more than to get away and start fresh, unbeknownst to her destructive husband, Earl. Has a fantastic pop/rock voice with great range. Vocal Range: F#3-F5.
DAWN: (Female Identifying, 24-30) She is the youngest of the waitresses. Thick glasses, hair parted 14 centimeters to the left — eccentric is the nice way to say she’s slightly unusual, and not so slightly OCD. She sets the tables, painstakingly ensuring each salt and pepper shaker is equidistant from the napkin holder. Has an excellent pop/rock/folk voice. Vocal range: G3-E5.
BECKY: (Female Identifying, 35-45) The oldest of the three waitresses. Irreverent, irascible, been there, made it back, and somehow kept her forward and sometimes wicked sense of humor with excellent comedic timing. Has a soulful pop voice with an excellent pop belt. Vocal range: Eb3-E5.
DR. POMATTER: (Male Identifying, 30-45) Handsome, endearing, and neurotic. Has a warm, if clumsy, manner. Jenna’s gynecologist with whom an unexpected extramarital affair is born. Has a quirky sense of humor and a big heart, despite the fact that he’s contributing to the affair. Has impeccable comedic timing and moves well. Has a very strong pop/rock tenor that can navigate the musical style of Sara Bareilles with ease. Vocal Range: Bb2-Bb4.
EARL: (Male Identifying, 25- late 30s) Jenna’s husband. Peaked in high school, handsome in a gruff way, but that face is clouded with broken dreams, drowned with cheap beer. Just enough narcissism mixed with stupidity to be a potent Molotov cocktail that can explode into unexpected anger one second and then turn into a sobbing mess the next. Guitar playing a plus. Vocal range: Eb3-G4.
OGIE: (Male Identifying, 30s) Strange, yet oddly lovable. Becomes slightly obsessed with Dawn (in a hilarious yet endearing way) after she goes on a 5-minute date with him. Quirky, incredibly persistent, and odd, yet kind. Has excellent comedic timing. Has an excellent pop/rock tenor/baritenor sound. Vocal range: C3-Bb4.
JOE: (Male Identifying, 60-70) The owner of the diner where Jenna, Dawn, Becky, and Cal work. A seemingly old, curmudgeonly man who has a soft spot for Jenna (and her pie), warm at heart. A sarcastically funny and no-nonsense guy with a keen ability to read people. Very funny. Vocal range: B2-G#4.
CAL: (Male Identifying, 40s): A chef at the diner. A “Salt of the Earth” guy’s guy surrounded by gals. Brash, impatient, unsentimental, but somehow charming. Has a strong pop/rock voice with great comedic chops. Vocal range: B2-G4.
ENSEMBLE: Must have excellent pop voices in the style of Sara Bareilles, have great comedic timing, and be able to play a range of characters comprising the community in which the story takes place. Strong movers/dancers. They will include:
ENSEMBLE 1 (Cover Jenna/Dawn)
ENSEMBLE 2 (Cover Becky/Nurse Norma)
ENSEMBLE 3 (Cover Dr. Pomatter/Earl)
ENSEMBLE 4 (Cover Cal/Oggie)
SWING 1 (Cover Jenna/Ensemble)
SWING 2 (Cover Dr. Pom/Ensemble)
Rehearsals: August 19 - September 3, 2025
Performances: September 4 - 28, 2025
Directed/ Choreographed by Edward Carignan
JOHNNY: 18-24, The guy who goes to the city. The self-proclaimed Jesus of Suburbia. Bored of his do-nothing, go-nowhere existence, he takes off for the city to get a new lease on life. He wages an inner war between a budding love for Whatsername and growing dependency on St. Jimmy and drugs. Guitar skills are a plus. Vocal range B4/B2.
TUNNY: 18-24, The guy who goes to the city and the Middle East. Johnny's friend who follows him to the city and eventually enlists in the army. He travels to the Middle East. A lost dreamer who is easily swayed, first by Johnny's ideas and then by patriotism and the American Dream. Vocal Range B4/D3.
WILL: 18-24 The guy that stays home in suburbia. Johnny's friend. He ends up staying in Suburbia with his pregnant girlfriend Heather. The more he stays on the couch, the more he becomes slowly disconnected from the world and his own relationships. Guitar skills are a plus. Vocal Range A4/C#3.
ST. JIMMY: Any age, non-binary, A city badass. Johnny’s alter ego. Known as the city badass. An enigmatic and charismatic enabler who gets Johnny addicted to drugs and grows jealous of his relationship with Whatsername. Vocal Range B4/C3.
HEATHER: 18-24, A girl in suburbia. Will’s girlfriend. She discovers she is pregnant but has difficulty telling her boyfriend of the news. Once she settles down with him, she struggles to maintain their relationship with his despondency and eventually leaves him. Vocal Range E5/A3.
WHATSERNAME: 18-24 - A girl in the city. A rebel activist - fierce, strong, and capable - who falls for Johnny. She fights to have him embrace their authentic relationship rather than pursue his addiction. Vocal Range D#5/F#3.
EXTRAORDINARY GIRL: A girl in the Middle East. Haunting, folk noir voice. A girl in the Middle East who appears as a hallucination to injured Tunny. Attractive and mysterious, she later appears as his nurse and accompanies him home after the war. Vocal Range E5/A#3.
