Audition

If you are unable to attend auditions in-person, you may submit a virtual audition by emailing casting@greenvilletheatre.org. We will provide you with detailed instructions for your virtual audition. 

Subject line: Greenville Theatre Virtual Audition, [Insert Your Name] 

Please indicate the following in the body of your email:

I am seeking instructions to submit a virtual audition for [Name of Show(s)] at Greenville Theatre. Then state your local housing for the duration of the contract.

Virtual auditions must be submitted by Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 6pm for consideration.

 
PREPARATION

If you are auditioning for the musicals, please prepare 2 brief contrasting songs (32 bar cut or 90 seconds in length – each) of your own choosing in the style of the show(s) you are most interested in. If you are auditioning for the play, please prepare a monologue of your own choosing (2 minutes or less in length). If you would like to be considered for both the musicals and the play, please prepare 1 song and 1 monologue.

Actors are allowed and welcome to sing a song from the shows listed and perform a monologue from the play listed in our upcoming season. 

BlueTooth speakers will NOT be available. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring sheet music in your key for the audition. Please also bring your audition book, or 1 back-up song in case the creative team would like to hear further material. 

Please bring a hard copy of your headshot (picture) and resume, stapled together back to back. If you do not have a professional headshot, please provide the creative team with a current photo. If you have auditioned with us in the past, please check with the casting team to see if we need an updated copy of your headshot.

CALLBACKS 

If you are called back, you will be sent an email with detailed instructions and dates listed by individual shows. If you have not received an email from us by June 5, 2026, you have not been given a callback for the shows listed in the second half of the season. A reminder, this does not mean you will not be considered for productions in the future.

Callback dates will vary based on production and creative team availability. 

Please note that some roles may not need a callback process, but no role has been pre-cast.

AUDITION LOCATION/ CHECK-IN INFORMATION

Audition Location:

444 College St.

Greenville, SC 29601

McCalla Hall, located at the back of our theatre. Auditions will be in progress so please do not come into the rehearsal hall upon arrival. You will need to check-in first.

Parking: 

Parking is free on Saturdays and evenings, and is located behind our building. This is a shared parking lot with the other buildings on Heritage Green. Parking can be tricky on the weekend, so please give yourself time to find parking. There is no need to take a ticket on the weekend or after 5pm during the week as parking is free.  

Check-in: 

Please go to our theatre’s “Stage Door” located on the right side of the building when facing the backend. There will be a monitor to greet you and check you in. You may wait in the Greenroom until the monitor lets you know it is your time to head to the rehearsal hall for your audition. Restrooms are available in our backstage area for usage. 

Big Fish

Book: John August

Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa

Director: Christopher Rose

Choreographer: Katie Stewart

First Rehearsal on/about: Sunday, January 3, 2027

Tech: Sunday, February 14 – Sunday, February 21, 2027

Previews: Monday, February 22 – Thursday, February 25, 2027

Opening: Friday, February 26, 2027

Closing: Sunday, March 14, 2027

Edward Bloom: Male gender expression; age 40s-55; Baritenor. Charming and charismatic person who creates elaborate stories he lives in. He cares deeply for his wife and family, but has a complicated relationship with his son.  Plays younger versions of himself as well as aging stages towards end of life. Should be comfortable with movement.

Will Bloom: Male gender expression; age 20s-early 30s; Tenor. Analytical, “realist,” dry humored, and extremely measured person. He has a complicated relationship with his Father and is on a mission to understand the truth in his father’s past before having a child of his own. 

Young Will: (Auditions will happen closer to the production)

Sandra Bloom: Female gender expression; age 35-50; Soprano with mix/belt. Humble, peace-keeper, matriarch of the family. She cares deeply for both her husband and son. She wants the men to get along and mend their stale relationship. Plays younger versions of herself. Should be a strong mover.

Josephine: Female gender expression; age mid 20s; Mix/Belt to C#5. She is enamored by Edward’s stories despite her husband’s reluctance to them. She is strong and knows how to handle complicated situations. She supports Will in his journey of discovering his father’s past. 

Amos Calloway: Male gender expression; age 30s-60s; Baritone. He is the ringleader and owner of a circus, while turning into a werewolf at night. Comedic timing and character actor required. Must be comfortable with movement.

Karl the Giant: Male gender expression; any age; Bass. Very tall man -someone who must be comfortable walking on stilts (roughly 2-3 feet stilts). Comic irony needed. Transforms from social outcast to successful businessman thanks to Edward.

The Witch: Female gender expression; any 20s-60s; Mezzo with high belt (usable to F5). The first of Edward’s stories and referenced throughout the story. She’s a fortune teller that informs Edward of how he will die. Must be a strong singer with a seductive edge to her voice. She will also be in the ensemble.

Don Price: Male gender expression; age 35-50; Baritone. Don is the rival of Edward. For every story that advances Edward there seems to be one halting Don Price. Will play younger versions of himself and age just like Edward. Should appear to be very athletic in build. Strong comedic timing and movement. He will also be in the ensemble.

