Free-Rain Theatre Company – Callbacks, Videos & EOIs for ACT Hub Season 2025

24 November 2024

The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Lend Me a Tenor 

• Callbacks for these two plays will be on Saturday 18^th January at Cook, from 10am, all day if required.
• Cate Clelland will contact those who have previously auditioned at the Open Casting Call whom she would like to see for a specific callback.
• New auditionees, please forward your Expression Of Interest (EOI) with recent headshot and theatre CV plus role/s you would like to be considered for, to cate.clelland@gmail.com

Roles for The Beauty Queen of Leenane: all roles are open

• Mag Folan (70s)
• Maureen Folan (40s)
• Ray Dooley (20s+)
• Pato Dooley (40s+)

Roles for Lend Me a Tenor: all roles are open except where indicated.

• Max (35) tenor
• Saunders – this role has been cast
• Maggie (20-30)
• Tito Merelli (30-50) tenor
• Maria Merelli (25-50)
• Bellhop (18-50)
• Diana (30s+)
• Julia (40+)

For Equus

• Anne Somes will contact those who have previously auditioned at the Open Casting Call if they are required for further callbacks or video submissions.
• Actors auditioning for the role of Alan will be required to send through a video audition by 20^th December.
• Actors who auditioned in the Open Casting Call will be considered for the Horses. A movement workshop will be conducted early in 2025 to finalise the roles of Nugget/Young Horseman and the other horses. They are absolutely crucial to the storytelling of this work.
• New auditionees who would like to put in an Expression Of Interest (EOI) for roles please send through a recent headshot and theatre CV. Please also send through a 2-minute monologue video audition. Please indicate the role/s for which you wish to be considered.
  Please send all EOIs to anne@acthub.com.au

Roles for Equus: all roles open except where indicated. 

• Martin Dysart (Psychiatrist) – this role is cast
• Alan Strang – playing age – 17yrs to 20yrs 
• Dora Strang (mother) – playing age – 40s to 50s
• Frank Strang (father) – playing age – 40s to 50s
• Hesther Salomon (Magistrate) – playing age – 35 to 50s
• Jill Mason (stable hand) – playing age – 19 to mid 20s
• Harry Dalton (stable owner) – playing age – 40s to 50s 
• Nurse – playing age – 20s plus
• Nugget/Young Horseman – see above
• Horses – see above.

Please note: actors from the Open Casting Call are being considered for roles.