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St. Louis Actors’ Studio announces auditions for Season 19
STLAS will hold Equity and Non-equity auditions on:
May 16, 2026: 10am – 3pm – General Auditions, all interested performers who have not worked with us in the past
FOR GENERAL AUDITIONS: Please prepare two contrasting monologues (no longer than 1 minutes each) and please bring one headshot and resume. Email help@stlas.org for a time slot
May 17, 2026 Callbacks cold reading from the script-AMADEUS.
If you have been in a show with us in the past, note the character you are interested in auditioning for and email help@stlas.org of your interest. Also let us know if you are available for our one act Festival July 10-26, 2026 directed by Wendy Greenwood and Eric Dean White
We encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE DIRECTOR DIRECTLY
The Mercy Seat by Neil LaBute
Directed by John Pierson
September 11-27, 2026
Cast Breakdown:
Ben Harcourt (Male): A man in his 30s-40’s
Abby Prescott (Female): A woman in her 40s-50s
Set on September 12, 2001, in a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?
Misery by William Goldman
Directed by John Contini
November 6-22, 2026
The Roles of Annie and Paul HAVE BEEN CAST.
Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.
Cast Breakdown
Annie Wilkes (Female, 40s–60s): THIS PART HAS BEEN CAST – A former nurse who rescues Paul. She appears cheerful but is highly manipulative, cunning, and terrifyingly malicious.
Paul Sheldon (Male, Late 30s–60s): THIS PART HAS BEEN CAST A renowned novelist trying to move on from his romance series. He is clever and thoughtful, fighting to survive while incapacitated.
Buster (Male, Late 30s–60s): A friendly local sheriff searching for Paul, who often visits Annie.
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Annamaria Pileggi and starring *Michael James Reed as Salieri
February 5-21, 2027
In the court of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition, to be a great composer. Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who has that which is beyond Salieri’s envious grasp: Genius.
Cast Breakdown-THERE WILL BE CAST DOUBLING
Antonio Salieri-THIS Role HAS BEEN CAST – The protagonist and narrator. He is the court composer to Emperor Joseph II and is consumed by jealousy over Mozart’s effortless genius.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – A child prodigy and musical genius. He is portrayed as foul-mouthed, juvenile, and socially tactless, which alienates him from the Viennese court.
Constanze Weber – Mozart’s wife. She is devoted and spirited but becomes increasingly worn down by their growing poverty.
Joseph II, Emperor of Austria – Mozart’s patron. He is depicted as well-meaning but musically “dim,” famously critiquing Mozart’s work for having “too many notes”.
The Venticelli (“Little Winds”): Two purveyors of gossip and information who serve as a narrative chorus. They are often cast as a duo and represent the “eyes and ears” of Vienna.
Count Johann Kilian von Strack – The Royal Chamberlain and a stiff, proper court official.
Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg – The Director of the Imperial Opera and a member of the Italian faction at court.
Baron Gottfried van Swieten – The Prefect of the Imperial Library and an ardent Freemason who initially supports Mozart.
Katherina Cavalieri – Salieri’s star pupil and an opera singer who becomes an object of both composers’ interest.
Kapellmeister Bonno – A member of the Italian musical establishment at court.
Citizens of Vienna: An ensemble of servants, courtiers, and observers who populate the salons and opera houses.