

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Auditions for touring play, LIBERTY MADNESS by Thinkery & Verse
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 09 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Mon, 09 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: AUDITION NOTICE: Liberty Madness

Title: Liberty Madness
Producer/Theatre Company: Thinkery &amp; Verse
Artistic Directors: Dr. John Meyer and Karen Alvarado
Director: Karen Alvarado
Playwright and Dramaturg: Dr. John Meyer 
Audition Date(s): Feb 8th and 9th, 2026
Rehearsal Start Date: April 14, 2026
Preview Date: May 22, 2026
Show Dates: May 25th - July 5th (with 2 weeks off in June)
Flat fee: $2,500 (non-union contract)
Rehearsal Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Frequency: part-time (night &amp; Sat rehearsals; 12 shows total)
Touring Locations: (tentative)
The State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ 
Carteret Performing Arts Center in Carteret, NJ
McGinnis Middle School in Perth Amboy, NJ
East Jersey Old Town Village in Piscataway, NJ

Storyline:
Middlesex County is proud to present Thinkery &amp; Verse's Liberty Madness: Scenes from a Revolution. This family-friendly one-act stage play will be 75 minutes in length and tour to four cities in Middlesex County. Liberty Madness shares the story of America's haunted past. On the eve of the American revolution, famous patriot Benjamin Franklin travelled to Perth Amboy to confront a stubborn loyalist, New Jersey's royal governor--his own (and only) beloved son, William Franklin! In a war that destroyed much of the mid-Atlantic, families were torn apart as New Jersey became the crossroads of the American revolution. Liberty Madness tells an epic story through historical sourced dialogue, magical realism, shadows and illuminations, puppets and songs, to understand the people who lived through the American Revolution 250 years ago. 

Breakdown: 

Seeking a diverse, 9 actor, adult ensemble between the ages of 18-60 years old who can devise movement, play multiple characters, deliver heightened and/or classical language, sing in a chorus, engage in colonial American history, and embrace the unique requirements of touring with kindness, enthusiasm, and professionalism. Stage combat, physical theatre, puppetry, and the ability to play a musical instrument is advantageous but not required.

Roles and Descriptions:  

Benjamin Franklin - male, 60s, any race/ethnicity, a Patriot, famous printer, scientist, inventor, deputy postmaster, and colonial agent in London, a committed Revolutionary, believed in colonial rights, helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later secured the crucial French alliance that made American victory possible, as a father he is domineering, insistent, clever and sincere

William Franklin - male, 40s, any race/ethnicity, a Loyalist, son of Benjamin Franklin, husband to Elizabeth Downes and father to Temple Franklin, the royal governor of New Jersey, loyal to the Crown and committed to constitutional reform rather than rebellion, rejected independence as reckless and illegal, arrested in Perth Amboy, imprisoned in New York, led a loyalist militia, exiled to Britain, as a son he is emotional, idealistic and outspoken

Elizabeth Franklin - female, 40s, any race/ethnicity, a Loyalist, wife of William Franklin and stepmother to Temple Franklin, born in Barbados to a wealthy sugar plantation owner, described by Hopkinson as “a lady distinguished by a refined education” and described by Benjamin Franklin as “a very agreeable West India lady”, in love with her husband but anxious and fearful about revolution, scared of the loss of wealth, concerned for her husband’s status and safety, dies while her husband is imprisoned in New York

Liberty, the horse - any gender/age/race, a large horse puppet that symbolizes the drive for American revolution, they speak directly to the audience and to the Franklins, unbiased narrator that is wise, witty, frank, and a bit frightening 

Rosemund - any gender/age/race, 8 years old (portrayed by an adult), a Patriot, excitable, curious, boisterous, brave, reveres adult Patriots, leader of a child gang called the Liberty Boys (Patriots), enjoys instigating fights with another child gang called the Kings (British Loyalists), child of patriot William Marriner (a riverboat captain and barkeep)

Ensemble - The ensemble will play a chorus of characters which includes (but not limited to) jailors, Quakers, soldiers, townspeople, Colonel John Neilson, Captain William Marriner, Lawrence Colston, a gang of children (8 y/o characters played by adults), a troupe of crafty actors called The American Players, and more. 

Audition Information:

Date #1: Sunday, Feb 8, 2026, Noon to 4 pm
Date #2: Monday, Feb 9, 2026, 6 pm to 9 pm

Location: 
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
11 Livingston Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Please email thinkeryandverse@gmail.com to book your appointment - submit your resume, headshot, and preferred audition day. Once you have an appointment then sides and a song (if requested) will be emailed. 

Auditioners should prepare……………………
- Sides provided.
- A cappella song (optional). Song provided.
- Schedule availability and known conflicts.

Auditioners should expect to stay for at least half an hour and be aware that callbacks (if needed) will take place later that week.

Walk-ins are welcome but booking an appointment is preferred. Extra copies of sides and music will be available for walk-ins. Please bring a resume and headshot.
 
Video submissions:
In person auditions are preferred. However, if you are unavailable to audition in person then you may submit an audition video. Please email thinkeryandverse@gmail.com with your resume and headshot, then I will send you the acting sides. Email a link to your audition video due no later than Saturday Feb 7th by 5 pm. 

Videos should include:
- Slate including name, height, and the city and state you reside. 
- Explanation of your experience and comfort with ensemble focused theatre, devised theatre and playing multiple characters.
- Clearly filmed sides and song (good lighting and clear sound).
- Please have a reader off-camera to read the other lines with you. If anyone cannot find a reader, please contact me ASAP so we can find a solution together.

For additional inquiries please email thinkeryandverse@gmail.com. You can find information about Thinkery &amp; Verse at www.thinkeryandverse.org. Thank you. 

Funding is provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. For information on events, go to MiddlesexCountyCulture.com
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- **city**: New Brunswick
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
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- **full address**: New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 9 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1903, United States

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  - **A:** Thinkery & Verse
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