For the Artists:

Auditions

Burning Coal Theatre in Raleigh, NC

Burning Coal Theatre is a professional theatre, which means we pay our artists. Every year, Burning Coal Theatre auditions local and national talent for plays and performances in our location in Downtown Raleigh, NC. See below for more information. 

If you feel you might have been exposed to Covid in the week prior to the auditions, please test before coming in.

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Thank you for your interest in auditioning for Burning Coal Theatre Company!

ALL IN-PERSON AUDITION SLOTS HAVE BEEN FILLED.

To be added to our waitlist, please sign up HERE.

If slots become available, we will reach out

If you are unable to attend in-person auditions, click here to submit a video audition  by May 9th at 11:59 PM (more details below).  

Open Call Auditions will take place at 224 Polk St. Raleigh, NC 27604 on May 11th,  2024 from 9 am to 6pm. In-person auditions are preferred. 

Please prepare a 1-minute contemporary monologue and 32 bars maximum of a song. An accompanist will be provided. Bring printed sheet music in your key and two copies of your headshot and resume.

Callbacks will be scheduled on an individual basis. If you are not cast this season, we will keep your resume on file (although we recommend re-auditioning annually to keep your records up to date).

Read more about our Main Stage season selections here.

ALL ROLES AVAILABLE

Burning Coal is committed to diverse casting and firmly believes in casting actors based on suitability to telling the story, regardless of race, age, class, or gender. If you’re interested in a role, please audition for it!

Direct all casting questions to info@burningcoal.org.

Copenhagen, by Michael Frayn

  • WERNER HEISENBERG: Male, 30-60, German

  • NEILS BOHR: Male, 30-60, Danish

  • MARGRETHE BOHR: Female, 30-60, Danish

The Rainmaker, by N. Richard Nash

  • LIZZY CURRY: Adult, Female

  • FILE: Adult, Male

  • BILL STARBUCK: Adult, Male

  • H.C. CURRY: Adult, Male

  • SHERIFF THOMAS: Adult, Male

  • JIM CURRY: Adult, Male

  • NOAH CURRY: Adult, Male

Paint Me This House of Love, by Chelsea Wooley

  • CECILIA:  Young Adult, Female, Black

  • RHONDI: Adult, Female, White

  • JULES: Mature Adult, Male, Black

Being Chaka, by Tara Amber, Chuk Obasi, and Nalini Sharma

  • CHAKA (15-25) Black. 16-year-old high school transfer student trying to adjust to his new school. Actor must look like he can play a teenager. Actor must be very comfortable with rap/ spoken word poetry cadence.
  • KUNZANG (15-25) Asian or Latine. 16-year-old high school student with a semi-hidden passion for music. Actor must look like she can play a teenager. Actor must be a strong singer.
  • ETHAN (15-25) White. 16-year-old high school student. Maddy’s twin brother.  Actor must look like he can play a teenager.
  • MADDY (15-25) White. 16-year-old high school student. Ethan’s twin sister. 
    Actor must look like she can play a teenager.
  • ANNALISA (55-65) Black or Black/ Bi-racial (Note: character is part Native American while passing as African American). Any gender. History teacher. (Note: Name would be adjusted if cast as a male).
  • GUNNAR (45-65) White. Wise-cracking, laid back and loveable gym teacher. Actor must know how to play guitar OR any handheld instrument.
  • MS. K (35-45) Indian/ Southeast Asian. High School Principal.
  • INAYA (35-55) Mother of Chaka and widow. 
  • CAROLINE (35-55) White. Divorced, wealthy mother of Ethan and Maddy, and influential school board member.
  • WILLY (25-45) Young parent trapped in his grief over the loss of his only child. Husband to Purilla.
  • PURILLA (25-45) Young parent trapped in her grief over the loss of her only child. Wife to Willy. Actor must be a strong physical mover.

Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim 

  • FRANKLIN SHEPHERD: Young Adult/Adult, Male, any ethnicity, Tenor

  • CHARLEY KINGRAS: Young Adult/Adult, Male, any ethnicity, Tenor

  • MARY FLYNN: Young Adult/Adult , Female, any ethnicity, Mezzo- Soprano

  • JOE JOSEPHSON: Young Adult/Adult, Male, any ethnicity, Baritone

  • BETH SPENCER: Young Adult/Adult, Female, any ethnicity, Mezzo soprano

  • GUSSIE CARNAGIE: Young Adult/Adult, Female, any ethnicity, Mezzo-soprano

  • FRANKLINK SHEPHERD JR.: Child, Male, any ethnicity, Treble/boy soprano

  • ENSEMBLE: Various ages, genders

If you miss our season audition date, you can still submit your picture/resume for consideration as we often have casting needs arise during the year.  Actors should submit 

  • a short cover email explaining who you are and what your interests are
  • your updated one-page resume to info@burningcoal.org