Ocean Professional Theatre Company
Beach Haven, NJ

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, March 21, 2026

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

AND

Sunday, March 22, 2026

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

Lunch 1:00-1:30 pm

APPOINTMENTS

This audition will be run on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning on the morning of the audition. The space will be open at 9:30 am.

CONTRACT

LOA

$618 weekly minimum (LOA ref. CORST)

SEEKING

Equity actors who move or dance for roles in 2026 season (see breakdown).

Surflight is Resident stock and actors will be hired for consecutive contract. HOLIDAY INN is a stand alone production.

Surflight Theatre is fully committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in all casting consideration and hiring. Unless otherwise stated all roles are open to any ethnicity.

PREPARATION

Please prepare whatever songs or monologues you wish to share in your three minutes. Music from the shows we are doing is more than fine. Please bring a headshot and resume,

LOCATION

Surflight Theatre

201 Engleside Ave

Beach Haven, NJ 08008-1764

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Steve Steiner, Producing Artistic Director

Gail Anderson, Associate Artistic Director, Casting Director, Production Manager (has authority to hire stage managers)

Paula Sloan, Director/Choreographer - Guys and Dolls, Young Frankenstein, Vanities, Holiday Inn

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown.

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

A Grand Night for Singing

Director/Choreographer Elizabeth Troxler

1st rehearsal 5/12

Opens 5/23

Closes 6/7

Martin – Leading Man, Baritone Late 20s-30s

Lynne – Leading Lady, Soprano Late 20s – 30s

Vicki– Comic Ingenue, Second Soprano Late 20s-30s

Jason – Comic Juvenile, Tenor Late 20s- 30s

Alyson – Soubrette, Alto, Dancer Late 20s 30s

Guys and Dolls

Director/Choreographer Paula Hammons Sloan

1st rehearsal 5/26

Opens 6/18

Closes 7/5

Nicely-Nicely Johnson - 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. Male, 30 to 45, Db3= Bb4

Benny Southstreet - 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 Male, 30 to 45 Db3 – G4

Sarah Brown - 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 Female, 20 to 30, Bb3-G#5

Arvide Abernathy - 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. Male, 50 to 75, D3- E4

Harry The Horse - 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. Male, 35 to 5, F3=G4

Lt. Brannigan - 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. Male, 40 to 60

Nathan Detroit - 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. Male, 35 to 50, D3- F4

Miss Adelaide - 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. Female, 35- 45, Ab3- Eb5

Sky Masterson - 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. Male, 35 to 45: B2- Eb5

Big Jule - 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. Male, 30 to 50, F3- G5

Young Frankenstein

Director/Choreographer Paula Hammons Sloan

1st rehearsal 6/19

Opens 7/7

Closes 7/26

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein Male, 35-50, Bb2- G4

The Monster, Male Db2- Bb4

Igor, Male, 25 to 45, Bb2= G4

Inga, Female, 20 to 30, G3- G4

Elizabeth Benning, Female, 25 to 35, F#3- F5

Frau Blücher, Female, 40 to 69,: E3=V

Inspector Hans Kemp, Male, 40 to 50, A2 - F4

The Hermit Male, 30 to 60: Ab2- F4

Pretty Woman

Director/Choreographer Elizabeth Troxler

1st rehearsal 7/9

Opens 7/28

Closes 8/16

Vivian Ward, Female 20s, E3-F5

Edward Lewis, Male, 30s-50, D3- G4

Happy Man/Mr Thompson, Male 40s-50s, C3-- Bb4

Philip Stuckey, Male 30s-40s, E3- G4

James Morse, Male, 60s plus

Kit De Luca, Female, 20s, G3-G5

1776

Director Andrew Glant Linden

1st rehearsal 7/20

Opens 8/18

Closes 8/30

John Adams - Delegate from Massachusetts. John is a dutiful husband. Opinionated, passionate, and a bit boisterous, he wears his age with pride. Starving for independence from England. Gender: Male, Age: 35 to 50, Vocal range top: F#4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Stephen Hopkins - Delegate from Rhode Island. Hopkins' drinking has led to an appearance befitting the 2nd oldest in the Continental Congress. He has a dirty old man playfulness about him. Gender: Male, Age: 65 to 75, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Roger Sherman - Delegate from Connecticut. A coffee drinker with a penchant for hyperactivity, Sherman is a simple and balding cobbler. Gender: Male, Age: 55, Vocal range top: Bb4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Robert Livingston - Delegate from New York. Recently a father, Livingston's disposition has become one of humility and graciousness. He has changed considerably over the years. Gender: Male, Age: 30, Vocal range top: F4, Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Benjamin Franklin - Delegate from Pennsylvania. Franklin is intelligent, well-traveled, and pleasantly cunning. A jolly and admirable fellow with whom one would desire to have a friendship. Gender: Male, Age: 60 to 70, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: Ab2

John Dickinson - Delegate from Pennsylvania. A thin, hawkish gentleman. He is sharp-tongued and a touch detestable. Gender: Male, Age: 44, Vocal range top: E4, Vocal range bottom: A2

Col. Thomas Mckean - Delegate from Delaware. McKean is florid and likable with a charming, yet commanding, Scottish brogue. Gender: Male, Age: 42, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Richard Henry Lee - Delegate from Virginia. Lee is a willowy aristocrat. His flamboyancy is intoxicating and borderline infuriating. Gender: Male, Age: 45, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Thomas Jefferson - Delegate from Virginia. Though noticeably tall, Jefferson is mild mannered and sweet. Along with being a well read man, he is very much in love with his wife. Gender: Male, Age: 33, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Edward Rutledge - Delegate from South Carolina. Despite his good looks, Rutledge is haunting and somewhat ominous as the youngest member of the Continental Congress. There is a serpent-like quality to him. Gender: Male, Age: 26, Vocal range top: A4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Abigail Adams - Loving wife to John Adams. Intelligent, quick-witted, and talented with a pen, Abigail is a radiant and shapely beauty. Every bit as bright as her husband. Gender: Female, Age: 32, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: Db4

