Olney Theatre Corporation | Olney, MD
Olney, MD

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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

Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

And

Thursday, January 8, 2026

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

Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email Kam Henderson at: [email protected] . Email preferred, but if necessary: 301.924.4485 ext. 134. Olney Theatre Center office hours are between 10 am and 6 pm EST.

CONTRACT

COST
$959 weekly minimum (Tier 1) - Roberts Mainstage & Bernard Family Theatre
$863 weekly minimum (Lab) - Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Olney Theatre Center's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown).
An accompanist will ONLY be in attendance at the January 7th EPA.

Olney Theatre Center is committed to hiring actors who reflect the diversity of our world;
we are actively seeking actors of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, genders, and
abilities.

All roles listed are understudied with a combination of internal coverage and offstage
swings.

There are no Equity stage managerial positions available at this time.

PREPARATION
Please prepare EITHER a short song from your book OR a one-minute monologue and
16-bars of a song OR a two-minute monologue. Auditions should not exceed 2
minutes total. An accompanist will be provided. And lastly, please bring a copy of
your headshot and resume stapled together.

An accompanist will ONLY be in attendance at the January 7th EPA.

LOCATION
Olney Theatre Center

2001 Olney Sandy Spring Rd

Olney, MD 20832-1601

Actor's Hall

PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Jason Loewith

Senior Associate Artistic Director: Hallie Gordon

Associate Artistic Director / Director of Music

Theater: Christopher Youstra

Director of Curated Programming: Kevin McAllister

Expected to attend:

Associate Artistic Director / Casting Director: Irene Martinko

Casting and Dramaturgy Apprentice: Kam Henderson

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

Olney Theatre Center 2026-27 Season

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Director: Jason Loewith
Choreographer: Karla Puno Garcia
Music Director: Christopher Youstra
Rehearsals Begin: August 18, 2026
Previews Begin: September 18, 2026
Opening: September 24, 2026
Closing: November 8, 2026

Potential Extension November 22, 2026

Performance Space: Bernard Family Theatre

SYNOPSIS: Much revived, La Cage Aux Folles remains one of musical theatre’s all-time biggest hits,
adding a new dimension to the boulevard comedy. After 20 years of partnered bliss, Georges and
Albin, two men partnered for better or worse, get a bit of both when Georges’ son (fathered during a
one-night fling) announces his impending marriage to the daughter of a bigoted, right-wing politician.
Further complicating the situation is the “family business”: Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in
St. Tropez, where Albin is the star performer, “Zaza.” Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as
“normal” when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.

SEEKING:
ALBIN/ZAZA: Male 45-55 (Range: Baritone, A#2-G4) A performer of star quality; mature; great
powerhouse of a Broadway voice

GEORGES: Male, 50s (Range: G2-F4) A star; mature and attractive; good singer; energetic, loving
and caring

JEAN-MICHEL: Male, 20 (Range: Baritone, A#2-G4) Handsome; masculine, well-mannered,
educated; desperately in love with his fiancee, Anne; sings, and moves well

JACOB: Male, Early 20s (Range: Bb2-Ab4) butler/maid; brilliant comedian who sings

ANNE: Female, 18-21 (Range: Ensemble, Part Flexible) Jean-Michel's fiancée; spunky

EDOUARD DINDON: Male, Early 50s (Range: Bb2-Eb4) Anne's father; right-wing radical politician;
pompous; quirky; sings and is a fine comedian

MARIE DINDON: Female, Late 40s (Range: F4-A5) Anne's mother, shy, retiring; good singer who
moves well

JACQUELINE: Female, Middle Age (Range: B3-F5) Mature, female friend of Georges and Albin;
owns a chic restaurant; charming; very theatrical

RENAUD: Male, Middle Age, Mature, male friend of Georges and Albin; owns a small cafe

FRANCIS: Male, 40s, Male stage manager in Georges' club

THE LES CAGELLES: Chantal, Hanna, Mercedes, Bitelle, Phaedra


TOWNSPEOPLE: Ensemble

LES MISÉRABLES
Book by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg,
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg,
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Music Director: Christopher Youstra

Rehearsals Begin: September 29, 2026
Previews Begin: October 30, 2026
Opening: November 5, 2026
Closing: January 17, 2027
Potential Extension: January 31, 2027

Performance Space: Roberts Mainstage

SYNOPSIS: In nineteenth-century-France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust
imprisonment but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in
hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe that Valjean can change his ways. Finally, during the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Valjean's adopted daughter.

