Auditions

Announcing Auditions for our 2024 / 2025 Season

CVRep held the first round of auditions for our upcoming season during the AODT Unified Auditions May 31 – June 2, 2024.

Additional audition times and dates will be announced in the future. To be notified of CVRep Audition opportunities, please join our audition mailing list located here.

NEXT TO NORMAL

Rehearsals / Performances October 22 – November 24, 2024)
Next to Normal is a rock musical/ opera very much stylized through a concert meets Brechtian lens. Stripping away the literal world to find an exciting focus on the emotional and cerebral experience of what it is to be human. This requires a strength in vulnerability and reliance upon the ensemble to support each other’s story. Much of the story is told through song. We are looking for actors with incredibly expressive musicianship to be able to tap into the intricacies of these characters. The story IS the score. The music is working for you. So let it. The show lives in the world of rock, pop, folk which leans into the individual voice. We can’t wait to listen to who you are. We welcome performers of all races, gender identities, disabilities, and body types. 

Role Title: Diana
Gender: Any
Age Range:  40s

Description: Suburban wife and mother. She has bipolar disorder which interferes with her ability to to function and care for herself. This complicates her relationships with her husband, daughter, son, and most paramount, herself. She is deep in grief, caught in the turbulence of treatments and side effects, all the while desperate to feel like herself again. Must find the complexity, nuance, and power through ultimate humanity. Vocal range top: F#5 Vocal range bottom: G3

Role Title: Dan
Gender: Male
Age Range: 40s

Description: Diana’s husband. Gender: male. He is genuine and makes every effort to be there for his family and Diana. Though a constant in Diana’s tumultuous life, he has grown tired and weary of her antics.  Age: 35 to 45

Role Title: Gabe
Gender: Any
Age Range: 18

Description: Diana & Dan’s son. He is everything a mother could imagine. Has a presence that is persistent, powerful, and tender at times. One moment is demanding to be seen and heard while the next he is gently asking for attention. Vocal range top: C5 Vocal range bottom: B2

Role Title: Natalie
Gender: Any
Age Range: 16-18

Description: Natalie is Diana and Dan’s Daughter, and Gabe’s sister. Bright, talented pianist, with a side of angsty teen that is often pushed aside in order for the family to care for her mother. Music is her escape from the instability at home. Finds comfort in Henry who shows her a perspective. She is eager to leave and start her life. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: G3

Role Title: Henry
Gender: Any
Age Range: 16-18

Description: Natalie’s classmate. The all-around musician, philosopher, and slacker. Henry sees Natalie and plays an important role in her ability to express any feeling about her family. Has an intoxicating capacity for empathy and romance. Vocal range top: B4 Vocal range bottom: G#2

Role Title: Dr. Madden
Gender: Any
Age Range: 30s-40s

Description: Diana’s psychiatrist. Quite assured in their practice and considered somewhat of a rock star. Though there is care for the patient, the focus is more about treating the symptoms rather than the person. Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: A2

THE 39 STEPS

Rehearsals / Performances November 26 – December 22, 2024)
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance! In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she’s a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called “The 39 Steps” is hot on the man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

Richard Hannay – 20’s – 50’s. Male identifying character. Any race or ethnicity. One half of the leading duo of the leading duo who possesses the Hitchcock-esque suave, dashing, debonaire qualities. He is an artistic soul, a rebel, and an everyman capable of unlocking a secret heart filled with will and determination, cunning and vulnerability. Actor must be an adept physical comedian, a great listener and responder, and ensemble member.

Annabella/Pamela/Margaret – 20’s – 50’s. Female identifying character. Any race or ethnicity. One half of the leading duo who possesses physical, emotional, and comedic prowess. Actor will play all three roles below, with the possibility of stepping into a clown role or two.

• Annabella: a brilliant but marked Russian woman who is on the run from spies and killed at their hand. Russian accent preferred.
• Pamela: a quintessential Hitchcock-esqe leading lady. She is bold, emotionally, and intellectually intelligent, powerful, and fashionable. English accent required.
• Margaret: a small-town farm worker married off to a cruel man; she is eager to see the world, to help Richard out when he stumbles upon her farm and is willing to risk the consequences from her abusive husband in following her heart and gut. Scottish accent required.20-30, played by same actress, love interest, secret agent, Scottish wife, also involved in espionage and intrigue.

Clown #1 & Clown #2 – Any age. Any gender, race, or ethnicity. Vivacious, debonair, and with substantial authority, the clowns expertly execute 150+ roles with Olympian prowess and skillful comedic timing. Actors shouldn’t feel tied to one track as implied by more “traditional” casting, nor to gender identity of any of the clown roles. Versatility with European accents is a plus. Must be able to lift certain set pieces and move adroitly throughout stage and between roles. 

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Rehearsals / Performances January 2 – February 9, 2025)
Summer 1953: Margaret Johnson, an elegant and strong-willed Southern woman has taken her daughter Clara on a vacation in Italy. When a gust of wind blows Clara’s hat right into the hands of a young Italian gentleman, neither language nor age nor familial disapproval can stop their whirlwind love affair. As Clara and Fabrizio fall into each other’s arms, Margaret must grapple with the question of whether to disclose Clara’s devastating secret to Fabrizio’s warm, passionate Italian family. Unable to suppress the truth about her daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara’s future, but her own hopes as well. With soaring operatic melodies, The Light in the Piazza is a story about mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and the deeply intertwined emotions of love and loss. 

MARGARET JOHNSON (vocal range: low A to high G) –  Female identified, 40s-50s. An elegant, self-possessed, practical American woman. Strong and self-assured. Mature Soprano with strong middle voice. 

