FLINT REPERTORY THEATRE
LUCKY STIFF
IN-PERSON AND VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

AEA AND NON-UNION CONTRACT: AEA SPT-5

SEEKING:
Flint Repertory Theatre is seeking AEA and Non-Union performers for LUCKY STIFF. We will be holding in-person auditions and accepting video submissions.

Auditions will be held Fall 2025 – date to be determined
Check back for appointment sign-ups and video submission instructions

For additional questions, contact Emily Nichter at enichter@flintrep.org, 810-237-2520

Co-Production between Flint Rep and University of Michigan Flint’s Program of Theatre & Dance:

LUCKY STIFF
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Based on “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” by Michael Butterworth
Directed by Stephanie Dean
Rehearsals: February 17 – March 19, 2026
Performances: March 20 – April 4, 2026
UMF University Theatre

Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit $6,000,000. He just needs to take his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Pass his uncle off as still living, and the money is his. Fail and his inheritance goes straight to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn… or else his uncle’s gun-toting ex! From the Tony Award-winning writing team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island, Anastasia), Lucky Stiff is an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair.

Flint Repertory Theatre and UM-F’s Program of Theatre & Dance are combining forces for this first ever co-production, featuring a cast composed of both professional and student performers along with a professional creative team of UMF faculty and Flint Rep artists.

SEEKING:

Flint Rep is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities to audition for all available roles.

HARRY WITHERSPOON 30’s-40’s. Tenor. A shy, sweet-natured and insecure young Englishman, working as an underpaid shoe salesman in a dreary London suburb. Lonely, and beset by dogs and prying neighbors in his boardinghouse, Harry knows that life is passing him by, but feels incapable of making any changes or taking any chances.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

ANNABEL GLICK 25-35. Mezzo-Soprano. A representative of the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. Annabel is a young woman with a natural bent for causes. She takes life very seriously, and denies herself any small pleasures, for fear that if she waits for happiness to knock, it won’t. Instead, she dedicates herself to good works. Annabel is the type who wears protest buttons and carries a bag full of useful things like tire gauges and granola bars.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: F#3

RITA LA PORTA 35-40’s. Alto. A handsome, hard-edged woman with an extremely volatile nature and a severe case of nearsightedness. Rita is passionate, impulsive, jealous, manipulative and very insecure about her looks. She is also putty in the hands of the man she adores. Things often get out of control when Rita is present. She is a chain smoker.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: F#3

VINCENT (VINNIE) DI RUZZIO 35-40’s. Baritone. Rita La Porta’s brother. An optometrist. A nervous and conservative man, a pillar of the community and a person who would never do anything out of the ordinary, risky or controversial. Vinnie is allergic to smoke.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: A#2

LUIGI GAUDI 40’s-50’s. Tenor. A boisterous and gregarious Italian. Luigi is a pivotal character, although his part is relatively small. He wears a beard, and perhaps an eye patch.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: B2

THE DEAD BODY OF ANTHONY HENDON 45-60’s. The body of a man believed to be “Uncle Anthony,” who Harry brings with him on a very special trip. Doubles as Commuter on Train.

ENSEMBLE Seeking strong singers and dancers of all ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, body types, and abilities to portray a fully featured versatile ensemble that helps define this world.