Auditions
About Casting @ WFT
Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, recognizes the need for expanding the participation of artists who have been historically underrepresented on stage due to race, ethnicity, disability, gender expression, and sexual orientation. We endeavor to cast these individuals in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or the presence or absence of a disability is not germane and in which their identities align with those of a character.
Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.
We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities.
Wheelock Family Theatre pledges to produce and celebrate theater that is representative of, and centers characters as well as actors who share the diverse and intersectional identities as those that exist within our audiences.
Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
Current Audition Opportunities
Annie
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charmin
Based on Little Orphan Annie by permission of the Media Tribune Services, Inc.
Artistic Personnel
Nick Vargas, Director
Joy Clark, Choreographer
Jon Goldberg, Music Director
Casting Personnel
Carolyn Saxon, Casting Supervisor
Important Dates*
Orphan Workshop Week:
First Rehearsal: 10/28/25
Previews: 11/21/25 at 10am & 11/22/25 at 2pm
Opening: 11/22/25 at 7:30pm
Closing: 12/21/25 at 2:00pm
Click here for the current rehearsal/performance calendar.
*Dates & times subject to change*
About the Show
Set in 1930s New York City during the Great Depression, Annie is the heartwarming story of a young orphan girl with unwavering optimism and a belief that brighter days are always ahead. Living under the harsh care of the bitter Miss Hannigan, Annie dreams of reuniting with her parents. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she is invited to spend Christmas with billionaire Oliver Warbucks.
- Equity Principal Auditions
- Non-Union Auditions (Ages 15+)
- Non-Union Orphan Auditions (Ages 8 - 14)
- Callbacks
- Video Auditions
WHEN: Monday, May 19 from 1pm to 9pm
WHERE: Wheelock Family Theatre (180 Riverway) 3rd Floor
PREPARE: 32-bars of a song of your choosing and a monologue, no longer than two-minutes. OR, one of the cuts of songs and a segment of a scene from the show provided. OR, a combination of the two. An accompanist & reader will be provided. Material from the show can be found here.
BRING: One copy of a current headshot & resume and any sheet music (other than music from the show)
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: Select a 5-minute appointment here. Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout the day, as time permits.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 20 from 2pm to 9pm
WHERE: Wheelock Family Theatre (180 Riverway) 3rd Floor
PREPARE: 32-bars of a song of your choosing and a monologue, no longer than two-minutes. OR, one of the cuts of songs and a segment of a scene from the show provided. OR, a combination of the two. An accompanist & reader will be provided. Material from the show can be found here.
BRING: One copy of a current headshot & resume and any sheet music (other than music from the show)
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: Select an appointment within a 30-minute block. Non-Union actors without appointments will be seen throughout the day, as time permits.
WHEN: Thursday, May 22 from 3pm to 9pm Please, sign-up for this day only.
WHERE: Wheelock Family Theatre (180 Riverway) 3rd Floor
PREPARE: Acting Sides 1 & 2 and Music Sides A & B from the provided show materials. Material from the show can be found here.
BRING: One copy of a current headshot & resume.
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: Select an appointment within a 30-minute block. Performers without appointments will be seen throughout the day, as time permits.
WHEN: Monday, June 9 from 5pm to 10:30pm for ALL but Orphans & Tuesday, June 10 from 4pm to 9pm for Orphans
WHERE: 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University College of Fine Arts, 1st floor
WHAT: Individuals invited to callbacks will be emailed with what to prepare no less than 5 days in advance of the scheduled date. Anyone unable to come to auditions or callbacks for any reason should email wftcast@bu.edu for more information on possible next steps.
We appreciate your interest in Annie, however will not be accepting unsolicited video auditions for this production.
CASTING BREAKDOWN
ANNIE | A tough streetwise kid who is vulnerable when she thinks she might lose what has become most important to her: a newfound “family” who loves her.
THE ORPHANS | A group of girls who are trapped in Hannigan’s orphanage hoping, dreaming, for a home of their own.
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- MOLLY | The youngest orphan. Annie’s best friend
- PEPPER | The toughest orphan.
- DUFFY | The most mature of all the orphans
- KATE | The shyest orphan.
- TESSIE | The most emotional orphan
- JULY |The quietest orphan.
- ORPHAN ENSEMBLE | 4 additional performers will be cast as orphans.
OLIVER WARBUCKS |A powerful, self-assured billionaire who always has his mind on business. While sometimes gruff and abrupt he has a kind heart. This role is cast but seeking an understudy.
MISS HANNIGAN | The orphanage matron. Her distaste for her job and the children is obvious in everything she does. However, deep down, very deep down, she cares.
GRACE FARRELL I The loyal and very understanding private secretary to Oliver Warbucks. She perfectly balances running a business and caring for Annie.
ROOSTER HANNIGAN I The flashy and self-assured brother of Miss Hannigan. A gambler, every move he makes is sly and deceiving.
LILY ST. REGIS I The easily distractible and equally as greedy girlfriend of Rooster.
ENSEMBLE | An ensemble of 11, consisting of adults and teen performers, will play a variety of roles including citizens of New York City and Hooverville, servants in the Warbucks household, radio personalities, the President of the United States and his cabinet and others. See below for tentative ensemble doubling, subject to change.
All roles will be understudied. There will be no double casting of youth roles for this production. Understudies will be cast during the principal audition process.
Ensemble Doubling
- Performer 1| Sophie, Cecille, A Star to Be, Bonnie Boylan, Perkins & others
- Performer 2 | Harry, F.D.R & others
- Performer 3 | Dog Catcher, Jimmy Johnson, Honor Guard & others
- Ensemble 4 | Drake & others
- Ensemble 5 | Mrs. Pugh, Connie Boylan & others
- Ensemble 6 | Dog Catcher, Bert Healy, H.V. Kaltenborn’s Voice, Hull & others
- Ensemble 7 | Lt. Ward, Morgenthau, Justice Brandeis & others
- Ensemble 8 | Fred McCracken, Hopkins & others
- Ensemble 9 | Bundles McCloskey, Sound Effects Man, Ickes & others
- Ensemble 10 | NBC Page & others
- Enesmble 11 | Annette, Ronnie Boylan & others
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