Equity Principal Actors

TEETH - Providence, RI EPA

The Wilbury Theatre Group | Providence, RI

Notice: Audition

Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Friday, December 4, 2026

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (E)

Lunch 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email: [email protected]. Please include your availability (ideally a 2-hour block of time) on the day of the audition. Equity members without APPOINTMENTS will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.

If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition along with your headshot and resume to: [email protected]. Video submission deadline is December 4th, 2026, at 11:59pm ET.

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre CONTRACT

$356 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in TEETH (See BREAKDOWN).

Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, gender identities, ages, body types, and abilities are strongly encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one song from a contemporary pop/rock musical, or a pop/rock song in a similar style (no more than 2 minutes), and one contemporary monologue, comedic preferred (no longer than 2 minutes). Please bring sheet music in the correct key. Each performer will be allotted a maximum of 5 minutes. A piano and accompanist will be available.

LOCATION

WaterFire Arts Center

475 Valley Street

Providence, RI 02909

Wilbury Theatre Group performance space

PERSONNEL

Book and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Book and Music by Anna K. Jacobs

Based on the film Teeth by Mitchell Lichtenstein

Directed by Josh Short

Music Direction by Milly Massey

Choreography by Ali Kenner Brodsky

Expected to attend:

Artistic Director / Director: Josh Short

Music Director: Milly Massey

OTHER DATES

Callbacks for all roles will be scheduled at a later date.

Rehearsals begin: April 27, 2027

Performances: May 27 - June 27, 2027

OTHER

www.thewilburygroup.org

Venue: Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence, RI.

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Equity's CONTRACTs prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

TEETH

Casting Note: TEETH is an ensemble-driven horror musical comedy with a contemporary pop/rock score. All performers must be strong actors and confident singers with sharp comic timing, who can play heightened comedy and real horror with complete sincerity.

Also Note: TEETH is written for adult audiences. The show includes strong language, simulated sexual content, partial undress, depictions of sexual violence, and staged violence with stage blood. An intimacy director and fight director will be part of the creative team, and all intimacy and violence will be choreographed.

SEEKING:

DAWN O'KEEFE – 16. Female-identifying. An evangelical Christian girl with strong convictions and a good heart; leader of the Promise Keeper Girls, the teen chastity group at New Testament Village, and Pastor's stepdaughter. After her boyfriend forces himself on her, Dawn discovers her body has teeth. The show follows her from shame and terror to a power that finally consumes her, as she becomes the goddess Dentata. Must carry the show with total sincerity and real comic instincts. Vocal: Mezzo belter, F#3 to G#5.

PASTOR BILL O'KEEFE / DR. GODFREY – Late 40s-early 50s. Male-identifying. Pastor leads New Testament Village church. He is Brad's father and Dawn's stepfather: charismatic, extremely pious, and obsessed with the purity of the girls in his congregation. Doubles as Dr. Godfrey, a gynecologist with a clinic outside of Eden who assaults Dawn during an exam. Has a commanding presence, strong comic timing, and real menace. Vocal: Baritenor / tenor with a wide range, moving from a smooth, authoritative gospel-preacher sound to a heightened comic style as Dr. Godfrey in "Girls Like You."

BRAD O'KEEFE – 17. Male-identifying. Pastor's son and Dawn's stepbrother. Smart and perceptive, but lost and lonely. When they were small children, Dawn's teeth injured his finger, and the pain he still carries has drawn him into the Truthseekers, an online community of angry young men led by an influencer called Godfather. Over the course of the show he turns violent. Must find both the humor and the hurt in a kid sliding toward something ugly. Vocal: Tenor / baritone; contemporary pop/rock style.

TOBEY – High school age. Male-identifying. Dawn's boyfriend and captain of the Eden High Crossbearers basketball team: handsome, religiously convicted, with a temper. The night he proposes, he forces himself on Dawn, and her teeth bite back. Doubles as incidental male characters as needed. Vocal: Tenor; contemporary pop/rock with strong upper extension and falsetto control ("Modest Is Hottest").

RYAN – Teen. Male-identifying. A tech-savvy, closeted gay teen who runs New Testament Village's live stream. He becomes Dawn's confidant and offers to be the hero who conquers her teeth, hoping it will make him straight. Then, without asking her, he live streams their night together. Warm, funny, and conflicted. Doubles as incidental male characters as needed. Vocal: Tenor; contemporary pop/rock with strong upper extension and falsetto control ("I'm Your Guy").

PROMISE KEEPER GIRLS (KEKE, BECKY, STEPHANIE, TRISHA, RACHAEL, FIONA) – Teens. Female-identifying. Members of Dawn's chastity group at New Testament Village: a diverse group of young women with a wide range of body and personality types. Each has individual lines and solo moments, and together they work as the show's chorus, transforming from devoted church girls into Dentata's followers. Fearless comedically and strong movers. Vocal: Sopranos and mezzos; bright, tight pop/rock harmony, strong belt, and big dynamic shifts.

GODFATHER – Voice only. A charismatic Australian online influencer who leads the Truthseekers. He is heard but never seen.