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Fall Tour: Non-Equity Open Call

April 14 and April 15, 2024

Virginia Repertory Theatre is seeking actors for its Fall 2024 Touring Season!

Tour

Please direct all questions to tour@virginiarep.org. No phone calls please.

  • The fall touring season will run from early September to mid December with two casts on the road. We travel extensively in our home state of Virginia and throughout most of the United States.
  • Virginia Rep on Tour is full-time employment during the course of the contract.
  • Pay: $480/wk, paid overtime, $30/per diem on overnight tour dates.
  • Transportation costs while on tour, including all hotels, are arranged and paid for by Virginia Rep. Many tours have consecutive weeks of travel while others are mostly comprised of day-trips. Company housing available in Richmond for non-local artists.
  • Casts contain 5 actors and 1 Road Manager/Swing.
  • We will follow all CDC guidelines and safety precautions during rehearsals and performances.

Shows:

Fall 2024: 1st Semester Tours

1 cast to perform in rep (Contract Dates: 9/3/24-12/16/24):
Have You Filled A Bucket Today - The Musical!
Jack and the Beanstalk

1 cast to perform in rep (Contract Dates: 9/10/24-12/16/24):
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Newton's Apple

Seeking non-union talent.

Virginia Repertory Theatre is an equal opportunity employer. Performers of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, and (dis)abilities are strongly encouraged to audition.

Season Breakdown:

*Note: If race is not specified, people of all races will be considered for the role.*

Fall Semester

Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The Musical! (w/Jack and the Beanstalk)

  • Mimi - To play an adult woman, the fun camp counselor at Camp Strawberry Hill, as well as various vignette roles
  • Trey - To play a young boy who needs to learn a lesson about filling buckets from the BFF, as well as various vignette roles
  • Madeline - To a play a young girl at Camp Strawberry Hill, as well as various vignette roles
  • Jasper/Professor Smarty Pants - To play a young boy at Camp, an adult male mad scientist type obsessed with understanding happiness, as well as various vignette roles
  • Bucket Filling Fairy - African American. A beautiful sparkly fairy who speaks in rhyming couplets and teaches Trey all about bucket filling and bucket dipping.

Jack and the Beanstalk (w/Have You Filled a Bucket Today?)

  • Actor 1 - Jack
  • Actor 2 - Jack's Mother, Woman at Market, The Giant's Wife
  • Actor 3 - Bessie the Cow, Man Behind The Plank, The Giant, Jack's Father
  • Actor 4 - Beggar at Market, The Beanstalk
  • Actor 5 - Washerwoman, The Harp

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (w/Newton's Apple)

  • Actor 1 - Boy, Townsfolk 3, Lamar
  • Actor 2 - Larry, Jackie the Guardian, Dr. Findolf, Townsperson Husband)
  • Actor 3 - Robert, Mayor Bumbleman, Townsfolk 2, Townsperson Wife)
  • Actor 4 - Kevin, Townsfolk 1, Town Crier, Opie, Inga Bannister
  • Swing
  • Road Manager/Swing

Newton's Apple (w/The Boy Who Cried Wolf)

  • Actor 1 - Sir Isaac Newton
  • Actor 2 - Al-Kwarizimi, Father, Stepfather, Teacher
  • Actor 3 - Aryabhata, Hannah (Mother), Grandmother
  • Actor 4 - Ptolemy, Galileo, Master Clarke
  • Actor 5 - Copernicus, Arthur Storer
  • Road Manager/Swing

CASTING PERSONNEL:

Artistic Director: Todd D. Norris
Company Manager: Donna Warfield

AUDITION LOCATION:

Virginia Rep Center, 4204 Hermitage Rd., Richmond, VA 23227
Call Type: Public

TO AUDITION:

Auditions will be scheduled by appointment. Auditions will be held in person on April 14 and April 15, 2024 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. Please sign up to audition at this link: https://forms.gle/jJDCSCg6ZEM64fR36

WHAT TO PREPARE:

Those auditioning are asked to prepare (1) 16-bar musical selection that demonstrates range and vocal ability and (1) brief monologue (1 minute or less). Selections should be family appropriate.

Please bring your sheet music in key. An accompanist will be provided.

Please direct all questions to tour@virginiarep.org. No phone calls, please.

About Auditioning

Listings usually include the ages needed and whether you will be asked to submit a video, or -- if the audition is in person -- whether you will be asked to dance and sing in addition to either performing a monologue or reading from the script.

When an appointment is required for a Non-Equity Open Call, anyone can request an appointment until all time slots are taken. When an appointment is required for an EPA Call, members of AEA can request an appointment until all time slots are taken.

Unless another contact is listed in the announcement, please direct questions to casting@virginiarep.org.

Virginia Repertory Theatre is an equal opportunity employer. Performers of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, and abilities are strongly encouraged to audition.

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