Work for the New Jewish Theatre
The New Jewish Theatre (NJT) is pleased to announce in-person General Auditions for our 2025 season: Cabaret, The Heidi Chronicles, Two Jews Walk into a War…, The Wanderers, and Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville.
Performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, abilities and ages are encouraged to audition.
Audition for the 2025 Season of the New Jewish Theatre
Audition appointments are open to both members of Actors’ Equity Association and non-equity members. Non-equity actors are invited to email their headshot/resume to estrunk@jccstl.org.
Audition Dates:
Sunday, January 12, 10am-6pm
Monday, January 13, 2pm-10pm
Audition Location
The Wool Theatre at the J
Staenberg Family Complex
2 Millstone Campus Drive
St. Louis, MO 63146
Preparation: Please prepare either two contrasting contemporary monologues (one comic/one dramatic) OR one contemporary monologue and 32 bars of a musical theatre song of your choice if you would like to be considered for our season musical. There will be an accompanist provided – please bring sheet music. You should plan for a total audition time of around 4 minutes.
Scheduling Information
Each production is a six-week commitment, with shows rehearsing for 3 weeks, and performing for 3 weekends.
Rehearsals are typically 4 hours a day with one day off per week, usually Friday. Weekday rehearsals will be in the evening, weekend rehearsals during the day.
There are four performances per week on a varied schedule.
Season Information
NJT is casting the following roles for the season. Show-specific callbacks will also be held in the coming months to finalize casting for each production. Note that callbacks for Cabaret will be held the evening of January 14.
For audition appointments, please contact Emily Strunk at estrunk@jccstl.org or by calling 314-442-3283 between 10am-2pm M-F and she will respond with your audition appointment time and further details.
CABARET
Book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Rebekah Scallet
Musical Director Carter Haney
Choreographer Ellen Isom
First Rehearsal: Monday, February 24, 2025
Opening: Thursday, March 21, 2025
Closing: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Character Descriptions:
Emcee (20s +, any gender, Range: C3-G4) The host at the Kit Kat Club. A magnetic performer who acts as ringleader for the entire story.
Sally Bowles – (20s-30s, she/her, Range: E3-C5) An effervescent British cabaret performer and want-to-be actress; the headliner at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club.
Clifford Bradshaw (20s-30s, he/him, Range: C#3-E4) An idealistic aspiring American novelist traveling to Berlin for inspiration amongst its underground arts scene.
*Fräulein Schneider (50s-70s, she/her, Range: Eb3-B4) Female, early 50s-early 70s. A practical landlady who rents rooms in her large flat. Begins a romance with Herr Schultz.
*Herr Schultz (50s-70s, he/him, Range: C3-G4) A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider and strives to make a life with her in spite of the political circumstances.
*Fräulein Kost (20s-50s, she/her, Range: F#3-Eb5) A prostitute and lodger in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house. .
*Ernst Ludwig (Range: D3-F#4) Male, late 20s-mid 30s. Life and soul, dependable yet enigmatic, he takes English lessons from Cliff. He’s Cliff’s first ‘true’ friend upon arrival to Berlin. Everyone knows him, everyone loves him. He appears witty, charming, and warm but, ultimately, a Nazi. Baritone.
Ensemble – 5 additional people of any age or gender to play a variety of roles in the ensemble. Primarily Kit Kat Klub dancers, and also other roles such as Max, Customs Agent, Rudy, and sailors.
*Note that the starred roles will also double as Kit Kat Klub dancers.
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES
By Wendy Wasserstein
directed by Ellie Schwetye
First Rehearsal: Monday, May 5, 2025
Opening: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Closing: Sunday, June 15, 2025
Character Descriptions:
Heidi Holland (she/her) Plays character from late teens to her late 30’s. An art historian and writer, highly articulate, intelligent, thoughtful.
