Upcoming Auditions
All roles at ACT are open to anyone in the community! No experience is necessary to audition. Questions? Email MJ Gamelin at [email protected].
Want to be notified about upcoming auditions? Fill out our Volunteer Interest Form and sign up for ‘Audition Information’ emails!
2025-26 Mainstage Auditions
ACT Mainstage productions are held over two days. Sign up for an audition time by filling out the audition form linked under each show’s information. Walk-ups are always welcome! Walk-ups will be asked to wait until the next available time slot.
Audition Workshop
ACT’s Audition Workshops are designed to give you a head start on your next Mainstage audition. These workshops are an open and inclusive environment, aiming to empower and excite everyone who participates. We focus on boosting your confidence and helping you feel prepared and enthusiastic about auditioning. Workshop participation is not required to audition.
Audition Materials
ACT provides audition song options for each Mainstage season show. We choose a number of songs from the show. From this list, please select the song that best showcases your voice and talent. The tracks will be linked under each show’s information. Until we post the list of songs, feel free to listen to the whole show and get familiar with the music!
Please read each show’s specific audition requirements and dates.
In The Heights
Performance Dates: June 12-28, 2026
Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM
Ghost shows Saturdays at 7:30 PM
- Audition Workshop: Monday, March 23, 2026
- Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, March 30 & 31, 2026
- Callbacks: Friday, April 3, 2026
- Rehearsals: Sunday, April 12, 2026 through Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings
About The Show
From Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights tells the story of a vibrant Latine community. Usnavi the bodega owner and his neighbors dream of a better life beyond the barrio of Washington Heights, New York City. With a dynamic score blending hip-hop, salsa, and merengue, In The Heights celebrates familia, community, and the power of dreams.
Content Awareness: Contains mild language and themes related to gentrification and the immigrant experience.
Character Insights
Not sure which role is right for you? Here is a brief description, vocal range, and age range for each character to help you find the best fit for your voice and strengths. We encourage you to audition for any role you feel is right for you! Casting is open to all, and we welcome performers of all genders, ethnicities, ages (8+) and body types.
Actors must be at least 8 years old to audition for In The Heights.
Audition sign-ups for In The Heights will open in February 2026.
ACT Late Night
Cabaret
Performance Dates: May 8-17 , 2026
Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 4:30 PM and 8:30 PM
This performance will take place offsite – venue to be announced soon!
- Auditions: Monday & Tuesday, February 16 & 17, 2026
- Callbacks: Wednesday February 18, 2026
- Cast Meeting: Thursday February 26, 2026
- Rehearsals: Monday March 30, 2026 through Thursday May 7, 2026
- From the cast meeting until the start of rehearsals, actors will have three weeks to learn their materials. Actors will be expected to be as off-book as possible when rehearsals begin.
About The Show
While Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich, a Master of Ceremonies invites the audience to forget all their troubles at the Kit Kat Club. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, this immersive production of Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin in the late 1920s.
Audition Materials
We have chosen seven songs from Cabaret. From these, please select the song that best showcases your voice and talent. At auditions, we will play these exact tracks for you to sing along with. Update 2/5/26: now with sheet music!
Character Descriptions
Here is a brief description, vocal range, and age range for each character to help you find the best fit for your voice and strengths. We encourage you to audition for any role you feel is right for you! Casting is open to all, and we welcome performers of all genders, ethnicities, ages (21+) and body types.
Actors must be at least 21 years old to audition for Cabaret. This show heavily features revealing costumes and themes of sex, drug use, and hate speech.
The Autumn Players – Readers Theatre Showcase
For Readers Theatre Showcase auditions, there’s no need to make an appointment – we will get you signed in when you arrive! Expect to read from the script. Auditions, rehearsals and performances all typically take place during the afternoon.
Auditioning for a play? Check out the script in advance!
Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by: Marianne Lyon
Performance Dates: March 13-15, 2026
All shows at 2:30 PM; Friday and Saturday in 35below at ACT, Sunday at OLLI / the Reuter Center at UNC Asheville
- Auditions: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM in 35below at ACT
- Rehearsals: February 24, 26, March 3, 5, 10, 12 – 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM in 35below at ACT
About The Show
Shaw’s comedy skewers both the powerful and the pious in his witty version of the fable of the injured Lion and the kindness shown to him by the gentle tailor Androcles.
Character Descriptions:
Roles for 5-7 men and 2-4 women, of any age
Narrator: Remains on stage while Narrating the action throughout the entire play in George Bernard Shaw‘s own words. ( Doubles as Call Boy)
Androcles: A humble, kind-hearted Christian tailor. He is gentle, compassionate, childlike, meek, and innocent — yet brave in his own moral sense. His kindness to the wounded lion (removing a thorn from its paw) becomes the heart of the story.
Megæra (Androcles’ Wife): A sharp-faced, domineering woman with a sense of self-importance. Nagging, quick-tempered, and scornful of Androcles’ meekness. She constantly belittles him and mocks his kindness. (Doubles as Metellus)
The Lion: A fierce lion who becomes tame and affectionate after Androcles removes a thorn from his paw. (Doubles as Spintho)
Lavinia: A witty, intelligent, and independent Christian woman who befriends Androcles and questions religious and moral conventions. Confident, outspoken, and unafraid to challenge authority — even the Roman Captain.
