Warehouse Theatre 2025-26 Season
About the project
Mike Sablone, producing artistic dir.; Jason D. Johnson, managing dir.
Casting Equity actors for roles in Warehouse Theatre's 2025-26 Season. Season includes: "Gutenberg! The Musical!" (Anthony King and Scott Brown, playwrights; Rehearsals begin Aug. 19; Runs Sept. 19-Oct. 12), "The Game" (Bekah Brunstetter, playwright; Caroline Jane Davis, dir.; Rehearsals begin Nov. 11; Runs Dec. 5-21), "Heroes Of The Fourth Turning" (Will Arbery, playwright; Jay Briggs, dir.; Rehearsals begin Jan. 6, 2026; Runs Jan. 30-Feb. 15), "The Mountaintop" (Katori Hall, playwright; Tinasha LaRayé, dir.; Rehearsals begin March 10, 2026; Runs April 3-26), "Football Football Football Football (Or I Love Lave Dash)" World Premiere (Kristoffer Diaz, playwright; Rehearsals begin May 12, 2006; Runs June 5-21).
Roles in this project
Dates & Locations
Runs typically, Thur.-Sat. 8p.m. and Sunday 3p.m. at Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta St, Greenville, SC 29601-3501.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
- Feb 21, 2025: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST
For
consideration, prepare a 60 second monologue (or, Feb, 22 only, a short
song). Bring your stapled headshots and resumes (minimum of 5
recommended). An accompanist will only attend on Feb. 22. To schedule an
audition appointment email Jason D. Johnson at jason@warehousetheatre.com.
Make sure you send contact information and your preferred time slots.
On the day of the Equity auditions, Equity actors without appointments
shall be accommodated as time permits. An Equity Monitor will not be
provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Always
bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
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.
Additional Materials
All roles are open to any ethnicity or gender identity unless specified.
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!:
SYNOPSIS:
In this two-person musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights have
assembled an audience (including big time producers), as an audition for
their new, ill-advised project – a big, splashy musical about printing
press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm,
Bev and Deb sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass
historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance
will give them that elusive Broadway contract.
BOTH ROLES ARE PRE-CAST (But we are seeking understudies).
SEEKING:
DEB
SIMON: PRE-CAST. FEMALE, 20S – 40s. Deb is a naïve, utterly sincere and
earnest woman who never met a cause she wasn’t passionate about. She’s a
jack of all trades, master of none, who compensates with an infectious,
matter-of-fact energy and focus that would probably sound condescending
if she weren’t so likable. She’s incredibly proud of the show she wrote
with Bev, and thinks Bev, whom she adores, is a genius. But she's the
Idea woman, the one with vision.
BEV DAVENPORT: PRE-CAST. FEMALE, 20s
– 40s. Bev is eager to please and thrives on approval. When Bev sings
one of her songs, she’s very proud of herself, but she’s too naïve to be
a true egomaniac. If anything, she’s excessively grateful for the mere
opportunity to create and perform. Bev enjoys getting caught up in Deb’s
passion, admires her friend’s Big Ideas, and wants to set them all to
music.
THE GAME:
SYNOPSIS: Alyssa and Homer are feeling
disconnected in their marriage. Trying to start a family, Alyssa is
hyperfocused on work while Homer has recently been laid off and thrown
himself into an online video game. Not knowing how to navigate this new
normal, Alyssa does what she’s least comfortable with - start a support
group for other women in the same situation. These strangers band
together to devise a plan to get their partners back as they realize
together, and only together, can they end this war.
SEEKING:
ALYSSA:
FEMALE, 30s – 40s. She is a high functioning multitasking woman with
squishy insides. Our leader. Unable to type-A her husband's emotional
crisis and subsequent throwing himself into a video game, she is
searching for ideas of how to help them move forward. She’s not
typically one for socializing, as she prefers work, exercise, or
organizing drawers by herself, but she decides to band together a
support group of women to help her navigate this delicate time.
HOMER:
MALE, 30s – 40s. Has a master’s degree in biochemical engineering. A
loving husband but recently was laid off and has thrown himself into The
Game, causing some level of stress in his marriage to Alyssa. He’s
adrift and searching for purpose.
CLEO: FEMALE, 20s. A pregnant
military wife. This is her entire personality as she’s never really had
to expand on it until now. She deeply loves her husband and has recently
embraced the joys of marital intimacy, but she doesn't have much
experience in the real world, or many girlfriends she can talk to about
it. Innocent but can come across as very naive at times.
MYRA:
FEMALE, 70s. Up for anything, has a deep desire to expand her social
circle. She brightens up the room with her guilelessness and her quiet
brilliance. Wise and resilient but don’t ask her to FaceTime with the
group chat.
RHONDA: FEMALE, 40s – 50s. A serial online shopper who is
obsessed with Poshmark. Quick witted, enthusiastic, always working an
angle and appreciates people with a plan.
JEN: FEMALE, 20s – 30s.
Quiet, terrifyingly smart, and a bit awkward. All the things that make
her an incredible war photographer make her a terrible socializer.
Working on opening up but having a hard time.
HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING:
SYNOPSIS:
It's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have
gathered at a backyard after-party two days before the 2017 eclipse and a
week after the Charlottesville riot. They've returned home to toast
their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic
college. As their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing
generational politics, it becomes less a celebration and more a vicious
fight to be understood. Will Arbery's haunting play offers grace and
disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with
itself.