SEEKING:
JEAN VALJEAN - High lyrics baritone or tenor, with both strong low notes and a strong falsetto. A
poor peasant who rises to affluence, he has great natural nobility and dignity. A powerful figure, with a character of operatic size and passion. The voice needs to have a pop/rock sound or a classical sound of extraordinary textual clarity. Gender: male

JAVERT - Has a natural gravitas with the ability to be expressive and dynamic. Policeman who
relentlessly hunts Valjean. An imposing character. The ultimate ‘law and order’ figure. Obsessed, to
the point of irrationality, with rigid and merciless moral code. Gender: male, Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: F2

THE BISHOP OF DIGNE - Has a strong, rich lower register. A religious man who, despite Valjean’s
theft of his valuable possessions, sees past the convict and allows him to move on with his new life.
Gender: male, Vocal range top: E4, vocal range bottom: A2

FANTINE - Poor but beautiful and elegant factory girl, struggling to support her fatherless daughter.
Later is a pauper, a sex worker, a consumptive and a ghost. Earthy and poignant. Although she is
finally defeated by circumstances, she should appear to be strong and a survivor. She puts up a
valiant fight against the horrors of her life. Gender: female, Age: 20 to 30, Vocal range top: Eb5, Vocal
range bottom: F3

LITTLE COSETTE - Fantine’s daughter and the Thénardiers’ ward. She has been forced into child
labor. She is underfed, beaten by Madame Thénardier, and bullied by Eponine. Gender: female, Vocal
range top: C5, Vocal range bottom: A

THENARDIER - Strong comic character role. A crooked innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy,
irreverent, selfish, boorish, vulgar. Gender: male, Age: 35 to 49, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal range
bottom: C2

MADAME THERNARDIER - Belter. Tough, sharp, coarse, boorish, vulgar. Strong comic character
role. Gender: female, Age: 30 to 49, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: G#3

YOUNG EPONINE - The pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She does little except taunt Young
Cosette. Gender: female

GAVROCHE - Thénardier’s son. He is left to fend for himself and lives by his wits in the streets of
Paris. Brave, witty, and arrogant, with a fantastic, unchanged voice. Gender: male, Vocal range top:
G5, Vocal range bottom: B3

EPONINE - A beautiful belt voice, with a contemporary edge. Daughter of the Thénardiers but in no
way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Hasn’t learned to disguise her
emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve. Gender: female, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: E5, Vocal
range bottom: F3

COSETTE - Light ‘floating’ sound, without heavy vibrato. Fantine’s daughter (first seen as and played
by a child) delicate, elegant, vulnerable and beautiful. Falls in love with and later marries Marius
Gender: female, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: C6, Vocal range bottom: Bb3

ENJOLRAS - Very strong singer. Handsome, charismatic political figure, leader of the revolutionary
movement. Gender: male, Age: 20 to 29, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal range bottom: A2

MARIUS - Member of the revolutionary student movement. Attractive and romantic but in a sensitive,
19th century ‘Byronic’ way. Gender: male, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: Ab4, Vocal range bottom:
A2

COMBEFERRE - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. The
philosopher and believer in peace. Gentle, humane, strong, and brave. Gender: male, Vocal range
top: D4, Vocal range bottom: E3

FEUILLY - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. A worker who is a
self-educated orphan. An affectionate, warm, and poetic believer in "nationality." Gender: male, Vocal
range top: D4, Vocal range bottom: D3

