Colorado Springs, CO
UCCS Theatreworks | Burbank, CA
Revised: Change of show. (4/10) Updated Personnel and Breakdown.
Monday, April 21, 2025
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (M)
Break 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://calendly.com/theatreworkscs/25-26_auditions. Once you have chosen an audition appointment, please fill out the following form:
https://forms.gle/JzpV2oSiRSYsXLjf8. If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition. See breakdown for instructions.
SPT $482 weekly minimum (SPT 4) - Paying $520 weekly
Equity actors for roles in Theatreworks Colorado Springs' 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). These titles will not be made public until our season announcement events on April 14, 2025. Please do not publicize titles until that date.
Please prepare two contrasting pieces totaling no more than 3 minutes. An accompanist will be provided. If you wish to be considered for CABARET, please prepare a short cut of music for one of your pieces. If you wish to be considered for ROMEO AND JULIET, please prepare a piece in verse as one of your choices.
ENT Center for the Arts
5225 N Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Chapman Recital Hall.
Artistic Director: TBA
Artistic Producer: Elena Hansen
Director - CABARET: Scott Levy
Choreographer - CABARET: Jessica Swanson
Director - IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Kathryn Walsh
Director - WHERE WE STAND: Marisa Hebert
Director - ROMEO AND JULIET: Max Shulman
Director - THE GARBOLOGIST: GerRee Hinshaw
Expected to attend:
Elena Hansen - Artistic Producer
Marisa Hebert - Casting Associate
Max Shulman - Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates. Please note that all productions may have one to three potential student matinee performances. Please only audition if your schedule will offer the flexibility for you to participate in one to three performances during school hours (with advanced notice). Typically, these are 10 am matinees on Wednesdays.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
For out-of-town artists, transportation to/from and housing in Colorado Springs will be provided. For Colorado-based artists, housing or a fuel stipend is available.
Rehearsals will be held at Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO. Performances are held in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater in the Ent Center for the Arts.
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.
Theatreworks Colorado Springs 2025-26 Season
Video submission instructions: If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition. Please complete the audition form including uploading your resume, headshot, and an unlisted YouTube or Vimeo link of two contrasting pieces totaling no more than 5 minutes. Neutral background requested. Audition Form link:
https://forms.gle/JzpV2oSiRSYsXLjf8
Book by Joe Masteroff, Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Director: Scott Levy
Choreographer: Jessica Swanson
1st Rehearsal: Aug 22, 2025
Performances: Sept 18 - Oct 12, 2025
All roles sing; most roles dance; all should be comfortable with audience interaction.
Clifford Bradshaw: M, 25-35, baritone. American novelist and English teacher traveling to Berlin. Through his journey he explores the many facets and complexities of his sexuality, politics, and artistic goals. Comfortable with stage movement, light dance, and moments of intimacy. American accent.
Sally Bowles: F, 25-40, mezzo-soprano with belt. A British cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Club. Quirky and flighty. Struggles with knowing the darkness of the reality of her life and has woeful luck in her relationships with men; dancer, singer, comfortable with moments of intimacy and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography. British accent.
The Emcee: M, 25-35, tenor. Host at the Kit Kat Club - exuberant figure with gender experimentation; dancer, singer, comfortable with being close to the audience and bawdy or suggestive humor; dark, comedic, sinister, vulgar... yet lovable. German accent.
Fraulein Schneider: F, late 40s-60s, alto. A landlady who rents rooms to Cliff, Sally, and several other characters in her large flat. Alone and is resigned to her place in life but secretly longs for companionship; critical of some people while looking the other way with others; Singer, with light dance; comfortable with moments of intimacy. German accent.
Herr Schultz: M, late 40s-60s, baritone. A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider; sweet, lovable, and adoring; heartbreakingly naïve about the political turmoil in Germany. Singer, with light dance; comfortable with moments of intimacy. German accent.
Ernst Ludwig/Kit Kat performer: M, 30s-40s, flexible vocal range. A German with a friendly and likable demeanor, takes English lessons from Cliff, and smuggles funds for the Nazi party; Singer. German accent. As Kit Kat performer, must also be a strong dancer and comfortable with bawdy and suggestive humor. German accent.
Fraulein Kost/Kit Kat Club performer: F, 30s-40s, mezzo-soprano. As Kost, a prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider's boarding house; larger than life personality, quick-witted and sharp-tongued; should be comfortable with bawdy and suggestive humor; Singer, dancer. German accent.
Track 8: Kit Kat Club performer/Party Guest: gender, age, and vocal range flexible. Dancer, singer who is comfortable with multiple characters, German accents, being close to audiences, and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
Track 9: Kit Kat Club performer/Party Guest/Soldier: gender, age, and vocal range flexible. Dancer, singer who is comfortable with multiple characters, German accents, being close to the audiences, and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
Track 10: Kit Kat Club performer/Party Guest/Soldier: gender, age, and vocal range flexible. Dancer, singer who is comfortable with multiple characters, German accents, being close to the audiences, and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
Track 11: Kit Kat dancer/Party Guest/Soldier: gender, age, and vocal range flexible. Dancer, singer who is comfortable with multiple characters, German accents, being close to the audiences, and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
Track 12: Kit Kat dancer/Party Guest: gender, age, and vocal range flexible. Dancer, singer who is comfortable with multiple characters, German accents, being close to the audiences, and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
Written by Oscar Wilde
Adapted and Directed by Kathryn Walsh
1st Rehearsal: Nov 3, 2025
Performances: Nov 28 - Dec 21, 2025
All possess excellent comic timing, verbal dexterity and a great English accent.
