Auditions
2025-2026 Actors Auditions and Designer/Technician Hiring
Theatreworks Colorado Springs, an AEA SPT theatre, is seeking actor and designer submissions for our five mainstage productions in the 2025-2026 season.
We are casting for the following productions:
CABARET, Book by Joe Masteroff, Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Directed by Scott RC Levy
1st Rehearsal Aug 22, 2025; Performances Sept 18 - Oct 12, 2025
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, by Oscar Wilde. Adapted and Directed by Kathryn Walsh
1st Rehearsal Nov 3, 2025; Performances Nov 28 - Dec 21, 2025
WHERE WE STAND, by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
1st Rehearsal Jan 6, 2026; Performances Jan 29 - Feb 15, 2026
ROMEO & JULIET, by William Shakespeare. Adapted and Directed by Max Shulman
1st Rehearsal Mar 13, 2026; Performances Apr 9 - May 3, 2026
THE GARBOLOGISTS, by Lindsey Joelle
1st Rehearsal May 19, 2026; Performances Jun 11 - 28, 2026 (possible extension to Aug 2)
We are accepting designer and technician resumes for select projects in the 2025-2026 season, as well as opportunities to build director connections for future seasons. Please scroll down for designer/technician/director submission information.
Practical Season Details
For Mainstage productions, we will produce six shows at the SPT-4 level with 30 hours of rehearsal per week. AEA Actors will earn $520 per week, slightly above the projected SPT-4 minimum of ~$482 per week.
Non-Equity actors on our mainstage productions will receive $415 per week.
For out-of-town artists, transportation to and housing in Colorado Springs will be provided. For Colorado-based artists, housing or a fuel stipend is available.
All rehearsals are held at the Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs CO 80918.
Performances are held in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater in the Ent Center for the Arts.
Please note that all productions may have one to three potential student matinee performances for students and seniors. Please only submit yourself for consideration if your schedule will offer the flexibility for you to participate in one to three performances during school hours (with advanced notice). Typically, these are 10:00 a.m. matinees on Wednesdays.
Season Audition Information
We have no youth roles in the 2025-2026 season and are only scheduling performers 18+ for these auditions.
For all auditioners: Please prepare two contrasting pieces that show your range. The total of both pieces should not exceed three (3) minutes.
If you wish to be considered for Cabaret, please preare 16-20 bars of music for one of your pieces.
If you wish to be considered for Romeo & Juliet, please prepare a piece in verse as one of your choices.
In-Person: If you are able to join us in-person, our season auditions will be held on April 19 and April 21, 2025 at the Ent Center for the Arts.
Please:
Complete This Form AND Choose A Time
If you need accompaniment for your audition, please select a time in the earlier block of each day. Pianists will not be able to transpose in the room so please bring sheet music in the key you prefer.
Saturday, April 19: 10:00A - 2:00P (accompanist available) & 3:00P - 6:00P
Monday, April 21: 12:00P - 4:00P (accompanist available) & 5:00P - 8:00P
Denver: We will be attending in-person auditions through DCPA and CTG in Denver.
Video: If you cannot join us in person, please submit one (1) unlisted YouTube or one (1) Vimeo link to your video of two (2) contrasting pieces by Monday, April 21 for priority casting using the form linked below. We will continue to watch video submissions until all roles are cast. It is helpful if you have a neutral background and good sound quality. We will only consider submissions linked through our audition form. Please do not send videos through email.
We encourage actors of all races, ethnicities, identities, and abilities to audition for our season and are excited to cast these worlds expansively, except when the race/ ethnicity of the character is integral to the story. The genders given are the genders of the characters; we are delighted to consider casting actors across gender but where specified, the actors must be comfortable depicting characters of the outlined gender to uphold the story.
We will begin in person and Zoom callbacks quickly and continue having them until all roles are cast. The Theatreworks website will have up-to-date information on roles still available starting in mid-June.
Thank you for taking the time to complete these questions and upload your materials. We look forward to seeing them all!
Please email theatreworks@uccs.edu with questions, but please do not send headshots, resumes or submissions to that email.
Mainstage Productions (Equity and Non-Equity Performers):
- Clifford M, 25-35, baritone. American novelist and English teacher traveling to Berlin. Through his journey he explores the many facets and complexities of his sexuality, politics, and artistic goals. Comfortable with stage movement, light dance, and moments of intimacy. American accent.
- Sally Bowles F, 25-40, mezzo-soprano with belt. A British cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Club. Quirky and flighty. Struggles with knowing the darkness of the reality of her life and has woeful luck in her relationships with men; dancer, singer, comfortable with moments of intimacy and bawdy/suggestive staging/ choreography. British accent.
- Emcee M, 25-35, tenor. Host at the Kit Kat Club - exuberant figure with gender experimentation; dancer, singer, comfortable with being close to the audience and bawdy or suggestive humor; dark, comedic, sinister, vulgar... yet lovable. German accent.
- Fraulein Schneider F, late 40s-60s, alto. A landlady who rents rooms to Cliff, Sally, and several other characters in her large flat. Alone and is resigned to her place in life but secretly longs for companionship; critical of some people while looking the other way with others; Singer, with light dance; comfortable with moments of intimacy. German accent.
- Herr Schultz M, late 40s-60s, baritone. A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider; sweet, lovable, and adoring; heartbreakingly naïve about the political turmoil in Germany. Singer, with light dance; comfortable with moments of intimacy. German accent.