COURFEYRAC - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. A youthful,
passionate, and fearless student. Gender: male, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: E3

JOLY - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. An eccentric and lighthearted (although sometimes morbid) medical student. His name is derived from the English word “jolly.” Gender: male, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal range bottom: D3

LESGLES - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. A cheerful,
laughing-at-life (but unlucky) student. a close friend of Joly. Gender: male, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal
range bottom: B3

JEAN PROUVAIRE - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. A kind,
soft-spoken, and, at the right moments, strong and masterful poet and student of social studies.
Gender: male, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: D3

ENSEMBLE - The Foreman, Bamatbois, Montparnasse, Babet, Brujon, Claquesous, Fauchelevant,
Grantaire, An Army Officer, The Chain Gang, Warders, Constables, Peasants, Factory Workers,
Prostitutes, Pimps, Students, Thénardier's Gang, Wedding Guests, and other various roles.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Adaptation of the Charles Dickens story
Director: Hallie Gordon

Rehearsals Begin: November 17, 2025
Performances Begin: November 29, 2025
Closing: December 28, 2025

Performance Space: Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab
SYNOPSIS: Using Charles Dickens’ original text, one actor recounts the story of A Christmas Carol,
portraying every character, including Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and
Yet to Come, and the Cratchit Family.

SEEKING:

CHARLES DICKENS ET AL. - One performer who plays every character in Charles Dickens’ A
Christmas Carol.

MUSICAL TBD
(not permitted to announce title until June 2026)
Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Music Director: TBD

Rehearsals Begin: February 9, 2027
Previews Begin: March 18, 2027
Opening: March 21, 2027
Closing: April 25, 2027
Potential Extension: May 9, 2027

Performance Space: Roberts Mainstage

SYNOPSIS: TBD

BREAKDOWN: TBD

Auditions will be held at a later date.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
A Play By Rick Elice
Adapted From The Novel By Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Music By Wayne Barker
Director: Benjamin T. Ismail

Rehearsals Begin: March 23, 2027
Previews Begin: April 30, 2027
Opening: May 6, 2027
Closing: June 13, 2027

Performance Space: Bernard Family Theatre

SYNOPSIS: A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island
ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which
contains precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl
named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a
celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken
over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its
treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.

SEEKING:

BLACK STACHE - A notorious pirate, terrorizing the seven seas in search of a worthy adversary.
Heartless, and suspiciously well read. Partial to the poetical and theatrical, which causes him to
behave quite flamboyantly.

MOLLY ASTER - A young girl and Starcatcher apprentice who is taken aboard the Neverland as
precious cargo. Curious and intelligent, she is only beginning to understand the confusing romantic
longings that come with her age. She will risk anything for the sake of what is right.

BOY/PETER - A lonely and hardened orphan who doesn't miss much. Nameless, homeless, and
friendless at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end. He wants a home and a family more
than anything, and dreams of a life of being free.

GEMPKIN - The schoolmaster of St. Norbert's Orphanage for Lost Boys. Mean and malodorous, he
revels in keeping his boys in the dark and malnourished. May double with other characters.
MRS. BUMBRAKE - Molly's nanny, a stereotypical British cad and outfitted with the duty of teaching
Molly about womanhood. May double with other characters.

BILL SLANK - The vicious orphaned captain of the Neverland. Does not possess the capacity to lead
anyone but himself, which puts himself constantly in disaster. Greedy enough to send boys to their
doom for the chance of gaining starstuff. May double with other characters.

SMEE - Black Stache's first mate. He is single-mindedly dedicated to his captain's every whim.

PRENTISS - An orphan, ambitious, hyper articulate, and logical. He yearns to be a leader, even when
he knows in his heart that he'll never be one. A bit of a blowhard with a touch of cowardice.

ALF - A seafarer, an old sea dog with a kind heart and proud of his tenure.

