ABOUT
IRON CROW THEATRE
WHO WE ARE
Iron Crow Theatre is an award-winning, professional, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization and Baltimore’s queer theatre. Iron Crow Theatre produces queer theatre for a queer city, celebrating the renegade and the unorthodox in all of us. Iron Crow Theatre welcomes everyone. You do not need to identify as queer to work at Iron Crow Theatre.
OUR VISION
Iron Crow Theatre strives to become Baltimore's next professional Equity theatre, producing theatrical work of the highest artistic quality in hopes of offering artists and administrators alike with competitive pay, access to the Equity Membership Candidate program, and a creative environment founded on professionalism that is both safe and inclusive to all.
SAFETY
Iron Crow Theatre is committed to producing work of the highest artistic quality and to a rehearsal and performance process that upholds the highest standards of professionalism; modeling ourselves after Equity theatres, we continue to admire greatly. We are devoted to fostering both a culture and an environment that embraces diversity and inclusion, promotes safety and well-being, and allows our artists to do some of their best work here - free from harassment of any kind.
When working on a production at Iron Crow Theatre, all cast and crew members receive Safer Spaces training to ensure a professional harassment-free workplace. In addition, Iron Crow Theatre’s staff, directors, and stage managers have been trained in a variety of best practices as it pertains to trauma-informed practices and staging intimacy by Theatrical Intimacy Education. Furthermore, an Intimacy Coordinator is hired for each production requiring scenes of intimacy. In addition, members of our staff have been certified in mental health first-aid by The National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
Iron Crow Theatre utilizes the Equity deputy system for all productions and has a member of the board of directors serve as an ombudsperson providing direct access to additional support at the highest levels of the organization.
Regarding Covid-19, Iron Crow Theatre has a certified COVID-19 Compliance Officer who ensures our practices follow the requirements of Actors’ Equity Association, scientific fact, and the latest CDC recommendations. Iron Crow Theatre requires all actors and crew members to be fully vaccinated, boosted, and agreeable to ongoing testing in order to work on a production.
The 2024
season lineup
THE 2024 SEASON OF THE UNORTHODOX
The 2024 Season of the Unorthodox is unorthodox in more than one. Beyond the thematic link between the titles, this is our first season where we’re producing only musicals. We’re also producing two very big productions and focusing all of our resources on just these two titles. The season includes:
RENT
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Sean Elias
Rehearsals began on November 13, 2023.
Performances began on January 19, 2024, and ended on February 4, 2024, at Baltimore Theatre Project. This production was extended by popular demand and played an encore weekend of performances as the inaugural theatrical event at the new M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.
Synopsis: Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice, and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon. Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's RENT follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread of this groundbreaking musical.
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Book & Lyrics by Tom MacRae
Music by Dan Gillespie Sells
From an idea by Jonathan Butterell
Directed by Sean Elias
Rehearsals begin on April 8, 2024.
Performances begin on June 14, 2024, and end on June 30, 2024, at Baltimore Theatre Project. A possible extension may take place July 5 - 7, 2024.
Synopsis: Jamie New is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant, loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies, and steps out of the darkness into the spotlight. Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie premiered at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, on February 13, 2017, directed by Jonathan Butterell. In November 2017, the musical transferred to the West End at the Apollo Theatre, with most of the Crucible Theatre cast returning. 20th Century Studios released its film adaptation of the musical, directed by Jonathan Butterell, on September 17, 2021.
Review the casting breakdown here.
LOGISTICS & COMPENSATION
REHEARSALS
Rehearsals take place during the week (7:00 PM - 10:30 PM) and on one weekend day (11:00 AM - 4:30 PM) in Baltimore, MD. Exact rehearsal dates and times are specific to production needs and the availability of the cast. In general, rehearsals do not take place on Fridays or Sundays.
COMPENSATION
Iron Crow Theatre's compensation rates are competitive amongst small professional theatres in Baltimore. Compensation for Non-Equity performers ranges from a multi-hundred dollar to multi-thousand dollar stipend based on role and budget capacity. Compensation for Actors' Equity members is dictated by the requirements of Actors’ Equity.
HOUSING & TRANSPORTATION
Housing and transportation are not provided.
PERFORMANCES
Performances take place at the historic Baltimore Theatre Project located across from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at 45 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
AUDITION / callback
DATES & TIMES
STEP 1
ATTEND AN IN-PERSON AUDITION OR SUBMIT A DIGITAL AUDITION
ATTEND AN IN-PERSON AUDITION
In-person auditions will take place in both Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC.
Washington, DC
Thursday, March 21, 2024
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The DC Arts Center
2438 18th St. NW
Washington, DC, 20009
Baltimore, MD
Monday, March 18, 2024
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday, March 24, 2024
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Chapel 1503
7 S. Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD, 21231
SUBMIT A DIGITAL AUDITION
Digital auditions may be submitted. Submit your headshot, résumé, and audition link in one email to casting@ironcrowtheatre.org
Please note Iron Crow Theatre does not provide housing or transportation. You must be able to secure housing and transportation independently.
STEP 2
ATTEND THE IN-PERSON CALLBACK
IN-PERSON CALLBACKS
Callbacks are by invitation only.
If requested, all invited actors must attend the in-person callbacks to be considered for casting unless a digital submission has been approved.
Baltimore, MD
Sunday, March 24, 2024
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Chapel 1503
7 S. Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD, 21231
WHAT
TO PREPARE
SEEKING
Professional Non-Equity performers ages 18 and up of any gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, race, or ethnicity. We are working diligently in pursuit of casting one of the largest gender-flexible and multi-cultural ensembles ever. You do not need to identify as queer in order to audition or be cast.
WHAT TO PREPARE
Please prepare one monologue from a published piece of theatre and 32 bars of a pop-rock song, and/or a contemporary musical theatre selection from the pop/rock genre of your choice that best shows off your range and ability. Both selections (in any order and/or cut) should not exceed three minutes in length. If auditioning virtually, please submit all materials, including a headshot and resume, in one email to casting@ironcrowtheatre.org. Portfolios/personal websites and/or dance reels may also be submitted for review — no physical mailings.
QUESTIONS
Please email us at casting@ironcrowtheatre.org or call us at 443.637.CROW (2769) with any questions.