Auditions
About Casting @ WFT
Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, recognizes the need for expanding the participation of artists who have been historically underrepresented on stage due to race, ethnicity, disability, gender expression, and sexual orientation. We endeavor to cast these individuals in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or the presence or absence of a disability is not germane and in which their identities align with those of a character.
Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.
We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities.
Wheelock Family Theatre pledges to produce and celebrate theater that is representative of, and centers characters as well as actors who share the diverse and intersectional identities as those that exist within our audiences.
Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
Current Audition Opportunities
EQUITY PRINCIPAL AUDITIONS – Flora & Ulysses and The Prom
WHEN: Monday, August 5 from 2pm to 10pm
- Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Each actor has THREE (3) minutes to perform.
WHERE: 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Studio 106, First Floor
To schedule an appointment please select an appointment time here.
Please prepare appropriate musical material of your choosing, which may be material from The Prom. An accompanist will be provided. Actors can perform a monologue of their choosing or select a side from either show. A reader will be provided. Click here for sides for The Prom and Click here for sides for Flora and Ulysses. Please note reading sides from a particular show does not preclude you for consideration from the other show.
View production information including casting breakdown below.
NONEQUITY AUDITIONS – Flora & Ulysses and The Prom
WHEN: Tuesday, August 6 from 5pm to 9pm
- Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Each actor has THREE (3) minutes to perform.
WHERE: 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Studio 106, First Floor
To schedule an appointment please select an appointment time here.
Please prepare appropriate musical material of your choosing, which may be material from The Prom. An accompanist will be provided. Actors can perform a monologue of their choosing or select a side from either show. A reader will be provided. Click here for sides for The Prom and Click here for sides for Flora and Ulysses. Please note reading sides from a particular show does not preclude you for consideration from the other show.
View production information including casting breakdown below.
STUDENT AUDITIONS (AGES 9 TO 14) – Flora & Ulysses
WHEN: Thursday, August 8 from 4pm to 8pm
- Audition slots are thirty (30) minutes long. Each actor has THREE (3) minutes to perform.
WHERE: 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Studio 106, First Floor
To schedule an appointment please select an appointment time here.
Performers can perform a side from the show. A reader will be provided. Click here for sides for Flora and Ulysses.
View production information including casting breakdown below.
STUDENT AUDITIONS (AGES 13 TO 18) – The Prom
We’re currently accepting video submissions for student performers (age 14 to 18) for the following roles in The Prom: Emma Nolan, Alyssa Greene, and teen ensemble members.
Please submit a video audition containing the following:
- Your choice of one of two vocal selections
- Your choice of side (scene from the script)
- A performance of the dance audition choreography
Auditions will be accepted and reviewed on a first come first serve basis with priority given to auditions receive by Monday, August 5. CLICK HERE to submit your video submission
View production information including casting breakdown below.
STUDENT AUDITIONS (AGES 8 TO 17) – A Year with Frog & Toad
WHEN: Monday, September 8
- Audition slots are thirty (30) minutes long.
WHERE: To be announced.
To schedule an appointment please check back in early August.
View production information including casting breakdown below.
ABOUT THE SHOWS
A Year with Frog & Toad
Music by Robert Reale
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel
Artistic Personnel
Leigh Barrett, Director
David Freeman Coleman, Music Director
Brad Reinking, Choreographer
Casting Personnel
Carolyn Saxon, Casting Supervisor
Important Dates*
First Rehearsal: 11/5/2024 (No rehearsal on 11/28 & 11/29 in observance of Thanksgiving)
Previews: 11/30/2024 @ 10:30am & 2pm
Opening: 12/1/2024 @ 2:00pm
Closing: 12/15/2024 @ 2:00pm
Possible Extension: 12/17/2024 – 12/22/2024
Rehearsals are typically Tuesday – Friday, evenings & Saturday and Sunday during the day.
Performances are typically Friday (7:30pm), Saturday (2pm & 7:30pm) & Sunday (2pm) with student matinees (10:30am) during the week (Tuesday – Friday) as scheduled.
*Dates & times subject to change, with a full rehearsal/performance schedule to be shared at callbacks.*
About the Show
Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe… all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.
Mole Youth Ensemble: An ensemble of 8 youth performers (ages 8 to 17) to play a host of moles. We plan to cast up to 12 moles to share the 8 ensemble roles across the run of the production.
All roles will be understudied. There will be double casting of youth roles for this production.
Flora & Ulysses
By John Glore
Based on the Novel by Kate DiCamillo
Artistic Personnel
Joshua Streeter, Director
Casting Personnel
Carolyn Saxon, Casting Supervisor
Important Dates*
First Rehearsal: 1/21/2025
Previews: 2/13 & 2/14/2025 @ 10:30am, 2/15/2025 at 2pm
Opening: 2/15/2025 @ 6:00pm
Closing: 3/9/2025 @ 2:00pm
Rehearsals are typically Tuesday – Friday, evenings & Saturday and Sunday during the day.
Performances are typically Friday (7:30pm), Saturday (2pm & 7:30pm) & Sunday (2pm) with student matinees (10:30am) during the week (Tuesday – Friday) as scheduled.