- Ernst Ludwig/Kit Kat M, 30s-40s, flexible vocal range. A German with a friendly and likable demeanor, takes English lessons from Cliff, and smuggles funds for the Nazi party; Singer. German accent. As Kit Kat performer, must also be a strong dancer and comfortable with bawdy and suggestive humor. German accent.
- Fraulein Kost/Kit Kat F, 30s-40s, mezzo-soprano. As Kost, a prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider's boarding house; larger than life personality, quick witted and sharp tongued; should be comfortable with bawdy and suggestive humor; Singer, dancer. German accent.
- Kit Kat/Party Guest/Soldier (6 Roles) gender, age, and vocal range flexible. Dancer, singer who is comfortable with multiple characters, German accents, being close to the audiences, and bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
- Lady Bracknell Precast: Birgitta De Pree
- Cecily Cardew F, 20s; Jack’s niece and ward, with great plans for herself and a great imagination.
- Gwendolen Fairfax F, 20s; The daughter of the imperious Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen Fairfax is a woman of strong principles, like only being able to love a person named Ernest. A bawdy heart under a ladylike exterior.
- Algernon Moncrieff M, late 20s-early 30s; Living in the city, Algernon Moncrieff is a good friend of Jack. Algernon lives in a flat in a prestigious part of London. Style is everything.
- John “Jack” Worthing M, late 20s-early 30s; His friends in the city know him only as Ernest, but in the country, John Worthing goes by Jack, which he believes is his real name. He does not know his personal history, only that he was discovered as a baby in a handbag in Victoria Station. A deep heart.
- Rev Chasuble/Lane M, 40s-70s; The rector of the Manor House/ Algernon’s long-suffering manservant
- Miss Prism/Butler F, 40s-70s; Miss Prism is a woman with a mysterious past involving former employment at Lady Bracknell’s house, a missing novel, and a lost baby. A flirt despite herself. Doubles as a butler.
- Actor African-American, whose age is infinitely variable. Over the course of telling the story they inhabit multiple characters including MAN, STRANGER, TOWNPEOPLE (including MIDDLEAGED MAN, OLD WOMAN, DOC. HUMPHREY, 'LITTLE HORNS' LAD, DAVEY and ORCHARD LADY) Able to sing, excited about creating unique physicalities and voices for more than eight characters as well as direct address and some amount of audience interaction. As this is a oneperson 70-minute show, must be comfortable with memorization of longer texts. Experience with one-person storytelling is a bonus.
- Benvolio Any gender, 18-30 - Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend. Endlessly trying to keep the peace, but ready to defend his crew at any cost.
- Capulet M, 40-50s: Capulet family patriarch; patrician and magnanimous, while capable of a domineering rage.
- Friar M, late 30s-70s; Thoughtful and kind, with a tendency for pontification and romantic thinking. A man of nature. A father-figure to Romeo. Swayed by young love.
- Lady Capulet F, late 30s-early 40s: a woman focused on social standing. Distant from her daughter, slightly domineering, and yet absolutely dedicated to her family.
- Juliet F, 18-25 - the daughter of the Capulets. Brilliant and bold. Fiery and immediate in emotion responses. Dreams of more in life. Coming into her own as a person. Choreographed acts of intimacy required.
- Mercutio Any gender, 18-25 - kin to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. Overflows with imagination, wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and brooding fervor. Mercutio loves wordplay. His chaotic playfulness masks a fear of something darker within. Strong mover, comfortable with fight choreography.
- Nurse F, early 40s-70s - Juliet’s closest friend, another mother to her. While vulgar, long-winded, and easily swayed, she also has a heart full of love and joy.
- Prince M, 30s-50s - A kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. A military man or local official, tasked with keeping the peace, holding the city together.
- Romeo M, 18-25 - the heir of the Montague family. Intelligent, sensitive, impulsive, and charming. Choreographed acts of intimacy required.
- Tybalt Any gender, 18-late 20s - a Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Fiery and fierce. Tough and full of bullish pride. Strong mover, comfortable with fight choreography.
- UCCS Chorus (4 roles) Any gender. A city youth. Comfortable with fight choreography and dance. Excited to work on elevated Shakespearean language.
- Danny M, 35-60. White. Nine years on the job. Mansplaining, dad jokes, and run-ofthemill machismo, but playful, funny, and (occasionally) charismatic. Classic blue-collar New Yorker. Could be attractive in a rough sense. A dedicated father. Part requires physical activity of lifting and throwing large objects.
- Marlowe F, 30s. Black. First week on the job. Confident and competent, both physically and mentally. Keen sense of wit and irony. Practiced in making you think she’s got it alltogether, but she’s guarding a secret she doesn’t wear on her sleeve. New Yorker. Part requires physical activity of lifting and throwing large objects.
Technicians/ Designers/ Directors
We are always happy to meet new artists.
If you are a technician, interested in overhire work, lighting supervision, audio engineering, or properties coordination please email Producer Elena Hansen and Technical Director Dan Porten with your resume. In 2025-2026, our hourly rates start at $15. Our props coordinator stipend is $1250 per production.
If you are a lighting, sound, costume or scenic designer, we would also be happy to talk to you. For 2025-2026, our sound and lighting design stipends are $2000 per production, our scenic design stipend is $2250 per production, and our costume design stipends and as follows (Per show breakouts coming soon). Some limited ability to fly and house out of town designers is available. Please email Producer Elena Hansen and Interim Artistic Director David Dahlin with your resume.
We are not currently accepting unsolicited requests for directing work with Theatreworks. If you would like Interim Artistic Director David Dahlin to know more about your work, please email them invitations to your productions.
We are also not currently developing new scripts for production.
