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Auditions

Birmingham Children’s Theatre is holding auditions for its 2024-2025 Season

BIRMINGHAM, AL  (LOCAL HIRE ONLY) All positions are Paid.
Birmingham Children’s Theatre is auditioning performers aged 18+ for our 2024-2025 Season. 

Contracts will be offered for individual shows.

BIPOC ARTISTS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT for all productions.  

Rehearsals and performances take place Tuesday – Saturday between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm, typically in 4 to 5 hour sessions. Daytime availability is a must. The production time commitment is 8 to 16 weeks, depending on the show.

In Person Auditions will be held at Birmingham Children’s Theatre on Saturday, October 26th, 2024 beginning at 11:00 am with a dance call starting at 12:00 pm. Please prepare a 60-90 second audition package consisting of a monologue and a song.  Callbacks will take place between 1:00 -3:30 pm and will be by invitation only. We are looking for performers with a keen sense of play, physicality and movement, and the ability to interact and improvise with audience members. While your audition pieces can be from any genre of theatre, please tailor them to show the energy, boldness, and bigness required for effective Theatre for Young Audiences performance.

Birmingham Children’s Theatre performs in-house at the BJCC in downtown Birmingham and on-tour throughout the southeast for children aged 0-18 and their families. BCT’s productions are divided into three series: MainStage, Wee Folks, and Theatre for Young Audiences (TVYA). Wee Folks and TVYA shows have an accompanying tour. More information on the different theatre series,  touring productions, and production time commitment is below in the Production Details section.

Request an audition time by sending your headshot and resume to auditions@bct123.org no later than Thursday, October 24th at 5:00 pm.

Birmingham Children’s Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. BCT is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Can’t make auditions? You can send a video audition featuring 16 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue to auditions@bct123.org Video submissions are due no later than Thursday, July 18th at 5:00 pm.

2024-2025 BCT Spring Season Productions details

The Biggest Little House in the Forest:

  • Directed by Irealle Sylvas

  • A one-person Theatre for Very Young Audiences Production.

  • Performs both in BCT’s Wee Folks Theatre and on tour.

  • Production time commitment is January 7th, 2025 through February 28th, 2025.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book:

  • Directed by Ashley Ann Woods

  • A five-person musical production - World Premiere!

  • Performs on BCT’s Main Stage.

  • Production time commitment is January 14th, 2025 through February 28th, 2025.

Jack and the Beanstalk:

  • Directed by Meryem Tunagur-WIliams

  • A four-person musical production

  • Performs both in BCT’s Wee Folks Theatre and on tour.

  • Production time commitment is February 11th, 2025 through April 25th, 2025.

The Wizard of Oz:

  • Directed by Najah Ali

  • A six-person musical production

  • Performs on BCT’s Main Stage.

  • Production time commitment is March 4th, 2024 through April 26th, 2024.

About Our Spaces

MainStage:

In our 950-seat MainStage Theatre we produce a wide variety of plays including literary classics, historical stories, popular musicals, and new works commissioned by BCT! While the content is always accessible for young audiences, MainStage productions are high-quality, professional, beautifully designed shows the whole family will enjoy - yes, adults too!

Audiences are 6 and older.

Wee Folks:

In the Wee Folks Theatre pre-K and elementary audiences are introduced to structured theatrical performances. Shows in this space often come from the pages of favorite storybooks and classic fairy tales updated for today’s children. Usually (though not always) musical and/or interactive, audiences in Wee Folks are encouraged to react audibly and help our main characters on their story journey.

Audiences are 4-8 years. Approximate performance time: 40-55 minutes.

Theatre for Very Young Audiences (TVYA):

Great for our very youngest theatre-goers, shows focus on the fundamentals of early childhood development while providing an engaging and entertaining story. These shows are always interactive featuring music, movement, rhyme, repetition, and other building blocks of learning. Created to be a “Yes Space” where children and their grown-ups are encouraged to roam, make noise, touch things, and get the wiggles out; and the performances are always relaxed, gentle, and sensory-friendly. Audiences are

0-5 years. Approximate performance time: 35-45 minutes.

Birmingham Children's Theatre hires actors through local and video auditions, as well as attending the Southeastern Theatre Conference each year. Local auditions will be posted to this page when available. You must be 18 years or older to be compensated as an actor.

Students are welcome to audition for our season as well, but must be available during school hours for rehearsals and performances. Youth auditions will be listed separately. If you would like to be added to a mailing list for upcoming youth auditions, please send an email to auditions@bct123.org with the subject line "YOUTH AUDITIONS."