✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
Synopsis:
Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Casting
We cast performers ages 18 and older. All performers will be expected to move during dance numbers.
Rehearsals & Performances:
Rehearsals: July 6 – August 13
Tech week: August 16 – 19
Performances: August 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30
Available Roles:
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Sky Masterson |
Baritone |
35 – 45 |
A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with the unlikeliest of women. Suave, smart, handsome. |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Sarah Brown |
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Sarah Brown |
Soprano |
20 – 30 |
A pretty, bright-eyed woman who serves as Sergeant of the local Mission. She fully believes in her worthy cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with Sky along the way. She is prudish and uptight, but eventually lets go. |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Sky Masterson |
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Nathan Detroit |
Baritone |
35 – 45 |
A good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who could never hit the bigtime. He loves Adelaide, but cannot quit his gambling ways. A broke schemer with unwitting ways. |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Miss Adelaide |
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Miss Adelaide |
Alto |
25 – 35 |
Nathan’s fiancé and a lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub. She loves Nathan more than anything in the world and desperately wants to get married. Pretty, outspoken, stubborn. |
Dance: Requires good dance skills Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Nathan Detroit |
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Nicely Nicely Johnson |
Tenor |
30 – 45 |
Just like his name suggests, he is the nicest and cheeriest of the gambling crooks. High-spirited and a bit naïve, but sincere and genuine. Nathan’s loyal friend and lackey. |
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Benny Southstreet |
Baritone |
30 – 45 |
Nathan’s right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan’s best interest at heart. |
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Arvide Abernathy |
Baritone |
50 – 65 |
The bass drum and cymbal player in the Mission band, he is Sarah’s loving grandfather. Wise and sweet, he wants nothing but the best for her. |
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Rusty Charlie |
Tenor |
30 – 45 |
Small-time gambler, part of Nathan Detroit’s crew. |
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Lieutenant Brannigan |
Tenor/Baritone |
40 – 55 |
A New York police officer who is on to Nathan’s illegal craps games and is dead-set on catching him. A tough, no-nonsense character. |
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Harry The Horse |
Baritone |
35 – 55 |
A crook and gambler. He is a tough guy with dollar signs as his bottom line. Brings Big Jule into Nathan’s craps game and backs his cheating, but is also a man of his word in the gambling community. |
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Big Jule |
Tenor/Baritone |
30 – 50 |
A big time craps player from Chicago who uses a gun and his own pair of rigged dice to bully his way into never losing. Tough looking. A bit of an oaf. |
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Mission Band (Agatha, Calvin, Martha) |
Various |
30 – 50 |
Musicians that play along with Sarah & Abernathy. |
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Crapshooters (Liver Lips Louie, Angie The Ox) |
Various |
30 – 45 |
Gamblers along the streets of New York |
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Hot Box Girls |
Various |
30 – 45 |
Performers at the Hot Box Nightclub with Miss Adelaide. |
Dance: Requires good dance skills |
Synopsis:
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Casting
We cast performers ages 18 and older. All performers will be expected to have good dance skills during the dance numbers.
Rehearsals & Performances:
Rehearsals: September 14 – October 29
Tech week: November 1 – 4
Performances: November 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15
Available Roles:
The role of Emcee has been pre-cast.
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Sally Bowles |
Mezzo Soprano |
20 – 40 |
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. |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Clifford Bradshaw |
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Clifford Bradshaw |
Baritone |
25 – 40 |
An 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.) |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Sally Bowles |
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Ernst Ludwig |
Tenor/Baritone |
20 – 40 |
A friendly and likable German, takes English lessons from Cliff, and smuggles funds for the Nazi party |
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Fraulein Schneider |
Alto |
40 – 50 |
A landlady who rents rooms to Cliff, Sally, and several other characters in her large flat. She is alone and is resigned to her place in life, but secretly longs for companionship. She is very critical of some people while looking the other way with others |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Herr Schultz |
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Fraulein Kost |
Mezzo Soprano |
30 – 50 |
A prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house; larger than life personality, quick witted and sharp tongued |
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Herr Schultz |
Baritone |
40 – 50 |
A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider; sweet, lovable, and adoring; heartbreakingly naïve about the political turmoil in Germany. |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Fraulein Schneider |
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The Kit Kat Girls (Rosie, Lulu, Texas, Helga, Fritzie, Frenchie/Gorilla) |
Soprano/Alto |
These performers are often in salacious situations and costumes. They are an eclectic mix of types and aren’t necessarily a matching unit |
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The Kit Kat Boys (Bobby, Victor, Rudy/Hans, Max/Herman) |
Tenor/Baritone |
These performers are often in salacious situations and costumes. They are an eclectic mix of types and aren’t necessarily a matching unit |
Synopsis:
Little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations… and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Casting
We cast performers ages 7 and older. All performers will be expected to move during dance numbers.
