Auditions 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
Directed by Hannah Williams
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.
To sign up for an audition, visit FortSalem.com/auditions to select an audition appointment time. 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.
You will receive an email requesting a headshot (or photo), resume, and list of details conflicts before you audition. Physical headshots and resumes are not required.
Casting Breakdown:
Francesca Johnson (This role is cast.)
An Italian immigrant living in Iowa, generous, luminous, and emotionally alive.
Character’s Gender: female
Stage Age: 35–45
Vocal Range Top: G5
Vocal Range Bottom: G3
Robert Kincaid (This role is cast.)
A National Geographic photographer; worldly, thoughtful, and emotionally open.
Character’s Gender: male
Stage Age: 40–55
Vocal Range Top: A4
Vocal Range Bottom: G2
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
Francesca’s outspoken neighbor and friend.
Character’s Gender: female
Stage Age: 35–55
Vocal Range Top: D5
Vocal Range Bottom: A3
Chiara
Francesca’s sister still living in Italy.
Gender: female
Stage Age: 35 to 45
Charlie
Marian’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 (10-12)
Farmers, fairgoers, neighbors of varying ages and personalities (often doubled).
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