AUDITIONS FOR AMERICAN IDIOT
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

 
​The Wilbury Theatre Group will hold AEA and non-AEA auditions for American Idiot as follows: Equity Principal Auditions will be held on Sunday, February 23 from 8am–4pm (break 12pm-12:30pm). Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits. Non-Equity performers may also audition, as time permits. Audition slots are limited, however, and priority will be given to Equity members.
 
Auditions will take place at The Wilbury Theatre Group’s performance space inside the WaterFire Arts Center, 475 Valley Street, Providence RI 02908​. For an appointment, please email auditions@thewilburygroup.org with an available time block of 2 hours between 8am-4pm on Sunday February 23. We will reply with a specific time slot.
 
Members of AEA will be given priority for audition times but EMC & non-AEA performers may also request an appointment and all efforts will be made to schedule an appropriate slot.
 
Recorded video auditions by Members of AEA and non-equity performers will also be accepted, along with a headshot/resume through email by 11:59PM on February 22, 2025 to auditions@thewilburygroup.org
 
Each performer will be allotted a maximum of 5 minutes. A piano and accompanist will be available, but we recommend that performers prepare a song of their choice from the production and accompany themselves to demonstrate proficiency.
 
Limited sheet music selections and accompaniment tracks from the show will be made available at the time of your scheduled audition.
 
***All performers: Please indicate in the email subject heading your status as either an AEA member, Equity Membership Candidate or non-member.
 
For example: 
 
SUBJECT: AEA audition – AMERICAN IDIOT
 
Or…    
   
SUBJECT: Non-union audition – AMERICAN IDIOT
 
 
Each performer will be allotted a maximum of 5 minutes for their audition. All performers should prepare a song of their choice. Only Equity performers may choose to read from a script. The Wilbury Theatre Group will provide sides and a reader. AEA members who wish to read a side are encouraged to prepare their own and either bring a copy for the reader or let us know the scene/page numbers upon check–in so we may be prepared to assist you.
 
Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen.
 
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend. Character descriptions have been listed below. Unless otherwise noted, characters may be cast by actors of any ethnicity.
 
Callbacks for all roles will be held at a date TBD in March.

 AMERICAN IDIOT presented by Wilbury Theatre Group
Music by: Green Day, Lyrics by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Book by: Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, Directed by: Josh Short, Music Direction by: Milly Massey, Choreography by: Ali Kenner Brodsky
 
Seeking actor/singer/musicians for various roles in “American Idiot”. Seeking artists who can act, sing, and play musical instruments in the show. 

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Character Descriptions:
 
Johnny – 20s – Male-identifying – B2-B4.
The guy who goes to the city; the self-proclaimed Jesus of Suburbia. Bored of his do-nothing, go-nowhere existence, he takes off for the city to get a new lease on life. He wages an inner war between a budding love for Whatsername and growing dependency on St. Jimmy and drugs.
 
Tunny – 20s – Male-identifying – D3-B4.
The guy who goes to the city with Johnny. Johnny’s friend who follows him to the city and eventually enlists in the army which throws him into active military conflict in the Middle East. A lost dreamer who is easily swayed, first by Johnny’s ideas and then by patriotism and the American Dream.
 
Will – 20s – Male-identifying – C#3-B4.
The guy that stays home in Suburbia. Johnny’s friend. He ends up staying in Suburbia with his pregnant girlfriend Heather. The more he stays on the couch, the more he becomes slowly disconnected from the world and his own relationships.
 
St. Jimmy – 20s – Any gender – C3-F#5.
A city badass. Johnny’s alter ego. An enigmatic and charismatic enabler who gets Johnny addicted to drugs and grows jealous of his relationship with Whatsername
 
Heather – 20s – Female-identifying – A3-E5.
A girl in suburbia. Will’s girlfriend. She discovers she is pregnant but has difficulty telling her boyfriend of the news. Once she settles down with him, she struggles to maintain their relationship with his despondency and eventually leaves him.
 
Whatsername – 20s – Female-identifying – F#3-D#5.
A girl in the city.  A rebel activist–fierce, strong, and capable–who falls for Johnny. She fights to have him embrace an authentic relationship with her rather than pursue his addiction
 
Extraordinary Girl – 20s – Female-identifying – Bb3-E5.
A girl in the Middle East who first appears as a hallucination to Tunny. Attractive and mysterious, she later appears as his nurse and accompanies him home after the war.
 
Ensemble – 20s – All genders
The energetic and integral force behind the show. They portray a number of critical characters throughout and have many opportunities for featured musical solos
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Please provide a copy of your headshot/resume at the time of your audition. For an appointment, please email auditions@thewilburygroup.org In your email, please offer a time block of 2 hours between 8am – 4pm on Sunday, February 23. No phone calls please. Any questions should be address to auditions@thewilburygroup.org.
 
Callbacks for all roles will be scheduled at a later date.
 
Rehearsals begin April 22; performances May 22 – June 15 (possible extension to June 22) in Providence, RI.
 
Artistic Director Josh Short will be attending all auditions. Minimum weekly SPT1 salary for Equity actors is $330.

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