Aurora Fox Arts Center | Aurora, CO
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Sunday, February 1, 2026 — 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (M)
Aurora Fox Arts Center
9900 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80010-5013
Please check in at the Fox Box Office / Lobby 10 minutes ahead of your appointment. Sign up online at
https://www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/violet-auditions.
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
By appointment only, no walk-ins. Please schedule at least 24 hours in advance.
Music by Jeannine Tesori. Lyrics and Book by Brian Crawley.
Independent Theatre Contract — $400 weekly minimum
Expected to attend: Ben Raanan — Director; Heather Holt — Music Director; Jen Orf — Production Manager; Olivia Kong — Stage Manager.
First Rehearsal: 5/4/2026
Tech Begins: 5/28/2026
Opening: 6/5/2026
Closing: 6/28/2026
Please prepare one monologue of approximately 1 minute and 32–64 bars of a song which are appropriate to the play. Total audition not to exceed 5 minutes.
*Rehearsals generally run Sunday–Thursdays from 6:00–10:00 PM, but designated days off will be set depending on cast availability and conflicts.
Performances: Fridays through Sundays, 6/5–6/28/2026.
Performances on Saturday 6/21 and 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.
More information:
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.
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 journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way 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 as Best Musical.
VIOLET KARL — 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. Struggles to balance racial tensions in the 70s 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, observant, while unsuccessfully trying to be compassionate. A gnat on Violet’s journey. Doubles as the Hotel Hooker.
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