Equity Actors Wanted for 2025-26 Season
Equity actors for roles in 2025-26 Season. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See breakdown below. Rate: SPT $330 weekly minimum (SPT 1) Additional info: PREPARATION: Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue of your choice. Only Equity performers may choose to read Sides from a script. The Theatre will provide Sides and a reader. Equity members who wish to read from Sides are encouraged to prepare their own and either bring a copy for the reader or let know the scene/page numbers upon check–in so directors may be prepared to assist you. Performers interested in auditioning for OCTET should prepare one 1-2 minute monologue and one 1-2 minute song to be sung a cappella. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If you are unable to attend these auditions, you may submit a video audition: see the attachment. Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and 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. "OCTET" Rehearsals begin: November 5, 2025 Performances: December 4 - December 21, 2025 PLEASE NOTE: This is an a cappella musical. Actors auditioning for OCTET must be comfortable with extremely difficult harmony, close harmonies, one voice to a part. Experience with a cappella singing a plus. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS" Rehearsals begin: January 2, 2026 Performances: January 29 - February 15, 2026 "THE COMEUPPANCE" Rehearsals begin: February 24 Performances: March 19 – April 6, 2026 When applying, please include an available time block of 2 hours (Friday, August 1, 2025 - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (E); No break scheduled. Saturday, August 2, 2025 - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (E); No break scheduled). Please indicate Subject Line your Equity status. For example: "SUBJECT: Equity audition - 2025/26 Season". Directors will reply with a specific time slot. Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
20 roles
(Soprano 1, G3-A5). Frenetic, uncentered; dealing with the aftermath of a viral video. Craving a reset, away from the hate. "OCTET"
(Tenor 1, C2-A4). A misanthropic conspiracy theorist. Too smart for his own good. Angry, unsettled, distrustful. Rants. "OCTET"
(Alto 2, D#3-D5). The leader of this evening’s meeting. Reserved and guarded, she struggles with her marriage but wears a face of serenity and wisdom. "OCTET"
(Bass 1, C2-F#4). Mid 20s. Awkward, dopey, endearing. Addicted to online gaming. Outwardly happy-go-lucky, but masking some demons. "OCTET"
(Alto 1, F3-D5). Smart, sharp. An actress frustrated by the inappropriate attention by men. "OCTET"
(Bass 2, B1-D4). Insecure, socially isolated, depressed, bitter. Craves attention but feels like a failure. "OCTET"
(Tenor 2 C2-G#4). A highly educated neuro-chemist having a crisis of faith. Newly a father. Even-tempered and pragmatic but overwhelmed by the limitless possibilities of the world. "OCTET"
(Soprano 2, F3-F5). The newcomer to the group. Full of energy, optimistic and good, but profoundly socially awkward. Grew up with the internet and technology. "OCTET"
The voice is amplified through a microphone. And.Pauses. A lot at. Odd moments. The teacher speaks the most, and may or may not actually be visible during the course of the play. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
Middle-aged, wears a lot of clothes and jewelry from India. She is a therapist and sex educator in colleges, high schools, and in private practice with couples. She likes to focus on pleasure rather than on fear or "don'ts." She is also incredibly, mind-bendingly, soul crushingly angry and she has been since about the age of six, when her parents got divorced and her mother told her, "Daddy doesn't love us enough." Now, she meditates and does yoga. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
Middle-aged, is Joan's partner. She works at O magazine as a top editor in the art department - a few times a year, she finds herself in the same room with Oprah. She's the kind of person who only needs four hours of sleep per night. She gets a lot of emails. She wakes up and walks on the treadmill while watching Fox News. She finds that building up a healthy rage in the morning helps her greet the day. She likes control. She likes to be in control of her image. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
From Southern California. She is the kind ofb person who manages to make a lot of noise even when she's "in silence." She has zippers on her clothes and bag. She has wrappers that must be unwrapped. She has bracelets that jangle. She sips loudly. She breathes loudly. She has shoes with heels that click. It's because she likes being watched. She was a child actor and beauty pageant star. Most recently, she was in a commercial for a nationwide wireless company. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
Has had a severe run of bad luck worse than the worst country western song. Here's what happened. First, Ned, ever the outdoor enthusiast, went rock climbing to try to clear his head, and he ended up falling and cracking his skull in eight places. He spent two years in and out of the hospital, during which time his identity was stolen, his house burned down due to electrical problems, and his wife, Dawn started sleeping with Ned's younger brother, Charlie. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
Mid-thirties, ageless, fit, gorgeous, grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and teaches yoga in New York and the Hamptons (in the summer). He is married to a woman namedNadine who also teaches yoga. Rodney and Nadine have had articles about them in various local yoga magazines and are designing a line of vegan bags, wallets, and jewelry together, made of a substance that looks exactly like real leather. Rodney wears lots of man-jewelry but he is pulling it off. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
Middle-aged, is from a small town in Finland. He is pale and sweet, with a wide-eyed, continually curious air about him, like a little sprite or a woodland creature. He is a pastor at a small Lutheran church back in Finland, and his church has sent him on a one-year sabbatical to explore religious life around the world and figure out a way to appeal to more of the Finnish people, who have become increasingly secular. "SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS"
A Berlin-based installation artist who has spent the last two years becoming accustomed to being a father, or as he would describe it, his “COVID Project.” "THE COMEUPPANCE"
A stepmother to the children of a well-known congressman. Death pluralizes itself in her life through a string of multiple miscarriages. "THE COMEUPPANCE"
Visually impaired. The residue of her grandmother’s passing and a failed surgical attempt to save her eye has left her with a hesitancy for life, so much so that she refuses to attend the twenty-year reunion. "THE COMEUPPANCE"
A derma surgeon whose marriage to a resentful general surgeon has perceivably driven her from a “straightedge” identity to a drinking habit that is cause for worry. "THE COMEUPPANCE"
A medically discharged military serviceman. His accident has left him with seizure-inducing PTSD. "THE COMEUPPANCE"