Scoop Rosenbaum (he/him) Plays character from his early 20s through his late 30s. Heidi’s sometime lover, a charismatic, Jewish journalist with irresistible charm and humor.
Peter Patrone (he/him) Plays character from late teens through his late 30’s. Heidi’s best friend. A clever and well-spoken pediatrician.
Susan Johnston (she/her) Plays character from late teens through her late 30’s. Heidi’s oldest friend who throws herself fully into whatever she pursues in life.
3 Ensemble members (she/her) play characters from teens to 30s. Including a lesbian graduate student, a member of a Montana Women’s Collective, a pregnant magazine editor, the host of “Hello New York”, a T.V. talk show, a teenager looking for help at a women’s group, a 1980s yuppie, and more.
1 Ensemble member (he/him) Plays characters from teens to 30s. Including a prep school student council president and an anesthesiologist.
TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR
By Seth Rozin
Directed by Aaron Sparks
First Rehearsal: Monday, June 30, 2025
Opening: Thursday, July 24, 2025
Closing: Sunday, August 10, 2025
Character Descriptions:
Zeblyan (he/him, 50s) Afghan Jew. Carpet salesman. A ruffian, crude, aggressive, hot-headed, defiant.
Ishaq (he/him, 60s) Afghan Jew. Accountant. Cerebral, high-minded, stubborn.
THE WANDERERS
By Anna Ziegler
directed by Robert Quinlan
First Rehearsal: Monday, August 18, 2025
Opening: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Closing: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Character Descriptions:
Esther (she/her, mid-20s-early 30s) she feels young, impressionable, eager and yet no-nonsense too; she’s Jewish (Hasidic)
Schmuli (he/him, 30s,) formal, not totally comfortable in his skin, also Hasidic; should have the capacity for deep surprising emotion; he is a profoundly gentle person.
Abe (he/him, mid 30s-early 40s) an intellectual who enjoys seducing with language; he’s charming but also self-effacing, humble, confused, and trying his best; he’s Jewish.
Sophie (she/her, mid 30s-early 40s) Abe’s wife, dry and intelligent and world-weary; she is biracial: Caucasian/Jewish and Black.
Julia Cheever (she/her, mid 30s-early 40s) a movie star with an abundance of outward charm and confidence; she is poised and polished, but not without vulnerability.
KEN’S LUDWIG’S BASKERVILLE
Directed by Nisi Sturgis
First Rehearsal: – Monday, October 27, 2025
Opening: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Closing: Sunday, December 7, 2025
Character Descriptions:
Sherlock Holmes (Male 30s – 40s). The iconic detective. Highly intelligent, confident, charismatic, quick-witted, obsessive.
Doctor Watson (he/him 30s – 50s) Smart, grounded, and full of heart and wonder, lives to have adventures and assist his close friend Holmes. We see the play through his eyes.
Actor one (he/him 20s – 50s) Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Plays multiple roles.
Actor two (he/him 20s – 50s). Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Plays multiple roles.
Actress one (she/her 20s-50s). Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Plays multiple roles.
Additional Information:
Rehearsals for all productions will be held Saturday-Thursday, with Friday as the night off. Exact rehearsal times TBD for each play, but a typical schedule is 6-10pm on weeknight and 10am-2pm on weekends.
Performance times are Thursdays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm, Sundays at 2pm, unless otherwise denoted.
Non-equity actors are paid a stipend of $800. Actors also receive a free pass to use the gym facilities at the J during their contract.
We encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages as well as performers with disabilities to audition. NJT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All actors and production personnel must have current COVID-19 vaccinations.
Volunteer with the New Jewish Theatre
We are always looking for ushers and other volunteers to help with our productions. If you’d like to volunteer, please get in contact with Laura Newman at lnewman@jccstl.org.
About the New Jewish Theatre
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Contact
Ticket and information hotline: 314-442-3283
Artistic Director, Rebekah Scallet
Production Manager, Sean Seifert
Box Office Manager, Emily Strunk