SEASON AUDITIONS FOR BRÜKA THEATRE’S 33rd SEASON

Reno, NV - Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. (Time May Be Extended to Allow For Sign-Ups.) Brüka Theatre will hold open season auditions for the 33rd Season - Wild Card. We hope you will share your talent with The Bruka Theatre and our community. Expectations: Perform A One Minute Monologue (Timed) with introduction. Sing 16 bars acapella.

SIGN-UP LINK: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E44ADA72EA5FB6-58466223-202526

General Information: Sign up for a slot online at "signupgenius.com" or contact Brüka Theatre for an online invitation. Email:brukaproduction or call 775-323-3221. You will need to leave an email address. Please take a moment - Make sure you fill out the Audition Form @ https://forms.gle/wthSdDohwjfL28C2A If you need special assistance please email brukaproduction@gmail.com for advance elevator use. There are stairs to the actual auditions.

The Day Of The Audition: please enter Brüka Theatre from the side-door entrance located in downtown Reno on First Street. The waiting area is upstairs. We suggest you arrive 15 minutes before your audition. You will be ushered downstairs at your scheduled time. We want to utilize your time the best we can, so please check in at least ten minutes before your scheduled audition time. If you have not signed up for a slot, you may sign up on the day of the audition if there are any openings.

Actors will be seen by the directors and company of this season's productions in groups of five. Please prepare one contemporary monologue & 16 bars acapella if auditioning for the musical. The maximum time is two minutes total for each audition. Please dress appropriately - and please no flip-flops! Please bring your current resume and a photo. Directors will be allowed to ask up to three questions if desired of the auditioners. This season at Bruka we continue to celebrate diversity in all its beauty.

THE AUDITIONS ARE LISTED BELOW. SOME ROLES HAVE BEEN PRECAST.

SEASON AUDITIONS FOR BRÜKA THEATRE’S 33rd SEASON - Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. (Time May Be Extended to Allow For Sign-Ups.) Brüka Theatre will hold open season auditions for the 33rd Season - Wild Card. We hope you will share your talent with The Bruka Theatre and our community. Expectations: Perform A One Minute Monologue (Timed) with introduction and sixteen bars acapella if auditioning for the musical.

General Information: Sign up for a slot online at "signupgenius.com" or contact Bruka Theatre for an online invitation. Email:brukaproduction or call 775-323-3221. You will need to leave an email address. Please take a moment - Make sure you fill out the Audition Form @ https://forms.gle/1o33T7NbsLuZcnfJ9

If You Need Special Assistance please email brukaproduction@gmail.com for advance elevator use. There are stairs to the actual auditions.

The Day Of The Audition: please enter Brüka Theatre from the side-door entrance located in downtown Reno on First Street. The waiting area is upstairs. We suggest you arrive 15 minutes before your audition. You will be ushered downstairs at your scheduled time. We want to utilize your time the best we can, so please check in at least ten minutes before your scheduled audition time. If you have not signed up for a slot, you may sign up on the day of the audition if there are any openings.

You will be auditioning for our 2025/26 shows scheduled December 2025 - July 2026. Callbacks will be held at a later date. We are also looking for technical people, music and vocal directors and volunteers for our season - if you are interested in helping in these areas - please send an email to our brukaproduction@gmail.com or call: (775) 323-3221.

LOCATION: Brüka Theatre is located at 99 N. Virginia Street at the corner of First and Virginia Streets in downtown Reno next to the Virginia Street Bridge.

PARKING: We suggest convenient parking in the Court Street parking lot across from The Pioneer Theater and walking across the new Virginia Street Bridge to Brüka, FREE after 5:00 PM and all day Saturday and Sundays We also validate parking at the Parking Gallery on First and Sierra Street. Please enter through the side door on First Street up to 15 minutes before the audition time.

SHOWS WE WILL BE AUDITIONING FOR ARE BELOW. (SOME ROLES HAVE BEEN PRECAST.)

BÜTTCRACKERNEVERLAND arrives through the proverbial chimney for holiday titillations, in a most ridiculous Bruka theatre tradition with an all original BÜTTCRACKER NEVERLAND! What began as a parody of The Nutcracker has evolved into a regional cult classic, offering a different underbelly to the original ballet each year it is performed. (13 Performances) Looking for up to 12 comedic actors/movers that are comfortable with stage movement, physical theatre,dance and playing a variety of roles. Physically demanding. Roles include a variety of parents/children and pageant players.

