Auditions

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Please see the following for the Audition & Show Schedule, Audition Guideline, and Character Breakdown. Housing is not provided. All roles are paid. The base adult non-Equity pay begins at $425 per week for these productions. Theatre for the Very Young productions operate on a different model that includes local area touring. Those shows have some returning cast members and may need additional actors and those auditions would be announced at a later time- those productions are Dinosaur Dance Party, Yo, Ho, Ho! Let’s Go, and Peter Rabbit: Puppet Play Day. There is an under-18 youth actor rate that can be provided when invited to callbacks. Youth Academy productions are not listed here and have separate audition guidelines and information. 

// Audition & Show Schedule

General Auditions will be video submissions. Callbacks in August, September, and possibly October will be in person. Please submit a video to this link by July 25, 2025.

All actors should be aware that all productions at Orlando Family Stage include MORNING PERFORMANCES during weekdays. Our weekly show schedule is: Monday at 10:30am, Tuesday at 10:30am, Thursday at 10:30am, Friday at 10:30am, Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:30pm, and Sunday at 10:30am and 2:00pm*. There are no performances on Wednesdays. 

*A Charlie Brown Christmas and Theatre for the Very Young shows will be a slightly different show schedule and will be shared at the callbacks.

*Certain field trip titles will have two performances each weekday, with the second show generally beginning at noon and completed by 1:30pm.

**Some of the weekend showtimes may vary slightly because of show length and all times are subject to change, but these are the general times. Calendars available at callbacks.

Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve!

Rehearsals Begin: August 11, 2025
Show Opens: September 4, 2025
Show Closes: October 5, 2025

Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium

Rehearsals Begin: September 4, 2025
Show Opens: September 29, 2025
Show Closes: November 2, 2025

A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage!

Rehearsals Begin: October 16, 2025
Show Opens: November 13, 2025
Show Closes: December 28, 2025

*Tour Dates Still being solidified but fall within the same date range

Tiara’s Hat Parade

Rehearsals Begin: January 21, 2026
Show Opens: February 7, 2026
Show Closes: February 22, 2026

Lilly and the Pirates

Rehearsals Begin: January 22, 2026
Show Opens: February 16, 2026
Show Closes: March 15, 2026

Disney Pixar Finding Nemo (Theatre for Young Audiences Version)

Rehearsals Begin: March 12, 2026
Show Opens: April 7, 2026
Show Closes: May 10, 2026

There will be additional auditions later in the season for specialty projects, including Theatre for the Very Young productions.

// Audition Guidelines

• Orlando Family Stage is accepting video auditions for this season. All auditions must be submitted via the link below.
• All actors should prepare one comedic monologue and a portion of an up-tempo song if to be considered for a musical. Actors are given 3 minutes total to perform both the monologue and song; submissions should not exceed 3 minutes.
• Please ensure that you have stated your name clearly at the beginning of the video.
• All actors should provide a digital headshot and resume.
• All actors must be 10 years of age or older.

Please submit a video to the link below by July 25, 2025.

// Personnel

Jeff Revels, Artistic Director; Calli Charlton-Moore, Company Manager; and Directors/Music Directors as they are secured are among the personnel viewing audition videos. Directors already secured include Tara Kromer, Jennifer Adams-Carasquillo, and Dimitri Toscas and producer Todd Gershwin for A Charlie Brown Christmas. 

Production Teams hired by callback dates will be posted.

• We strongly encourage all races, ethnicities, gender identities, ages, sizes, as well as performers with disabilities to audition for all productions.
• Actor Tracks are subject to change and ensemble tracks are listed as possible actor tracks that give a general idea. Actor tracks finalized after auditions.
• Swings are contracted and paid for full rehearsals and performance schedules. Most shows will have the swings in the performances daily and have a contingency when they cover a track, so full calendar availability is necessary.
• Ages are simply guidelines and are fluid.

