Equity Actors Wanted for 2025-26 Season Shows
Equity actors for roles in Playhouse's 2025-26 Season. See breakdown below. About the project: "WHAT BECAME OF US" SYNOPSIS: Two siblings grappling with their relationship to both their homeland and their new country, delving into the challenges of balancing ties to the past, the present, and each other amidst shifting borders and cultures. How do they maintain their connections to The Old Country, and to This Country, and to each other? Rate: LORT Non-Rep $839 weekly minimum (LORT D) Additional info: No roles will be understudied. Audition Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PREPARATION Please prepare a 2-minute contemporary monologue, or two contrasting pieces totaling 2 minutes. Also, bring your picture and resume. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER" 1st Rehearsal: on or about 9/23/25 Performances: 10/14 - 11/2/25 "EBENEEZER SCROOGE'S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW" 1st Rehearsal: on or about 11/11/25 Performances: 12/2 - 12/21/2025 NOTE: For all characters, seeking excellent comic transformational actors, comfortable with razor sharp characters, whip fast changes, physical comedy, a cappella singing, and preferably playing at least one musical instrument. All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. "WHAT BECAME OF US" 1st Rehearsal: 2/24/26 Performances: 3/17 - 4/5/26 "MY LORD WHAT A NIGHT" 1st Rehearsal: on or about 4/7/26 1st Preview: 4/28/26 Opening: 5/1/26 Closing: 5/17/26 If you are interested, please apply.
17 roles
Sweet and unassuming and relentlessly underestimated. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER"
Shirley's devoted son. An earnest yet rather unsuccessful detective. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER"
(Middle-aged) A world renowned writer of murder mysteries. Also, a proud snob. He speaks with a very affected English accent though he's probably from Missouri. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER"
Dazzling and glamorous, sharp-witted and sly. She wouldn't be out of place in a Film Noir. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER"
Modest and soft-spoken, excited only by murder mysteries. Though young, she dresses like a Victorian widow. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER"
Clarice's fiancé. Handsome and dim, he looks fantastic in a swimsuit. "OLD FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER"
(male presenting) Fresh faced and optimistic, doubles as a number of roles including Frederick, Scrooge’s warm-hearted nephew and Young Scrooge, first at boarding school and later as an apprentice to Fezziwig. Excellent transformational comic skill, familiar with sketch comedy and comfortable with hair pin character changes, quick witted invention, and a soulful presence. Comfortable with a British dialect and a cappella singing. "EBENEEZER SCROOGE'S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW"
(female presenting) Lovely & upbeat, doubles as a number of roles including Lavinia, as well as the Millennial Ghost of Christmas Present, as well as the male Cricket team captain and other miscellaneous characters. Excellent transformational comic skill, familiar with sketch comedy and comfortable with hair pin character changes, quick witted invention, and a soulful presence. Comfortable with a British dialect and a cappella singing. "EBENEEZER SCROOGE'S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW"
(female presenting) Silly & robust, doubles as a number of roles including Gertrude, The mystical Ghost of Christmas Past, the clucking & haughty Lady Marmalade, and a host of other delicious and silly Victorian archetypes. Excellent transformational comic skill, familiar with sketch comedy and comfortable with hair pin character changes, quick witted invention, and a soulful presence. Comfortable with a British dialect and a cappella singing. "EBENEEZER SCROOGE'S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW"
(Male presenting) A great character type, doubles as a number of roles including Bob Cratchit, Marley, the ebullient and daffy Mr. Fezziwig and many other fun twists on traditional Victorian locals. Excellent transformational comic skill, familiar with sketch comedy and comfortable with hair pin character changes, quick witted invention, and a soulful presence. Comfortable with a British dialect and a cappella singing. "EBENEEZER SCROOGE'S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW"
(older) Scrooge. "EBENEEZER SCROOGE'S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW"
In the winter of her life. Was born in ‘The Old Country’ in the “Global South”, immigrated with her parents to ‘This Country’ in the “Global North” six years later. "WHAT BECAME OF US"
Younger sibling of Q by seven years. First in the family to be born in ‘This Country’. "WHAT BECAME OF US"
The German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He fled Nazi Germany and settled in Princeton NJ where he was offered a position with the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University. "MY LORD WHAT A NIGHT"
One of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century. She performed on concert stages around the World but suffered discrimination at home in the United States. This role must be able to sing. Vocal type: contralto. "MY LORD WHAT A NIGHT"
Head of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton University, he recruited ALBERT EINSTEIN to be a fellow at the Institute. Age range: 60s. "MY LORD WHAT A NIGHT"
Age range: 60s, but with the energy of a 30-year-old. A civil rights activist and suffragist who worked tirelessly to put an end to racial prejudice. "MY LORD WHAT A NIGHT"
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