2025 Season General Auditions:
DATE/TIME:
Audition Day 1: Saturday, November 16, 12024
Times: 10 AM – 5PM (break from 2 PM – 3 PM)
Audition Day 2: Sunday, November, 17, 2024
Times: 5 PM – 10 PM (break from 7 PM – 7:30 PM)
Audition Day 3: Monday, November 18, 2024
Times: 5 PM – 10 PM (break from 7 PM – 7:30 PM)
Audition Day 4 and Callbacks: Day 4: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Audition Times: 11 AM – 2 PM
Callbacks (invite only): 3 PM – 5 PM
IN-PERSON APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an appointment please follow the below button.
WALK-INS
All auditions are by appointment. We will make every effort to see Walk-ins in between appointments if applicable.
VIDEO
You are welcome to submit a video audition prior to Wednesday, November 20. Please send to CASTING@SANTAFELPAYHOUSE.ORG and cc ANNA@SANTAFEPLAYHOUSE.ORG.
LOCATION
SFP Rehearsal Studio
901 W. San Mateo Rd
Santa Fe, NM 87501
CONTRACT
Non-Union: $200 weekly minimum
AEA: $323 – $528 weekly minimums (contingent on production type and number of weekly performances)
SEEKING
Non-union and AEA actors for roles in Santa Fe Playhouse’s 2025 season mainstage productions.
Every level of experience is welcome. Auditions are an opportunity for the Playhouse artistic team to get to know you. The 2025 Season, curated by Producing Artistic Director Anna M. Hogan, includes Duncan McMillan’s EVERY BRILLIANT THING, LAUGHS IN SPANISH by Alexis Scheer, the Tony Award-winning musical SOMETHING ROTTEN!, the New Mexico Premiere of Dillon Christopher Chitto’s Indigifuturist play PUEBLO REVOLT, Kate Hamill’s daring DRACULA (A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY), the beloved whodunit musical, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, and SFP’s 103rd Annual MELODRAMA.
PREPARATION
Actors who would like to be considered for Every Brilliant Thing, Laughs in Spanish, Pueblo Revolt, and Dracula should prepare two contrasting monologues.
Actors who would like to be considered for the Melodrama , Something Rotten, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood should prepare a monologue and 32 bars of musical theater song that highlights their vocal range and their storytelling ability.
Actors who would like to be considered for our plays AND musicals, please prepare a monologue and 32 bars of musical theater song that highlights their vocal range and their storytelling ability.
Expected to attend auditions
Anna Hogan, Producing Artistic Director
Colin Hovde, Executive Director
Gretchen Amstutz – Casting Consultant
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of the audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Questions?
Please email the Casting Department at casting@santafeplayhouse.org and cc Producing Artistic Director Anna Hogan at anna@santafeplayhouse.org.
DATES, SYNOPSIS, & CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
Synopsis:
You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Burning things. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. 5. Construction cranes. 6. Me. You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.
Schedule:
March 3 – 16: Rehearsal
March 17 – 21: Tech & Previews
Performances:
Week 1: March 22 @7:30, March 23 @ 2 PM
Week 2: March 27 – 29 @ 7:30 PM, March 30 @ 2 PM
Week 3: April 3 – 5 @ 7:30 PM, April 6 @ 2 PM
Week 3: April 10 – 12 @ 7:30 PM, April 13 @ 2 PM
*SFP is traditionally dark on Mondays.
Character Breakdown:
The Storyteller: The Storyteller is the only actual role in the play and can be played by a person of any age or ethnicity.
LAUGHS IN SPANISH
Synopsis:
It’s Art Basel, and the stakes are high for the gallery that Mariana runs in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. And when Mariana’s movie-star mother tries to help out, things get even more complicado. Laughs in Spanish is a fast-paced, cafecíto-induced comedy about art and success – and mothers and daughters.
Schedule:
March 31 – April 27: Rehearsals
April 28 – May 2: Tech & Previews
Performances:
Week 1: May @ 7:30 PM, May 4th @ 2 PM
Week 2: May 8 – 10 @ 7:30 PM, May 11th @ 2 PM
Week 3: May 15 – 17 @ 7:30 PM, May 18 @ 2 PM
Week 4: May 22 – 24 @ 7:30 PM, May 25 @ 2 PM
*SFP is traditionally dark on Mondays.