THEO/ENSEMBLE: (Cover Johnny/Tunny)
FAVORITE SON/ENSEMBLE: (Cover Tunny/Johnny)
ENSEMBLE: (Cover Will/St. Jimmy)
ENSEMBLE: (Cover St. Jimmy/Will)
ALYSSA/ENSEMBLE: (Cover Heather/Extraordinary Girl)
ENSEMBLE: (Cover Whatsername/Heather)
ENSEMBLE: (Cover Extraordinary Girl/Whatsername)
SWING 1: (Cover Ensemble)
SWING 2: (Cover Ensemble)
Directed/Choreographed by Edward Carignan
Rehearsals: October 7 - 15, 2025
Show Run: October 16 - November 1, 2025
USHERETTE / MAGENTA: Female Presenting, Age Flexible (Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, Bb3-Eb5) She opens the production singing “Science Fiction/Double Feature”, with Usherette and phantom chorus and then reappears at the end to sing a reprise of that song. Magenta is a domestic from the planet Transsexual, in the galaxy Transylvania. Her job is simple, keep the castle clean and prepare all meals. And wait on Frank hand and foot. Cater to his every whim. Magenta is fond of her brother Riff Raff, and can be seen laughing at the other's misery. She is close friends with Columbia. Magenta is not afraid to put her foot down to get her point across and will be pushy or rude to get what she wants.
JANET: PRECAST. Female presenting, 18-35 (Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, A3-Eb5) Good, innocent girl who is madly in love with Brad. Always seems to be frightened of something. Keeps losing more of her clothes throughout the story. Emotionally weak and caves into pressure easily. During her time in the castle, she has sex with both Frank N. Furter and Rocky...the latter prompting pure rage from the former. In the end, she's also confused about what has occurred but also realizes the benefits of living a sexually active life.
RIFF RAFF: Male presenting, Age Flexible (Range: High Rock Tenor, D3-B4) Frank's personal butler, Riff Raff is a shady character who seems to be up to something. In the end, he kills Frank, Rocky, and Columbia before he and his sister Magenta return to their home planet of Transsexual, Transylvania.
ROCKY: Male, 18-35, Very Fit, (Range: Tenor, A3-G4) Frank's beloved creation, Rocky is supposed to be the perfect man. However, things don't go well when Janet seduces him causing Frank to go into a jealous rage. In the end, he's killed by Riff Raff while mourning the loss of Frank and trying to escape.
BRAD: PRECAST. Male presenting, 18-35 (Range: Bari Tenor, Bb2-G4) Quirky and overly optimistic at times. An All-American man who proposes to his girlfriend Janet Weiss. However, on the way to meet his old friend and science teacher, Dr. Scott, Brad Majors ends up with a flat tire on his car. He soon finds himself at the mercy of Dr. Frank N Furter, his servants, and ends up confused over his own sexuality after the events in the castle.
NARRATOR: PRECAST. Age Flexible (Range: Non-Singing Role) Follows our two heroes through the story by narrating directly to the audience.
COLUMBIA: Female Identifying, Age Flexible (Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, E4-E5) One of Frank's servants. A groupie who is both Frank's and Eddie's ex-girlfriend. She starts off as being extremely loyal to Frank. Though, she quickly realizes that he's simply using her and turns on him. In the end, she's killed by Riff Raff.
FRANK 'N' FURTER: PRECAST. (Range: Baritone, D3-G4) Master of the castle and of seduction. Welcomes Janet and Brad with open arms. Frank is a Mad Scientist bent on creating the perfect man, which he succeeds in doing so by creating Rocky. He's something of the antagonist, causing all sorts of trouble for Brad and Janet. In the end, he's killed by Riff Raff.
EDDIE/DR. SCOTT: Age Flexible (Range: Baritone, E3-F#4) A former delivery boy who was Columbia's ex-boyfriend. Half of his brain was used to create Rocky. After escaping from the freezer (and singing a song), Eddie is promptly killed by Frank. Dr. Scott is Brad’s former science teacher and close friend. He ends up at the castle while looking for his nephew, Eddie.
PHANTOMS: Strong singer/dancers to cover roles.
Rehearsals: November 4 - 19, 2025
Performances: November 20 - December 28, 2025
Directed/Choreographed by Lisa Glover
DOROTHY: 16-25 - Teenager that feels like she doesn’t belong. She is a seeker with a big heart and the capacity to be braver than she thinks. G3-Bb5 Sings “Home,” “Soon As I Get Home.”
AUNT EM/GLINDA: 30-55, Aunt Em- Loving soul, determined to ensure Dorothy belongs there. Glinda- Generous, protective and encouraging soul. Your favorite Auntie. G3-C5 Sings “That Feeling We Once Had” and “Believe in Yourself.”
SCARECROW: 20-30, Big-hearted and fiercely protective of his new friend Dorothy. Dances exceptionally well. A2-A4 Sings “I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday.”
TIN MAN: 20-30, Deeply curious and clever, a real leader in the group. He is seeking a heart but has enormous compassion. D3-Bb4 Sings “Slide Some Oil To Me.”
LION: 20-35, Empathic kind soul who masks his insecurity with bravado. He is seeking the confidence and kindness Dorothy provides. G2-Bb4 Sings “Be a Lion.”
EVILENE/ADAPERLE: 30-55- Big personality both evil and fierce. Cunning and ruthless but with style. The original Diva. F3-Db5 Sings “No Bad News,” “He’s The Wizard.”
THE WIZ/UNCLE HENRY: 40-65 The ultimate con artist. Smooth double talker with incredible charm. Larger than life. C3-A4 Sings “So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard.”
LORD HIGH UNDERLING/GATEKEEPER: (Covers Lion) - Character Man with great comedic timing.
ENSEMBLE: (Dorothy cover)
ENSEMBLE: (Aunt Em/Glinda cover)
ENSEMBLE: (Adapearl/Evilene cover)
ENSEMBLE: (Scarecrow cover)
ENSEMBLE: (Tin Man cover)
ENSEMBLE: (The Wiz cover)
DANCE Ensemble: (4 spots)
SWING Male presenting
SWING Female presenting
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