Audition To Be A Bucks Co. Playhouse Apprentice This Weekend

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ — Auditions for this summer's Bucks County Playhouse Acting Apprentice Program, which is led by a Broadway choreographer, will be held this Saturday in Lambertville.

The auditions for the summer program, led by Patrice Soriero of "Steps On Broadway," will be held at Lambertville Hall, 57 Bridge Street. Auditions are open to students about to start college as well as those currently enrolled in college. You must be 18 years old or older to audition.

To secure an audition slot, send a headshot and resume to apprenticecasting@bcptheater.org.

Apprentices come from some of the top-ranking musical theatre programs at colleges and universities throughout the country. Apprentices accepted in past years include students from University of Michigan, University of Cincinnati, Syracuse University, Rider University, and Point Park University.

While a live audition is highly recommended, performers who are unable to audition in person may do so by video submission.

If auditioning via video, email a headshot, resume, completed application and a video of a 32-bar cut and a short dance to apprenticecasting@bcptheater.org by Feb.1.

The centerpiece of the Summer Apprentice Program in 2020 will be the Playhouse’s new production of “The Addams Family,” directed by Hunter Foster and choreographed by Shannon Lewis.

Orientation will begin on June 5, the production begins rehearsal June 9, and runs June 28 to Aug.1.

Apprentices will also perform in the Playhouse’s new cabaret series, learn from Broadway professionals through our masterclass series, and may have the chance to appear in readings of new works in development.

The Bucks County Playhouse Apprentice Program is part of the Actors’ Equity Association Membership Candidate Program. Apprentices may be able to obtain EMC points for some of their work at the Playhouse.

After orientation weekend in New Hope, PA, the next two full weeks of the apprenticeship will be in NYC rehearsing “The Addams Family” in one of Broadway’s finest rehearsal studios June 9 through June 21.

Apprentices will return to New Hope on June 22 and remain there through the show’s closing on Aug. 2. A small stipend will be paid for food and expenses.

Playhouse re-launched the Acting Apprentice Program in 2016.