Mill Mountain Theatre
Roanoke, VA 24011
CONTACT NAME: Alicia Varcoe
Mill Mountain Theatre will hold appointments for non-Equity members on Monday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 31 in New York, NY.
We will see non-Equity members for the following shows in our 2018 season: A Chorus Line, The Christians and West Side Story.
If you are a current college student and interested in the Summer Apprentice Company, please submit a video audition to auditions@millmountain.org or plan to attend our auditions in Roanoke, VA.
More information can be found at millmountain.org.
If you are interested in an appointment, please email a headshot and resume and any relevant reel footage to auditions@millmountain.org with NYC AUDITIONS in the subject line. In the email submission, please denote if you have local housing (within ~30 miles of Downtown Roanoke) available.
If auditioning for A Chorus Line or West Side Story, please prepare 32 bars of music theatre song. We may ask to hear a 1-minute monologue or contrasting 32 bars.
If auditioning for The Christians, please prepare a 1-minute monologue. We may ask you to read sides.
Unless specified, actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition for all roles. Please note we will only be seeing actors for the following roles:
A CHORUS LINE
Rehearsals and Performances April 2 – May 13
All roles listed must be portrayed by exceptional dancers who also sing and act very well.
ZACH: Male. 30-45. The director and choreographer of the show. Actor who moves extremely well.
LARRY: Male. 21+ Tenor. Zach’s assistant, authoritative. Accomplished dancer.
AL DELUCA: Male. 21-30. Baritone. From the Bronx. Street tough, macho, and newly married to Kristine.
BEBE BENZENHEIMER: Female. 21-30 to play 22. Mezzo. Natural and unaffected, bit of an “ugly duckling”
BOBBY MILLS: Male. Baritone. Flamboyant, funny, bitchy, and witty. Very sharp tongued. Covers everything over with a joke; had a very hard childhood. From upstate New York.
CASSIE FERGUSON: Female. 30-39. Soprano. Older Dancer. Returning to the chorus after years of being a featured performer. Very strong dancer. Shy and kind hearted. Previously had a relationship with Zach.
CONNIE WONG: Female. 21-34. Asian. Alto. Accomplished dancer who sings. Small in stature- sings about being 4 foot 10.
DIANA MORALES: Female. 21-30. Latina. Athletic dancer with strong mix/belt. Streetwise, a little bit tough, eternal optimist and starry eyed.
DON KERR: Male. 20-29. Baritone. Very sure of himself. Cool, Midwest, married, All-American.
GREGORY GARDENER: Male. 25-39 to play 32. Baritone. Sassy, Jewish gay man with a wicked wit. Very East Side New York.
JUDY TURNER: Female. 21-30. Mezzo. Funny, gawky, nervous. Warm and hopeful. Very awkward except when dancing.
KRISTINE URICH: Female. 21-30. Comedic sensibility and nervous energy. Al’s scatter-brained wife who can’t sing.
PAUL SAN MARCO: Male. 21-30. Latino. Baritone. Introverted and slightly insecure but loves performing; only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents. Accomplished actor and dancer.
SHEILA BRYANT: Female, 27-39. Alto. Oldest dancer on the line. Confident, brassy, sexy, bitchy, and sophisticated. One of the more popular dancers; humorous.
VAL CLARK: Female. 21-32. Alto. Sexy, sassy, funny. A foul-mouthed but excellent dancer who couldn’t get performing jobs because of her looks until she had plastic surgery. A brazen, direct, attention-seeker.
CUT DANCERS: Men and Women ages 20-39 who are accomplished dancers and singers.
THE CHRISTIANS
This will be performed as a staged reading.
Rehearsals and performances May 14 – 19, 2018.
PASTOR PAUL: Male. 40-49. Pastor of a very big church; professorial in demeanor; definitely does not have the stereotypical televangelist vibe.
ELDER JAY: Male. 50-79. Collegial, a long-time friend of Paul’s; the diplomat, trying his best to make all parties happy.
ASSOCIATE PASTOR JOSHUA: Male. 26-34. Younger than Pastor Paul; a bit green, but definitely charismatic and very earnest.
ELIZABETH: Female. 40-49. Pastor Paul’s wife; an important leader of the church; resolute and actually quite angry at Paul; she holds her cards close to her chest until she doesn’t.
CONGREGANT JENNY: Female. 30-39. Single mother; whip-smart and honest; has a lot of questions for Paul and the direction he’s taking the church.
WEST SIDE STORY
Rehearsals and Performances Sep 11 – Oct 21, 2018.
TONY: Male. 21-30. Caucasian. A romantic young man and former leader of the Jets. Finds himself violently torn between his friendships and love. Genuinely sweet and sincere. Strong tenor Bb2-Bb4.
MARIA: Female. 21-30. Latina. A romantic young woman.
BERNARDO: Male. 22-32. Latino. A proud, strong, handsome Puerto Rican Man. Maria’s brother and Anita’s boyfriend. Leader of the Sharks. Exceptional dancer. Baritone Bb2-Eb4.
ANITA: Female. 21-32. Latina. Bernardo’s girlfriend and Maria’s friend. Assertive, sassy, flirtacious and a bit of a mother hen to Maria. Extremely strong dancer/singer. Mezzo/belter F3-D5.
CHINO: Male. 21-30. Latino. An angry and, at times, naïve Shark who turns murderous and vengeful. Suitor to Maria and friend of Bernardo’s. Strong dancer. Baritone Bb2-Eb4.
RIFF: Male. 21-30. Caucasian. Tony’s best friend. Intelligent, passionate leader of the Jets. Strong singer/actor/dancer. Tenor.
JETS: Male. 21-32. Caucasian. Strong, athletic singers and dancers to play Action, A-Rab, Baby John, Snowboy, Big Deal, Diesel.
SHARKS: Male. 21-32. Latino. Strong, athletic singers and dancers to play Pepe, Luis, Anxious, Nibbles, and Moose.
ANYBODYS: Female. 18-21. Caucasian. A spunky tomboy who is desperate to become a member of the Jets. Full of energy and heart. Strong dancer.
JET GIRLS: Female. 21-32. Caucasian. Strong singers and dancers, some speaking, to play Graziella, Minnie, and Clarice. (Velma has been cast)
SHARK GIRLS: Female. 21-32. Latina. Strong singers and dancers to play Rosalia, Consuelo, Francisca, and Margarita. (Teresita has been cast)
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