Season Breakdown
"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Content-informed
casting note: Discussion of racism and violence against
Black-identifying individuals, allusions to illicit drug use, discussion
of difficult relationships.
Seeking:
Billie Holiday: the great jazz singer in the last year of her life (age 44).
Jimmy Powers: a piano player, any age.
"Tiananmen: A New Muiscal"
Content-informed
casting note: Tiananmen is a fictional musical that dramatizes events
of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests in Beijing. The story
contains violence related to war and hunger/food insecurity related to
hunger strikes.
Seeking:
Fan Xilan: she/her. Teenager in 1989, middle-aged in present day; East Asian
Fan Xirui: she/her. A student at Beijing Normal University
Sheng Yingjie: he/him. A student at Beijing Normal University
Wu Guoxin: he/him. Graduate student at Beijing Normal University
Gao Wei: he/him. A soldier in the People’s Liberation Army
Tay Lee: she/her. A rock star who supports the students
Deng Xiaopeng: he/him. Paramount Leader of China
Zhao Ziyang: he/him. General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
Li Peng: he/him. Premier of the People’s Republic of China
Featured
ensemble: including Mothers, Stranger, Street Vendor, Hong Kong
Reporter, Party Official Yuan Mu, Hong King Police Officer, students,
and soldiers.
"Elf"
Seeking:
Buddy: Born a human but raised at the North Pole as a Christmas Elf, Buddy is eager to find his place in the world.
Jovie:
Buddy’s girlfriend. An employee at Macy’s with a cynical outlook on
life and love because of the men she’s dated. Caught off guard by
Buddy’s genuinely big heart.
Walter: Buddy’s workaholic father. A
children’s book writer who lacks Buddy’s childlike spirit. Selfish,
tense, and generally angry with life.
Emily: Walter’s wife. Sweet and willing to take in Buddy. Wishes her husband would spend more time with the family.
Michael: Buddy’s stepbrother. Age 12-16.
Deb: Walter’s secretary. A bit of a suck-up and feels underappreciated.
Manager: Manager at Macy’s.
Greenway: Walter’s boss. A tyrannical workaholic who cares nothing about the people around him or who work for him.
Santa: Loves his job and Christmas. A natural storyteller.
Chadwick: One of Walter’s right-hand men. Desperate to keep his job and not very bright.
Matthews: One of Walter’s right-hand men. Desperate to keep his job and a schemer.
Ensemble:
includes Mrs. Claus, Elves, Charlie, Tiara, Mr. Narwhal, Teenager,
Employees, Security Guards, Customers, Salespeople, Store Elves, Fake
Santa, Boy, Mother, Policemen, Sarah, Jim, Vendor, Waiter, Charlotte,
and others.
"The Lehman Trilogy"
Content-informed casting note: Includes discussion of suicide and mention of death, war, and slavery.
Seeking:
These three characters play all other characters in the play.
Henry Lehman
Emanuel Lehman
Mayer Lehman
"The Truth About Winnie Ruth Judd"
Content-informed casting note: Includes depiction of murder, cover-up, prostitution.
Seeking:
Winnie Ruth Judd
Jack Williams, Judge Speakman
Track 1: Fred Palmer, Andrews #2, Hangman, Citizen, Letter writer, Intimate Detective Editor
Track 2: Anne LeRoi, Andrews #1 and 3, Nancy, Mary Moore, Letter writer, Matron
Track 3: Sammy Samuelson, Donna Jean, Jennie McGrath, George Brooker, Mother Judd, Eva Dugen, Letter writer, jump-rope girl
Track 4: Jack Halloran, Bailiff, Richard Schwartz, RR Creasy, Dr. Stephens, Father Judd, Juror
Track 5: Dr. Judd, Herman Lewkowitz, Caller, Warden, Citizen, Cop, Melvin Belli
Track 6: Steward, Clerk, Dr. Brown, Bartender, Letter writer, Len
"Beautiful, The Carole King Musical"
Content-informed casting note: discussion of drug use
Seeking:
Carole King: an aspiring singer/songwriter. A reluctant star with no pretense and a passion for music.
Gerry Goffin: Carole’s boyfriend, songwriting partner, and eventual husband. An ambitious artist always striving for more.
Barry Mann: A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Cynthia. Ambitious but likable.
Cynthia Weil: A songwriter. Carole’s best friend. Sophisticated, smart, and chic with a quick wit.
Don Kirschner: An influential music publisher and producer. Powerful, direct, and sometimes intimidating.
Genie
Klein: Carole’s Jewish mother. Once an aspiring playwright. Protective
of Carole and unforgiving of her husband’s mistakes.
Ensemble:
including Neil Sedaka, Nick, Janelle Woods, Marilyn Wald, Lou Adler,
Bobby Vee, Lead Drifter, Back up Drifters, Lead Shirelle, Back-Up
Shirelles, The Righteous Brothers, soloists, Lucille, Betty, Little Eva.
"What The Constitution Means To Me"
Content-informed
casting note: discussion of domestic violence, sexual assault, human
trafficking, abortion and its stigmatization.
Seeking:
Heidi Schreck: formerly a Constitutional debater.
Legionnaire
Debate student
"Fiddler on The Roof"
Content-informed
casting note: discussion of social and political issues with a
religious context, concepts of interfaith marriage, gender roles,
socialism, religious intolerance, and some moments of violence.
Seeking:
Tevye: likable, hard-working, pious dairyman and father.
Golde: Tevye’s strong-willed wife
Tzeitel: Tevye’s eldest daughter
Hodel: Tevye’s second daughter
Chava: Tevye's middle daughter
Shprintze: Tevye’s fourth daughter. Age 9-13
Bielke: Tevye’s youngest daughter. Age 8-12
Yente: The meddling matchmaker
Motel: Poor and meek tailor; in love with Tzeitel.
Perchik: Outspoken student and visitor to Anatevka. Challenges the traditions of the town.
Lazar Wolf: Feisty and brawny butcher. The town’s wealthiest citizen.
Avram: Runs the local bookshop.
Grandma Tzeitel: Golde’s deceased grandmother
Fruma-sarah: Lazar Wolf’s deceased first wife
Constable: Russian military official stationed near Anatevka
Fyedka: A strong, young, Russian soldier
Ensemble: villagers and Russian soldiers.
"Fully Committed"
Seeking:
Sam and others: the actor plays all of the characters in the play
"Cabaret"
Content-informed
casting note: sexual references, adult content, alcohol and drug use,
some language, mild violence, allusion to the Holocaust and war.
Seeking:
Sally Bowles: A flapper headling at the Kit Kat Club
The Emcee: Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub
Clifford Bradshaw: An American writer who has come to Berlin to write a novel
Fraulein Schneider: a German woman who runs a boarding house
Herr Schultz: a Jewish fruit shop owner
Ernst Ludwig: A German smuggler who befriends Cliff; later revealed to be a Nazi
Fraulein Kost: a German prostitute
Ensemble: including Kit Kat Klub performers, Max
