Lucky Stiff Auditions
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.
NOTE: These are professional auditions for AEA and Non-Union performers. If you are a UM-Flint student looking to audition, please reach out to Stephanie Dean (scdean@umich.edu).
IN-PERSON AUDITIONS:
Monday, November 10th from 11:00am – 3:30pm; 6:00 – 10:00pm
CALLBACKS:
Monday, November 17 from 6:30 – 10:00pm and Tuesday, November 18 from 6:30 – 10:00pm (as needed)
IN-PERSON AUDITIONS:
Prepare a 1-minute cut of an Ahrens and Flaherty musical theatre song with your own accompaniment or the accompaniment provided below. An accompanist will be provided at in-person auditions.
APPOINTMENTS:
Please select an appointment time at the link below. Note: You do not need to bring a copy of your headshot and resume.
Lucky Stiff In-Person Audition Sign-up
IN-PERSON AUDITION FORM:
No later than 72 hours prior to your audition date and time, please fill out our audition form here.
LOCATION:
Flint Repertory Theatre
1220 E Kearsley St
Flint, MI 48503
PERSONNEL EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Interim Artistic Director & Managing Director Nicole Samsel
Director Stephanie Dean
Assistant to the Artistic Director Emily Nichter
VIRTUAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
VIDEO AUDITIONS:
Provide a video of a 1-minute cut of an Ahrens and Flaherty musical theatre song of your choice or with the accompaniment provided here:
Videos can be submitted via a link to your Vimeo, YouTube, personal website or other online account you prefer through the form below. Videos should be viewable without requiring downloads. Submissions should include a digital copy of your headshot and resume.
Video Submission Deadline: Friday, November 7th, 2025.
VIRTUAL SUBMISSION FORM: Submit video auditions through the audition form here.
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.