Auditions
Auditions: The Shark is Broken, Angels in America, The Book Club Play
VT
Vintage Theatre
Vintage Theatre announces combined auditions for three plays
The Shark is Broken by Ian Show/Joseph Nixon
Angels in America, Parts One and Two by Tony Kushner
The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarias
All actors are paid a rehearsal stipend of $100 and $45 per performance.
AUDITION DATE: Saturday, September 27 - 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
AUDITION LOCATION: Colorado Free Univ/Firehouse Theatre, 7653 E First Place, Denver
CALLBACKS: Saturday, October 4th, times TBD
Please sign up for a one-hour timeslot. People will be seen in the order they arrive. If you can also indicate what play(s) you are interested in, that would be appreciated.
PREPARE: You will have 2.5 minutes to present the material of your choosing. You can do one monologue, two contrasting monologues, etc. Choose material you think shows you off best.
BRING WITH YOU: Headshot and Resume for each show you would like to audition for.
Statement of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Vintage Theatre gratefully acknowledges the original stewards of our location, the Native American Tribes of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho, on whose ancestral homes we gather.
We embrace the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, and we work to recognize underrepresented voices in a manner that honors legacy, tradition and future.
Statement on Safety Practices
Vintage Theatre has adopted the Community Standards for Theatre for Colorado.
To Sign Up: Click Here to Sign Up For Auditions
Accessibility
Vintage is committed to making our experience accessible for all. If you have an accessibility need, comment or concern that relates to any part of the process; the audition, callback, rehearsals or performances, please reach out to director Troy Lakey at troylakey04@gmail.com or Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry lukeallenterry@gmail.com
ABOUT THE SHOWS
THE SHARK IS BROKEN
Directetd by Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry
The first summer blockbuster is being filmed – but no one working on the film would know it! Dive into the choppy (and hilarious) waters of making a major motion picture with feuding co-stars, unpredictable weather and a shark prop that is constantly breaking down. Movie stars Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss take center stage and they bond, drink, gamble and pray for “Bruce” to start working again!
Performances: January 9th - February 15th
Rehearsals: Begin Dec 1st and will be Mon through Thurs annd some Saturdays. There will be breaks for Holidays.
Shark Note: This production contains adult language, themes of alcoholism, drug use and depression.
ROLES (all roles are available)
Robert Shaw - An accomplished and charismatic British actor and writer, he plays the obsessive shark hunter Quint. He likes to stir the pot with Dreyfuss and is a violent drunk. Like Quint, Shaw has his own obsession: mastering the famous USS Indianapolis monologue.
Richard Dreyfuss - The charming up and coming actor who plays rich kid turned shark expert Matt Hooper. Egotistical to fault, his attitude and swagger mask deeply felt insecurities and neurotic tendencies. Like Hooper, Dreyfuss feels a need to prove himself, even if he won't fully admit it. Please note, there is a scene involving a severe panic attack.
Roy Scheider - A well respected and level-headed actor who plays Amity Island Police Chief Martin Brody. The most reserved and pragmatic of the trio, he tends to be a mediator between Shaw and Dreyfuss. Like Brody, Scheider tries to do the right thing, which is keep things afloat during a troubled production. (NOTE: As Scheider was an avid fitness and tanning enthusiast, this character will be asked to wear a speedo during one scene.)
ANGELS IN AMERICA, PARTS ONE AND TWO
Directed by Bernie Cardell (Part I) and Troy Lakey (Part II)
Considered by many to be the greatest play of the last 40 years, this Pulitzer Prize, Tony & Emmy award-winning masterpiece is set in 1980s New York City at the devastating height of the AIDS epidemic. Masterfully exploring love, sex, religion, family, and politics in Reagan-era America, Angels in America is “the most ambitious American play of our time, an epic that ranges from earth to Heaven...” (Newsweek).
Performances: March 27 - May 10
Rehearsals: Some rehearsals in early December and then full rehearsals will begin January 4th.