Lady Bracknell - This role has been pre-cast. F, 50-60s; The aunt of Algernon and the mother of Gwendolen, Lady Bracknell is a respected member of the English aristocracy. Free with judgment and her wit.
Cecily Cardew - F, 20s; Jack’s niece and ward, with great plans for herself and a great imagination.
Rev Chasuble/Lane - M, 40s-70s; The rector of the Manor House/Algernon’s long-suffering manservant.
Gwendolen Fairfax - F, 20s; The daughter of the imperious Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen Fairfax is a woman of strong principles, like only being able to love a person named Ernest. A bawdy heart under a ladylike exterior.
Algernon Moncrieff - M, late 20s-early 30s; Living in the city, Algernon Moncrieff is a good friend of Jack. At the beginning of the play he thinks that his best friend Jack’s name is Ernest. Algernon lives in a flat in a prestigious part of London. Style is everything.
Miss Prism - F, 40s-70s; Miss Prism is a woman with a mysterious past involving former employment at Lady Bracknell’s house, a missing novel, and a lost baby. A flirt despite herself. Doubles as a butler.
John “Jack” Worthing - M, late 20s-early 30s; His friends in the city know him only as Ernest, but in the country, John Worthing goes by Jack, which he believes is his real name. He does not know his personal history, only that he was discovered as a baby in a handbag in Victoria Station. A deep heart.
Written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Director: Marisa Hebert
1st Rehearsal: Jan 6, 2026
Performances: Jan 29 - Feb 15, 2026
Track 1 - African-American, whose age is infinitely variable. Over the course of telling the story, they inhabit multiple characters including MAN, STRANGER, TOWNPEOPLE (including MIDDLE-AGED MAN, OLD WOMAN, DOC. HUMPHREY, 'LITTLE HORNS' LAD, DAVEY and ORCHARD LADY) Able to sing, excited about creating unique physicalities and voices for more than eight characters as well as direct address and some amount of audience interaction. As this is a one-person 70-minute show, must be comfortable with memorization of longer texts. Experience with one-person storytelling is a bonus.
Written by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Max Shulman
1st Rehearsal: Mar 13, 2026
Performances: Apr 9 - May 3, 2025
All possess skill with heightened text. Most will need skill with stage combat.
Benvolio - any gender, 18-30 - Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend. Endlessly trying to keep the peace, but ready to defend his crew at any cost.
Capulet - M, 40-50s: Capulet family patriarch; patrician and magnanimous, while capable of a domineering rage.
Friar - M, late 30s-70s; Thoughtful and kind, with a tendency for pontification and romantic thinking. A man of nature. A father-figure to Romeo. Swayed by young love.
Lady Capulet - F, late 30s-early 40s: a woman focused on social standing. Distant from her daughter, slightly domineering, and yet absolutely dedicated to her family.
Juliet - F, 18-25 - the daughter of the Capulets. Brilliant and bold. Fiery and immediate in emotion responses. Dreams of more in life. Coming into her own as a person. Choreographed acts of intimacy required.
Mercutio - any gender, 18-25 - kin to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. Overflows with imagination, wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and brooding fervor. Mercutio loves wordplay. His chaotic playfulness masks a fear of something darker within. Strong mover, comfortable with fight choreography.
Nurse - F, early 40s-70s - Juliet’s closest friend, another mother to her. While vulgar, long-winded, and easily swayed, she also has a heart full of love and joy.
Prince - M, 30s-50s - A kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. A military man or local official, tasked with keeping the peace, holding the city together.
Romeo - M, 18-25 - the heir of the Montague family. Intelligent, sensitive, impulsive, and charming. Choreographed acts of intimacy required.
Tybalt - any gender, 18-late 20s - a Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Fiery and fierce. Tough and full of bullish pride. Strong mover, comfortable with fight choreography.
Track 11 - Any gender. A city youth. Comfortable with fight choreography and dance. Excited to work on elevated Shakespearean language.
Track 12 - Any gender. A city youth. Comfortable with fight choreography and dance. Excited to work on elevated Shakespearean language.
Track 13 - Any gender. A city youth. Comfortable with fight choreography and dance. Excited to work on elevated Shakespearean language.
Track 14 - Any gender. A city youth. Comfortable with fight choreography and dance. Excited to work on elevated Shakespearean language.
Written by Lindsay Joelle
Director: GerRee Hinshaw
1st Rehearsal: May 19, 2026
Performances: Jun 11 - 28, 2025
MARLOWE — Female (she/her). 30s. Black. First week on the job. Confident and competent, both physically and mentally. Keen sense of wit and irony. Practiced in making you think she’s got it all together, but she’s guarding a secret she doesn’t wear on her sleeve. New Yorker. Part requires physical activity of lifting and throwing large objects.
DANNY — Male (he/him). 35-60. White. Nine years on the job. Mansplaining, dad jokes, and run-of-the-mill machismo, but playful, funny, and (occasionally) charismatic. Classic blue-collar New Yorker. Could be attractive in a rough sense. A dedicated father. Part requires physical activity of lifting and throwing large objects.
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