February brings the 14th BIGGEST little THEATRE & NEW WORKS FESTIVAL. The local centric festival features a variety of local playwrights and theatre artists performing and/or reading a diversity of work over a four day period. Submissions for shows will open on September 15, 2025. The festival plays February 11 - 15, 2026

In March of 2026, Dave Anderson, one of the early Bruka Theatre instigators and director of many shows including Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear, co-founder of Laughing Owl Theatre Company, and currently teaching theatre at TMCC directs Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST. Prospero, an exiled Duke, uses his powers to create a storm on his magical island that shipwrecks his enemies.

The Tempest explores themes of colonialism, betrayal, magic, revenge and forgiveness as Prospero orchestrates events to reclaim his dukedom and achieve justice against those who usurped him. Plays March 6 - 21, 2026. Looking for players ages 18 and up. 8 males. 8 females.

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of The Declaration Of Independence comes the regional premiere of playwright Heidi Schreck's boundary-breaking play, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. This award-winning play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Directed by Stacy Johnson whose most recent direction was Moon Over Buffalo and stage appearance in The Beauty Queen Of Leenane. Featuring Mary Bennett. Plays April 10 - April 25, 2026. Looking for 1 - 2 male identifying actors between the ages of 30 - 50 and one teen actor between the ages of 13 - 16.

May of 2026, takes us from the battlefield to the flames with THE LARK written by French dramatist Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lillian Hellman. This 1952 dramatization of the life and trial of Joan of Arc opens at Brüka Theatre on May 15 and plays through May 31, 2026. Directed by Holly Natwora, a local theatre artist whose dense and impressive resume includes such Brüka shows as Dangerous Liaisons, Waiting For Godot, and The Diary Of Anne Frank. The roles of Joan and Charles have been pre-cast. Most other roles will be double cast.

Brüka’s 33rd season culminates with the 1998 revival of CABARET with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Materoff. We finish the season as we began, in a seedy nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Directed by Mary Bennett and Choreographed by Alexander Biber. No precast. Opening June 26 and playing through July 18, 2026. Looking for singers/dancers/actors. 18 and over.

Brüka Theatre For Children returns this season with THE SPORKALS LEAGUE - A Hero’s Adventure, focusing on values. Our original Brüka Theatre For Children productions integrate theatre, history, science and social studies and tour throughout Nevada as part of The Pioneer Youth Program Roster. Must be available during the day. 18 and over.

This year’s theme, "WILD CARD"- Our unpredictable, game-changing season that continues to explore live theatre in the raw, authentic, cutting-edge style that Bruka has become known for. With our 33rd season, we walk on the wild side. In addition, in our space at Brüka’s Studio 44, we will also offer workshops, community opportunities, ways to box office and enjoy our theatrical books store and a conversation.

We are partnering with Our Center for our entire season 33 and adding an additional Wednesday night show, with a portion of the ticket sales benefiting the center. We partner with local non-profits to enhance the experiences of all of our organizations.

ABOUT BRÜKA THEATRE Now celebrating its 33rd season in downtown Reno. Bruka Theatre is a leader in the region, recognized for its innovative productions, exceptionally talented artists and acclaimed Theatre for Children series since its founding in 1992. Central to Bruka is the commitment to the re-investigation of contemporary and classic plays and developing new plays within Bruka’s Artistic Collective, a group that includes winners of the Nevada Arts Council and Sierra Arts Foundation artist grants and TEN local best actor honors. Bruka, a non-equity, not-for-profit member theater company of the national TCG (Theatre Communications Group). Bruka has been named "Best Theatre Company" by Reno News and Review for twenty one years. Bruka Theatre has produced over 200 shows in our downtown Reno location. Sign up for our newsletter by going to our website at www.bruka.org. Our box office is open Thursday through Saturday. We are closed on most holidays. Season Tickets are on sale soon.

VIDEO SUBMISSIONS - BRUKA THEATRE IS ALSO ACCEPTING VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: 9/8/25 - 10/08/25 Actors will be notified if they are called back by individual directors through the season or for specific projects. Submissions to be made to: brukaproduction@gmail.com. They will be shared with our directors for upcoming shows. They will NOT be publicized. Please consult our dates www.bruka.org. Please prepare a one minute Comedic or Dramatic monologue and 16 bars of song - acapella. Make sure you fill out the Audition Form @ https://forms.gle/1o33T7NbsLuZcnfJ9ized. Please consult our dates www.bruka.org. Please prepare a one minute Comedic or Dramatic monologue. Make sure you fill out the Audition Form @ https://forms.gle/HVJo4QdQBb9BrMWu8