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A gripping and electrifying play that reimagines the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. It’s April 3, 1968, and after delivering his most memorable speech, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The Mountaintop is a surrealistic fantasy about a chance encounter between King and a mysterious hotel maid who brings him a cup of coffee and prompts him to confront his life, his past, his legacy and the plight and future of his people.
The Mountaintop opens on February 4 and plays through February 16, 2025
Rehearsals begin on January 14, 2025
The deadline for submissions is Saturday, December 14, 2024
If you would like to submit for the production as a local actor and can attend in person audition, please send picture and resume to submissions@newstagetheatre.com and put the name of the character you wish to be considered for and where you live in the subject line.
If you live out of the Jackson area and would like to submit as a visiting guest actor, please send picture and resume, and a link to a video audition to submissions@newstagetheatre.com and put your name, the name of the character you wish to be considered for and where you live in the subject line. The video audition should consist of a 1 to 2-minute monologue.
Character Breakdown for The Mountaintop
Martin Luther King, Jr: MLK at the time was 39. Nobel Peace Prize-winning Civil Rights Movement leader. Awe-inspiring, charming, and powerful with a brooding intelligence and almost hidden vulnerability. He can sometimes present as older than his true age. While being a brilliant orator, impassioned preacher, and a fearless leader, he is more than the hero in our history books. Brewing underneath is a human carrying all the vulnerability, fear, and weariness of an unquenchable lust for life. Ethnicity: Black /African Descent. Age Range: Late 20s-Early 40s.
Camae: A young maid at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. She is charming, confident and MLK’s equal. And although deeply human and vulnerable, there is much more to her than is first revealed. She owns the power of her convictions and sensuality, with an “otherworldly” strength. Carries a secret. Ethnicity: Black /African Descent. Age Range: 20s-30s.
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s life, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March, each determined to live life on her own terms. Little Women embodies the complete theatrical experience, leaving audiences filled with a sense of adventure, joy, heartache, and a lifting of the spirit. The powerful score soars with the sounds of personal discovery, heartbreak, hope, and everlasting love – the sounds of a young America finding its voice. Book by Allan Knee; Music by Jason Howland; Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Little Women, The Broadway Musical opens on March 25 and plays through April 6, 2025
Rehearsals begin on March 4, 2025
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
The casting will be finalized by February 5, 2025.
If you would like to submit for the production as a local actor and can attend in person audition, please send picture and resume to submissions@newstagetheatre.com and put the name of the character you wish to be considered for and where you live in the subject line.
If you live out of the Jackson area and would like to submit as a visiting guest actor, please send picture and resume, and a link to a video audition to submissions@newstagetheatre.com and put your name, the name of the character you wish to be considered for and where you live in the subject line. The video audition should consist of a 1-minute monologue and a song in the style of the show.
Character Breakdown for Little Women, The Broadway Musical
Marmee March: The girls’ mother. Female/45 to 55/Eb3 – Eb5
Meg March: The world-weary, yet hopeful, oldest sister who yearns for a great life. Female/21-25/Bb3-B5
Jo March: Our story’s protagonist. Passionate, adventurous, and brave. Female/18-23/E3-A5
Beth March: The second youngest sister who tragically dies of Scarlet Fever. Female/17-21/G3-G5
Amy March: The youngest, most energetic sister. Female/14-18/F#3-Gb5
Aunt March: A formidable matron and great-aunt to the March sisters. Female/45 to 60/E3-F#5
Mr. Laurence: Laurie’s grandfather and the March Family neighbor. Male/60-70/ C3–D4
Mr. John Brooke: Laurie’s tutor and a rather stiff man. Male/30 to 40/E3-G4
Laurie Laurence: The boy-next-door with considerable charm. Male/18 to 23/Bb2-Bb4
Professor Bhaer: German Professor who exemplifies proper manners. Male/35-45/G2-G4
Mrs. Kirk: The New York boarding house proprietress that lodges Jo and Professor Bhaer.
Ensemble – 4 to 7 actors who also portray the “Operatic Tragedy” Players including Clarissa, Braxton, Roderigo, Troll, Hag, Knight and Roderigo II
New Stage Theatre is accepting video auditions from actors/singers/musicians
who wish to be considered for the 2024-2025 season.
Casting is ongoing for the 59th Season. If you would like to submit for the season production, please send picture and resume to submissions@newstagetheatre.com and a link to your video audition. Your acting audition should be no longer than 3 minutes and should include two contrasting monologues. If you would like to be considered for musicals, you should include 60 seconds of a song. Please put the your name and where you live in the subject line.
Actors interested in future auditions should send their photo and resume to submissions@newstagetheatre.com. New Stage also sees professional actors in New York City by appointment, at the UPTA auditions in Memphis each February, and at SETC in March. Auditions for Unframed are ongoing and information can be found on the Unframed at New Stage Theatre Facebook page. Artistic and production personnel may submit picture and/or resume to Artistic Director Francine Reynolds at submissions@newstagetheatre.com. To receive information about future auditions sign up to receive our e-newsletter by scrolling to the bottom of our home page.
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