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.
Actors will need to be vaccine compliant with Boston University’s Covid-19 vaccine policies. View the full policy here.
We’re excited to announce our 2023/2024 season: The Addams Family, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, & A Wrinkle In Time.
Auditions for these shows will take place over the course of the spring and summer of 2023. Please visit this page for the most up to date information regarding upcoming auditions. Audition dates for Mr. Popper’s Penguins and A Wrinkle In Time have not been announced.
This season we will have opportunities for youth performers (ages 13-18) in The Addams Family and A Wrinkle In Time.
Current Audition Opportunities
The Addams Family Auditions
A New Musical
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Auditions for this production have passed.
Artistic Personnel
David Freeman Coleman, Music Director
Larry Sousa, Choreographer
Nick Vargas, Director
Casting Personnel
Emily Ranii, Artistic Director
Carolyn Saxon, Casting Supervisor
Nick Vargas, Assoc. Artistic & Casting Dir.
Important Dates*
First Rehearsal: 9/12/2023
Previews: 10/13/2023 @ 7:30pm & 10/14/2023 @ 2:00pm
Opening: 10/14/2023 @ 7:30pm
Closing: 11/19/2023 @ 2:00pm
Click here to view the current dates for rehearsals and performance.
*Dates & times subject to change.*
About the Show
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parent
Equity Principal Auditions
When: Monday, May 15 from 3pm to 10pm with callbacks on Saturday, May 20. Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Each actor has THREE (3) minutes to perform.
Click here to schedule an appointment. Equity members without appointments can sign-up on the waitlist and will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Preparation: Please prepare appropriate musical material of your choosing, which may be material from the show. An accompanist will be provided. Actors can perform a monologue of their choosing or select a side from the show. A reader will be provided. Click here for sides.
Non Union & Youth (13-18) Auditions
When: Wednesday, May 17 from 3pm to 9pm with callbacks on Saturday, May 20. Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Each actor has THREE (3) minutes to perform.
Click here to schedule an appointment. Actors without appointments can sign-up on the waitlist and will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Preparation: Please prepare appropriate musical material of your choosing, which may be material from the show. An accompanist will be provided. Actors can perform a monologue of their choosing or select a side from the show. A reader will be provided. Click here for sides.
Video Auditions
If you are unable to join us for in-person auditions you can submit your material via this Google Form. Please submit a video audition containing the following:
- 1 minute of musical material of your choosing, which may be material from the show.
- A monologue of your choosing or select a side from the show. Click here for sides.
- 60 to 90 seconds of material that shows your strongest level of jazz/musical theater dance.
All material should be submitted by Sunday, May 14th at midnight.
Callbacks
Callbacks will take place on Saturday, May 20 from 1pm to 7pm at 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Actors invited to callbacks will be asked to dance, sing and read from the script.
Casting Breakdown
Gomez Addams: The loving and charismatic father of the Addams family. He is a suave man of Spanish descent who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in his heritage and really hates to lie. (Seeking actors who identify as Hispanic/Latine for this role.)
Morticia Addams: The confident and mysterious Addams family matriarch. She loves her family and believes strongly in family traditions and having complete and total honesty.
Wednesday Addams: The eldest Addams child, who has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility. The love she feels for her boyfriend, Lucas, pushes her to evaluate what is “strange” and what is “normal.” (Seeking actors 15 to 18 for this role.)
Pugsley Addams: The youngest Addams child, who is fond of being tortured by his sister and is finding his way in the world, especially as he and his sister grow older. (Seeking actors 13 to 17 for this role.)
Alice Beineke: The ever poetic mother to Lucas and wife of Mal. She puts on a facade of someone who is reserved but is secretly full of passion and desire.
Mal Beineke: The uptight father to Lucas and husband of Alice. His cynicism and conservative nature is revealed to be a product of his own expectations of what he believes it means to be a father and husband.
Lucas Beineke: The hopeful romantic son of Alice & Mal and new boyfriend of Wednesday. His optimism and hopefulness keep him fighting for who he loves despite all the obstacles they encounter. (Seeking actors 15 to 18 for this role.)
Uncle Fester: The loveable and highly incorrigible narrator of the show, Fester’s love for his family is only matched by his love for the moon.
Grandma: The 102 year old feisty mother (maybe?) of Gomez who values a good joke just as much as she does a good potion.
Lurch: The undead family butler and a man of few words with an unmistakable commanding presence.
Addams Ancestors: The ancestors of Addams across the generations, from prehistoric times to the not so recent past, this motley group carry the story forward as active bystanders. Actors must be strong actors, singers and dancers. (Seeking actors 14+ for 8 ancestor tracks.)
All roles will be understudied. There will be no double casting of youth roles for this production. Youth actors must be the minimum age on the character breakdown by the first day of rehearsals.
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Wheelock Family Theatre is seeking both adult AEA/EMC/Non-union actors and youth actors ages 9 to 18 for our spring 2022 production of Make Way For Ducklings.
- Click here to view the audition fact sheet.
- Click here to view the rehearsal/performance calendar, subject to change.
Actors are asked to submit a video audition of material from the show.
- Click here to view the audition materials including instructions on what to prepare and how to submit.
All audition videos should be submitted by Tuesday, December 21st.
Please don’t worry about formatting/editing the video in any particular way – we’re interested in seeing your talent and creativity in the material and not in your video skills.
