2025-2026 Season Auditions

Below, please find information to schedule and prepare for an appointment.

Please note THT Rep partners with Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union for professional actors and stage managers in the United States. AEA members, Equity Membership Candidates (EMC) and Non-Union actors are all welcome to audition per AEA rules. Full details below. Auditions for our Worc at Play program will be announced separately.

ABOUT THT REP

An initiative of The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep) engages, entertains and energizes audiences with dynamic theatrical events made in and for Worcester, MA with a focus on classics, modern classics and classics-inspired works.  

Alan Seiffert  
President + CEO 

Livy Scanlon 
Artistic Director 

AUDITION DATE AND TIME

Friday, May 30, 2025 from 9am – 5pm with a break from 2pm – 3pm
Monday, June 2, 2025 from 12pm – 8pm with a break from 4pm – 5pm 

AUDITION LOCATION

Jean McDonough Arts Center
20 Franklin St.
Worcester, MA 01608
www.jmacworcester.org
@jmacworcester

Accessible by the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester line. Parking available at Federal Plaza Garage, 570 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608.

2025-2026 COMPENSATION

The 2025-2026 season marks THT Rep’s fifth anniversary. All productions are under negotiation on AEA SPT Category 5.  

Current minimum weekly salaries:  
Actor $538.00 
Stage Manager $647.00 
Assistant Stage Manager $572.00 

Health:  $179/week 
Pension:  8% 

All rehearsals will be held on the campus of The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts in downtown Worcester, MA. All performances will take place in the BrickBox Theater at the Jean McDonough Arts Center, capacity 175. Learn more at JMACWorcester.org/BrickBox. 

Limited out-of-town housing is available, and actors from out-of-town are encouraged to audition. 

Validated garage parking is available for all creative team members.

PRODUCTIONS AND BREAKDOWNS

Doubt, A Parable  
Written by John Patrick Shanley 
Directed by Livy Scanlon 

Plot Synopsis: In a 1960s Catholic school in the Bronx, Sister Aloysius questions Father Flynn’s affections for young Donald Muller, the school’s first black student. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony® Award for Best Play. 

Key Dates:
First Rehearsal: August 25, 2025 
Opening: September 20, 2025 
Closing: October 5, 2025 
**Extension TBD through October 12** 

Breakdown:

• Sister Aloysius: Female presenting, 60s-80s, white. An austere nun of the old guard who serves as Principal in the Catholic school in which the play is set. She holds strong to her beliefs, opinions and convictions, come hell or high water. 
• Father Flynn: Male presenting, 30s-40s, any ethnicity. A young, likable priest with views on the liberal side. Perhaps Sister Aloysious suspects he is gay? 
• Sister James: Female presenting, 20s-40s, any ethnicity. A younger, gentler foil to Sister Aloysius. Like the audience, Sister James is forced by the events of the play to grapple with complexities of faith and doubt.
• Mrs Muller: Female presenting, 20s-40s, black. Mother to Donald Muller, the first black student to enroll in the Catholic school in which the play takes place. She is protective and pragmatic. 

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5th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Double Header
Created and performed by Livy Scanlon

Plot Synopsis: The Poe Double Header consists of short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” At turns dark and darkly funny, this annual production is staged as a séance, conjuring two of Poe’s most notorious narrators.

Key Dates:
First Rehearsal: October 28, 2025
Opening: October 29, 2025
Closing: November 1, 2025

Breakdown:

• Narrator: This role is CAST. Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement. Any gender, any age, any ethnicity.  

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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Adapted and directed by Dr. Kathryn Moncrief 

Plot Synopsis: Set in a 1980s queer nightclub called The Wood, this midwinter take on Midsummer is equal parts poetry and punk rock.  

Key Dates:
First Rehearsal: January 6, 2026
Opening: January 31, 2026
Closing: February 14, 2026

Breakdown:

• Theseus: Male presenting, 40s-60s, any ethnicity. CEO-type. This role requires intimacy, including kissing. 
• Hippolyta: Female presenting, 40s-50s, any ethnicity. Fiancé to Theseus. This role requires intimacy, including kissing. 
• Egeus: Any gender, 40s-60s, any ethnicity. Parent to Hermia. Patriarchal. This role requires simple, hand-to-hand stage violence. 
• Philostrate/Puck: This role is CAST. Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement. Any gender, ageless, any ethnicity. As Philostrate, personal assistant to Theseus. As Puck, attendant to Oberon and Titania. This role requires athleticism including performing on heelys and climbing, as well as singing.
• Hermia: Female presenting, 20s, any ethnicity. Daughter of Egeus. In love with Lysandra. This role requires intimacy including kissing, partial nudity, demanding physicality, and simple hand-to-hand stage violence. 
• Helena: Female presenting, 20s, any ethnicity. In love with Demetrius. This role requires intimacy including kissing, partial nudity, and demanding physicality. 
• Lysandra: Female presenting/non-binary, 20s, any ethnicity. In love with Hermia. This role requires intimacy including kissing, partial nudity, and demanding physicality.
• Demetrius: Male presenting, 20s, any ethnicity. In love (at different times) with Hermia and Helena. This role requires intimacy including kissing, partial nudity, and demanding physicality.
• Bottom: This role is CAST. Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement. Male presenting/nonbinary, any age, any ethnicity. Bouncer at The Wood. Plays Pyramus in the play-within-the-play.
• Peter or Petra Quince: This role is CAST. Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement. Any gender, any age, any ethnicity. Club Manager of The Wood. Producer and Prologue in the play-within-the-play.
• Francis Flute: Male presenting, late teens-early 20s, any ethnicity. Busser at The Wood. Thisbe in the play-within-the-play. 
• Tom or Tina Snout: Any age, any gender, any ethnicity. Bartender at The Wood. Wall in the play-within-the-play.
• Snug: Any age, any gender, any ethnicity. Server at The Wood. Lion in the play-within-the-play. 
• Oberon: Male presenting/nonbinary, 40s-50s, any ethnicity. King of the Fairies. Think David Bowie, Prince, etc. This role requires intimacy, including kissing. 
• Titania: This role is CAST. Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement. Female presenting, 40s-50s, any ethnicity. Queen of the Fairies. Think Cher, Stevie Nicks, etc. This role requires intimacy, including kissing. 
• Fairies (3): Any gender, any age, any ethnicity. Titania’s entourage. Think 80s club kids. These roles require movement/dancing/singing.   

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Who is Eartha Mae?
Created and performed by Jade Wheeler

Plot Synopsis: Meet Eartha Kitt, icon of stage and screen, in this original one woman show with live piano accompaniment.

Key Dates:
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 
Opening: Friday, April 10, 2026 
Closing: Sunday, April 19, 2026 
**Extension TBD through April 26** 

Breakdown: 

• Eartha: This role is CAST. Actors will be considered for understudy/emergency replacement. Female, ageless, black.  

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PREPARATION:

Please prepare a 60-second Shakespearean monologue. Please bring two copies of your headshot and resume, stapled together, and please be prepared to demonstrate any special skills listed. 

CASTING PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE:

Livy Scanlon
Artistic Director, THT Rep
Director, Doubt 

Dr. Kathryn Moncrief 
Director, Midsummer  

TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT:

Please click here or cut and paste https://forms.office.com/r/hQkH2znuDR into your browser, then follow the instructions provided.   

Audition requests must be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. After all AEA appointments are scheduled, remaining available slots will be scheduled for EMC and Non-Equity actors on the wait list, in that order.  

If you have a question or need assistance, please email [email protected] with subject line THT Rep Auditions. Thank you!