04/30/2026
OPEN AUDITIONS – HARTBURN HOTEL
written by Whitney Ryan Garrity, directed by Tom Abbott
🎭 WHAT: Open Auditions for R-ACT Theatre Productions' production of Hartburn Hotel by Whitney Ryan Garrity, directed by Tom Abbott
📅 WHEN: May 9 (1pm–3pm) and May 10 (6pm–8pm)
📍 WHERE: Segriff Stage 134 Brighton Ave, Rochester, PA 15074
📖 HOW: In-person auditions will consist of cold reads from the script. No appointment or preparation required. Video auditions may be submitted with a 1–2 minute comedic monologue by May 10 at 8pm.
🌐Register online: https://forms.gle/L2GkFBCPUMgMsKkk9
👥 WHO: Seeking 10 adult actors (4M, 6F), ages 18–60s
📅 PERFORMANCE DATES: August 14–16, 2026 at Segriff Stage
🗓 REHEARSALS: Beginning June 14 at Segriff Stage. Sundays (6pm) and Tuesdays (7pm), with possible additional rehearsals based on actor availability.
📌 REQUIREMENTS:
• All roles at R-ACT are volunteer
• Must be 18+ to audition
• Headshot and resume preferred but not required
📌 ROLES: All roles available and unpaid
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📖 SHOW SYNOPSIS:
A comedic melodrama/face. Time/place. Late 1800’s the lobby of the Hartburn Hotel-a Residence for Young Ladies-formerly the Last Chance Inn, Calamity Gulch. USA
Faced with losing the Last Chance Inn Ma and Pa Culpepper turn to glamorous Sahara Hartburn. Sahara pays off their loan with money from a “well heeled admirer” and promptly takes over the inn. Transformed into the Hartburn Hotel the place becomes a residence for young ladies with a “no men allowed upstairs” policy. Sahara schemes to find a scandal that will give her new venue some publicity and finds it when the new schoolteacher, Polly Sincere is paid a visit by her dapper and devoted boyfriend Jasper Jones—in her room! To escape Jasper dresses as a girl and poses as Jasmine Sincere, Polly’s sister. Complications arise when a visiting sheriff falls for “Jasmine” and her sudden disappearance leads to Sahara accusing Polly of murder! An attempt to clear Polly’s name, an outrageous chase scene, and the search for a bank robber all conspire to bring the play to a surprising conclusion.
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🎭 CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS:
All roles are available and unpaid.
Western accents preferred for all characters except Mrs. Spottingford-Smythe
FEMALE PRESENTING CHARACTERS - AGES FLEXIBLE
• Ivory Keyes (F, 20s-60s) Resident piano player; an attractive lady. Ability to play honky-tonk piano helpful, but not required.
• Ma Culpepper (F, 40s-60s) Proprietress of the Last Chance Inn; vexed & perplexed
• Sahara Hartburn (F, 30s-40s) A glamorous & scheming woman
• Mrs. Spottingford-Smythe (F, 40s-60s) The very proper head of the Calamity Gulch School Board. No accent.
• Polly Sincere (F, 20s) The pretty, new schoolteacher
• Princess Prettyfoot (F, 20s-30s) Calamity Gulch’s trusty deputy
MALE PRESENTING CHARACTERS - AGES FLEXIBLE
• Pa Culpepper (M, 40s-60s) The thorn in Ma’s side
• Rod (M, 20s-30s): Sahara’s assistant; muscular & dumb
• Jasper Jones / Jasmine Sincere (M, 20s) Polly’s dapper & devoted boyfriend
• Sheriff Ulysses S. Graft (M, 30s-60s) From the neighboring town of Falling Rock
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❓ FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.ractproductions.com/auditions.html
🌐 REGISTER ONLINE:
https://forms.gle/L2GkFBCPUMgMsKkk9
📌 ALSO SEEKING:
Stage Manager, 2 Stagehands Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKrw13qnsF2wZhladq2VMA6fbJJbKYF_4nt3sZaij9j8rKfw/viewform
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