Martha Jefferson - Thomas Jefferson's very-much-in-love wife. Her looks are striking, her dancing delightful, and her humor appealing. She doesn't shy away from a good time. Joy radiates from her. Gender: Female, Age: 27, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Courier - The message runner between General Washington's army and the Continental Congress. He has witnessed the hardships of war firsthand, although his innocent disposition and appearance may imply otherwise. Gender: Male, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: Db4, Vocal range bottom: C3

Ghost the Musical (Small Cast version)

Director Kelli Barclay

1st rehearsal 8/20

Opens 9/1

Closes 9/20

Sam Wheat – 20s, lead, male, office-worker in NYC, living with long-term girlfriend, MOLLY. Vocal Range: G# to Bb

Molly Jensen – 20s, lead, female, artist living in NYC with boyfriend, SAM. Vocal Range: G to Eb

Oda Mae Brown – 20s – 40s, black female, spiritual advisor at a storefront séance parlor in Brooklyn, told as a child that she had “the gift” by her mother and grandmother (who were both able to communicate with the dead). Larger than life, able to play for laughs but with sincerity and truth. Vocal Range: G to E

Carl Brunner – 20s, lead, male, “friend” and colleague of SAM. Strong actor and singer who becomes corrupted and jealous of everything that SAM has, including MOLLY. Vocal Range: F to G

Willie Lopez/Ensemble – 18–20s, a Puerto Rican male, streetwise criminal. Not a singing role.

Subway Ghost/Orlando Jones, Ensemble – Male, any age. He believes the trains are his because he was pushed onto the track and killed. Aggressive and powerful, a good physical actor is required. He must be able to fight with SAM and physically and emotionally dominate him. Not a singing role.

Hospital Ghost/Lionel Ferguson, Ensemble – Can be played by a male or female and is one of the first ghosts that SAM encounters and is usually played older but not necessary. A good comic actor and singer. Vocal Range: C to A

Clara/Ortisha Jones/First Nun. Ensemble – Black female, Oda Mae’s sister/helper at her séance parlor. Comic role, good singer. Vocal Range: D to D

Louis/Officer Wallace/Ensemble (Female)

Mrs. Santiagao, Bank Officer/Second Nun/ Ensemble (Female)

Vanities

Director Paula Hammons Sloan

1st rehearsal 9/3

Opens 9/23

Closes 10/4

Joanne, Female, late 20s-30s: bubbly in demeanor & traditional in her views, sees herself as good girl & rule follower. Proud of this. Limits of her old-fashioned outlook can make her both endearing & humorous. Possessing great tenacity, main goals in life are wife & mother, which she is only to find Core Goals contain unexpected complexities. Strong mix to E, Belt to D

Kathy, Female, Late 20s-30s: reasonable, organized leader. Projects competence and is even keeled. But her need to organize is really a need to control events eventually falls away as she realizes there is more to the world than her small-town rules she was brought up on. With her fear of change overcome, she allows herself to become a true seeker of truth & purpose, and a person of flexibility and wisdom. Strong mix to E.

Mary, Late 20s-30s: most nonconformist of group, free spirit with a rebellious streak, bridling at limits put on her. Most original thinker within group, comes from a difficult home life, feels like an outsider within the society of small town. By end of play she is a successful, independent & modern woman. Strong Roc/Pop belt to E

Deceived

Director Jonathan Van Dyke

1st rehearsal 9/25

Opens 10/7

Closes 10/11

Bella – A young married woman, with possibly a nervous disposition. Bella loves and trusts her husband, and only begins to doubt his sincerity when circumstances force her to do so. As the story progresses, she must accept a new reality, and find a strength – and cunning – she didn’t know she had. 20s-30s

Jack – Bella's husband, 35-40, debonair and charming. Jack is the most loving, sympathetic and supportive partner he could possibly be, or so it seems for most of the play.

Elizabeth – The housekeeper, 50s-60s, hard of hearing. A lifetime “in service” has taught her to remain as dutiful and discreet as possible, and to keep her opinions to herself except in extreme circumstances.

Nancy – The young housemaid, her eye on the main chance. Smart and perceptive, she thinks she sees an opportunity to outsmart everyone. 20s

Holiday Inn

Director/ Choreographer Paula Hammons Sloan

1st rehearsal 11/10

Opens 11/28

Closes 12/20

Jim Hardy – a performer and singer-songwriter eager to leave showbiz behind for a simpler life on a farm in Connecticut, 30s (lyric baritone, Bb2-A4), Moves very well

Ted Hanover – Jim's best friend and performing partner; a charming ladies' man looking for his big break, 30s (lyric baritone, Bb2-F4), Advance dancer including tap

Lila Dixon – a determined performer and Jim's mismatched fiancée, 30s (high belt, B3-E5). Advanced dancer

Danny – Jim, Ted and Lila's agent, thirties to fifties.

Charlie Winslow – a precocious bank messenger, age 9 to 12 (Eb3-C4)

Linda Mason – a school teacher with the hidden talents of a singer and dancer, 30s (belt/mix, G3-F5) Advanced dancer including tap

Louise – the local fix-it woman; tough, no nonsense and extremely perceptive, 40s-50s (belt, G#3-F5), Moves

SALARY

LOA $618 weekly minimum (LOA ref. CORST)

UNION

AEA