# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Auditions for THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Fort Salem Theater
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Audition for THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Fort Salem Theater
Auditions: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 (7PM-10PM)
Callbacks: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 (7PM-10PM)
Performances: April 24–May 3, 2026

Director:  Hannah Williams
Audition Accompanist: Jared West
Resident Scenic Designer: Charles J.I. Krawczyk
Producer: Kyle West
Music Director and Additional Creative Team To Be Announced

Based on the classic film and novel, Francesca, an Italian immigrant living a quiet life in Iowa, has her world turned upside down when a National Geographic photographer arrives to document the area’s historic bridges. Their brief but passionate affair sparks questions of love, sacrifice, and what it means to follow your heart. With Jason Robert Brown’s soaring score, this Tony Award-winning musical is as romantic as spring itself.
Featuring Iris Rogers as Francesca and Ryan Canavan as Robert. All other roles are available.

For auditions, please prepare approximately 1-minute of a song that showcases your vocal abilities, and bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided.

Casting Breakdown:

Richard “Bud” Johnson
Francesca’s husband; hardworking, dependable, emotionally reserved.
Character’s Gender: male
Stage Age: 40–50
Vocal Range Top: F#4
Vocal Range Bottom: B2

Michael Johnson
Francesca and Bud’s son; earnest and conflicted.
Character’s Gender: male
Stage Age: late teens–early 20s
Vocal Range Top: G#4
Vocal Range Bottom: D3

Carolyn Johnson
Francesca and Bud’s daughter; observant and pragmatic.
Character’s Gender: female
Stage Age: late teens–early 20s
Vocal Range Top: C#5
Vocal Range Bottom: A3

Marian (potentially double-cast as Chiara)
Francesca’s outspoken neighbor and friend.
Character’s Gender: female
Stage Age: 20–35
Vocal Range Top: D5
Vocal Range Bottom: A3

Chiara (potentially double-cast as Marian)
Francesca's sister still living in Italy.
Gender: female
Stage Age: 35 to 45

Charlie
Marge’s good-natured husband.
Character’s Gender: male
Stage Age: 40–65
Vocal range top: C#4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Marge
Francesca's neighbor, sassy and nosy
Character’s Gender: female
Age: 45 to 60
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: G3

Ensemble / Townspeople 
Farmers, fairgoers, neighbors of varying ages and personalities (often doubled).

The roles of Francesca and Robert have been cast. 

About The Director:
Hannah Williams* | SHE/HER | Hannah Williams was recently named Managing Director of the award-winning Chester Theatre Company in the Berkshires. In 2025, Hannah served full time as Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Audience Engagement Manager, while working across the country as a freelance director, intimacy choreographer and intimacy coordinator, nonprofit arts consultant, and producer. She has directed a section of Kerrigan-Lowdermilk’s THE MAD ONES as a member of their groundbreaking digital lab, Romeo and Juliet (Samuel-Lancaster Productions); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Montford Park Players); The History of the Devil (Brainchild Creative); and assistant directing Green Day’s American Idiot (Encore Theatrical Company) and the regional premiere of Once (Centre Stage).

Hannah is Associate Faculty with Theatrical Intimacy Education and has worked as an intimacy choreographer and coordinator across New England, the Southeast, New York, and China, working as one of the first intimacy coordinators in the country.

She works with arts organizations on audience development, relationship building, equitable policies and procedures, and leads summits prioritizing work culture and future planning. Hannah holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Millikin University.
*Indicates Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

If you need to modify your audition appointment, please email Kyle@FortSalem.com.

Break a leg!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/salem/auditions-for-the-bridges-of-madison-county-at-fort-salem-theater/200029477323000
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, nonprofit, business, festivals, live-music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Salem
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 11 E Broadway, Salem, NY, United States, New York 12865
- **lat**: 43.17271
- **long**: -73.32649
- **full address**: 11 E Broadway, Salem, NY, United States, New York 12865

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Auditions for THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Fort Salem Theater being held?
  - **A:** Auditions for THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Fort Salem Theater takes place on Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 11 E Broadway, Salem, NY, United States, New York 12865.
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