*Dates & times subject to change, with a full rehearsal/performance schedule to be shared at callbacks.*
About the Show
After getting sucked up by a vacuum cleaner, a (now hairless) squirrel is rescued by Flora Belle Buckman, a 10-year-old self-proclaimed cynic. She names him Ulysses and discovers he has been reborn as a superhero. Indeed, this once average squirrel can suddenly understand Flora, fly, and even write poetry. Together they embark on an adventure full of quirky characters and bursting with heart.
Those roles we’re considering youth performers for are noted. All other roles are for adult performers, ages 18+.
FLORA BUCKMAN: a cynical ten-year-old girl who enjoys superhero comic books. Seeking performers ages 9 to 13.
WILLIAM SPIVER: an eleven-year-old boy who befriends Flora. He is small for his age and his latest stint of neurosis has convinced him he can’t see. He can. Seeking performers 9 to 14.
ULYSSES: a squirrel who gains superpowers after an unfortunate incident with a vacuum. He also dabbles in writing poetry. (a puppet whose thoughts are voiced by the puppeteer). Seeking performer/puppeteer for this role.
TOOTIE TICKHAM: Flora’s busy body neighbor. Also plays RITA, the waitress at Do-Nut World, DR. MEESCHAM, a retired doctor of philosophy who speaks in euphemisms, and MR. KLAUS, Dr. Meescham’s maniacal cat (puppet).
PHYLLIS BUCKMAN: Flora’s mother, a romance novelist. Also plays DONALD TICKHAM, Tootie’s husband, an off-stage voice and ERNIE, the cook at Do-Nut World.
GEORGE BUCKMAN: Flora’s father. Also plays ALFRED T. SLIPPER a.k.a. The Amazing Incandesto, a comic book character of his own invention.
All roles will be understudied. There will be double casting of youth roles for this production.
The Prom
Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguelen
Book by Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Based on the Original Concept by Jack Viertel
Artistic Personnel
Larry Sousa, Director/Choreographer
Jordan Oczkowski, Music Director
Casting Personnel
Carolyn Saxon, Casting Supervisor
Important Dates*
First Rehearsal:4/22/2025
Previews: 5/16/2025 @ 10:30am, 5/17/2025 at 2pm
Opening: 5/17/2025 @ 7:30pm
Closing: 6/9/2025 @ 2:00pm
Rehearsals are typically Tuesday – Friday, evenings & Saturday and Sunday during the day.
Performances are typically Friday (7:30pm), Saturday (2pm & 7:30pm) & Sunday (2pm) with student matinees (10:30am) during the week (Tuesday – Friday) as scheduled.
*Dates & times subject to change, with a full rehearsal/performance schedule to be shared at callbacks.*
About the Show
Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together.
Those roles we’re considering youth performers for are noted. All other roles are for adult performers, ages 18+.
EMMA NOLAN: student, shy, in love with Alyssa, warm-hearted, quiet, reluctant, smart, kind, intelligent, tomboy. Ability to play guitar is an asset but not required. Vocal Range: F3 – E5. Seeking performers 16 to 18.
DEE DEE ALLEN: diva, narcissistic, egotistical Broadway star, comical, self-involved, domineering. Vocal Range: E3 – E5.
BARRY GLICKMAN: campy, over-the-top, politically incorrect, flamboyant Broadway star, self involved, impulsive, kind-hearted. Vocal range: Bb3 – F#4.
ALYSSA GREENE: top student, cheerleader, closeted girlfriend, in love with Emma, fearful. Vocal Range: Ab4 – Eb5. Seeking performers 16 to
MR. HAWKIN: high school principal, concerned, star-struck fan of Dee Dee’s, kind, honest, ally to Emma. Also plays Ensemble. Vocal range: G2 – F4.
ANGIE DICKINSON: actress, dancer, frustrated Broadway veteran, heart of gold, experienced, kindhearted, flamboyant, jaded “Fosse” girl. Vocal Range: Ab4 – E5.
MRS. GREENE: Alyssa’s mother, strict, controlling, intimidating, traditional, straight-laced, school PTA President. Also plays Ensemble. Vocal Range: A4 – C5.
TRENT OLIVER: pretentious Juilliard graduate, struggling Broadway actor, pompous, enthusiastic, funny. Vocal range: C3 – Ab5.
SHELDON SAPERSTEIN: Broadway publicist, straight-talking, hard-working, charismatic agent.
ENSEMBLE: Seeking performers ages 13 to 24 who are strong actors, singers, dancers for a variety of ensemble roles.
All roles will be understudied. There will be double casting of youth roles for this production.
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Wheelock Family Theatre is seeking both adult AEA/EMC/Non-union actors and youth actors ages 9 to 18 for our spring 2022 production of Make Way For Ducklings.
- Click here to view the audition fact sheet.
- Click here to view the rehearsal/performance calendar, subject to change.
Actors are asked to submit a video audition of material from the show.
- Click here to view the audition materials including instructions on what to prepare and how to submit.
All audition videos should be submitted by Tuesday, December 21st.
Please don’t worry about formatting/editing the video in any particular way – we’re interested in seeing your talent and creativity in the material and not in your video skills.
