2024-2025 Supplemental Virtual Auditions

Duluth Playhouse is committed to inclusive, color-conscious casting. Actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, sizes, and abilities are highly encouraged to audition. Supplemental auditions are for folks who missed the Season Generals. Actors who have already submitted a video or auditioned in person for a 24/25 season show do not need to re-audition. They are already under consideration.

Please email auditions@duluthplayhouse.org with any questions.

‍PREPARATION

Actors auditioning for The Light in the Piazza should perform 32 bars of a Golden Age musical theatre song.

Actors auditioning for Every Brilliant Thing should perform one of the following:

• 60-90 second contemporary comedic monologue
• Preselected script sides from HERE

Actors auditioning for Home, I'm Darling should perform one of the following:

• 60-90 second contemporary comedic monologue
• Preselected script sides from HERE‍

‍VIDEO SUBMISSIONS‍

Please email your video submission to auditions@duluthplayhouse.org no later than Wednesday, October 16 at 12pm.

Video submissions must include:

1) Video Audition: Submit a video of yourself performing the material described above, based on the show you are auditioning for.

2) Audition Form: Fill out the audition HERE  

3) Headshot and Resume: Upload a headshot and resume to the audition form above or include it in your video email.

Some examples of how to share video submissions:

• Upload your video to Google Drive or Dropbox. Create a shareable link, copy and paste it to your email message.
• Create a YouTube video with a viewable link
• There are other ways to share videos, these are just some examples

‍CALLBACK DETAILS  

• Callbacks for The Light in the Piazza will be on November 10 by email invitation.
• Callbacks for Every Brilliant Thing will be on November 17 by email invitation.
• Callbacks for Home, I'm Darling will be later in the year by email invitation.

All other remaining Playhouse productions will hold auditions and callbacks later in the season.
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‍BREAKDOWN

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Book by Craig Lucas
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel

Travel with American tourists Margaret Johnson and her daughter Clara as they take in the wonders of Florence, Italy, in the summer of 1953. When a fateful gust of wind whisks Clara’s hat into the hands of Fabrizio, it’s amore at first sight. Heralded as a work of consummate beauty when it opened on Broadway, The Light in the Piazza won six Tony Awards, including Best Original Score for Adam Guettel (grandson of legendary composer Richard Rodgers). This cherished masterpiece features "the most intensely romantic score of any musical since West Side Story" (New York Times).

Rehearsals start Feb 3, 2025 with performances March 14-30, 2025.

SEEKING:

Margaret Johnson: An upper middle class woman from Winston-Salem, NC in the early 1950's. She is warm and elegant with a dry and self deprecating sense of humor. While she believes she is doing her best to be a good mother, she can come across as overprotective and controlling. Female presenting, any ethnicity, mid to late 40′s. Mature Soprano with strong middle. Range: low G (G3) to high G (G5).

Clara Johnson: Margaret’s 26-year-old daughter, visiting Italy from Winston-Salem, NC. Sheltered by her parents for a majority of her life, Clara can come across as naive and younger than she actually is. Female presenting, any ethnicity, soprano with strong voice in both ends of range. Low A (A3) to high A (A5).

Fabrizio Naccarelli: A charming and determined Florentine with youthful, passionate energy. Male presenting lyrical Tenor who can play early 20s. Low B flat (Bb2) to high B (B4). Speaks/sings in Italian and speaks/sings in English with an Italian accent.

Giuseppe Naccarelli: Fabrizio’s older brother. A married man with wandering eyes. Thinks he's more charming and clever than he actually is. Male presenting, play late 20′s to mid 30′s. The most physical character in the show. B flat (Bb2) to F (F4). Sings/speaks in Italian.

Franca Naccarelli: Guiseppe’s wife. Passionate and strong. Unhappy with aspects of her marriage, but still very much in love with her husband. Female presenting, play late 20′s to mid 30′s. Darker Soprano or Mezzo Soprano. Low B flat (Bb3) to high B (B5). Speaks/sings in Italian and speaks/sings in English with an Italian accent.

