22-23 Season EPA - McCarter Theatre Center (Virtual Submissions)

McCarter Theatre Center (LORT B+ and C) seeks Equity actors for the 2022-2023 Season. At McCarter, we unite the ideals of joy and justice, beauty and belonging. We seek actors that represent a vast diversity of our human experience. Actors of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and identities are strongly encouraged to submit. Submissions are open from May 2, 2022 through May 16, 2022. Understudies will be cast for some roles. Local Stage Managers are also encouraged to submit via the form below.

Auditioners can find the EPA submission form on our website: https://www.mccarter.org/footer/for-artists/. Auditioners may submit one brief monologue or two contrasting monologues. Submissions will be reviewed by McCarter Associate Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson, Artistic Line Producer Cory Dunn, and Artistic Assistant Alexandra Haddad before being sorted for invited auditions.

McCarter Theatre Center, centered between New York City and Philadelphia on the campus of Princeton University, is a creative and intellectual hub that inspires conversations, connections, and collaborations in our communities. We lead with justice and joy, and we seek beauty in belonging. McCarter is an independent, non-profit performing arts center that creates and curates engaging performances, education programs, and community partnerships. We are committed to fostering a diverse, anti-racist company and have begun that work in earnest; this work goes beyond our staff and production teams and includes engaging, educating, and cultivating a broad range of audiences, making the arts accessible to all people, and presenting a variety of entertaining and thought-provoking programming across disciplines. As such, McCarter seeks team members who: contribute to a diversity of backgrounds and experiences to support an expansive artistic vision; are committed to engaging in ongoing anti-racism and anti-oppression work individually; value collaboration, flexibility, and an openness to continuous personal and professional growth. McCarter is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring, supporting, and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce. Please review our staff-written Framing Statement on equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, on our website.

MCCARTER THEATRE CENTER 2022-2023 SEASON BREAKDOWN

THE WOLVES

By Sarah DeLappe.  Directed by McCarter Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen.  1^st Rehearsal: August 16^th, 2022.  Runs September 17^th – October 9^th, 2022 (with possible extension through October 16^th, 2022).  Berlind Theatre.

Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.

Seeking actors of all ethnic and gender identities, comfortable playing a female character, with strong athletics/movement dexterity; soccer experience is a plus, but not required. All roles to be cast 18+.

#11: Midfield. Brainy, morbid, budding elitist, thoughtful. Seventeen.

#25: Defense, Captain. Classic (ex)coach’s daughter. Seventeen.

#13: Midfield. Stoner, older pot dealer brother, into her wackiness. Sixteen.

#46: Bench. New girl. Awkward, different, just wants to fit in. Sixteen.

#2: Defense. Innocent, unlucky, kind, slight build. Sixteen. Character requires a 'buzz cut.'  Actor must be willing to have close-cropped hair and maintain that look through the run.

#7: Striker. Too cool for school. Sarcastic, “fuck”, thick eyeliner. Almost seventeen.

#14: Midfield. #7’s insecure sidekick. Just switched to contacts. Sixteen.

#8: Defense. Plays dumber than she is. Sixteen.

#00: Goalie. Intense performance anxiety, perfectionist, high achiever. Seventeen.

SOCCER MOM: a warm and dedicated mom, grieving the loss of her daughter.  high energy and verbally expressive.  no soccer experience necessary. 40s-50s

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By Charles Dickens, Adapted and Directed by Lauren Keating.  1^st Rehearsal: November 1^st, 2022.  Runs December 7^th – December 24^th, 2018.  Matthews Theatre.

Any ethnicity for all roles. Please include actors of all abilities and gender identities for all roles. 

Ebenezer Scrooge: Male Presenting. (50s+) Stoic, guarded, distrustful; the anti-Santa Clause, all hard edges and frosty insides. Scrooge repels all those around him, not with shouting or hysterics, but simply in the coldness he exudes. This coldness and distrust of the world is born from the abandonment and loneliness he suffered as a child, and the fears of heartbreak and poverty that plague him still. Over the course of his fantastical journey, the layers of self-protection, anger and coldness are melted away to reveal a joyful, warm, childlike and eager individual.   