Character Breakdown:
MARIANA – Female, 20s. Half Colombian/Half Jewish. Born in Miami. Director of Studio Six, an art gallery.
CAROLINA – Female, 20s. Cuban-American. Born in Miami. A painter and intern at Studio Six.
JUAN – Male, 20s. Colombian. Born in Medellín. Miami-Dade police officer. Caro’s boyfriend.
ESTELLA – Female, 40s – 50s. Colombian. Born in Medellín. A movie star and Mari’s mom. CAST
JENNY – Female, 20s. Caucasia
SOMETHING ROTTEN!
To Be Performed at the Scottish Rite Temple’s Alhambra Theater
Synopsis:
Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years”.
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
Schedule:
May 26 – June 29: Rehearsal
July 1 – July 11: Tech & Previews
Performances:
Week 1: July 12 @ 2 PM and @ 7:30 PM
Week 2 July 17 – 18 @ 7:30 PM, July 19 @ 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Week 3: July 24 – 25 @ 7:30 PM, July 26 @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Week 4: July 31 – Aug 1 @ 7:30 PM, Aug 2 @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
*SFP is traditionally dark on Mondays.
Character Breakdown:
PRINCIPALS:
SHAKESPEARE – The Bard. Over the top with a huge ego.
Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 40. Vocal range top: Ab4. Vocal range bottom: Ab2
NICK BOTTOM – A struggling writer who cannot stand Shakespeare. Nigel’s older brother.
Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 40. Vocal range top: G4. Vocal range bottom: A2
NIGEL BOTTOM – Nick’s sweet younger brother. A struggling writer who falls in love with Portia, a Puritan.
Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 40. Vocal range top: A4. Vocal range bottom: Eb3
BEA – Nick’s wife. She loves Nick despite his past lack of success. She dresses up like a man to prove she can be an actor.
Gender: Female. Age: 20 to 40. Vocal range top: D5. Vocal range bottom: D3
PORTIA – A Puritan woman who loves poetry, theater, and ultimately Nigel. Gender: Female. Age: 20 to 40. Vocal range top: F#5. Vocal range bottom: G3
NOSTRADAMUS – A soothsayer.
Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 50.
BROTHER JEREMIAH – Portia’s father. A Puritan who thinks Nick and Nigel’s plays are sinful.
Gender: Male. Vocal range top: G4. Vocal range bottom: G3
LORD CLAPHAM – A posh patron of the theater. Gender: Male
SHYLOCK – An investor to whom Nick and Nigel are in debt. Gender: Male
MINSTREL – Gender: Male. Vocal range top: A4. Vocal range bottom: C#3
ENSEMBLE
PUEBLO REVOLT
Synopsis:
A comedy about two Indigenous brothers living under Colonial Spanish rule in New Mexico: one is an inexperienced revolutionary, and the other is a gay idealist. They must question their beliefs, morality, and what is necessary to ensure their people’s and family’s survival when the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 begins. Equally hilarious and poignant, the play weaves together history and Indigifuturism.
Pueblo Revolt has received productions at AlterTheater Ensemble, American Stage Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, and No Peeking Theatre. It is the winner of the Rella Lossy Award for Best New Play.
Schedule:
July 7 – Aug 3 : Rehearsal
Aug 4 – 15: TECH & Previews
Performances:
Week 1: Aug 16 @ 7:30 PM, Aug 17 @ 2 PM
Week 2: Aug 21 – 23 @ 7:30 PM, Aug 24 @ 2 PM
Week 3: Aug 28 – 30 @ 7:30 PM, Aug 31 @ 2 PM
Potential extension
*SFP is traditionally dark on Mondays.
Character Breakdown:
The two brothers must be played by Indigenous actors. The younger brother, Feem Whim, must be played by a queer Indigenous actor.
- BA’HOMA – CAST
- FEEM WHIM
A queer young adult from Isleta Pueblo. The younger brother.
Character Age – 15-20
- Character Race/Ethnic Identity – Indigenous, native american, Native, Pueblo
- Character Gender Identity – Male or nonbinary person comfortable playing male.
