Audition Information

WE ARE SEEKING:
Equity and Non-Equity actors of any ethnicity and gender identity for various roles in the upcoming 2024-25 Season. See breakdown.

CONTRACT INFORMATION
SPT Tier 5 Contract $550/wk AEA minimum (pending approval)

IN PERSON AUDITION DATES
Tues Sept 17 and Wed Sept 18, 2024
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (EST)
Lunch 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

AUDITION LOCATION
freeFall Theatre Company
6099 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33710
www.freefalltheatre.com

APPOINTMENTS
Equity members –  email auditions@freefalltheatre.com to request an audition time. Indicate your preferred audition date, time frame, your union status, and your phone number and email address. If you do not have access to a computer, please call 727-498-5205 and leave a message for Hannah with your preferred date and time frame (before lunch, after lunch, etc.)

Deadline for requesting an audition time is Sat Sept 7. Non-union actors are welcome to audition.  You may not request an appointment in advance, but attend either day and you’ll be seen throughout the day after Equity members are seen.

PERSONNEL
Eric Davis, Artistic Director
Michael Raabe, Music Director

PREPARATION
FOR PLAYS: Please prepare two contrasting one-minute monologues OR one two-minute monologue.
FOR MUSICALS: Please prepare a two-minute music selection in the style of one of our musicals OR two contrasting one-minute music cuts OR a one-minute music selection and a one-minute monologue.
Bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Accompanist will be provided on Sept 17 and 18.  Bring sheet music in the correct key. 
If you are unable to attend in person, we are also accepting VIDEO SUBMISSIONS.

VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
To submit via video submission for our season, please create a profile at:
https://bit.ly/freefall24-25seasonsubmissions
After making a profile you can upload your headshot, resume, and video, or link to YouTube or Vimeo.  Follow same content guidelines as in person auditions. Previously recorded material is fine.  Non-union actors are welcome to audition.  Deadline for online submissions is Sun Sept 22 @ 5pm

Use your name as the title of the video – do not use “freeFall” or “freeFall Theatre” in the video title.  Also, please make sure the video is set to unlisted or public.  You can upload or link to your video(s) in the profile you create as described above.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
All rehearsals and performances will take place at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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.

Non-union actors are welcome to audition.  Housing is provided for all out of town actors.

freeFall 2024-25 SEASON BREAKDOWN:
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KEN LUDWIG’S MORIARTY: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure
By Ken Ludwig
Director: Eric Davis
Rehearses: 10/22/24 – 11/08/24
Runs: 11/08/24 – 12/15/24
 
Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case! An investigation into the Bohemian king’s stolen letters cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene Adler to take down cunning criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty and his network of devious henchmen. Five actors play over 40 roles in this adventure that has more danger, more laughter, more romance, and more mystery than our smash hit production of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville
 
Breakdown 

SHERLOCK HOLMES – (40s-50s, Male) Highly intelligent, confident, quick-witted, and obsessive. Lives to solve mysteries and discover the truth. Thinks very highly of his close friend Watson. *ROLE IS CAST
 
DR. WATSON – (40’s, 50’s, Male) Smart, grounded, and full of heart. Doctor Watson is full of wonder. He lives to have adventures and assist his close friend Holmes. *ROLE IS CAST
 
TRACK ONE (30s-40s, Male) – Shows great versatility both physically and vocally. Doubles as multiple roles including Perkins, Otto Von Ormstein (King of Bohemia), Moriarty (suspected criminal, Holmes former mentor, and the reason he became a detective), Mrs. Gasner (sure of herself, respectable shop owner), Porter (always on the move, aggressive, rude), Conductor, Paddy Keys (best locksmith in the business, a lively criminal), Nefertiti (Holmes and Watson’s cat), Mycroft Holmes (Holmes’s brother, equally as brainy if not more than Sherlock), Lestrade (cockney police inspector), A rough with a bludgeon, Bartender (cockney) *ROLE IS CAST
 
TRACK TWO (20s-30s, Female) – Shows great versatility both physically and vocally. Doubles as multiple roles including Irene Adler (a beautiful American actress involved in an affair with the King of Bohemia), Mrs. Hudson (older, maternal housekeeper for Holmes), and Cartwright (scrappy Dickensian urchin boy) *ROLE IS CAST
 
TRACK THREE (20s-30s, Female) – Shows great versatility both physically and vocally. Doubles as multiple roles including Hacek (a henchman of Moriarty), Daisy (shy housekeeper for Holmes), Milker (scrappy Dickensian urchin boy), Vicar (loves crossword puzzles, a bit clueless), Mrs. Barabas (works with Moriarty, has a chip on her shoulder), Hilda Klebb (housekeeper at the Bohemian embassy, always has a scowl on her face), Toby (excellent tracker bloodhound dog), Cab Driver, Hans (local boy) *ROLE IS CAST
 
*this show is cast.  Currently seeking replacement actors only. 
 