Old Jo: Any Gender Presentation. (50s+) Kind-hearted and scrappy, a kind of anti-Scrooge. Runs a blackmart goods ‘business,’ re-selling any and everything. Always a good time; tries to hide their soft heart with a fast-talking exterior.  Good with comedy, but still grounded.   (Scrooge swing/alternate/cover)   

Bob Cratchit: Male Presenting. (40s-50s) Scrooge’s clerk. A family man of kindness and compassion, good humor and inerasable good spirits.   A hard worker, devoted to his family and has compassion for his fellow humans, cares about his community.  Puts up with a lot, but is always positive/optimistic. 

Margaret Cratchit: Female Presenting. (40s-50s) The realist to Bob’s optimist. A fighter, fiercely intelligent, loving and warm, protective over Bob and their children; The homemaker and peacekeeper of the Cratchit family. She shares her husband Bob’s kind disposition but is quicker to anger. She sees more clearly the injustice in the world and does not suffer fools.  

Christmas Past/Rose:  Any Gender Presentation. Any age; a ghost and the most angelic of the four spirits we meet. Welcoming and warm, as well as tough and investigative. Good movement and vocal skills, especially a range of voice effects, which can stop Scrooge in his tracks. Also plays Rose: Lily’s sibling, a guest at Fred’s party.  May also double as a Charity Sister.

Christmas Present/Laundress: Any Gender Presentation. (40s+) A spirit of immense jolliness and good spirit, such that it overflows from them. The incarnate of Christmas fun, with a talent for taking Scrooge to task when need be and is not afraid of confronting the darker side of things.

Christmas Yet to Come/Mr. Fezziwig: Male Presenting. (mid 40s+) a phantom; unspeaking and ominous presence with physical range and acuity. Also plays Mr. Fezziwig: Santa Claus incarnate. Someone with height and stature or tremendous charisma.  A really magnetic person who we feel drawn to and trusting of. Jolly, warm, caring, inclusive of all and lover of a great party, as well as his family. He treats his clerks like family, and he means it. A generous soul. A great, if silly, dancer.  Owner of a large mercantile business. 

Jacob Marley: Male Presenting. (30s) Scrooge’s deceased business partner.  Shrewd, intelligent in business but not so much in human relationships; strident in his youth, repentant in his ghostly return.  A hard-nosed businessman.  Harsh, cold; found a kindred spirit in Scrooge, both of them injured by the world and afraid of it.  We see Marley at the age of his apprenticeship and as his ghostly, older self.   

Fred:  Male Presenting. (20s - 40) Scrooge’s nephew.  Hearty, caring, joyful. Admired by the people of London. Recently married and very much in love. Throws a great party and is beloved by children. The beloved only son of Fan, who died birthing him.  Uncle Scrooge can barely stand to look at him, so deep is the pain of the loss of his sister. Doubles with Belle’s Husband.

Lily: Female Presenting. (20s - 40)   A big heart and a great wit.   Recently married to Fred and very much in love.   Feels the joy of the season, and shares it with all around her. Loves a good joke and a good party.  

Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig:   Female Presenting.  Any age; Scrooge’s maid; she has a bit of an Amelia Bedelia vibe.   Believes in ghosts, easily spooked, not great at gruel-making, but has a kind heart, an even temper and an obliviousness to Scrooge’s gruffer qualities.  Happily employed by Scrooge for some time without much complaint.  Also plays Mrs. Fezziwig, a natural hostess, a wonderfully warm and ebullient spirit, and quite a fun dancer.

Belle:  Female Presenting. (20s - 40)   An optimist with clear values and a vision for her future.  Not afraid of a challenge, has a positive outlook, beloved by the young & old.    Comes from a large family, and earns her own money in an apprenticeship in clothing manufacturing.  A friend to the Fezziwig family; she lives with and is close to her own family. Scrooge’s finance, then ex.    Doubles with a Charity Sister.                                               

BETWEEN TWO KNEES

By The 1491s.  Directed by Eric Ting.  1^st Rehearsal: January 4^th, 2023.  Runs January 19^th – February 10^th, 2019.  Matthews Theatre.

Co-production with Yale Repertory Theatre (Runs May 12^th – June 4^th, 2022).

Between Two Knees is an outrageously funny and wickedly subversive intergenerational tale of familial love, loss, and connection. This first play by the acclaimed intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1491s fractures traditional narratives of the United States through the lens of the Native American experience. Smashing through where most textbooks stop teaching Native history—the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee—Between Two Knees take us from the forced re-education at Indian boarding schools, through World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, the 1973 takeover at Wounded Knee, and maybe even breaks time itself.

All AEA roles are cast.


Questions? Contact casting@mccarter.org