VIOLET Equity Principal Actors - Aurora Fox Arts Center Auditions

VIOLET - Aurora, CO EPA

Aurora Fox Arts Center | Aurora, CO

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Saturday, January 31, 2026
Aurora Fox Arts Center
9900 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80010-5013
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (M)

Please check in at the Fox Box Office/Lobby 10 minutes ahead of your appointment. Sign up online and by appointment only; no walk-ins. Please schedule at least 24 hours in advance. Sign up:
https://www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/violet-auditions

PERSONNEL

Alternate / questions:
jorf@auroragov.org

Director: Ben Raanan — 303-739-1969 (M–F 10AM–4PM MST)
Music Director: Heather Iris Holt
Production Manager: Jen Orf
Stage Manager: Olivia Kong

Music by Jeannine Tesori. Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley.

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract — $400 weekly minimum.

Expected to attend: Ben Raanan (Director), Heather Holt (Music Director), Jen Orf (Production Manager), Olivia Kong (Stage Manager). Equity actors sought for roles in VIOLET (see breakdown).

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: 5/4/2026
Tech Begins: 5/28/2026
Opening: 6/5/2026
Closing: 6/28/2026

PREPARATION

Please prepare one monologue of approximately 1 minute and 32–64 bars of a song appropriate to the play. Total audition time should not exceed 5 minutes.

Rehearsals generally run Sunday–Thursday from 6:00–10:00 PM, with designated days off set depending on cast availability and conflicts.

Performances run Fridays through Sundays, 6/5–6/28/2026. Performances on Saturday 6/21 and Saturday 6/27 will be at 2:00 PM. All other Fridays and Saturdays are at 7:30 PM. Sundays at 2:00 PM. Additional performances: Industry Night — Monday, June 15 at 7:30 PM; Weekday Matinee — Thursday, June 25 at 2:00 PM.

OTHER

Website:
https://www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/violet-auditions

We are not accepting video submissions at this time.

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.

BREAKDOWN

Violet

Based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts, and co-produced with Phamaly Theatre Company.

Violet tells the story of a young, disfigured woman who embarks on a bus journey from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical.

SEEKING

VIOLET

Femme, late 20s, mezzo-soprano, white. Violet is a young woman with a facial scar who has grown up believing she is unlovable. Smart, sarcastic, guarded, and deeply vulnerable. She embarks on a bus journey hoping to have her scar “fixed” by a televangelist, meeting Flick and Monty along the way.

MONTY

Masc, early 20s, baritone, white. A confident and casually arrogant soldier. Monty is handsome, self-assured and charming in a hyper-masculine way but masks deep insecurity with bravado.

FLICK

Masc, late 20s, baritone, Black. A gentle, thoughtful soldier who is emotionally intuitive and kind. Flick sees Violet for who she truly is and offers her real compassion. He struggles to balance racial tensions in the 1970s with his duties as a soldier, but finds a kindred spirit in Violet.

YOUNG VIOLET

Femme, 12–15, mezzo-soprano, white. Violet as a child: open, hopeful, and eager to please before the world teaches her to hide. We see this character both before she gets her scar and after. Has a complicated relationship with her father.

FATHER

Masc, 30s–40s, baritone, white. Violet’s father is loving but emotionally distant, struggling to connect after Violet’s accident which he blames himself for. A man weighed down by guilt and grief. Appears primarily in flashbacks.

BUS DRIVERS

Male, 20s–50s, baritone/tenor. A series of no-nonsense but humorous bus drivers who observe Violet’s journey from a practical, grounded perspective. Doubles as the Radio Soloist and the Waiter.

PREACHER

Male, 30s–60s, baritone. A charismatic, commanding revival preacher who promises healing and transformation. He is theatrical, persuasive, and deeply confident in his own authority. Once believed deeply in his faith but has recently been having doubts. He is able to hold power over a crowd.

OLD LADY

Femme, 40s–60s, alto. A fellow bus passenger during the first half of Violet’s trip. The Old Lady is blunt and observant while unsuccessfully trying to be compassionate. A gnat on Violet’s journey. Doubles as the Hotel Hooker.