Auditions
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM (E)
APPOINTMENTS
By appointment only - Audition request -
video submissions accepted
CONTRACT
SPT
$650 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH
YOU (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please prepare a monologue in the style of a 1930s Comedy
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Gainesville, FL EPA
Hippodrome State Theatre Gainesville, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
LOCATION
Hippodrome State Theatre
25 SE 2nd Pl
Gainesville, FL 32601-6567
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Producing and Casting Director - Evans Haile
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin August 25
Performances Sept 9-27
Location: Hippodrome Theatre, Gainesville, Florida
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Breakdown
Penelope Sycamore
(Age early 50s) Playwright, Mother, Playful spirit, warm, humorous.
Essie Carmichael
(Age 20s) Penelope's daughter. A pixie-like wannabe ballet dancer who never takes her ballet slippers off.
Rheba
(Age late 20s-30s) More than a maid, Rheba is the voice of sanity and an anchor within the household, and can arch her eyebrows at all the silliness around her.
Paul Sycamore
(Age 40s-50) husband of Penelope. A self styled raconteur, inventor and free thinker. Youthful Charm and fun.
Mr. DePinna
(Age indeterminate) A scientist at heart who has a passion for making fireworks and loves blowing things up.
Donald
(Age late 20s-30s) Rheba's boyfriend, another voice of reason who is amused by the eccentricities of the family around him.
Ed Carmichael
(Age 20s) Husband of Essie. A wide eyed young man who has a passion for printing things, and knows all the fonts. He also loves his xylophone.
Martin Vanderhof Grandpa
(Age 60s-70) youthful energy, with a wry sense of humor that catches people off guard. Very much the Patriarch of the entire family. He is always the calm in the chaos around him.
Alice
(Age 20s) Granddaughter of Martin. Unlike the other members in the family, Alice is in daily contact with the world around her. She has escaped the mild insanity but still loves them all deeply. A lithe and blithe spirit.
Henderson
(Age 20s-40s) a taciturn agent of the IRS. Not much sense of humor, and flummoxed by the entire family.
Anthony Kirby
(Age 20s) Alice’s current crush. He is every aspect of the “bosses son”. Recently out of both Yale and Cambridge, with the face of an idealist and the physical aspects of a true sportsman.
Kolenkhov
(Age indeterminate) A mad Russian ballet teacher, boisterous, with a huge personality that engulfs all around him.
Gay Wellington
(Age 30s) an Actress with a healthy sexual appetite and a love of gin.
Mr Kirby
(Age 50-60) Father of Tony, who has spent his life as an Empire builder and an acolyte to business.
Mrs Kirby
(Age 50-60) Mother of Tony and stalwart wife and partner to Mr. Kirby. She ALWAYS does the right thing.