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
The Prom
Wheelock Family Theatre is seeking non-union performers ages 14-18 (who are still in high school) for the roles of Emma & Alyssa, and non-union performers 14+ for ensemble roles in our spring 2025 production of The Prom. Ensemble roles include but are not limited to High School Students, Cast of the Non-Equity Tour of Godspell & LGBT Students.
Auditions will take place Saturday, November 2 from 2pm to 6pm. We ask that you hold the entire window of time and will release individuals throughout the afternoon as we’re able.
Please come prepared to participate in a dance call at the top of the day. There is a video of the dance call for you to preview. There is no need to learn the dance exclusively from the video as it will be taught at top of day. Following the dance call some performers will be asked to sing and read from the show. Please find dance call video & sides here.
CLICK HERE to sign-up for an appointment.
If you have previously auditioned and/or submitted a video audition you are encouraged to join us for these in-person auditions.
If you have partial availability on the 2nd please sign-up and note your availability on the Calendly link.
If you are unable to join us in-person please email WFTCast@bu.edu. We will follow-up with what next steps might look like.
ABOUT THE SHOW
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*
Start of Student Performer Bootcamp: 4/15/2025
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
Click here for the current rehearsal/performance calendar.
*Dates & times subject to change*
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.
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 15 to 18.
ALYSSA GREENE: top student, cheerleader, closeted girlfriend, in love with Emma, fearful. Vocal Range: Ab4 – Eb5. Seeking performers 15 to 18
ENSEMBLE: Seeking performers ages 14+ 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.
Kufre n’ Quay
Producers: Boston Arts Academy and Wheelock Family Theatre
Dates: July 9-26 performances with an additional option extended week
Rehearsals June 3-July 9
Equity (LOA) and Non-Equity roles available.
Please submit headshot/resume to <a href=”mailto: mgattuso@bostonpublicschools.org”>Maura Tighe: Producer at Boston Arts Academy</a>
Kufre n’ Quay is the fifth play in the UFOT cycle, written by Mfoniso Udofia. The play takes place in Harlem in 2019, in the summer. Kufre is a young Nigerian boy who’s in NYC for the summer and will attend the Harlem Youth Discovery Zone, where he encounters other youth who all have different ideas of what it means to be African. How do we navigate the contrast between African and Black American culture? Can love bridge a transcontinental divide? What happens when he falls in love with an African American girl?
KUFRE UKPONG EKPEYONG: Actor to play 12 years old. Kufre, is a Nigerian-born American citizen, who just wants to be accepted. But, since most kids his age are judgy, he’s relegated himself to the sidelines — determined not to ruffle any feathers. Life has taught him that it’s safer to keep his formidable inner-life to himself. But, who knows? …Maybe things will be different now that he’s making his first trip to one of his homelands. He’s fluent in Ibibio, Pidgin, and English. **Speaks with an Ibibio accent.
LAQUAYSHA PRICE: Actor to play 13 years old. A city girl, with a deep nerd-streak. She also has a formidable inner life…but she ain’t no punk. She won’t let anyone get her down, even if no kids her age understand her. She’s 100% fluent in English and New York. **Speaks with a Harlem accent
ABASIAMA UFOT: Actor to play Early 60’s. She’s the Grandma. Our wise one. Our north-star. And she’s determined that her progeny will not make the same mistakes she did. She’s fluent in Ibibio, English and…life. **Speaks with a light Ibibio accent.
MISS EY YO MISS: Actor to play 20s’ is Harlem Zone’s favorite staffer. She does nerdy shit, like teaching theater. But she’s cool. In fact? …She the homie. She’s an ATL girl moored in Harlem and she holds one belief to be singularly true: “Teachers make our world go round.” She flips the script in English, French and Spanish, and she is GOING to learn Wolof, g*ddammit. **Speaks with an easy Southern accent.
INIABASI EKPEYONG: Actor to play Early 40s, is Kufre’s hard-knock momma. She’s tough. If you don’t come correct, she will read you for filth. But if she likes you? …You’re good. She’s fluent in both Ibibio and English, and might be just the kind of woman who bends New York to her absolute will. **Speaks with an Ibibio accent.
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