Rehearsals & Performances:
Rehearsals: January 3 – February 11, 2027
Tech week: February 14 – 17
Performances: February 18, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28. March 4, 6, 7
Available Roles:
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Annie |
Mezzo Soprano |
10 – 12 |
A street-wise orphan; she is eventually taken in by Oliver Warbucks. Spunky, friendly, big-voiced. |
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Oliver Warbucks |
Baritone |
40 – 55 |
A successful businessman with a warm heart. Rich, stiff-collared, bullish. |
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Grace Farrell |
Soprano |
20 – 35 |
Faithful secretary to Mr. Oliver Warbucks. Poised, sweet, gentle. |
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Miss Hannigan |
Alto |
30 – 45 |
The orphanage matron who hates children but is fond of liquor. Very disillusioned, bitter, and cold. |
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Rooster |
Tenor |
25 – 35 |
Miss Hannigan’s no-good brother looking for a quick buck. A sleazy, slick con man. |
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Lily |
Soprano |
20 – 30 |
Rooster’s girlfriend, who is also out for a quick buck. She is considered to be a floozy and bimbo. |
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Molly |
Mezzo Soprano |
7 – 8 |
The littlest orphan |
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Kate |
Mezzo Soprano |
8 – 9 |
The next to littlest orphan |
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Tessie |
Mezzo Soprano |
10 |
The crybaby in the orphanage |
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Pepper |
Mezzo Soprano |
12 |
The toughest girl in the orphanage |
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July |
Mezzo Soprano |
13 |
The quietest orphan |
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Duffy |
Mezzo Soprano |
13 |
The oldest girl in the orphanage |
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Drake |
Tenor/Baritone |
30 – 40 |
The English butler |
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Mrs. Pugh |
Soprano/Alto |
30 – 40 |
The chef. |
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Mrs. Greer |
Soprano/Alto |
30 -40 |
The head housekeeper. |
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Cecille |
Soprano/Alto |
30 – 40 |
A French maid. |
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Annette |
Soprano/Alto |
30 – 40 |
A French maid. |
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Bert Healy |
Tenor |
30 – 45 |
The ultimate radio personality. He helps Annie by broadcasting about the search for her birth parents. |
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Roosevelt |
Baritone |
40 – 60 |
The 32nd President of the United States. A Democrat and friend of Warbucks. |
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Ensemble (Orphans, Servants, Boylan Sisters, Cabinet Members, Hooverville Citizens) |
Various |
7+ |
This chorus consists of several scenes that take place throughout New York City. Many of these chorus members will have various cameo roles as well in other scenes. |
Synopsis:
A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and a dilemma that’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
Casting
We cast performers ages 10 and older. All performers will be expected to move during dance numbers.
Rehearsals & Performances:
Rehearsals: March 22 – April 29, 2027
Tech week: May 2 – 5
Performances: May 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16
Available Roles:
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Gomez Addams |
Baritone |
35 – 55 |
A suave man of Spanish descent who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams. Gomez finds himself trapped between his daughter and his wife, being forced to hide Wednesday’s big secret from Morticia |
Dance: Requires good dance skills, Tango Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Morticia Addams |
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Morticia Addams |
Mezzo-Soprano |
35 – 55 |
The beautiful, leggy and mysterious head of the Addams family who believes strongly in family tradition. Morticia is unnerved thinking that Gomez is hiding something from her. She is confident and sexy with a side of dry wit. |
Dance: Requires good dance skills, Tango Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Gomez Addams |
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Uncle Fester |
Tenor |
30 – 50 |
Serving as the narrator of the show, Uncle Fester is lovable, childish, enthusiastic and highly incorrigible. |
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Grandma |
Soprano |
102 |
Fun, quirky and feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve. Grandma is wise, wacky and sometimes a bit crass. |
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Wednesday Addams |
Mezzo Soprano |
16 – 22 |
Gothic big sister Wednesday who has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility falls in love with a “normal” boy who she brings home to meet the family. Wednesday is trying to balance her relationships with “strange” family with that of her new love and his “normal” family. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness and strong will |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Lucas Beineke |
