Reply to: Michelle Macau <[email protected]>

CASTING

Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones; Music by Harvey Schmidt

Director:  Michelle Macau

REHEARSALS: mid-August to September 30

PERFORMANCES:  October 1-11, 2026

All positions are paid.

We welcome actors of all races, genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds to audition. Casting is open for any gender for the roles of El Gallo, Hucklebee, Bellomy, Henry, Mortimer, and Mute. The young lovers, Luisa and Matt, will be cast as female and male. Trans actors welcome. The vocal range will be adjusted depending on the actor cast.  Henry, Mortimer and The Mute do not sing. 

Please send a resume with photo (selfie is OK), and a self-tape of a song that is in the spirit of the show but NOT from the show.  Send short note with interest with the subject line THE FANTASTICKS CASTING to [email protected].

Auditions will be arranged with those interested.  For more information about The Open Eye Theater, please visit www.theopeneyetheater.org.

Roles:

The Narrator. Rakish, good looking, sophisticated. Age:  30+.  High baritone. 

Luisa.  Young and pretty, romantic idealist. Age 16-24;  Soprano.

Matt. An innocent young man searching for love and adventure.  Age 18-26; Baritone. 

Hucklebee and Bellomy, the children’s fathers. They argue and bicker while secretly plotting for the marriage of their children. AGES:  40+.  Not trained singers.

Henry. An aging Thespian who specializes in reciting Shakespeare Age: 50+. 

Mortimer. Henry’s goofy sidekick who specializes in stage deaths.  Age: 50+. 

The Mute–A speechless presence who watches, acts as the wall, and deals with props; the “invisible stage assistant. Dance, mime, or acrobatic skills a plus.

Synopsis:  The longest running musical show ever.  Award winning.  Born out of the Beat Generation of the 1950’s, The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two parents who try to keep them apart. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in the words, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow."