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.
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).
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
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