Auditions

 

Upcoming Audition Dates

** = Musical.

Scroll to the bottom of the page for cast/character information pertinent to auditions for each show.

Bright Star (April 7th 2025) - Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past—and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp, BRIGHT STAR is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful. ** CASTING AGES 16+

About Auditions

Auditions will begin at 7:00 PM. Actors can sign in at the lobby of ACT. If needed, callbacks will be held the following evening at 7:00 pm.

Auditions for musicals will consist of two parts: singing and dancing. If needed, callbacks will consist of cold reads from the script.

Auditions for straight plays will consist of cold reads from the script.

If you are interested in crewing the show, please fill out a form at auditions and speak to the stage manager.

Preparations For Musical Auditions

  • Actors should come prepared with 16 bars of music - this is 30 to 45 seconds of a song. Actors are encouraged to find a backing track or karaoke track to play on ACT’s bluetooth speaker.

  • Actors should come in clothes they are comfortable to move around in.

Other Information


Please be prepared to mark all conflicts on the calendar provided at auditions.

  • Tech Week (mandatory rehearsal period) is the week Starting on Sunday prior to opening night.

  • Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM.

  • Rehearsals times 7-10 pm M-F.

  • Community theatre is on a volunteer basis; we try our best to source all costumes and props for the show, however every actor should expect to supply themselves with several basics for each show they are in. This includes, but is not limited to:
    * Hair - styling it, cutting/growing, dying, and/or providing a wig if one is not available in the costumes.

    * Makeup - any and all makeup needed for your character, applying said makeup with guidance from the costumer and directors. This includes makeup needed to cover tattoos if necessary.

    * Undergarments - slips, underwear/shorts, bra, camisole/tank tops, shapewear, tights, socks, etc as necessary for your character and costumes.

    * Shoes - character shoes or other shoes as necessary for your character. Color TBD by costumer and directors.

  • Inspired by a true event and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past—and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp, BRIGHT STAR is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful. **

    ALICE MURPHY – (This part may potentially be cast separately by age) Plays both 16-17 and 36-37. Alice at age 36-37 is an editor of a southern literary magazine; intelligent, attractive, professional – but with an air of melancholy. Young Alice at age 16-17 is rebellious, high-spirited, adventurous – looking to break out of small-town life and experience the world. She must be very strong singer and comfortable in folk and bluegrass styles.

    BILLY CANE – A young soldier returning home from WWII; an aspiring young writer; fresh, open, optimistic, charming, and a little naïve.

    DADDY CANE – (This character may potentially be double cast) Billy’s father. A widower. Spry, good looking. Kind hearted, if a bit lonely.

    MARGO CRAWFORD – A small-town bookstore owner; a childhood friend of Billy’s who now harbors romantic feelings towards him; a natural beauty with a keen intellect.

    MAX – A customer at Margo’s bookstore, at first, he has a crush on Margo, but later becomes Edna’s beau.

    FLORENCE – An employee at Margo’s bookstore and a childhood friend of both Billy and Margo.

    EDNA – An employee at Margo’s bookstore.

    DARYL AMES – An assistant at a literary magazine. Funny, with a dry and officious sense of humor. Insecure, and perhaps a bit socially awkward, but endearing and innately likeable.

    LUCY GRANT – A junior editor at a literary magazine. An ambitious, professional young “modern” career woman of the 1940’s. Strong, forthright and provocative with a sharp sense of humor.

    MAMA MURPHY – Alice’s mother. A caretaker to her family and her rural community. A warm, loving, sensible woman. Hardworking, with great inner strength and compassion.

    DADDY MURPHY – Alice’s father; an authoritative and a stern disciplinarian; devoutly religious, hard-working, a poor but proud farmer.

    MAYOR JOSIAH DOBBS – The Mayor of Zebulon; a political and financial powerbroker – distinguished, an imposing and controlling presence; has a genuine interest in protecting his son’s future and his family name, but in doing so, is ultimately pushed to a point of extreme and irrevocable cruelty.

    JIMMY RAY DOBBS – plays both age 18-20 and 38-40. Jimmy Ray in his early 20s in flashbacks is Mayor Dobbs’ son and young Alice’s beau; handsome, boyishly charming, well-built and intelligent; from a family of wealth and power and is being groomed by his father for a similar future in the family business; an independent thinker who is not afraid to stand up to his father for what he believes in; he has a sense of personal responsibility and morality as well as a deep reserve of passion and emotion. The same actor will also play an adult Jimmy Ray at age 38-40.

    STANFORD – Loyal assistant to Mayor Josiah Dobbs

    DR. NORQUIST – The local family doctor in Zebulon

    GOVERNMENT CLERK – A clerk at the Office of Records in Raleigh

    WELL-DRESSED WOMAN – A woman (38-40) living in Raleigh.

    ENSEMBLE – Men and Women 16+

    UNDERSTUDIES– 2+ Females, 2+ Males, will be included in ensemble if cast as understudy.