Auditions Information for 2nd Stage presents "The Lifespan of a Fact"

By Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal

Directed by Zach Whitt

Performances: January 30 - February 1, 2026

Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two come head to head in a comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth.

Auditions Details

In person auditions: December 1st, 2025 at 7:00 pm. Call backs, if needed on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7:00 pm.

Prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue followed by cold reads. Will have monologues from the show prepped for anyone who does not have one prepared for the audition.

Video virtual auditions must be submitted via email to office@fentontheatre.org by 7:00 pm on December 1st to be considered.  Submit a video recording of a one-minute contemporary monologue.  With your submission, either attach a PDF of a completed audition form or include all of your answers from the form in your email. 

Roles available

[JIM FINGAL] - Male presenting, early to mid 20s. Fledgling fact checker, hired by Editor-in-Chief Emily Penrose to comb through John D’Agata’s essay for inaccuracies before it can be published the following Monday. However, the essay is riddled with half-truths and embellishments, making it unfit to print. Jim is just doing his job, but the writer refuses to listen to reality and fix his mistakes.

[JOHN D'AGATA] - Male presenting, 40s and up. Renowned essayist. Jim is all too happy to label John’s artistic liberties as inaccuracies, which is completely missing the point; John is portraying something greater than mere truth, and he chafes against Jim’s criticism.

[EMILY PENROSE] - Female presenting, 40s and up. Seasoned Editor-in-Chief of an illustrious but struggling New York magazine. When Emily reads John D’Agata’s essay, she recognizes it as a piece that could save the publication from financial ruin. She hires Jim Fingal to fact-check the essay before it goes to print the following Monday, but what should be a quick job is taking longer than expected, and the clock is ticking…

Auditions Information for FVP presents "Blood Relations"

Directed by Victoria Stratton

Blood Relations is a psychological murder mystery based on historical fact and speculation surrounding the life of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her father and stepmother, crimes with which Borden was arrested for, though acquitted from and found not guilty.

Auditions: December 8 - 9, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Performances: February 20 - March 1, 2026

Roles available:

Miss Lizzie / Bridget

Lizzie Borden is the protagonist of the play. Here, she is living alone with her sister and carrying on an affair with The Actress, who comes down from Boston to visit her. She is very squirrelly and ambiguous about her part in her parents' murders, even though everyone believes that she did it. In the reenactment of the past that she does with the Actress, she plays Bridget, the Irish maid who worked for the Bordens.

Lizzie, as portrayed by the Actress, is insecure, depressive, and driven mad by her mistreatment at the hands of her father and stepmother. She worries that she will be robbed of all of her inheritance and desperately wants independence even though that is virtually impossible for a woman at this time. She does not wish to marry and has always worried that she is not ladylike enough.

Bridget

Bridget is played by the real Lizzie Borden in the play. In the play, she is presented as the maid of the Bordens, someone who is more sympathetic to Lizzie's plight than anyone in Lizzie's family. As portrayed by Lizzie, she is kind-hearted and pure-intentioned, not wanting to sell Lizzie out, but also worried about the consequences of the murder.

The Actress

The Actress is an actress from Boston who comes to visit Lizzie in Fall River, and with whom she is alleged to be having an affair. She is a little afraid of Lizzie, and Lizzie suggests that one of the reasons that the Actress even has a career is because of their relationship.

Dr. Patrick

Dr. Patrick is a married Irish doctor with whom Lizzie strikes up a friendship. While everyone in town believes it to be an affair, and Dr. Patrick is ready to run away with her, Lizzie is only being his friend as a kind of game, a way of exhibiting her independent spirit. Dr. Patrick is smitten with Lizzie's independent and witty attitude, and likes talking to her.

Emma Borden

Emma is Lizzie's older sister, who is rather meek and does not like to get in the middle of conflict. While she shares many of Lizzie's gripes with their father and stepmother, she does not want to rebel with the same ferocity that Lizzie does. After the deaths of their parents, Emma lives with Lizzie and often asks Lizzie if she did in fact kill their parents.

Mrs. Borden

Mrs. Borden is Lizzie and Emma's stepmother. Lizzie and Emma have a very unhealthy relationship, and Lizzie absolutely hates her. Lizzie thinks that Mrs. Borden is jealous of the attention that Lizzie's father gives her, while Mrs. Borden judges Lizzie for being so unconventional and not seeking out a sensible marriage.

Mr. Borden

Mr. Borden is Lizzie's father, a man who is constantly torn between his wife's and Lizzie's wishes. He is very rich, and has a large estate, but is referred to as miserly and cheap throughout the play. He is scared of Lizzie, and while he feels great affection for her, wishes she would be more of a conformist and try and fit in with society. He is an abusive man, who is driven to hitting Lizzie and harming her beloved pigeons in order to prove his patriarchal dominance. In the contrast between his loving attitudes towards Lizzie and his violent abuse, Mr. Borden is a complicated antagonist.

Harry Wingate

Harry Wingate is Mrs. Borden's brother, an avaricious and lustful man who wants control over both Lizzie's body (he regularly sexually harasses her) and her estate, devising ways for himself and Mrs. Borden to gain custody of Mr. Borden's assets.

Auditions Information for FVP presents "Company"

Directed by Mary Collins

On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor, Robert, contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends explain the pros and cons of taking on a spouse. The habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of bachelorhood during a hilarious array of interactions.

Auditions: February 23-24, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Performances: April 10 - 19, 2026

Roles available:

[ROBERT] Male presenting, 30-35, the story's protagonist, keen observer who appears happy but holds pain in his heart, only one of his friends still single, terrified of marriage and fears a lifelong loneliness. Vocal Range: G5-G3

[SARAH] Female presenting, 30-40, Harry's hyper critical wife and tends to overeat, open, accepting, and full of love. Vocal Range: A5-A3

[HARRY] Male presenting, 35-45, Sarah's husband, recovering alcoholic continually falling off the wagon. Believes advantages of marriage outweigh disadvantages. Vocal Range: A5-A3

[SUSAN] Female presenting, 30-40, A delicate southern belle, Peter's wife and ex-wife. Motherly in her affections towards Robert. Vocal Range: A5-A3

[PETER] Male presenting, 30-40, Susan's husband. The perfect husband and ex-husband. He is very liberal in his view of relationships. Vocal Range: A5-B3

[JENNY] Female presenting, 30-40, Quietly manipulative, simultaneously square and wise, loves her husband, David, and will indulge him from time to time. Vocal Range: A5-A3

[DAVID] Male presenting, 30-40, Jenny's husband, relaxed and always in control, believes a man should be married. Vocal Range: A5-B3

[AMY] Female presenting, 25-35, Frantic neurotic engaged to Paul but terrified of marriage. Vocal range: A5-G3

[PAUL] Male presenting, 30-40, Amy's fiancé, mildly clingy, but patient to her neurotic nature. Vocal range: A5-B3

[JOANNE] Female presenting, 40-50, Acerbic, demanding, and blunt. Puts on a brassy front that melts when she is alone with her husband. Vocal range: B5-G3

[LARRY] Male presenting, 45-55, Joanne's husband, stoic and centered, but has moments of goofiness. Indulges wife's behavior but knows when to put his foot down. Vocal range: A5-B3

[MARTA] Female presenting, 20-30, A girlfriend of Robert's, intensely modern, who is seeking adventure and excitement in the City. Vocal range: A5-A3

[KATHY] Female presenting, 25-35, An old girlfriend of Robert's, now a good friend, plans to leave the City for a life of domesticity. Sweet and loving. Vocal range: A5-A3

[APRIL] Female presenting, 25-35, A girlfriend of Robert's., flight attendant who came to New York to live in Radio City. Ditzy and adorable. Vocal range: A5-A3

Auditions Information for 2nd Stage presents "KHAN!!! The Musical! A Parody TREK-Tacular"

Directed by Amber Gensterblum Holdren & Kevin Emmons

Khan!!! The Musical! is a gut-bustingly funny parody based on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: The Next Generation with an entirely original score. It's fun for Trekkies, Broadway fans and "normies" alike, and you don't have to know anything about Star Trek to enjoy it!

THE CONCEPT: No Wait, the "KHAN"-cept.

In 2366, Data, the android, presents his musical comedy version of The Wrath of Khan with a cast of virtual actors on the Holodeck! A campy show-within-a-show ensues where the bloodthirsty Khan vows revenge on a washed up James T. Kirk and Data–portraying multiple roles–learns a thing or two about life along the way.

Auditions: TBD at 7:00 pm

Performances: June 5 - 14, 2026

Roles available:

[KIRK] 20s-50s, to play 50-55, male-presenting, BARI-TENOR to TENOR, A military space admiral with a fragile ego.  The portrayal here can be a slightly exaggerated William Shatner, but not so intense that the characterization gets old.

[DATA] 20s-30s, to play 35, male-presenting, BARI-TENOR OR TENOR, A robotic android who hams it up onstage. It’s important to remember that he is the only real character who appears onstage (all other onstage characters are holographic simulations). So the closer he can look and sound to Brent Spiner’s original “Data,” the better.  Also performs the following roles: 

• KOBAYASHI MARU CAPTAIN, 40: A posh British military officer barely keeping it together.

• JOACHIM, 30: The son Khan never had. At first he may seem to be an unsophisticated dunderhead, but maybe he’s more clever than he looks and sounds.

• PETER PRESTON, 17: Over-the-top cockney “Tiny Tim.” Cloyingly, aggressively adorable.

• DAVID, 20: He’s a walking Shatner impersonation turned up to 11.

[KHAN] 20s-50s, to play 50-55, male-presenting, TENOR, A campy, scenery-chewing villain. This is not the Khan from the movie. Here, he’s campy, scenery-chewing, and can have fun with the audience. The actor must commit to Khan’s desires and plans just enough to preserve a sense of stakes, and perhaps menace.

[SPOCK / REDSHIRT] as SPOCK: 20s-50s,to play 50-55, male-presenting, BASS TO BARI-TENOR, A stoic half-human/half-alien with a touch of haughtiness, but his warmth and concern for others can be seen in subtle ways. As REDSHIRT: 20s-50s, to play 35 (VOCAL RANGE FLEXIBLE), He may seem confident at first, but he’s ultimately a bit dopey and ends up being pretty cowardly.

[SAAVIK] 20s-30s, female-presenting, to play 20, MEZZO OR SOPRANO, An awkward cadet/ingenue.  Can be thought of as a high-strung musical theatre student who fully feels their feelings and craves the spotlight.  Also fills in as a Khan Henchperson, and Spacelab crew member.

[COMMANDER SULU / CHEKOV] As SULU: 20s-50s, to play 50, BARITONE (OR ALTO), TRADITIONALLY ASIAN, The ship’s pilot; professional yet flamboyant. As CHEKOV: 20s-50s, to play 40, VOCAL RANGE FLEXIBLE, A dimwitted commander with a cartoonish Russian accent.

[BONES / SCOTTY] as BONES: 20s-50s, to play 60, RANGE FLEXIBLE (WRITTEN AS CONTRALTO-TO-MEZZO), A crotchety Southern doctor.  As SCOTTY: 20s-50s, to play 50, MEZZO/ALTO FLEXIBLE, The ship’s engineer, Scottish accent. When the going gets tough, he takes his job very seriously and is good at it.   Also fills in as a Khan Henchperson and a Spacelab crew member.

[COMMANDER UHURA / CAROL] as UHURA: 20s-50s, female-presenting, to play 45, MEZZO, TRADITIONALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, A sardonic communications officer. She’s somewhat bored by this gig and sometimes acts as the sardonic voice of reason. Vocal riffing / gospel-style singing a plus.  As CAROL: 20s-50s, female-presenting, to play 45, MEZZO-TO-SOPRANO FLEXIBLE, Kirk’s ex-girlfriend; tough yet warm. Also fills in as a Khan Henchperson.

Auditions Information for FVP presents "Little Shop of Horrors"

Directed by Angela Sloan

The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!

Auditions: May 18 - 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Performances: July 10 - 26, 2026

Roles available:

[SEYMOUR KRELBORN] Male presenting, 25-35, insecure, put-upon florist's clerk and eventual hero. He is a genuine, well-meaning man who is taken for granted because of his clumsy ways and poor social skills. Vocal range: G4-A2

[AUDREY] Female presenting, 25-35, Bleached-blond, secret love of Seymour's life. She has poor self-worth and education, but incredibly good looks and a sweet and vulnerable demeanor. Vocal range: D5-G#3

[MR MUSHNIK] Male presenting, 55-65, seasoned owner of the failing flower shop and Seymour's nosy boss. He is profit-driven, greedy, and manipulative. Vocal range: F4-G2

[ORIN SCRIVELLO] Male presenting, 30-40, egotistical dentist with a passion for leather and sadistic tendencies. Audrey's abusive boyfriend, who is targeted by Seymour. Vocal range: G4-G2

[THE PLANT: AUDREY II] Puppet. An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado, the plant has an appetite for human flesh that is appeased by Seymour. Puppeteer doubles as other sizes of the plant.

[VOICE OF THE PLANT] Any gender, 20-50, An actor/vocalist located offstage. The voice is that of a conniving, street-smart 'villain.' A funky Rhythm and Blues voice is best. Vocal range: G4-G2

[CRYSTAL] BIPOC, Female presenting, 20-35, Black street urchin acting as the occasional Greek Chorus. Young, hip, and smart, these girls are the only ones who have a grip on reality. Vocal Range: F5-Ab3

[RONNETTE] BIPOC, Female presenting, 20-35, Black street urchin acting as the occasional Greek Chorus. Young, hip, and smart, these girls are the only ones who have a grip on reality. Vocal Range: F5-Ab3

[CHIFFON] BIPOC, Female presenting, 20-35, Black street urchin acting as the occasional Greek Chorus. Young, hip, and smart, these girls are the only ones who have a grip on reality. Vocal Range: F5-Ab3