North Carolina Stage Company | Asheville, NC
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 — North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane, Asheville, NC 28801. 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (E). Break: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For information on audition location, go to
https://www.ncstage.org/visit-us/location-parking-directions/.
For appointments and sides email
auditions@ncstage.org or call 828-239-0263 between noon and 5:00 PM Wednesday through Friday (email preferred).
Expected to attend: Charlie Flynn-McIver, Artistic Director & Producer; Michelle Carello, Managing Director; Angie Flynn-McIver, Director.
$496 weekly minimum (SPT 4).
Equity actors for roles in TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (see breakdown).
For in-person auditions, actors are asked to bring a headshot and resume and prepare sides from the script. Sides will be provided when an appointment is confirmed.
Rehearses beginning 2/24/26. Previews begin 3/18/26; opening night 3/21/26; closes 4/5/26. Preview week — Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 PM; Sunday at 2:00 PM. Remainder of run — Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7:30 PM; Friday and Sunday at 2:00 PM.
Company website:
https://www.ncstage.org/
If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, video submissions will be accepted. For video submissions, actors are asked to submit a headshot, resume, and private or password-protected links of audition videos via the online audition form at
https://form.jotform.com/253284648487169. Please state your name and the role being auditioned for at the beginning of the submission. Please email
auditions@ncstage.org for specific sides. Submissions are due December 16th, 7:00 PM ET.
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.
Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos.
Director: Angie Flynn-McIver
She/her. Age range begins around late 30s, with no upper age limit. Open to all ethnicities. Sugar is a writer, a mother of two, and married. She accepts a position—somewhat impulsively—as the anonymous voice behind an online advice column. What begins as a gig becomes something transformative, as she finds unexpected healing through her correspondence with those seeking help.
Any age, gender, and ethnicity. First enters the story as the person who offers Sugar the advice columnist position. Throughout the play, they take on a series of distinct personas, including a recurring critic who signs their letters “WTF,” and a grieving father coping with the loss of his 22-year-old son in a car crash.
Any age, gender, and ethnicity. This character doubles as several people who reach out to Sugar, including a woman processing the aftermath of a miscarriage, and Sugar’s own mother, seen in recollected moments from the past. Their letters include moments of quiet resilience, vulnerability, and emotional weight.
Any age, gender, and ethnicity. Doubles multiple roles, each searching for connection or clarity. Notable characters include a transgender individual navigating questions about familial acceptance and identity, and a person wrestling with whether or not to remain connected to a narcissistic parent. Their letters explore themes of identity, boundaries, and healing.
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