NOTE: This production of Angels in America will include an intimacy coordinator to support actors in scenes involving nudity or sexual content.
ROLES (all roles are available. All actors play several roles.)
Note: This production contains adult themes, sexual content, intimacy, and varying levels of nudity.
Prior Walter (male presenting) A witty, flamboyant gay man diagnosed with AIDS. He experiences visions and becomes a reluctant prophet. Requires emotional vulnerability, comfortability in drag makeup, physicality of AIDS impacting body, and intimate scenes. Partial nudity is required.
Louis Ironson (male presenting) Prior’s intellectual and neurotic boyfriend who abandons him after his diagnosis. Complex emotional arc involving guilt, political debate, and romantic intimacy with multiple characters.
Joe Pitt (male presenting) A closeted Mormon lawyer struggling with his sexuality and conservative values. Involves romantic and intimate scenes with both male and female characters. Partial nudity is required.
Harper Pitt (female presenting) Joe’s agoraphobic, Valium-addicted wife. She hallucinates and escapes into fantasy. Explores themes of addiction, mental illness, and dissociation. Requires vulnerability and emotional intensity. Partial nudity may be required.
Roy Cohn (male presenting) A powerful, manipulative attorney. Older Jewish man who is closeted and dying of AIDS. Physicality of impact of AIDS on body. Vulgar, aggressive, and emotionally intense.
Belize (male or non-binary presenting) A Black gay nurse and former drag queen. Fierce, compassionate, and grounded. Shares intimate and confrontational scenes, especially with Roy and Prior.
The Angel (fluid identity) A majestic, otherworldly being who visits Prior. Requires physicality and stylized movement and comfortability with biblical like language
Hannah Pitt – (female presenting) Joe’s devout Mormon mother. Conservative but undergoes significant transformation throughout the play.
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Directed by Brendan Cochran
A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary filmmaker and accept a provocative new member, their long-standing group dynamics take a hilarious turn. Sprinkled with wit, joy and novels galore.
Performances: June 12 - July 19
Rehearsals: will begin the week of Apri 27, 2026
ROLES (all roles are available. Several actors will play multiple roles)
ANA SMITH(w): 30s. Beautiful. Charming. Smart. Accomplished. Organized. A columnist for a daily paper. The "Mother Bee." Her grace masks a need to control.
ROBERT NOVUM SMITH (m):30s. ANAs' golden-boy, handsome, charismatic, underachiever husband who is starting to search for meaning. Met in college. Upper-crust background.
WILLIAM LEE NOTHNAGEL (m):30s. ROB's conservative, well-read, well-dressed, disciplined college roommate. ANAs' former boyfriend. History buff. Unmarried.
JENNIFER MCCLINTOCK(w): 30s. ANAs' friend. Pretty. Shy. Smart. Tends to burst out with awkward truthful comments. Despite some lack of self-confidence, she is the grounding center of the group. Unorganized and oblivious to her own attractiveness. Unmarried.
LILY LOUISE JACKSON(w): Black, 20s. A go-getter. Former debate captain who is on the cusp of al current trends and yet can still put her foot in her mouth in social occasions. Laughs at appropriate and inappropriate times. A great lover of books and ANAs' protégée at the paper.
ALEX(m): 30s. The new guy. A very smart, well-read academic who has lost his moorings and is searching for real connections. Professor of comparative literature.
Casting Note (from the script): ALEX can be cast in any race or ethnicity. LILY must be black. ANA, JEN, WILL and ROBcan be any race and ethnicity except black.
Questions for Angels in America?
Email director Troy Lakey troylakey04@gmail.com
Questions for Shark is Broken?
Email director Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry - lukeallenterry@gmail.com
Questions for The Book Club Play?
Email Director Brendan Cochran at brendancochran@vintagetheatre.org
Date
09/27/2025 (Sat.)
Time
11:00AM - 3:30PM MDT
Location