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Pugsley Addams |
Tenor |
10 – 13 |
The youngest of the Addams Family, Pugsley loves to be tortured by his big sister. He is lost trying to figure out his place now that she has a new boyfriend and family dynamics are changing. Pugsley is charming and funny, |
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Lurch |
Bass |
25 – 50 |
A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams Family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans and deliberate movement. Must have great non-verbal story-telling abilities (think: facial expressions and sound) |
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Mal Beineke |
Tenor |
35 – 55 |
The uptight father of Lucas and cold-shouldered husband to Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism. He finds the Addams to be too bizarre for his liking and cannot fathom being related to them. |
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Alice Beineke |
Soprano |
35 – 55 |
Lucas’s mother and Mal’s wife, Alice is strongly devoted to her family. She presents herself as reserved and collected (even when speaking in rhyme) until she learns to unleash her wild side at dinner with the Addams. |
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Lucas Beineke |
Tenor |
16 – 22 |
The hopeful romantic and son of Alice & Mal, Lucas has fallen in love with Wednesday and intends to marry her. He is optimistic and hopeful yet struggles to find the balance between his ‘normal’ family and the macabre Addams. |
Intimacy: Requires intimacy with performer playing Wednesday Addams |
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The Addams Ancestors |
Various |
7+ |
The Addams ancestors from various eras serve as the chorus for the show and help bring the story to life. They will be featured both singing and dancing throughout the entire show |
| SKY MASTERSON | Pete Lay |
| SARAH BROWN | Mary Kate Vanegas |
| NATHAN DETROIT | Josh O’Brien |
| MISS ADEKAIDE | Julie McGuffey |
| NICELY NICELY | Phil Gosselin |
| RUSTY CHARLIE | Taylor Dant |
| BENNY SOUTHSTREET | Chris Gatterdam |
| HARRY THE HORSE | William Gunn |
| ARVIDE ABERNATHY | Rusty Henle |
| LT. BRANNIGAN | Larry Singer |
| GENERAL MATILDA | Jillian Cain |
| CRAPSHOOTERS | Seth Brewer, Tyler Elliott, Matthew Thomas |
| HOT BOX GIRLS | Carolyn Antoine, Katie Kennedy Haylie Rebilas, Shannon O’Reilly, Sydney Warner, Zoey Wexler |
| MISSION BAND | Amanda Dwyer, Megan Lauffer |
| EMCEE | Andrew Schaftlein |
| SALLY BOWLES | Carman Napier |
| CLIFFORD BRADSHAW | Teddy Stevens |
| ERNST LUDWIG | Josh O’Brien |
| FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER | Jennifer Poliskie |
| FRAULEIN KOST | Mary Kate Vanegas |
| HERR SCHULTZ | James Russell Cooper |
| KIT KAT GIRLS | Jessica Adamson, Jillian Cain, Jane Foote, Louise Hopson, Shelby Shenkman, Zoey Wexler |
| KIT KAT BOYS | Jason Button, Chris Gatterdam, Pete Lay, Cooper Turk-Gagel |
| ANNIE | Bexley Bock |
| OLIVER WARBUCKS | Derrick Palmer |
| GRACE FARRELL | Kate Smith |
| MISS HANNIGAN | Jenny Dunne |
| ROOSTER | Phil Gosselin |
| LILY ST. REGIS | Katie Willis |
| MOLLY | Emma Duvall |
| KATE | Chloe Quisenberry |
| TESSIE | Vera Marsee |
| PEPPER | Louella Hettich |
| JULY | Lena Worthington |
| DRAKE/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Chris Gatterdam |
| MRS. PUGH/ADULT ENSEMBLER | Katie Kennedy |
| MRS. GREER/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Cayce Abellard |
| CECILLE/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Amelia Glikin |
| ANNETTE/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Mimi Housewright |
| BERT HEALY/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Seth Brewer |
| ROOSEVELT/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Rusty Henle |
| STAR TO BE/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Sydney Warner |
| MR. BUNDLES/ADULT ENSEMBLE | Taylor Dant |
| YOUTH ENSEMBLE | Maddie Behr, Jane Berry, Stella Coleman, Haleigh Wissinger |
| GOMEZ ADDAMS | Pete Lay |
| MORTICIA ADDAMS | Jessica Adamson |
| UNCLE FESTER | Jason Cooper |
| GRANDMA | Jillian Cain |
| WEDNESDAY ADDAMS | Channing Rivera |
| PUGSLEY ADDAMS | Kaiya Peterson |
| LURCH | Jackson Trowbridge |
| MAL BEINEKE | Frank Goodloe |
| ALICE BEINEKE | Kathryn Alvey |
| LUCAS BEINEKE | Cooper Turk-Gagel |
| ADDAMS ANCESTORS | Marielle Bland, Seth Brewer, Taylor Dant, Chris Gatterdam, Elliott Lanier, Billie Price, Aidrick Smith, Mary Kate Vanegas, Peyton Walker, Zoey Wexler, Ella Witt, Kyah Young |
CenterStage auditions and roles are open to all. The Jewish Community Center and CenterStage celebrate and value diversity – in people, creativity, and thought. We are committed to creating an environment where all participants are treated with respect and dignity. Anything which endangers this approach has no place within our program. Everyone is welcome and warmly encouraged to attend auditions. If specific race/ethnicity or other characteristics are central to the story, we will make this clear in audition notices.