CLARA JOHNSON (vocal range: low A to high A) – Female identified, 20s-30s. Margaret’s 26-year-old daughter. Young and naïve for her age with a youthful simplicity and exuberance. Soprano with strong voice in both ends of range.

FABRIZIO NACCARELLI (vocal range: low B flat to high B) – Male identified, 18-25. A 20-year-old, handsome and charming Florentine. Youthful and passionate energy. Lyrical Tenor. Speaks Italian and speaks/sings English with an Italian accent.

GIUSEPPE NACCARELLI (vocal range: B flat to F) – Male identified, 25-35. Fabrizio’s older brother. A lady’s man. Very Italian. The most physical character in the show. Speaks in Italian.

FRANCA NACCARELLI (vocal range: low B flat to high B) – Female identified, 25-35. Cynical about love and fed up with the behavior of the men in her world. She experiences her feelings in bold and is often lightning quick to act on them.

SIGNOR NACCARELLI (vocal range: low A to D) – Male identified, 40s-50s. Fabrizio’s father. Fabrizio’s father. Very charming, charismatic and insightful. Loves his family.

SIGNORA NACCARELLI (vocal range: low C sharp to high B) – Female identified, late 30s-50s. She is Fabrizio’s mother. Cunning and intelligent. The foundation of her family. She primarily speaks Italian.

ROY JOHNSON (non-singing role) – Male identified, late 40s-50s. Margaret’s husband. He is an executive with a tobacco company in Winston-Salem, NC. He comes off as brusk and emotionally unavailable. This role will also sing and perform in the ensemble if we cast a singer.

ENSEMBLE (all voice parts) – Various ages and occupations. Will include Tour Guide and Priest.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Rehearsals / Performances February 11 – March 23, 2025)
JCS the rock opera is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally known series of events but seen through the eyes of Judas Iscariot.

Jesus Christ –20-35 – Rock Tenor (A2–G5) – Title role, leader of the twelve disciples, called the “Son of God” and the “King of the Jews.” Jesus has a difficult time accepting fate & struggles with the weight of leadership.

Judas Iscariot – 20-40 – Rock Tenor (D3–D5) – One of the twelve apostles of Jesus; concerned for the poor. Judas believes in Jesus’s teaching but has started to grow wary of the consequences of Jesus’s fame.

Mary Magdalene –20-35 – Mezzo-Soprano/Belter (F3–E♭5) – A follower who falls in love with Jesus & struggles with those feelings.

Pontius Pilate – 30-50 – Rock Baritone (A2–B4) – Governor of Judea who foresees the events of Jesus’s crucifixion from beginning to aftermath in a dream and finds themselves being presented with that very situation.

Caiaphas – 25-50 – Bass (C♯2–F4) – One of the main antagonists of the show. High priest who sees Jesus as a threat to the nation. A person in power who fears losing that power to Jesus.

Annas – 20-50 – Tenor (G2–D5) – One of the main antagonists of the show. Fellow priest at the side of Caiaphas who is persuaded by Caiaphas into seeing Jesus as a threat. Annas can seem more conniving than Caiaphas.

Peter Simon – 20-30 – Tenor (A2–G4) – One of Jesus’s twelve apostles; denies Jesus three times upon the night of Jesus’s arrest.

Simon Zealotes – 20-30 – High Baritone (G3–B4) – One of Jesus’s twelve apostles; urges Jesus to lead the followers into battle against the Romans. Simon is under the belief that violence can solve all their problems.

King Herod – Any Age – Baritone (C♯3–G4) – The King of Galilee; Jesus is brought to Herod for judgment after first being taken to Pilate. Herod is a comedic role. Starts very nonchalant and as the scene progresses, becomes more irritated when he doesn’t get his way.

Ensemble – All Ages – All Ranges – strong rock/pop singers, should be strong movers, will play apostles, lepers, soldiers, King Herod’s soul girls, merchants, Judas’ tormentors, reporters, temple ladies, & may understudy above roles.

OTHER DESERT CITIES

Rehearsal / Performances April 1 – May 5, 2025)
It’s December 2004 and Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history – a wound they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it

Lyman Wyeth: (Late 50’s to late 60’s): Kind and gentle patriarch. A Hollywood B actor with some celebrity and charm who turned that into political influence. He is conservative but with a sense of humor about himself and a deep love for his family. “He is sturdy in the way of old Californians of a particular type.”

Polly Wyeth: (Late 50’s to late 60’s) Lyman’s wife. Graceful and acerbic matriarch. She has been active for decades in the Republican Party. She is deeply devoted to the preservation of her social standing, her family and the health of her husband. “Elegant and forthright and whip-smart.”

Brooke Wyeth: (Mid 30’s to 40’s) Lyman and Polly’s adult daughter. She is a professional writer who has been living in New York after a mental breakdown. Her tortured relationship with her family has centered on her opposing Liberal political views. “An attractive and dry woman.”

Trip Wyeth: (Late 20’s to mid 30’s) Brooke’s brother. Witty and self-effacing. He is a TV producer for reality TV – in a family obsessed with his intellectual, older sister’s mental health. He assumes the role of second banana with grace. “A bright, funny man.”

Silda Grauman: (late 50’s to early 70’s) Polly’s sister. Creative, fragile, and funny. A former B movie writer, and the Bohemian, polar opposite of her sister. She is fresh out of rehab and repays the support of the conservative Wyeths by joining Brooke in some liberal needling of her parents. “A mess. No makeup, hair disheveled. She wears a muumuu and carries a pill case marked with the days of the week.”