Can be played by: Actor Age Teens, 20s, 30s - Actor Race/Ethnic Identity Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American
- Actor Gender Identity Male, Non-binary
DRACULA, A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY
Synopsis:
When your survival is at stake… will you be able to distinguish the monster from the man? Both terrifying and riotous, Kate Hamill’s imaginative, gender-bending “feminist revenge fantasy” is like no Dracula you’ve ever seen—exploring the nature of predators and reinventing the story as a smart, disquieting, darkly comic drama. Hamill’s signature style and postmodern wit upends this familiar tale of Victorian vampires—driving a stake through the heart of toxic masculinity.
Schedule:
Sept 8 – Oct 5 : Rehearsal
Oct 6 – 17: TECH & Previews
Performances:
Week 1: Oct 18 @ 7:30 PM, Oct 19 @ 2 PM
Week 2: Oct 23 – 25 @ 7:30 PM, Oct 26 @ 2 PM
Week 3: Oct 30 – Nov 1 @ 7:30 PM, Nov 2 @ 2 PM
*SFP is traditionally dark on Mondays.
Character Breakdown:
DOCTOR VAN HELSING: 40s+. American. A female vampire hunter. She takes no nonsense from anybody. She wears dusty beaten clothing and a big cowboy hat. She has a long nasty old scar all up and down the side of her face, as if someone has taken their hand and RIPPED down, long ago. It’s from an encounter she’d rather not talk about. She’s been through it. She’s a bit of a know-it-all; okay, she’s a lot of a know-it-all. She’s prickly. She’s strong. She’s brilliant. She’s no Lady. She’s on the hunt. She is badass—and 19th century men do not, as a rule, appreciate it.
MINA HARKER: 20s-30s. Very smart. Caring. Loyal. Wants to do the right thing. Was raised to be a Lady, and is thus suppressing an inner fire that emerges throughout the progression of the play. Great emotional depth, good sense of humor. Must face her darkest fears— comes out stronger at the end of it. Secretly an adventurer, and fighter. Is called to be more than she once was.
LUCY WESTENRA: 20s-30s. Bright, funny, vivacious, playful, and mischievous. Feels trapped and torn by expectations. About to be married, and deeply conscious of how that puts her under a 19th century man’s control. Reflexively flirtatious. Believes she must pretend to be less than she is. Yearns for freedom. Falls desperately ill after being bitten by Dracula… and then becomes a completely different being—an animalistic vampire demon—a naturally manipulative predator. Lucy’s vampire self is deeply unpredictable and frightening.
MARILLA / as cast: 20s-30s. A vampire. More animal than human. Was lured into vampirehood by Dracula, who then proceeded to exploit her. Enjoys being a predator. Finds pleasure in consuming others. Resents her objectification. Manipulative; vicious; probably sociopathic. Capable of moving very fast—blink, and oh God, she’s right behind you. Sister-wife to DRUSILLA. Doubles with MAID—an underpaid, resentful servant.
DRUSILLA / as cast: 20s-30s. A vampire. More animal than human. Was lured into vampirehood by Dracula, who then proceeded to exploit her. Enjoys being a predator. Finds pleasure in consuming others. Resents her objectification. Manipulative; vicious; probably sociopathic. Capable of moving very fast—blink, and oh God, she’s right behind you. Sister-wife to MARILLA. Doubles with MILLER—a casually brutal asylum attendant, and MERCHANT—a merchant looking to make a sale.
RENFIELD: any age. A madwoman. Worships Dracula. Believes that if she can earn his approval, she will be free. Not a bad soul, really, but capable of extreme brutality or duplicity in service of her religious zealotry. Almost a child, in her way.
DRACULA: late 30s-late 50s. A physically imposing man. He is… extremely confident. Strong. Funny. Charming. Sexy. You’d like him, reader—no, really, you would. He makes people lose their heads. Manipulative. Commanding. Capable of being very, very frightening. Unpredictable. Physically strong. Incredible with language. Unimaginably powerful. Brilliant. Casually takes pleasure in cruelty. An equal-opportunity sexual sadist. A toxic predator; a wolf in the fold; a very old and clever parasite, capable of adapting and surviving. Fundamentally enjoys himself.