Spintho: A Christian in words, Spintho is sincere, earnest, and serious-minded. He tries to accept suffering as an expression of faith, but can’t reconcile himself to the actual pain of being martyred in the arena. (Doubles as the Lion)
Ferrovius: A gigantic, fierce Christian convert — a man of great physical strength but an uncontrollable temper. Torn between his violent impulses and his new Christian belief in meekness.
The Roman Captain: A commanding officer of the Roman guard. Strong, skeptical, wordly and intelligent. He’s intrigued by Lavinia’s faith and moral reasoning.
Metellus (Metallus): A wealthy Roman patrician and courtier and casual observer of the arena. Cultured, detached, and cynical, Metellus treats executions as social entertainment rather than moral acts. ( Doubles as Megaera)
Lentulus: A Roman courtier, of the patrician class, epicene, a smart-aleck, used to getting his own way, a bully, but a coward at heart. (Doubles as Emperor)
The Emperor (Caesar): The ruler of Rome, who oversees the spectacle in the arena. Amused, theatrical, and somewhat cynical. He enjoys the games but is capable of mercy, especially when it serves his own purposes. (Doubles as Lentullus)
The Centurion: Roman guard who escorts the Christians and provides comic relief and cynical commentary. (Doubles as the Editor.)
The Call-Boy / Arena Official: Brisk, practical, irreverent, and used to the horrors of the games — treats death as routine entertainment. (Doubles as Narrator)
The Editor: The wealthy sponsor who organizes, finances and promotes public spectacles such as the gladiatorial contests. He acts as a sort of “producer“. (Doubles as the Centurion)
California Suite by Neil Simon
Directed by: Elliot Weiner
Performance Dates: June 5-7, 2026
All shows at 2:30 PM in 35below at ACT
- Auditions: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM in 35below at ACT
- Rehearsals: May 19, 21, 26, 28, June 2, 4 – 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM in 35below at ACT
About The Show
Simon dishes up a wickedly delectable four course slice-of-life when all sorts of people from all over the country spend a few days in a Los Angeles hotel suite.
Asheville Community Talent Showcase (ACTS)
Performance Date: April 22, 2026, 7:30 PM
- Auditions: March 10, 2026 – 7:00-10:00 PM
- Tech Rehearsal: April 21, 2026 – 4:30-8:30 PM
The Asheville Community Talent Showcase is a diverse showcase of the talent we have here in Asheville. Bring your best skills – plate-spinning, singing, acrobatics, dancing, juggling, baton twirling – the possibilities are endless & very exciting!
These auditions are open to our community. All ages and levels of experience are invited to participate. One grand prize winner will take home $750! Our runner up will take home $250! Other prizes of many forms will be awarded, too.
Auditions will be held in person on March 10 from 7:00-10:00 PM. In the form below you can select the time slot you prefer. You can also submit a video audition to [email protected]. All video submissions must be turned in by 6:00 PM on March 10.
What to prepare:
Your piece should be 4 minutes or less. It should be a fully realized performance piece. If chosen to participate in the performance, you may be asked to work with a director to further develop your piece. Recommended that your piece remains PG as it is encouraged for people of all ages to attend and participate.
Proceeds from ACTS support the Tanglewood Teens & Tech Crew senior scholarship fund. Tanglewood Teens is an audition-based performance troupe that provides a unique platform for young performers to receive top-level training in acting, singing, dancing, and the performing arts. Tanglewood Tech Crew is an application-based tech crew that provides an opportunity for young artists to receive training in all areas of technical theatre. This inclusive program is designed to develop artistic abilities as well as foster teamwork, discipline, and confidence.
Audition for ACTS
There is a $20 suggested donation per act auditioning. This is not a required cost.
Summer Play Series
More Info Coming Soon!
Student Matinees
Seeking an energetic and diverse cast of adults for Asheville Community Theatre’s 2025-2026 Student Matinee Season – performances for school groups and younger audiences. These are paid performance opportunities.
Audition sign-ups for our 2025-26 Student Matinees have closed. Auditions for our 2026-27
Youth Auditions
Youth Productions
This an immersive performance workshop that is specially tailored for young artists who aspire to learn and grow in the performing arts. At the First Cast Meeting, students will be taught a dance combination and song to take home and practice for auditions and parents will receive comprehensive information about the entire Youth Production process.
These auditions are not open to the general public. Students must be signed up in advance.
Learn More about ACT Youth Productions
Tanglewood Summer Musicals
Best described as Summer Stock for Youth, Summer Musicals are fast-paced, energetic rehearsal days that culminate in six public performances on the last two days of camp! With songs, dances, and hilarious material great for performers of all ages, the Summer Musical is sure to be an unforgettable experience!
These auditions are not open to the general public. Students must be signed up in advance.
Tanglewood Troupes
ACT is excited to offer three year-long programs for middle and high school students to receive top-level training in the performing arts.
- Performance Troupes
- Tanglewood Teens – High School
- Tanglewood Youth – Middle School
- Technical Troupe
- Tanglewood Tech – High School
Auditions sign-ups and applications for the 2026-27 Tanglewood Teens, Tanglewood Youth and Tanglewood Tech programs will open Summer 2026.
Asheville Community Theatre will not cast a minor and an adult to portray an on-stage relationship.
Asheville Community Theatre policy prohibits participation by anyone on any sex offender or sexual abuse registry in any activity sponsored by Asheville Community Theatre.