Signor Naccarelli: Fabrizio’s father. Very charming, charismatic and insightful. Loves his family. Male presenting, play 40’s to 50’s. Low A (A2) to E (E4). Speaks/sings in Italian and speaks/sings in English with an Italian accent.

Signora Naccarelli: Fabrizio’s mother. Strong and stoic. The foundation of her family. Soprano with strong low range or Mezzo with strong high notes. Low C sharp (C#4) to high C (C6). Speaks/sings in Italian and speaks/sings in English during one moment. Female presenting, play 40’s to 50’s.

Roy Johnson: Margaret's husband. An executive at a tobacco company in Winston-Salem, NC. He is somewhat detached and emotionally unavailable. Male presenting, mid to late 40′s. Non singing role, but might be included as a singing ensemble member.

Ensemble: Actors of any gender and ethnicity ages 18-60s. Must be excellent singers, will play a range of characters that inhabit the Tuscan countryside. May also understudy principal roles.

HOME, I’M DARLING
By Laura Wade

Everything is perfect - the house is tidy, the table is set, and Judy’s dress is pressed for when she greets Johnny at the door, martini in hand. It is the 1950s, and life is ordered just right. Or is it? As the fantasy fades, the edges of this perfect life start to unravel, and we discover that things are not quite what they seem. In Home, I’m Darling (winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), playwright Laura Wade explores the complications of marriage, cake, and the dangers of nostalgia.

Rehearsals start April 14, 2025 with performances May 23-June 1, 2025.

SEEKING:

Judy: (Female Presenting - Early 40s) Someone with deep reverence and longing to return to a way of life that she thinks existed in the 1950s. She and her husband turned their house into a mid-century lookalike and have adopted a nostalgic 50s lifestyle. Judy is a complex character whose layers peel away throughout the course of the play. She wants to be the perfect housewife...or does she?

Johnny: (Male Presenting - Early 40s) Judy’s husband, who willingly dives into the 50s lifestyle change experiment. On the surface, he's content with the reality he is in, but underneath he starts to quietly question this contentment.

Fran: (Female Presenting - Mid 30s/early 40s) Judy’s friend. She and her husband also love the 50s style, but she is only willing to adapt certain elements. Fran likes hanging out with Judy and Johnny, but she is curious about Judy’s motives for going so far with the lifestyle commitment.

Marcus: (Male Presenting - 40s) Fran’s older husband. He likes the idea of the 50s style and along with his wife is happy to adapt elements of it. He represents more traditional, men-centric attitudes and secretly yearns for the ideal housewife.

Sylvia: (Female Presenting - 60s) Judy’s mother. She doesn’t understand Judy’s obsession with 50s. Sylvia is an activist whose views about the past are quite different from Judy's. She loves her daughter, but fails to comprehend her choices.

Alex: (Female Presenting - 30s) Alex is Johnny’s new boss. She is fascinated and bewildered by the couple’s way of life. She brings in a more critical attitude towards nostalgia. She is career driven and focused on work.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING‍

‍By Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe

“Ice cream.” “Water fights.” “Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose.” A boy’s handwritten list to cheer up his despondent mom becomes a surprisingly funny and poignant ode to humanity. Every Brilliant Thing invites audiences on a transcendent and tender coming-of-age journey that reminds us to pay attention to life’s smallest joys—and to each other. This hilarious and heart-wrenching play “highlights the irrepressible resilience of the human spirit and the capacity to find delight in the everyday.” (Time Out London)

Rehearsal Start: Feb 24, 2025 with performances: April 3 - 20, 2025. There will be a few character meetings with the director before the official start date of rehearsals.

SEEKING:

‍Narrator: The Narrator can be played by an 18+ actor of any gender or ethnicity. They speak almost exclusively directly to the audience and at times get audience members to play various characters in the play. It is vital to the success of the show that the audience like and trust the Narrator. Every Brilliant Thing tackles some very heavy subjects, but is also charming and at times very funny. The performer portraying the Narrator must be able to navigate heavy subjects with in earnest and with levity.

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