*PLEASE NOTE*: ALL PERFORMERS AGED 13 AND UNDER MUST SUBMIT A VIRTUAL AUDITION INSTEAD OF PARTICIPATING IN AN IN-PERSON AUDITION. SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, JUNE 12 AT 9 P.M.
CenterStage auditions and roles are open to all. The Jewish Community Center and CenterStage celebrate and value diversity – in people, creativity, and thought. We are committed to creating an environment where all participants are treated with respect and dignity. Anything which endangers this has no place within our program. Everyone is welcome and warmly encouraged to attend auditions. If specific race/ethnicity or other characteristics are central to the story, we will make this clear in audition notices.
IF IN-PERSON SLOTS ARE FULL, PLEASE SUBMIT A VIRTUAL AUDITION.
ALL PERFORMERS AGED 13 AND UNDER MUST SUBMIT A VIRTUAL AUDITION INSTEAD OF PARTICIPATING IN AN IN-PERSON AUDITION. SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, JUNE 12 AT 9 P.M.
Please click here to submit a virtual audition.
Rehearsals
Our typical rehearsal schedule is Monday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.; Sunday 4-9 p.m. The rehearsal process is typically 6-7 weeks in length in addition to Tech Week and performance weekends. While not all actors will be called at each rehearsal, all rehearsals are required until a more specific calendar is released. Actors are expected to share any known conflicts at the start of the rehearsal process to make the best use of rehearsal time. By auditioning, actors are committing to the rehearsal and performance schedules.
Performances
While each may vary slightly, each production timeline typically includes 6-9 performances over a two to three-week period. These are both evening and matinee performances. If regularly scheduled performances sell out, we reserve the right to schedule an additional performance on the Monday evening after the first weekend OR on the final Sunday evening of the performance run. We ask that actors plan for this when they audition.
Post-Production
Strike will occur following the close of each production. All actors are expected to participate in strike activities.
Actor Compensation
Over the course of a rehearsal process and performance timeline, our actors donate upwards of 150 hours towards the success of a production. As a small way to thank our dedicated cast members, each actor is given a three (3)-month membership to the Trager Family JCC. This includes access to all fitness and aquatic equipment, spaces, and programming. Additionally, each actor has two (2) complimentary tickets to their production and access to $15 ticket prices for all other mainstage productions within the season.
Join us this fall for the start of CenterStage’s 2026-27 season! Auditions for all productions will take place June 11, 13 and 14 with callbacks occurring on specific dates below.
Auditions will be held at the Trager Family JCC on June 11, 6-9 p.m. and June 13-14 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. The initial audition will consist of a vocal audition only.
While in-person auditions are preferred, we understand conflicts and commitments arise. If you are unable to attend auditions in person, you have the option of submitting a video audition under the same requirements listed below. Please contact the CenterStage via email for more information.
Offers for GUYS AND DOLLS will be sent out Friday, June 19 by 5 p.m. Offers for all other season productions will be sent out by Tuesday, June 30 by 5 p.m.
Callback Dates:
– GUYS AND DOLLS: June 18, 6-9 p.m.
– CABARET: June 20, 1-4 p.m.
– ANNIE: June 25, 6-9 p.m.
– THE ADDAMS FAMILY: June 27, 1-4 p.m.
CenterStage auditions and roles are open to all. The Jewish Community Center and CenterStage celebrate and value diversity – in people, creativity, and thought. We are committed to creating an environment where all participants are treated with respect and dignity. Anything which endangers this approach has no place within our program. Everyone is welcome and warmly encouraged to attend auditions. If specific race/ethnicity or other characteristics are central to the story, we will make this clear in audition notices.
Please contact us via email.
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