Zacky Price: Male gender expression; age 20s-30s.Younger brother of Don Price. Seen as Don’s sidekick. Will play younger versions of himself and age with his brother. He will also be in the ensemble.

Jenny Hill: Female gender expression; age 20s; Mix/Belt to E5. She’s the childhood friend/girlfriend of Edward that he meets in Ashton. He promises to return to her but forgets. She’s in the ensemble and a strong dancer.

Older Jenny Hill: Female gender expression; age 40s-50s. The present day version of Jenny Hill who Will Bloom confronts after Will suspects his father of an affair. She’s in the ensemble. Strong emotional range required.

Ensemble: Any gender expression; 15 years of age or older. The ensemble will be comprised of singers, actors, and strong dancers that will make up the stories Edward tells. They are a vital part of this production. Strong movement and some may require tap.

To Kill a Mockingbird 

Based on the novel by: Harper Lee

Adaptation by: Christopher Sergel

Director: Myra Greene

First Rehearsal on/about: Monday, February 15, 2027

Tech: Sunday, March 28 – Sunday, April 4, 2027

Previews: Monday, April 5 – Thursday, April 8, 2027

Opening: Friday, April 9, 2027

Closing: Sunday, April 25, 2027

Jean Louise Finch: Female gender expression; age 30s-40s. Scout as a grown-up woman and narrator of the play. She is reliving these moments as she searches for answers to questions that still exist in the time of the play.

Scout Finch: (Auditions will happen closer to the production)

Atticus Finch: Male gender expression; age 40s. Reserved, thoughtful, well-educated, and quietly impressive with immense integrity. Without heroics and with careful composure, he does what he thinks is just. Father to Scout and Jem.

Jem Finch: (Auditions will happen closer to the production)

Dill: (Auditions will happen closer to the production)

Tom Robinson: Male gender expression; age 20s-30s. Handsome and vital African-American with a left hand that was crippled in a childhood accident. He faces up to a false charge with a quiet dignity and an undercurrent of kindness, sensitivity, and consideration. Husband to Helen.

Calpurnia: Female gender expression; age 30s-50s. Proud, capable, and self-educated African-American. She has raised the motherless Scout and Jem with high standards and uncompromising discipline.

Heck Tate: Male gender expression; age 40s-50s. The town sheriff and a complex, perceptive man. He does his duty as he sees it and enforces the law without favor, but with a bare hint of deeper feelings beneath the surface.

Bob Ewell: Male gender expression; age 40s-50s. A petty, hateful man with a massive chip on his shoulder who lives with his large family by the town dump. The embodiment of white trash and bigotry. Father to Mayella.

Mayella Ewell: Female gender expression; age 18-24. The oldest daughter of Bob Ewell. Shy, overworked, and desperately lonely for companionship, but will fight for what she thinks is survival when backed into a corner.

Maudie Atkinson: Female gender expression; age 30s-40s. Younger than Atticus but of his generation, she is a lovely, sensitive woman with a sense of wisdom and compassion that suggests the best instincts of the South from the play’s time period. Neighbor to the Finches.

Stephanie Crawford: Female gender expression; age 30s-60s. The neighborhood gossip who relishes talking about the people of the town with enthusiasm that borders on comical and occasional pettiness that she simply can’t resist. Neighbor to the Finches.

Mrs. Dubose: Female gender expression; age 70s-80s. An ill old woman with limited mobility and chronic pain who is secretly fighting an internal battle that has made her bitter and angry, and will lash out for any reason. Neighbor to the Finches.

Walter Cunningham: Male gender expression; age 30s-40s. A hard-up farmer with a quiet hint of leadership. While he shares the prejudices of the time and place of the play, he can nevertheless be reached as a human being.

Helen Robinson: Female gender expression; age 20s-30s. A young African-American wife and mother who is half-numb with the shock of the false charge against her husband, Tom, and is living a tragic nightmare.

Judge Taylor: Male gender expression; age 50s-70s. A wintry man of the South who does what he can within the context of his time to see justice done in his court. Although he rules impartially, his sympathy is with Tom.

Reverend Sykes: Male gender expression; age 30s-50s. African-American minister of the First Purchase Church and an imposing, strong presence with a commanding voice.

Mr. Gilmer: Male gender expression; age 30s-40s. The public prosecutor in Tom Robinson’s trial. In many ways, his manner is cruel and hateful. While he may harbor unexpressed doubts about Tom’s guilt, he nevertheless does his job in pursuing conviction with determination.

Nathan Radley: Male gender expression; age 30s-50s. A leathery, laconic, and no-nonsense business man. Neighbor to the Finches and brother to Arthur “Boo” Radley. (This role may be cast with the same actor as Arthur “Boo” Radley.)

Arthur “Boo” Radley: Male gender expression; age 30s-50s. A recluse who has not been outside his house in fifteen years and is uncertain how to interact with others. Neighbor to the Finches and brother to Nathan Radley. (This role may be cast with the same actor as Nathan Radley.)

Ensemble: Any gender expression; any age. Townsfolk & farmers; people of the town who attend the trial of Tom Robinson, some of whom also form a lynch mob outside his cell.

