East Lynne Theater Company is holding Cape May auditions for its 2025 Mainstage Season
AUDITION DATE
Monday, May 12, 2025
12:00 - 4:00 PM
EQUITY CONTRACT
SPT 3 ($414 weekly minimum) or Staged Reading ($80 per performance, HOLMES).
SEEKING
KEN LUDWIG'S DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE
JACK LUDWIG – A reserved Army doctor (World War II) in his early to mid-thirties.
LOUISE RABINER – An outgoing and stylish aspiring Broadway dancer and singer, mid-twenties to early thirties.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
NARRATOR – A charismatic solo performer with exceptional storytelling abilities, strong improvisation skills, and a warm, open presence. Experience with solo performance, emotional range, and comfort engaging directly with audience members is essential.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: SCANDALS! (READING)
HOLMES – The Great Detective
WATSON (cast) – His sidekick
IRENE ADLER / MISS CUSHING – Mystery woman in her 40s
ANNOUNCER / LESTRADE / NORTON – Versatile character actor with great voice
KING OF BOHEMIA / JIM BROWNER – Versatile character actor, plays a king and a thug
PREPARATION
Please prepare a monologue of your own choosing or read from sides provided at the audition.
LOCATION
Cape May Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Mark David Boberick, Executive Director
SHOW DATES
KEN LUDWIG’S DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Mark Edward Lang
1st rehearsal June 2
Preview June 18; Opens June 19; Closes July 12
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
by Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Deirdre McLaughlin
1st Rehearsal July 14
Preview July 30; Performances July 31 through August 30
SHERLOCK HOLMES: SCANDALS! – RADIO-STYLE STAGED READING
by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted & directed by Mark Edward Lang
Rehearsal – October 22
Performances – October 23-25
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Non-Equity will be seen as time permits.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
AUDITION DATE
Monday, May 12, 2025
12:00 - 4:00 PM
EQUITY CONTRACT
SPT 3 ($414 weekly minimum) or Staged Reading ($80 per performance, HOLMES).
SEEKING
KEN LUDWIG'S DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE
JACK LUDWIG – A reserved Army doctor (World War II) in his early to mid-thirties.
LOUISE RABINER – An outgoing and stylish aspiring Broadway dancer and singer, mid-twenties to early thirties.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
NARRATOR – A charismatic solo performer with exceptional storytelling abilities, strong improvisation skills, and a warm, open presence. Experience with solo performance, emotional range, and comfort engaging directly with audience members is essential.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: SCANDALS! (READING)
HOLMES – The Great Detective
WATSON (cast) – His sidekick
IRENE ADLER / MISS CUSHING – Mystery woman in her 40s
ANNOUNCER / LESTRADE / NORTON – Versatile character actor with great voice
KING OF BOHEMIA / JIM BROWNER – Versatile character actor, plays a king and a thug
PREPARATION
Please prepare a monologue of your own choosing or read from sides provided at the audition.
LOCATION
Cape May Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Mark David Boberick, Executive Director
SHOW DATES
KEN LUDWIG’S DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Mark Edward Lang
1st rehearsal June 2
Preview June 18; Opens June 19; Closes July 12
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
by Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Deirdre McLaughlin
1st Rehearsal July 14
Preview July 30; Performances July 31 through August 30
SHERLOCK HOLMES: SCANDALS! – RADIO-STYLE STAGED READING
by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted & directed by Mark Edward Lang
Rehearsal – October 22
Performances – October 23-25
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Non-Equity will be seen as time permits.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
