Auditions – “Anything Goes”

Anything Goes

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Adapted from the 1987 Broadway revival, originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater.

Production Team

Director:  Jay Lewis
Assistant Director:  Jacob Myers
Music Director:  Meredith Browning
Choreographer:  Eden Barrus
Assistant Choreographer:  Lena Moralez
Stage Manager:  Rodney Hudson
Assistant Stage Manager:  Hannah Horton

Performances

February 27 – March 22, 2026

Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm

Rehearsals

  • Rehearsals will begin Monday, January 26, 2026.
  • Typically, rehearsals will be Mondays-Thursdays from 7-10pm and Saturdays from 9am-12pm.
  • Tech Week rehearsals on February 23-26, 2026, will be Monday-Thursday and will begin at 6pm.
  • There will be a Q2Q rehearsal on Sunday, February 22, 2026.

Benefits

  • Limited actor stipends are available for specific roles; stipends typically range from $100-$400.
  • An allotment of comp tickets is available for family and friends.
  • A limited amount of housing is available on weekends during performance run, upon request. Housing is not available during rehearsals.

Auditions

Performers of any ethnicity, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, body type and who are differently abled are welcomed and encouraged to audition.

Monday and Tuesday, January 5-6, 2026
Granbury Theatre Academy, 400 S. Morgan Street Suite 105, Granbury, Texas 76048

Please sign up for an audition slot at the signup website below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0448ACA92BA4FB6-61108687-anything

Auditions will include you singing 32 bars from a song in the style of the show and may include cold readings from the script.  Accompaniment will NOT be provided so please bring musical track to connect with our audio system.  Please bring a headshot and acting resume if available.

If unable to audition in person, you may submit a video audition through the form below.  Video submissions must be received by 11:59pm on Sunday, January 4.

https://forms.gle/vktJkCWQTMgjtYAQ8

Callbacks

If needed and by invitation only

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Granbury Theatre Academy, 400 S. Morgan Street Suite 105, Granbury, Texas 76048

PRODUCTION DESCRIPTION

The S. S. American is sailing between New York and England with a comically colorful assemblage of passengers: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist, her pal Billy Crocker, a lovelorn Wall Street broker who has come aboard to try to win the favor of his beloved Hope Harcourt (who is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), and a second-rate conman named Moonface Martin, aka “Public Enemy #13”. Song, dance, and farcical antics ensue as Reno and Moonface try to help Billy win the love of his life.
 
ANYTHING GOES (2022 REVISION) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Whitmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
 
This version of ANYTHING GOES was adapted from the 1987 Broadway revival, originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater

CHARACTER LISTING

RENO SWEENEY – A brassy evangelist turned nightclub singer
HOPE HARCOURT – A well-known debutante
LORD EVELYN OAKLEIGH – A wealthy Englishman
ELISHA WHITNEY – A google-eyed tycoon
BILLY CROCKER – Whitney’s young assistant
MOONFACE MARTIN – A hapless gangster, Public Enemy No. 13
ERMA – A tough gangster’s moll
EVANGELINE HARCOURT – Hope’s mother, a widow [non-singing]
SPIT and DIPPY – Two rascally New York City street toughs
CAPTAIN – Of the S.S. American
PURSER – Aboard the S.S. American
PURITY – Showgirl Angel #1 with Reno’s act
CHASTITY – Showgirl Angel #2 with Reno’s act
CHARITY – Showgirl Angel #3 with Reno’s act
VIRTUE – Showgirl Angel #4 with Reno’s act
QUARTET – Four Sailors
FRED – A bartender
HENRY T. DOBSON – A minister

Ensemble

REPORTERS
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS
FBI AGENT
OLD LADY IN A WHEELCHAIR
SAILORS
PASSENGERS – Men and women
SHIP’S CREW – Male chorus/dancers
SHIP’S PASSENGERS – Men and women, singers/dancers