Hairspray

Book: Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan

Music & Lyrics: Mark Shaiman & Scott Whittman

Director: Kristofer Parker

Music Director: Chase McAbee

Co-Choreographers: Kristofer Parker & Katie Stewart

First Rehearsal on/about: Sunday, April 11, 2027

Tech: Sunday, May 23 – Sunday, May 30, 2027

Previews: Monday, May 31 – Thursday, June 3, 2027

Opening: Friday, June 4, 2027

Closing: Sunday, June 27, 2027

Tracy Turnblad: Female gender expression; age late teens-late 20s; range G3-G5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. The story’s unsuspecting protagonist – she is “large and in charge.” Confident, talented, and incredibly determined. A romantic with a good heart and desire to cut up the dance floor. Strong dancer. 

Edna Turnblad: Male gender expression (This role is played by a male in drag); age late 30s-50s; range F3-G5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. Tracy’s big and blonde mother. She is a working housewife who has lost her confidence and dream to be a plus-size clothing designer. Boisterous and commanding character actor. 

Penny Pingleton: Female gender expression; age late teens-late 20s; range A3-G5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. Tracy’s best friend and dorky sidekick. Not the brightest girl, but she has good intentions. Bursting to get free of her mother’s dominating control, she falls for Seaweed. 

Seaweed J. Stubbs: Male gender expression; age late teens-late 20s; range F3-D5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a black performer in accordance with the story. Tracy’s classmate and friend, who is discriminated against due to his skin color. He is cocky but surprisingly lovable. He falls for Penny. Strong dancer. 

Link Larkin: Male gender expression; age late teens-late 20s; range G3-A5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. The star heartthrob on Corny Collins’ show. He is extremely attractive and talented. Hoping to get his big break with a recording contract, he unexpectedly falls for Tracy. Strong dancer. 

Motormouth Maybelle: Female gender expression; age 40s-50s; range F3-E5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a black performer in accordance with the story. Seaweed and Little Inez’s mother, she is a Guest DJ on the Corny Collin’s show. Big, blonde, beautiful and proud of it. She is sassy, confident, and has an impressive voice.

Little Inez: (Auditions will happen closer to the production)

Velma Von Tussle: Female gender expression; age 40s-50s; range G3-E5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. Amber’s mother and the director of Corny Collin’s show. She is a devious taskmaster and snobby racist. The former Miss Baltimore Crabs will go to any length to ensure her daughter is the next star.

Amber Von Tussle: Female gender expression; age late teens-late 20s; range A3-F5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. Wants to be with Link and is Tracy’s nemesis. She is pretty, shallow, and snobby. Always feels the need to be the center of attention. Strong dancer. 

Corny Collins: Male gender expression; age 30s-40s; range D3-A4; The charismatic host of the Corny Collins’ Show. Good looking and smooth talking, he is a genuinely nice guy both on and off camera. 

Wilbur Turnblad: Male gender expression; age 40s-60; range A3-A5; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. Tracy’s simpleminded and kind father. He owns a joke shop and supports his daughter in spite of everything else. He also loves his wife, Edna, very much. 

Prudy Pingleton: Female gender expression; age 40s-50s; range D4-B4; ethnicity – this role should be played by a white performer in accordance with the story. Penny’s strict mother. Very conservative, controlling, and closed minded. 

Teen Ensemble: Any gender expression; age 15-early 30s. Includes Corny Collins’ “Nicest Kids” and Motormouth Maybelle’s kids. Strong dancers. 

Adult Ensemble: Any gender expression; age 20s-50s: Mr. Pinky, Gym Teacher, Principal, and other adult features in the show. 

DETAILS

Greenville Theatre is the oldest and largest professional producing non-profit theatre company in the Upstate. Now celebrating 101 years, our Mission is to inspire, educate, entertain, and connect our community through necessary art and storytelling. 

Greenville Theatre is an equal opportunity employer and encourages performers of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender expressions, ages, and abilities to audition.

As an organization, we are dedicated to a casting process that is nurturing and welcoming to all. Our goal is to create an audition space where individuals are seen, heard, respected, and appreciated. We can’t wait to see your work! 

In order to participate in any production at Greenville Theatre, actors must have minimal conflicts for the rehearsal process and be available for the 3 weeks leading to opening night, including all of: tech week, preview week, and every performance of the show. Our productions typically rehearse Monday-Friday 7pm-10:30pm, with Saturdays off, and Sunday rehearsals from 1pm-6pm. Our performance schedule runs Thursday-Sunday with 7:30pm evening shows, Saturday matinees at 2pm, and Sunday matinees at 3pm. Actors are called 1 hour prior to showtime. 

*Auditions, callbacks, and the casting process are not purely based on talent and ability. There are many factors that go into each casting decision for the different worlds we are creating. Auditions are an opportunity to showcase your work, who you are as an individual, and to see if you fit the creative teams’ vision for their specific play(s). If you have not been cast at Greenville Theatre in the past, we encourage you to audition again. If you have been cast at Greenville Theatre in the past, we look forward to seeing if you fit into these specific shows. If you have never auditioned at Greenville Theatre before, we invite you into our space to share your talents with us.