The Rep is a fully professional theater and operates under an agreement with Actor's Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. As stipulated in these agreements, the Rep must contract with a minimum number of member professional actors. Once the Rep has contracted the required number of union actors, other non-union actors may be hired. The Rep selects both union and non-union actors through the audition process. The Rep holds general casting auditions in Kansas City, New York and Los Angeles.
Auditions often take place three times each year to hire for our six shows.
Occasionally a director will have a particular actor in mind for a role and arrange for them to participate in an audition. The Rep earns about half of our total income. The Rep also earns some interest income on our savings and endowment. The remaining half of the Rep's total income is contributed. And every show is very different from every other one.