LORD LEONARD ASTER - Molly's father, a loyal subject to the Queen. The very model of a Victorian
English gentleman, he is a faithful friend and a secret Starcatcher.

CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT - Lord Aster's old school friend, the captain of the Wasp,
Britain's fastest frigate. Lives with nautical bravura and heroic patriotism.

TED - An orphan obsessed with food. A natural performer with easy wit and quite poetic language.

ENSEMBLE - Sailors; Seamen; Seafarers; Orphans; Pirates; Mermaids; Mollusks; Narrators

EL HURACÁN
Written by Charise Castro Smith
Director: TBD

Rehearsals Begin: April 27, 2027
Previews Begin: May 20, 2027
Opening: May 23, 2027
Closing: June 20, 2027
Potential Extension: June 27, 2027

Performance Space: Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

SYNOPSIS: As Hurricane Andrew threatens Miami, perpetual grad student Miranda returns to Florida
to help her mother Ximena and abuela Valeria weather the storm. But Valeria has already taken
shelter in her own world of memory and magic as she deals with the onset of dementia. And Ximena
feels she is the only one capable of keeping her mother safe from the reality of the storm and shuns
Miranda's help. Hurricane Andrew stirs up old grudges, unearths family secrets, and carves a path
through their fragile relationships to the one question that matters most: Can they ever forgive each
other? Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, El Huracán is a beautifully lyrical play about
resentment, responsibility, and love.

SEEKING:

VALERIA - 70s-80s. A former magicienne, Miranda’s grandmother, Ximena’s mom. She has
advanced Alzeimer’s.

XIMENA - 50s-80s . Valeria’s daughter and caretaker, Miranda’s mom. She’s exhausted.

MIRANDA - 20s-50s. A perpetual grad student, Valeria’s granddaughter, Ximena’s daughter. She’s
lost.

ALICIA/ DR. KEMPLER/ VAL - Valeria’s younger sister / A neurologist / 20s. Miranda’s daughter.

FERNANDO/ THEO - 20s. Miranda’s old family friend / 20s. Miranda’s cousin’s son.

ALONSO - 60s. A former magicienne’s assistant. Valeria’s husband, Ximena’s dad, Miranda’s
grandfather.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Music Director: TBD

Rehearsals Begin: June 1, 2027
Previews Begin: July 1, 2027
Opening: July 4, 2027
Closing: August 29, 2027
Potential Extension: September 12, 2027

Performance Space: Roberts Mainstage

SYNOPSIS: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is the Tony® Award-nominated musical that takes you
inside the legendary jam session that took place on December 4, 1956, when Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley® came together at Sun Records in Memphis for an
unforgettable night of music. This incredible true story brings to life the magic of that fateful evening,
filled with broken promises, secrets, betrayal, and unforgettable celebrations, all wrapped in a mix of
poignant and humorous moments

SEEKING:

BROTHER JAY: Mid-20s. Bass player, brother of Carl Perkins.

W.S. “FLUKE” HOLLAND: Mid-20s. Drummer.

JERRY LEE LEWIS: 20. Rock ‘n’ roll’s legendary piano prodigy and celebrated Last Man Standing.

SAM PHILLIPS: 33. The Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll and founder of Sun Records; discovered Jerry Lee
Lewis, Elvis, Cash, Perkins, and many others, including Roy Orbison and B.B. King. A towering and
charismatic figure in American music.

CARL PERKINS: 24. Lead guitar player, singer, the originator of one of the first rock ‘n’ roll hits, “Blue
Suede Shoes.”

JOHNNY CASH: 24. Singer, guitar player, a giant of American music at the dawn of his epic career.

DYANNE: Mid-20s. An aspiring singer, Elvis’ girlfriend.

ELVIS PRESLEY: 21. The first, and still, undisputed king of rock ‘n’ roll.

SALARY

COST $959 weekly minimum (Tier 1) - Roberts Mainstage & Bernard Family Theatre $863 weekly minimum (Lab) - Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

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