Asolo Rep Auditioning Local Actors for Upcoming Season

BRADENTON – Asolo Repertory Theatre is hosting local auditions for its upcoming 2013-2014 season this Sunday and Monday. The production team is seeking to cast Equity and non-Equity roles for the fall musical Show Boat and for other roles throughout the 2013-2014 season. The theatre is seeking a wide range of diverse actors and is looking to cast a significant number of local adult and child actors.

Auditions will be held by appointment on Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday, April 29, 2013 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Actors who audition must be able to attend callbacks on Monday, June 24, 2013 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Asolo Rep Literary Manager and Local Casting Director Lauryn Sasso said, “We are thrilled to have such a large number of roles open for potential casting from the local community. We’re seeking a truly diverse mix of actors to join our company for 2013-2014. It’s a very exciting year to be auditioning for Asolo Rep.”

Full information regarding the available roles can be found on the AEA casting notice website, www.actorsequity.org, or on the Asolo Repertory Theatre website at www.asolorep.org/auditions.

Auditions will be held in three-minute slots in the Asolo Repertory Theatre Rehearsal Hall located in The FSU Center for the Performing Arts on the grounds of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art at 5555 North Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. 

To schedule an audition appointment, please call the audition hotline at 941.351.9010 ext. 3311 and leave a message with the name of the person auditioning, contact number, preferred time slot, and whether this will be a dramatic or musical audition. For dramatic auditions, please prepare two contrasting monologues, no more than three minutes total.

For musical auditions, please prepare either a brief song (musical theatre, pop/rock, or gospel) or 16 bars of a song and a one-minute contemporary monologue. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring two copies of headshots with resumes attached.

Both Equity and Non-Equity roles are available. Asolo Rep is also seeking mature men and women, young men and women, and children between the ages of nine and thirteen to fill understudy roles throughout the 2013-2014 season.