// Character Breakdowns & Casting Requirements

• We strongly encourage all races, ethnicities, gender identities, ages, sizes, as well as performers with disabilities to audition for all productions.
• Actor Tracks are subject to change and ensemble tracks are listed as possible actor tracks that give a general idea. Actor tracks finalized after auditions.
• Swings are contracted and paid for full rehearsals and performance schedules. Most shows will have the swings in the performances daily and have a contingency when they cover a track, so full calendar availability is necessary.
• Ages are simply guidelines and are fluid.

Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve!

By Allison Gregory & Steven Dietz
Play with Music
*This is a dual language production in English and Spanish, so fluent Spanish-speaking performers are necessary.
(In parenthesis are the suggested age range and race/ethnicity if specific)

• • MC Dog (17& up)
  • Green Dog (17 & up)
  • Red Dog (17 & up)
  • Blue Dog (17 &up)
  • Yellow Dog (17 &up)
  • Hattie (Dog) (17 &up)
    
  • Black & White Dog/Swing (17 &up)
    
  • Black & White Dog/Swing (17 &up)
    
  • Black & White Dog/Swing (17 &up)

Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium

By John MacLay & Danny Abosch
Musical
(In parenthesis are the suggested age range and race/ethnicity if specific)

• • Brooke Rodgers (17-30)
    
  • Zeke Matthews (17-30)
    
  • Tina Powell (17-30) 
  • Ms. Walker (25 & up)
    
  • Emile (25 &up)
    
  • Brian Colson (17-30)
  • Swing (17 &up)
  • Swing (17 &up)
  • Swing (17 &up)

A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage!

By Charles M. Schulz, Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Stage adaptation by Eric Schaeffer and Robbie Simpson. By special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson
Musical

*This is a unique production in that we are casting 2 casts- one cast that stays at Orlando Family Stage and one cast that embarks on a national tour. We are partnered with Gershwin Entertainment Group. We are bringing back this production from last season, so actors were given the option to return to both the Orlando engagement and the tour. Both casts rehearse at Orlando Family Stage at the same time. So, not every role is available, but there are still roles to fill, listing the roles here, but some are not available. If you are interested in the tour, there is a box to check on the audition form.

(In parenthesis are the suggested age ranges)

• • Charlie Brown (17-40)
    
  • Snoopy (17-40)
    
  • Sally (17-40) 
  • Linus (17-40)
    
  • Lucy (17-40)
  • Violet/Swing (17-40)
  • Freida (17-40)
  • Shermy/Charlie Brown Swing (17-40)
  • Schroeder (17-40)
  • Male Identifying Swing (17-40)
  • Pig Pen (17 &up)

Tiara’s Hat Parade

By Paige Hernandez
*This is a one-woman show.
Play with Musical Moments
(In parenthesis are the suggested age ranges)

• • Tiara (17-30) (Black/ Black/Latina)
  • Tiara Alternate (17-30) (Black/ Black/Latina)

Lilly and the Pirates

 By John Maclay, Brett Ryback, and Will Eno
Musical
(In parenthesis are the suggested age range and race/ethnicity if specific)

• • Lilly (10-30)
    
  • Mom/Library Patron/Millicent Murray (25 & up)
    
  • Dad/Redheart (25 & up) 
  • Mrs. Teagarden (25 & up)
    
  • Uncle Ernest/William Barnacle (25 & up)
  • Swing (10 & up)
  • Swing (25 & up)

Disney Pixar Finding Nemo (Theatre for Young Audiences Version)

Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Book Adapted by Lindsay Anderson
Musical
(In parenthesis are the suggested age ranges)

• • Nemo (17 & up)
    
  • Marlin (20 & up)
    
  • Dory/Pearl’s Mom (17 & up)
  • Ensemble Pearl Track (17 & up)
  • Ensemble Sheldon Track (17 & up)
  • Ensemble Tad Track (17 & up)
  • Ensemble Coral Track (17 & up)
  • Ensemble Professor Ray Track (17 & up)
  • Swing (17 & up)
  • Swing (17 & up)
  • Swing (17 & up)
  • Swing (17 & up)

Submit Here.