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 27/28 SEASON WILL BE HELD IN PERSON IN MARCH or APRIL 2027. Audition Appointments will be assigned after the season announcement is posted sometime in late January. Please read information below.

Performers should prepare 45/60 seconds of a monologue and 16 bars of a song. 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 will be 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 address above) or snail mail to 37 Augusta Street, Greenville, S.C. 29601. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT VIDEOS WITH WeTransfer or any videos that require a download. Live links only.

Main Stage Show Auditions //

Playwright: Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gorman
Director: Jay Briggs
First Rehearsal: August 25th, 2026
Run: September 18th – October 4th, 2026

CALLBACK DATE: June 29th

Synopsis: In 2007, a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. As curators unravel the shocking truth behind the images, the album soon makes headlines and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond the museum walls. Based on real events, HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES tells the story of these historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity.

Playwright: Selina Fellinger
Director: Maegan McNerney Azar
First Rehearsal: November 10th, 2026
Run: December 4th – 20th, 2026

CALLBACK DATE: May 4th

Synopsis: One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.

Playwright: Josh Tobiessen
Director: Caroline Jane Davis
First Rehearsal: January 5th, 2027
Run: January 29th – February 14th, 2027

CALLBACK DATE: June 14th

Synopsis: For a one-hit songwriter and a poet with grad school debts, the only logical next career move is to rob the hip Austin (aka Bat City) restaurant where they work. A romantic comedy about when to quit, when to hold on, and whether stealing from your day job counts as following your heart. Not everyone gets to be a star, but that shouldn’t stop you from following your dreams. Or robbing your place of work to make your dreams come true. A romantic comedy with a side of heist.

Playwright: Martin McDonagh
Director: TBD
First Rehearsal: March 9th, 2027
Run: April 2nd – 18th, 2027

CALLBACK DATE: TBD.

Synopsis: With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka and the Brothers Grimm, The Pillowman centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders reportedly committed by his brother.

Playwright: Kate Hamill
Director: Ashlee Wasmund
First Rehearsal: May 11th, 2027
Run: June 4th – 27th, 2027

CALLBACK DATE: May 18th

Synopsis: Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady. She’s indecorous and headstrong, and one day she’s going to be a great American novelist. As she and her sisters grow up in the middle of the Civil War, they strive to be brave, intelligent and imaginative young women. But as adulthood approaches, each sister must negotiate her private ambitions with society’s expectations. In a war-torn world defined by gender, class and personal tragedy, Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women.

Upstate Shakespeare Festival Auditions

2027 auditions will occur by appointment only in April 2027. 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.)

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.