AUDITIONS

2024-2025 SEASON
 
Official, in-depth audition notices are posted approximately one month prior to the in-person audition date. In addition to this space, audition notices are posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Theatre Philadelphia. Please be advised that, as of April 2024, The Ritz has implemented a preliminary self-tape audition round for all season productions.
 

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT

ANGELS IN AMERICA

Written by Tony Kushner
Directed by Matthew Weil

AUDITION PROCESS DATES:

– 1st Round: Self-tapes sent to RitzTheatreCasting@gmail.com by Monday, Sept. 30 @ 5:00pm
– 2nd Round: By invitation only, at the Ritz, Monday, Oct. 7 @ 7:00PM
– 3rd Round: By invitation only, at the Ritz, Wednesday, Oct. 9 @ 7:00PM

*NOTE ABOUT CASTING: ACTORS MUST BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO BOTH PARTS TO BE CONSIDERED*

PART 1, MILLENIUM APPROACHES:
Rehearses: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings beginning mid-October
Performance Dates: January 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26

PART 2, PERESTROIKA:
Rehearses: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings beginning mid-March
Performances Dates: June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22

The Ritz Theatre Company is currently seeking a cast of non-union artists for our upcoming production of ANGELS IN AMERICA. For the first round of auditions, please send an email containing your headshot, resume, and self-tape to RitzTheatreCasting@gmail.com with the subject line “ANGELS IN AMERICA”.

Due to expected volume, submissions will not be accepted after the above deadline.

For the self-tape, actors should record a 1-minute contemporary, dramatic monologue. YouTube links are preferred. If sending via Google Drive, please ensure anyone provided the link can access the video. Successful candidates from the first round will be invited to attend the in-person round.

CHARACTERS:

*Below is the character breakdown for MILLENNIUM APPROACHES only. Secondary roles featured in PERESTROIKA will assigned at a later date.*

ROY COHN / PRIOR 2 (Male, 45-60) An influential and successful New York lawyer and powerbroker. Extremely smart, cunning, and tremendously vicious. Roy’s disgust and denial of most everything in his life isolates him further the community around him. Closeted homosexual and full of hate and bile.

PRIOR WALTER / MAN IN THE PARK (Male, 25-35) Louis’ uptight, bourgeois boyfriend, works as a club designer/caterer but otherwise lives off a trust fund. Extremely charismatic and witty, but also frail, intense, and vulnerable.

LOUIS IRONSON (Male, 25-35) Jewish; Prior’s boyfriend, works as a court clerk in Brooklyn. Intelligent, idealistic, neurotic, anxious, and full of self-loathing and guilt.

JOSEPH PITT / PRIOR 1 / ESKIMO (Male, 25-35) Mormon; Married to Harper, a handsome, Republican lawyer working alongside Roy Cohn. Grapples with his suppressed homosexuality.

HARPER PITT / MARTIN HELLER (Female, 25-35) Joe’s wife; agoraphobic with an addiction to Valium; perpetually fearful. In order to cope with her failing marriage, hallucinates and invents imaginary characters to escape her troubles.

HANNAH PITT / RABBI ISIDOR CHEMELWITZ / HENRY / ETHEL ROSENBERG (Female, 50s) Joe’s mother; chilly demeanor. Moves from Salt Lake to New York after Joe calls with unsettling news.

BELIZE / MR. LIES (Male, 25-35) African-American; Registered nurse, ex-drag queen, Prior’s best friend and Roy’s caretaker. Extremely stylish with a personality to match. Mr. Lies is one of Harper’s imaginary creations.

THE ANGEL / EMILY / SISTER ELLA CHAPTER / WOMAN IN SOUTH BRONX – (Female, 25-40) Imposing, terrifying, divine presence who descends from Heaven to bestow a prophecy on Prior. A force to be reckoned with. Powerful, forceful, and full of intensity.

 

IN-PERSON AUDITION DATES

KINKY BOOTS

Monday, November 18th & Wednesday, November 20th, 2024

JULIUS CAESAR

Monday, December 9th & Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

SISTER ACT

Monday, February 3rd & Wednesday, February 5th, 2025

THE WIZARD OF OZ

ADULTS: Monday, March 31st & Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025

CHILDREN: Tuesday, April 1st & Thursday, April 3rd, 2025