AUDITIONS FOR TEETH SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
The Wilbury Theatre Group will hold Equity and non-Equity auditions for TEETH as follows: Equity Principal Auditions will be held on Friday, December 4 from 8am-4pm (break 12pm-12:30pm). Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout the day, as time permits. Non-Equity performers may also audition. 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, Equity members may email auditions@thewilburygroup.org with an available time block of 2 hours between 8am-4pm on Friday, December 4. We will reply within 72 hours with a specific time slot. Non-Equity performers may be scheduled and seen as time permits.
Equity and non-Equity performers may also submit a recorded video audition, along with a headshot and resume, to auditions@thewilburygroup.org by 11:59PM on Friday, December 4, 2026. Videos should include the same material described below.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are strongly encouraged to attend. 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. All roles will be played by performers 18 and older.
Callbacks for all roles will be scheduled at a later date.
Rehearsals begin April 27, 2027; performances May 27 - June 27, 2027 at Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence, RI.
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.
***All performers: Please indicate in the email subject heading whether you are an Equity member or a non-member.
For example:
SUBJECT: AEA audition – TEETH
Or…
SUBJECT: Non-union audition – TEETH
Equity members may choose to read from the script. A reader will be provided. Please choose your scene and either bring a copy for the reader or give us the scene and page numbers at check-in. 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.
Character descriptions are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, characters may be cast by actors of any ethnicity.
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, Equity members may email auditions@thewilburygroup.org with an available time block of 2 hours between 8am-4pm on Friday, December 4. We will reply within 72 hours with a specific time slot. Non-Equity performers may be scheduled and seen as time permits.
Equity and non-Equity performers may also submit a recorded video audition, along with a headshot and resume, to auditions@thewilburygroup.org by 11:59PM on Friday, December 4, 2026. Videos should include the same material described below.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are strongly encouraged to attend. 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. All roles will be played by performers 18 and older.
Callbacks for all roles will be scheduled at a later date.
Rehearsals begin April 27, 2027; performances May 27 - June 27, 2027 at Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence, RI.
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.
***All performers: Please indicate in the email subject heading whether you are an Equity member or a non-member.
For example:
SUBJECT: AEA audition – TEETH
Or…
SUBJECT: Non-union audition – TEETH
Equity members may choose to read from the script. A reader will be provided. Please choose your scene and either bring a copy for the reader or give us the scene and page numbers at check-in. 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.
Character descriptions are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, characters may be cast by actors of any ethnicity.
About this production:
TEETH
Book and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
Book and Music by Anna K. Jacobs
Based on the film Teeth by Mitchell Lichtenstein
Rehearsals begin April 27, 2027; performances May 27 - June 27, 2027 in Providence, RI.
PLEASE 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.
TEETH
Book and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
Book and Music by Anna K. Jacobs
Based on the film Teeth by Mitchell Lichtenstein
Rehearsals begin April 27, 2027; performances May 27 - June 27, 2027 in Providence, RI.
PLEASE 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.
Character Descriptions:
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 and is Brad's father and Dawn's stepfather. He is charismatic, extremely pious, and obsessed with the purity of the girls in his congregation. The same actor plays Dr. Godfrey, a gynecologist with a clinic outside of Eden who assaults Dawn during an exam. Needs 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, and quick to anger. The night he proposes, he forces himself on Dawn, and her teeth bite back. Also plays 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. Also plays 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. Must be fearless comedic actors 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.
Please bring a headshot and resume to your audition. For an appointment, Equity members may email auditions@thewilburygroup.org with a time block of 2 hours between 8am-4pm on Friday, December 4.
No phone calls, please. Questions may be sent to auditions@thewilburygroup.org.
Artistic Director Josh Short, Music Director Milly Massey, and members of the Creative Team will be attending the auditions. Minimum weekly ITC salary for Equity actors is $356.00.
