Hartford Stage 2021-2022 Season Auditions

Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the 21-22 Season. We are thrilled to be reopening and are looking forward to getting reacquainted with the talented community of actors in our city, our region and beyond.

For AEA and Local, Non-Union Adult Actors

To audition for our 2021/2022 Season, click here.

For Young Performers

We are seeking video submissions from youth ages 12 or 13 years old for the role of Tommy in Ah, Wilderness! directed by Melia Bensussen to begin rehearsals this September.

*All youth must be 12 or 13 years old, vaccinated, non-union and live with-in a 50-mile radius of Hartford Stage. They must not turn 14 before November 7, 2021 to be considered for the role of Tommy.*

Ah, Wilderness
First rehearsal: 9/14/21
Tech rehearsals begin: 10/8/21
1st Preview: 10/14/21
Opening: 10/22/21
Closing: 11/7/21 

Tommy: A good natured, fun-loving boy*. Looks about 10 or 11 years old.

Performances: Performances are nightly Tuesday-Sunday. There are no student matinees. Weekend and Wednesday matinees are at 2pm.

Rehearsals for the role of Tommy will be after school Tuesday through Friday and during the days on Saturday and Sundays. Your child will be required to miss some school during tech rehearsals and during any Wednesday 2pm matinees. Please share all potential conflicts in the audition form.

To audition, follow this link: https://forms.gle/AM5V2GyveeRPKeRd8

Auditions should include the Tommy side (download) plus a short song (up to 16 bars) a cappella. If you play any instruments, feel free to demonstrate that as well. The music in Ah, Wilderness! has an “Americana” feel and takes place on the 4th of July. Let that inspire your song selection. 

All videos should not exceed 3 minutes in length.
The deadline to submit is August 30.

*While the characters are written with “he/him” or “she/her” pronouns in the original scripts, we welcome gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to audition for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. In addition, we will list disability when specific to a character, but are otherwise seeking actors of all abilities.  Thank you to First Folio Theatre for inspiring the language in this note as we work towards a more inclusive casting process.

A Christmas Carol Youth Ensemble

We will not be producing A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas adapted by Michael Wilson in the 2021-2022 season and therefore will not be holding Youth Ensemble auditions this season. Please check back in the future for opportunities.

The holiday cheer will start early at Hartford Stage, as children’s auditions for roles in the 22nd annual production of A Christmas Carol –A Ghost Story of Christmas are held next month.

Children of all cultural backgrounds between the ages of 5-13 are encouraged to audition for the classic holiday tale, which has become a treasured Connecticut family tradition. Auditions will be held on Tuesday, September 10, and Wednesday, September 11, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Callbacks for some roles will be held on Friday, September 13, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Auditions will be held at Hartford Stage Offices, 942 Main Street, 2nd Floor, in Hartford.

At the audition, children will be asked to recite a monologue, poem or speech that is under 1-minute long and sing a few bars of a holiday song without piano accompaniment. Those auditioning should bring a recent photograph and short biography to the audition. Casual, comfortable clothing and shoes are recommended.

Rehearsals begin Friday, November 15, and will be held Tuesday through Sunday. Performance dates for A Christmas Carol–A Ghost Story of Christmas are Friday, November 29, through Sunday, December 28.