Auditions

Main Stage Season //

Audition Process

The Warehouse Theatre operates as a Small Professional Theatre (SPT-Tier 3) employing both Equity and Non-Equity actors. We host general auditions for our entire Main Stage season at The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC, but we hire artists from all regions.

Select a production from the table below to learn more about the show.

AUDITIONS FOR THE 25/26 SEASON ARE FEBRUARY 21st & 22nd! Appointments / Time Blocks are available from 10a – 6p on each of those days.

Performers should prepare 60 seconds of a monologue. AEA performers can sign up for an appointment and non-union performers can sign up for a time block by contacting Jason D. Johnson at [email protected] and providing the following information: 1) Full Preferred Name 2) Phone Number 3) Email Address 4) City of Residence and 5) THREE Choices for Appointment / Time Block. Please provide all of this information on your first submission.

AEA General Auditions information has been posted via AEA’s website.

We encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend our auditions. If the playwright has not given a specific age, gender identity, or ethnicity for a role, assume that it is open to all.

If You Miss Season Auditions

You may submit a headshot, acting resume, and video either by e-mail (use email above) or snail mail to 37 Augusta Street, Greenville, S.C. 29601. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT VIDEOS WITH WeTransfer.

Main Stage Show Auditions //

Playwright: Anthony King & Scott Brown
Director: TBD
First Rehearsal: August 19, 2025
Run: September 19-October 12, 2025

CALLBACK DATE: SHOW IS PRECAST.

Synopsis: In this two-person musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights have assembled an audience (including big time producers), as an audition for their new, ill-advised project – a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bev and Deb sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will give them that elusive Broadway contract.

Playwright: Bekah Brunstetter
Director: Caroline Jane Davis
First Rehearsal: November 11, 2025
Run: December 5-21, 2025

CALLBACK DATE: APRIL 7, 2025

Synopsis: Alyssa and Homer are feeling disconnected in their marriage. Trying to start a family, Alyssa is hyperfocused on work while Homer has recently been laid off and thrown himself into an online video game. Not knowing how to navigate this new normal, Alyssa does what she’s least comfortable with – start a support group for other women in the same situation. These strangers band together to devise a plan to get their partners back as they realize together, and only together, can they end this war.

Playwright: Will Arbery
Director: Jay Briggs
First Rehearsal: January 6, 2026
Run: January 30-February 15, 2026

CALLBACK DATE: MARCH 17, 2025

Synopsis: It’s nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party two days before the 2017 eclipse and a week after the Charlottesville riot. They’ve returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. As their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration and more a vicious fight to be understood. Will Arbery’s haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself.

Playwright: Katori Hall
Director: Tinasha LaRayé
First Rehearsal: March 10, 2026
Run: April 3-26, 2026

CALLBACK DATE: APRIL 28, 2025

Synopsis: A gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy.

Playwright: Kristoffer Diaz
Director: TBA
First Rehearsal: May 12, 2026
Run: June 5 – 21, 2026

CALLBACK DATE: SUMMER 2025 / Please note this is an all-female cast.

Synopsis: A professional football team is torn between two potential top draft picks: charismatic multiethnic finesse machine Lave Dash and salt-of-the-earth muscle monster Mervin Gufflinson the First. Making the crazy decision to draft them both causes a media meltdown that changes the game. And all sports. And the whole world. And the entire space-time continuum. Featuring an all-female cast and an all-star collection of fake moustaches and wigs, this world premiere is an uproarious comedy about America’s obsession with football, the joys of masculinity, and the consequences of having our idols do exactly what we want them to do.

Upstate Shakespeare Festival Auditions

2025 auditions will occur by appointment only in April 2025. Auditions via video will be accepted again as well, but USF prefers in-person auditions. Please film a Shakespearean monologue of one minute or less. You can submit the video to [email protected] along with your head shot and resume. (If you have been involved with USF before, please contact John directly if you would like to be considered again this season for any portion of the production season.)

Callbacks for Love Labour’s Lost will be held on April 7 at 7 pm. Callbacks for Henry IV will be held on April 8 at 7 pm. All auditions will be held at The Warehouse Theatre. Rehearsals begin on April 20th / 21st.

Audition Guidelines

First Timers: If you haven’t done a show for us, you will need to schedule an audition time. We’ll need to see your best Shakespearean monologue of no longer than a minute. If you have a head shot and resume, bring them. If you don’t, don’t worry, it’s not a deal breaker. There will be paperwork to be filled out. If you are planning to submit, please contact John Fagan for Audition Forms and times.

Previous Performers: If you have already performed in one of the Festival’s productions, you can come to the call back nights without a monologue.

Students: If you are a student, please set up an audition slot (even if you’ve performed with us before). We want to see all you have learned over the year.

Other Volunteer Opportunities: If you would like to participate in the Festival by performing some other volunteer task, such as painting, carpentry, marketing, etc., please email John Fagan at the above email address.

Audition Guidelines //

How to Prepare for Your Audition

Actors are asked to prepare a 60 second monologue. If singing, please prepare a 45 second monologue and a song. The song should be no longer than 16 bars. Total time for the mono/song audition should not last longer than 90 seconds. An accompanist will be provided on both dates.

All roles are open unless indicated. Please email Jason D. Johnson at [email protected] to set up an appointment. Make sure you leave contact information, AEA status, if you are singing, and preferred time slots. On the day of the Equity auditions, Equity actors without appointments shall be accommodated as time permits.

Performance weeks for each show are typically Thursday – Saturday at 8p and Sunday at 3p. Occasionally there will be a Wednesday show at 8p.

Actors’ Equity Association announcement and casting breakdown can be found HERE once it is posted by AEA.