New Jewish Theatre
Saint Louis, MO
US

DESCRIPTION

AUDITION DATES

Sunday, January 12, 2025

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Monday, January 13, 2025

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM (C)

BREAK: 5:00PM - 6:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

Contact Emily Strunk at

[email protected]

or

314-442-3283 between 10 and 2 pm Mon-Fri

CONTRACT

SPT

$361 weekly minimum (SPT 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in New Jewish Theatre's 2025 Season (see breakdown).

Performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, abilities and ages are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Either 2 contrasting monologues OR 1 monologue and a 32-bar cut of a musical theatre song to be considered for Cabaret.

LOCATION

JCC Wool Studio Theater

2 Millstone Campus Drive

Staenberg Family Complex

A & E building

St. Louis, MO 63146

PERSONNEL

CABARET- Directed by Rebekah Scallet.

Music Director Carter Haney.

Choreographer Ellen Isom.

THE HEIDI CHRONICLES - Directed by Ellie Schwetye.

TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR...- Directed by Aaron Sparks

THE WANDERERS - Directed by Robert Quinlan

KEN LUDWIG'S BASKERVILLE - Directed by Nisi Sturgis

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Rebekah Scallet, Artistic Director

Carter Haney, Music Director for Cabaret.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

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

NEW JEWISH THEATRE 2025 SEASON

CABARET

First Rehearsal – Monday, February 24, 2025

Opens – Thursday, March 21, 2025

Closes – Sunday, April 6, 2025

SEEKING:

Emcee (20s +, any gender, Range: C3-G4) The host at the Kit Kat Club. A magnetic performer who acts as ringleader for the entire story.

Sally Bowles - (20s-30s, she/her, Range: E3-C5) An effervescent British cabaret performer and want- to-be actress; the headliner at Berlin's Kit Kat Club.

Clifford Bradshaw (20s-30s, he/him, Range: C#3-E4) An idealistic aspiring American novelist traveling to Berlin for inspiration amongst its underground arts scene.

*Fräulein Schneider (50s-70s, she/her, Range: Eb3-B4) Female, early 50s-early 70s. A practical landlady who rents rooms in her large flat. Begins a romance with Herr Schultz.

*Herr Schultz (50s-70s, he/him, Range: C3-G4) A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider and strives to make a life with her in spite of the political circumstances.

*Fräulein Kost (20s-50s, she/her, Range: F#3-Eb5) A prostitute and lodger in Fraulein Schneider's boarding house.

*Ernst Ludwig (Range: D3-F#4) Male, late 20s-mid 30s. Life and soul, dependable yet enigmatic, he takes English lessons from Cliff. He’s Cliff’s first ‘true’ friend upon arrival to Berlin. Everyone knows him, everyone loves him. He appears witty, charming, and warm but, ultimately, a Nazi. Baritone.

Ensemble - 5 additional people of any age or gender to play a variety of roles in the ensemble.

Primarily Kit Kat Klub dancers, and also other roles such as Max, Customs Agent, Rudy, and sailors.

*Note: that the starred roles will also double as Kit Kat Klub dancers.

THE HEIDI CHRONICLES

First Rehearsal – Monday, May 5, 2025

Opens – Thursday, May 29, 2025

Closes – Sunday, June 15, 2025

SEEKING:

Heidi Holland (she/her) Portrays character from late teens to her late 30's. An art historian and writer, highly articulate, intelligent, thoughtful.

Scoop Rosenbaum (he/him) Portrays character from his early 20s through hislate 30s. Heidi's sometime lover, a charismatic, Jewish journalist with irresistible charm and humor.

Peter Patrone (he/him) Portrays character from late teens through his late 30's. Heidi's best friend. A clever and well-spoken pediatrician.

Susan Johnston (she/her) Portrays character from late teens through her late 30's. Heidi's oldest friend who throws herself fully into whatever she pursues in life.

3 Ensemble members (she/her) play characters from teens to 30s. Including a lesbian graduate student, a member of a Montana Women's Collective, a pregnant magazine editor, the host of "Hello New York", a T.V. talk show, a teenager looking for help at a women's group, a 1980s yuppie, and more.

1 Ensemble member (he/him) Plays characters from teens to 30s. Including a prep school student council president and an anesthesiologist

TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR…

First Rehearsal – Monday, June 30, 2025

Opens – Thursday, July 24, 2025

Closes – Sunday, August 10, 2025

SEEKING:

Zeblyan (he/him, 50s) Afghan Jew. Carpet salesman. A ruffian, crude, aggressive, hot-headed, defiant.

Ishaq (he/him, 60s) Afghan Jew. Accountant. Cerebral, high-minded, stubborn.

THE WANDERERS

First Rehearsal – Monday, August 18, 2025

Opens – Thursday, September 11, 2025

Closes – Sunday, September 28, 2025

SEEKING:

Esther (she/her, mid-20s-early 30s) she feels young, impressionable, eager and yet no-nonsense too; she’s Jewish (Hasidic)

Schmuli (he/him, 30s,) formal, not totally comfortable in his skin, also Hasidic; should have the capacity for deep surprising emotion; he is a profoundly gentle person.

Abe (he/him, mid 30s-early 40s) an intellectual who enjoys seducing with language; he’s charming but also self-effacing, humble, confused, and trying his best; he’s Jewish.

Sophie (she/her, mid 30s-early 40s) Abe’s wife, dry and intelligent and world-weary; she is biracial: Caucasian/Jewish and Black.

Julia Cheever (she/her, mid 30s-early 40s) a movie star with an abundance of outward charm and confidence; she is poised and polished, but not without vulnerability.

KEN LUDWIG’S BASKERVILLE

First Rehearsal – Monday, October 27, 2025

Opens – Thursday, November 20, 2025

Closes – Sunday, December 7, 2025

SEEKING:

Sherlock Holmes (Male 30s – 40s). The iconic detective. Highly intelligent, confident, charismatic, quick-witted, obsessive.

Doctor Watson (he/him 30s - 50s) Smart, grounded, and full of heart and wonder, lives to have adventures and assist his close friend Holmes. We see the play through his eyes.

Track One (he/him 20s – 50s) Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Doubles multiple roles.

Track Two (he/him 20s - 50s). Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Doubles multiple roles.

Track Three (she/her 20s-50s). Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Doubles multiple roles.

SALARY

SPT $361 weekly minimum (SPT 2)

UNION

AEA