"The Gilded Age was coming. St. Augustine would never be the same. Step inside the Peña-Peck House and meet the people who witnessed - and shaped - the transformation."
Do you love history, storytelling, and bringing characters to life? We’re looking for actors for the Pena-Peck House’s living history play When the Gilded Age Came Knocking: Big Dreams, Bold Women, and a City Transformed, an engaging, guided tour experience!
This is a unique opportunity to be part of an immersive theatrical experience that connects audiences with the past through the voices and stories of St Augustine’s finest.
Sides will be provided at the audition. Just show up, be yourself, and be ready to bring history to life!
This is a PAID acting opportunity!
Audition Date: November 14, 2026
Time: 10:00am
Location: Limelight Theatre; 11 Old Mission Avenue
Rehearsals will be scheduled to cast availability.
Performances: Saturday Mornings from December 12, 2026 - February 6, 2027
Whether you're an experienced actor or looking for an exciting new performance opportunity, we'd love to meet you!
Character Descriptions:
JENNY — 20s–40s. A contemporary tour guide: eager, knowledgeable, slightly quirky, and passionate about St. Augustine. Comfortable interacting directly with an audience. Improv skills and/or prior tour-guide experience are a plus.
HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER — 40s–60s. Wealthy businessman; confident, sociable, shrewd, and ambitious. Genuinely fascinated by St. Augustine and quick to recognize its possibilities.
FRANKLIN W. SMITH — 40s–60s. A well-traveled businessman, reformer, and architectural enthusiast. Intelligent, imaginative, dryly humorous, and willing to question Flagler’s ambitions.
MARY PECK — 60s–80s. The elder Peck sister. Educated, literary, thoughtful, and deeply attached to her family home and old St. Augustine. Sensitive to what may be lost in the pursuit of progress. Doubles as a Woman’s Exchange board member.
REBECCA PECK — 60s–80s. Mary’s younger sister. Practical, sharp-minded, socially engaged, and possessed of a dry sense of humor. More pragmatic about change, though equally rooted in the city and her family. Doubles as a Woman’s Exchange board member.
ANNA “NANNIE” GARDNER BURT — 30s–50s. The Pecks’ niece. Capable, energetic, civic-minded, and accustomed to taking responsibility. Her interests in education and charitable work eventually lead her to the Woman’s Exchange.
MRS. KING — 40s–60s. A respectable widow whose changed financial circumstances leave her needing a means of supporting herself. Her story illustrates the practical purpose of the Woman’s Exchange. Doubles as a Woman’s Exchange board member.