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ROAD SHOW
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Director: Eric Davis
Music Director: Michael Raabe
Rehearses: 1/21/25 – 2/14/25
Runs: 2/14/25 – 3/16/25
 
Synopsis

From the writing team that brought us Assassins and Pacific Overtures – Road Show is based on the true story of the Mizner Brothers. From the Alaskan Gold Rush in the 1890s to the Florida real estate boom in the 1920s, Road Show is the story of men and women in late nineteenth century America, willing to take risks to grab their piece of the American Dream. Spanning 40 years, Addison and Wilson Mizner are constantly looking for the next way to strike it rich. This quest turns into a test of morality and judgment for the two brothers that will change their lives in unexpected ways.
 
Breakdown

Seeking six versatile musical theatre actors of any ethnicity or gender to play the following roles as well as other supporting roles, including Poker Players; Miners; Business Partners; Reporters; Real Estate Customers; Boca Girls; Songwriters
 
ADDISON MIZNER – The levelheaded brother living in the shadows of Wilson’s schemes. A visionary artist with flair and guile. Cares for his mother. Not as prone to seizing the world as his brother. Easily influenced by his older brother. Male, 30 to 45
Vocal Range F3 – G5
 
WILSON MIZNER – Handsome and charming. Always has a good time, but also lowlife con artist involved in a series of scams. Lives his life as one big, adventurous attempt to seize opportunity. The greedy, selfish brother to Addison. Male, 35 to 50 
Vocal Range F3 – A5
 
HOLLIS BESSEMER – An honest businessman who rejects the family business to build his dream of an artist colony. Partners with Addison to create an extremely successful real estate business and finally a fortune of his own. Sensitive. Loves Addison. Male, 25 to 30
Vocal range B3 – G5
 
MAMA MIZNER – Mother to Addison and Wilson. Encourages her sons to follow opportunity by any means necessary. Coddles Wilson, whom she clearly favors, and ultimately loses him to his own greed. Depends on Addison to take care of her. Female, 60 to 65
Vocal range G3 – E5
 
PAPA MIZNER – Father to Addison and Wilson. On his deathbed, he tells his sons to embrace the opportunities of the new world. Proud. Nostalgic. Male, 65 to 75
Vocal Range A3 –  E5
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FOR CLOSURE! (World Premiere)
By Hannah Benitez
Director: Eric Davis
Rehearses: 3/18/25 – 4/11/25
Runs: 4/11/25 – 5/11/25 
 
Synopsis

In this farce set in a small Florida seaside town, Raven and Amanda are trying to keep the family real estate agency afloat in trying times. When a nefarious local politician threatens to bring even more disruption to their lives, they must join forces with the enigmatic psychic, Camille Chevalier Milk to expose the true nature of this threat to the town before it’s too late. This over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek romp is a hilarious and satirical look at the foibles and hypocrisies of modern life, set on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
 
Breakdown
 
AMANDA – a pragmatic provider, 30’s, white *ROLE IS CAST
 
RAVEN – A romantic and a bard, 30’s, non-white 
 
CAMILLE CHEVALIER MILK – A deep-south eccentric, a Georgian Walter Mercado, 40’s-50’s *ROLE IS CAST
 
In addition to these 3 roles, 2 actors will play multiple roles
 
TRACK 1 – Rick (a handyman), Michael Davenport (a politician and tycoon), Rizzy Boi (A tenant and rapper) 
 
TRACK 2 – Ms. Fleringer (A tenant & bird aficionado), Mrs. Rosinksy (A tenant & oligarch’s mistress), Bobbi Goosháy (A tenant & exotic dancer), Margery Davenport (Michael’s wife) *ROLE IS CAST
 
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THE HOUSE OF FUTURE MEMORY (World Premiere)
Devised by Eric Davis, the ensemble, and the audience
 
Director: Eric Davis
Rehearses: 5/20/25 – 6/13/25
Runs: 6/13/25 – 7/13/25 
 
Breakdown
 
Seeking Performers (6): Versatile and creative, any age, ethnicity or gender who are strong actors and singers. We are especially interested in performers with an interest and knowledge of literature, history, technology, science, or other areas and disciplines outside of music and theatre.

This show will involve elements of improvisation as well as various technical elements that will change from show to show. Performers should be comfortable using and performing with technology.
 
The show will explore how technology and humans have interfaced and sometimes competed with each other in our past, present and into the future. Incorporating the hopes, dreams and fears of the particular audience at each performance, this one-of-a-kind theatre piece will take the audience on a journey of discovery that changes from moment to moment and night to night. Interrogating the very nature of being, the familiar and the strange come together like a dream or a memory from a distant, or perhaps not-so-distant future.

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freeFall has a rich tradition of telling varied stories and working with a diverse group of artists from many different perspectives of race, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and gender.  We believe in the value of empathetically experiencing those perspectives through stories.  We also practice and advocate non-traditional and diversity-forward casting practices to bring new perspectives to familiar roles.