JONATHAN HARKER: 20s-40s. A nice man. A truly decent man. A lawyer; a man of letters; a slight man; a slightly fussy man. If being unkind, one could say he’s delicate. He’s very, very British. Cares about people. Is maybe a little rule-bound. Loves his wife, Mina, deeply. Is bitten by Dracula, and then loses his mind—becoming an easily- confused, raving shambles. After recovering from sickness, he slowly gives in to Dracula’s darkness—becoming an abusive, toxic man. Once he’s under Dracula’s influence, we can’t always tell if he’s telling the truth. Can quickly switch from likable to extremely volatile.
DOCTOR GEORGE SEWARD: 30s-40s. The head physician of a lunatic asylum. A good man, but starts out the play as a product of his era—has some trouble listening to women. Believes only in the evidence of his own eyes. Tends to mansplain. Deeply in love with his fiancé Lucy Westenra, of whom he is overprotective. Has a very contentious relationship with Van Helsing. Doesn’t like to not feel in control. Chivalrous. Thinks of himself as a modern man; a man of science. Over the course of the play, he learns to accept female leadership and question his assumptions. A brave man. Likeable.
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Synopsis:
Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale – a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company – presents Dickens’ brooding mystery. Musical numbers include “Perfect Strangers,” “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead,” “Off To The Races” and “Moonfall.”
Schedule:
Oct 20 – Nov 16 : Rehearsal
Nov 17 – Dec 5: TECH & Previews (Holiday breaks will be built into tech schedule)
Performances:
Week 1: Dec 6 @ 7:30 PM, Dec 7 @ 2 PM
Week 2: Dec 11 – 13 @ 7:30 PM, Dec 14 @ 2 PM
Week 3: Dec 18 – 20 @ 7:30 PM, Dec 21 @ 2 PM
Week 4: Dec 25 – 27 @ 6:30 PM, Dec 28 @ 2 PM (These dates and times subject to change)
Week 5: Jan 1 – Jan 3 @ 7:30 PM, Jan 4 @ 2 PM
*SFP is traditionally dark on Mondays.
Character Breakdown:
Mr. William Cartwright, Chairman of the Music Hall Royale — doubles as Mayor Thomas Sapsea
John Jasper — doubles as Mr. Clive Paget
Neville Landless — doubles as Mr. Victor Grinstead
Reverend Crisparkle — doubles as Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe
Bazzard — doubles as Mr. Phillip Bax and as Waiter
Durdles — doubles as Mr. Nick Cricker
Deputy — doubles as Master Nick Cricker
Rosa Bud — doubles as Miss Deirdre Peregrine
Edwin Drood — doubles as Miss Alice Nutting
Helena Landless — doubles as Miss Janet Conover
Princess Puffer — doubles as Miss Angela Prysock
Supporting:
Beatrice and Flo— double as Miss Florence Gill
Shade of Drood — dancer; doubles as Mr. Harry Sayle
Shade of Jasper — dancer; doubles as Mr. Montague Pruitt
Clients of Puffer — dancers; double as Mr. Alan Eliot and Mr. Christopher Lyon
Wendy/Succubae — dancers; double as Gwendolen Pynn, Sarah Cook, Florence Gill, and Isabel Yearsley
Satyr — dancer; doubles as Master Nick Cricker
Maids — non-speaking; double as Miss Violet Balfour and Miss Gwendolen Pynn
Horace — doubles as Mr. Nicholas Michael
THE MELODRAMA
Seeking 6 – 8 actors for the 103rd annual Melodrama.
A LUNAR RHAPSODY – WORKSHOP Directed by Jose Rivera
THE 1 DIMENSIONAL – an entity from another dimension
THE 2 DIMENSIONAL – an entity from another dimension
CLARA – Black, Teenager
LOLA – white, Teenager
AAREN – Black, Teenager
ABEL – Puerto Rican, Teenager
PALOMA – Latina, 30s
FRIDA – Latina, 30s
CATALINA – Latina 30s
FELICITY – white, 60s+
RAY – Black, 60s+