Auditions

Falcon Theatre invites all actors to open auditions for the following productions:

Audition Details:
These auditions have been completed.

Audition Dates: July 8 & 9, 2019
Audition Times: 7:00-9:00 PM both nights
Location: Falcon Theatre
Audition Requirements:
- No appointment or preparation necessary. All auditions will be cold readings from the script
- Bring a headshot and resume to auditions (please do not staple them together)
Characters:
- Marjorie – female – must be able to play 80-85 years old
- Walter – male 30-45 year old
- Tess – female 50s
- Jon – male 50s
Contact director, Ed Cohen, with questions or for more information about auditions: Email Ed Cohen

Audition Dates: July 17 & 18, 2019
Audition Times: 6:30-9:30 PM (by appointment only)
Audition Location: Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY
Audition Requirements:
- Bring 1 prepared monologue preferably in the style of the character you’re reading for
- Please bring a headshot and resume (please do not staple them together)
Characters:
- ANGEL ALLEN – a thirty-four-year-old black woman who looks five years younger, former back-up singer at the Cotton Club. (This character does sing…no preparation necessary for this but the director may ask actresses interested in this role to sing something simple like a bluesy Happy Birthday)
- GUY JACOBS – a thirtyish black man; costume designer at The Cotton Club.
- DELIA PATTERSON – a twenty-five-year-old black woman; social worker on staff at the Margaret Sanger family planning clinic.
- SAM THOMAS – a forty-year-old black doctor at Harlem Hospital.
- LELAND CUNNINGHAM – a twenty-eight-year-old black man from Alabama; a six-week resident of Harlem.
Contact the director, Torie Wiggins, with questions or for more information about auditions: Email Torie

Audition Details:

Audition Dates:
- July 29, 7:00-9:00 PM (by appointment only)
- July 30, 7:00-8:00 PM (by appointment only)
- Callbacks will be held on July 30 at 8:00 PM.
Audition Location: Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY
Audition Requirements:
- Prepare 2 contrasting monologues totaling no more than 3 minutes.
- Bring a headshot and resume (please do not staple them together)
Characters:
- Susan B. Anthony – Believable to play 30s and up. Stubborn and head-strong; imagine a shaken Coke bottle that gets opened. Unapologetically and unabashedly a feminist, and definitely unafraid of men. Leads with the gut.
- Frederick Douglass – Believable to play 30s and up. Confident, and emotionally controlled; imagine a shaken Coke bottle. Pragmatic, patient, and focused. Hyper aware of his surroundings. Leads with the head.Plays the Violin (can be simulated on stage).
Contact the director, Darnell Benjamin, with questions or for more information about auditions: Email Darnell

Audition Details:

Audition Dates: October 1 & 2, 2019
Audition Times: 7:00 – 9:00 PM (by appointment only)
Audition Location: Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY
Audition Requirements:
- Prepare 1 monologue of no more than 2 minutes preferably in the style of the character you’re most interested in.
- Bring a headshot and resume (please do not staple them together)
Characters:
- Henrietta Leavitt – 30s, brilliant, meticulous, excited. Almost always wearing a hearing aid.
- Margaret Leavitt – 30s, homebody, creative, sweet, sister. Margaret does play the piano and sing. Please be prepared to do one or both at auditions if asked.
- Peter Shaw – 30s, the head astronomer’s apprentice … and the man.
- Annie Cannon – 40s, the leader, terse and sure, grows into a firebrand.
- Willamina Flemming – 50s, smart as a whip and fun. Scottish (be prepared to do a Scottish accent).
Contact the director, Bridget Leak, with questions or for more information about auditions: Email Bridget