SEEKING:
JUSTIN: MALE, WHITE, 38. A retired Marine
sharpshooter; quiet, intense, strong, religious; a hunter; but at the
same time plays the guitar, sings, and makes up parables. Recently has
been fighting a crisis of how he can live within the secular world and
is contemplating joining a monastery.
EMILY: FEMALE, WHITE, 25. Warm,
kind-hearted, funny; suffers from severe chronic illness; Gina's
daughter but did not go to school with the others; worked in pro-life
Catholic charities. Has friends and compassion for people on the other
side of the political spectrum and does not find this at odds with her
faith. Really wants everyone to love each other.
KEVIN: MALE, WHITE,
28. From Oklahoma; works at a Catholic textbook company; tortured,
funny, but can very easily go too far. So much self-loathing that can
manifest in the worst possible way with over drinking and absolutely no
way of seeing normal social cues. Is VERY desperate for a sign telling
him what to do with his life and to understand why he is the way he is.
Thinks he is in love with Emily. Also, in lust with Teresa.
TERESA:
FEMALE, WHITE, 29. From Connecticut; a conservative journalist and
online columnist; brilliant, savvy, confident, acerbic, can come off as
cold. Immediately and always speaks her mind, and speaks a mile a
minute, she is drawn to debate her fiercely held right wing nationalist
beliefs with anyone. Is afraid that she is too private with her love and
that she might not know how to love at all.
GINA: FEMALE, WHITE, 64.
New president of a small conservative Catholic college; both warm and
cold, casual and formal; extremely intelligent and charismatic. Could
have been president of the country; had eight C-sections, survived
breast cancer, and taught the whole time. Charming, at ease with both
students and donors, with a dose of humility and understanding of how
the world operates.
THE MOUNTAINTOP:
SYNOPSIS: A gripping
reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil
rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 3, 1968, after
delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King
retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside.
When a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is
forced to confront his destiny and his legacy.
SEEKING:
DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.: MALE, BLACK, 39. Nobel Peace Prize-winning civil
rights movement leader. We see him at the end of a long day. Even with
that he remains awe-inspiring and immensely charming. He is a brilliant
orator, impassioned preacher, and fearless leader. There is a suspicion
he has about both his surroundings and for strangers, knowing that there
are many factions that would like to see him taken down. Has a deeply
hidden vulnerability that no one gets to see. A human who was driven by
his unquenchable lust for life in all its extremes.
CAMAE: FEMALE,
BLACK, 20s – 30s. A young maid at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
Tennessee. New at her job, this doesn’t prevent her from speaking her
mind and connecting with Dr. King. Engaging, inquisitive, charming,
slyly funny but an ability to stand her ground when pushed, she has a
world of experience outside the motel She claims the power that she
holds within her body as well as the power that she holds within her
mind. She is very human, but also very special.
FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL (OR I LOVE LAVE DASH):
SYNOPSIS:
A professional football team is torn between two potential top draft
picks: charismatic multiethnic finesse machine Lave Dash and
salt-of-the-earth muscle monster Mervin Gufflinson the First. Making the
crazy decision to draft them both causes a media meltdown that changes
the game. And all sports. And the whole world. And the entire space-time
continuum. Featuring an all-star collection of fake moustaches and
wigs, this world premiere is an uproarious comedy about America’s
obsession with football, the joys of masculinity, and the consequences
of having our idols do exactly what we want them to do.
Note: The
concept is that all the traditionally masculine characters are played by
feminine-presenting performers. Women and all female-presenting
performers are encouraged to audition.
SEEKING:
LAVE DASH: 20s.
Perhaps the greatest football player prospect of all time. Despite his
talent, also looks like a movie star. Probably because he’s the son of
two The Rocks (metaphorically). Works in a vineyard that his parents
own, choosing the varietals. Shoots guns. The Platonic Ideal of a
football player. And a man.
MERVIN GUFFLINSON THE FIRST: 20s. Poor,
tough, ornery. Rugged. Manly. Hot. Not a man of many words. The kind of
man who drinks milk straight from the cow. While lifting said cow over
his head. After taking the tires off a tractor and pulling the tractor
without the tires, then getting the tires, and returning the tires to
the tractor. Can find your weakness and exploit it without you knowing
until you’re dead three weeks later.
SCOUT TRACK: ANY AGE. Includes
approximately 10 characters. Very strong comedy chops. Very strong
versatility. No fear in wearing a seemingly unlimited series of absurd
wigs and or moustaches. While also potentially singing.
OWNER TRACK:
ANY AGE. Includes approximately 10 characters. Very strong comedy chops.
Very strong versatility. No fear in wearing a seemingly unlimited
series of absurd wigs and or moustaches. While also potentially singing.
GM
TRACK: ANY AGE. Includes approximately 10 characters. Very strong
comedy chops. Very strong versatility. No fear in wearing a seemingly
unlimited series of absurd wigs and or moustaches. While also
potentially singing.
COACH TRACK: ANY AGE. Includes approximately 10
characters. Very strong comedy chops. Very strong versatility. No fear
in wearing a seemingly unlimited series of absurd wigs and or
moustaches. While also potentially singing.
