THE BIRDS Equity Principal Actors - Flint Repertory Theatre Auditions

THE BIRDS - Flint, MI EPA

Flint Repertory Theatre | Flint, MI

AUDITION DATE

Monday, August 11, 2025
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (E)
Break 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054FAFAF2AA2FFCF8-57253870-flint#/.
Once you have secured your audition appointment, please fill out the audition form at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmUwzceuKAGWSrWywLJZVKXjCp_PJ7wGECVNxDmzYM1VzZHg/viewform.
If you are unable to access the audition form, contact Emily Nichter at:
enichter@flintrep.org or call 810-237-2520.

CONTRACT

Other
Contract type and salary rates are still being negotiated.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in THE BIRDS (See breakdown).
This season, Flint Repertory Theatre is launching our first ever touring production.
This professional production will be designed and rehearsed specifically to be brought out into the community.
Two-week tours in the fall and the spring will see The Birds pop up in Genesee County high schools, community centers, and beyond.

PREPARATION

Please arrive with a classic monologue no longer than 2 minutes.
You may be asked to do some cold reading from our Birds script while in the audition room.

LOCATION

Flint Repertory Theatre
1220 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503

PERSONNEL

Written by Aristophanes
Expected to attend:
Interim Artistic Director & Managing Director: Nicole Samsel
Director: Shelby Seeley
Assistant to the Artistic Director: Emily Nichter

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals: September 22 - October 26, 2025
Performances: October 27 - November 7, 2025 & February 16 - 27, 2026

OTHER

https://thefim.org/flintrep/about/auditions/
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

BREAKDOWN

THE BIRDS

SYNOPSIS:

Lamenting the unwholesome state of human affairs, a pair of adventurers turn their backs on civilization as they know it and unite with the birds to found an idyllic city in the clouds. Among the earliest existing portrayals of a utopian society, this sparkling fantasy by one of antiquity’s most brilliant and popular playwrights offers modern audiences and readers a vision of ancient Greek theater at its very finest. The Birds resounds with comic vitality, combining witty dialog, interludes of exquisite lyricism, and clever staging for an extravaganza as appealing to contemporary audiences as it was to Athenians of more than 2,000 years ago.

SEEKING:

A dynamic ensemble of 7–9 performers of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities to portray the many characters that make up the world of The Birds, including, but not limited to those listed below. Performers should be comfortable with classical text. Please note any special skills (proficiency with an instrument, movement training, circus training, etc).

• PISTHETAERUS: is a middle-aged Greek man who leaves Athens to seek a new home. He is tired of the taxes and power of Athens.
• BASILEIA: is Zeus’s maid and a princess. She is promised to Pisthetaerus after he negotiates with Zeus’s ambassadors.
• THE CHORUS LEADER: is a bird who speaks for the rest of the flock. He initially wants to attack Pisthetaerus and Euelpides before hearing their idea of a bird city.
• EPOPS: is the former king named Tereus. He is transformed into a large bird called a Hoopoe.
• EUELPIDES: is the traveling companion and friend of Pisthetaerus. He is also tired of Athens life.
• HERACLES: is the bastard son of Zeus and is portrayed as being a bit stupid and clueless. He is convinced by Pisthetaerus to give up Zeus’s scepter and the throne.
• IRIS: is the Greek goddess of the rainbow and the messenger between the gods and humanity. She is caught spying in the city and is brought to Pisthetaerus.
• PARRICIDE: is the man who wants to join the bird city so he can beat his father to death. Parricide is a Greek word that means to kill a parent.
• PHOENICOPTERUS: is a brightly colored, pink flamingo. He joins the council of birds and votes to establish the new city.
• POSEIDON: is the god of the sea in Greek mythology. He is angry and vengeful and is one of the ambassadors Zeus sends to meet with Pisthetaerus.
• THE PRIEST: is an unnamed man who makes sacrifices to the birds after the establishment of the bird city.
• PROMETHEUS: is the god of fire. He secretly enters the city to tell Pisthetaerus about Zeus’s desire to negotiate.
• TRIBALLUS: is lumbering and awkward. He is the god of the tribe of barbarians called the Triballians and is sent by Zeus to talk about a treaty with Pisthetaerus.
• TROCHILUS: is a loud and rather annoying wren. He is the servant to Epops and is the first to engage with Pisthetaerus and Euelpides.
• ZEUS: is the ancient Greek god of the sky, lightning, and thunder. He is the head god who sits on Mount Olympus and holds a scepter.