Equity Performers Needed for "Our Town" Show
Seeking Equity actors for roles in "OUR TOWN" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: Please prepare a brief monologue in the style of the show (feel free to present something from OUR TOWN, if convenient). Please bring your picture and resume stapled together. Additional info: OTHER DATES 1st Rehearsal: 9/30/25 (for role of EMILY, role of STAGE MANAGER, and other select roles) 1st Full Cast Rehearsal: 10/7/25 Performances: 10/23/25 - 11/2/25 - Union Arts Center, Union, NJ 11/6/25 - 11/9/25 - Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge, NJ Closing Performance: 11/9/25 Rehearsals will take place at the DMK Theater in Union, NJ - anticipated to be weekday afternoons and evenings, and during the day on weekends.
19 roles
The narrator, guide, and occasional participant in the story. Wry, warm, and direct with the audience. Breaks the fourth wall and provides commentary on life in Grover’s Corners. Requires strong storytelling skills, command of language, and an easy rapport with the audience.
The town doctor, dependable, calm, and wise. Devoted husband and father to George and Rebecca. Values family, community, and the steady rhythms of small-town life.
Warm, practical, and loving. Has dreams of traveling beyond Grover’s Corners but accepts the life she leads. Mother to George and Rebecca.
Kind, earnest, and hardworking. A star baseball player with dreams of becoming a farmer. His journey follows young love, marriage, and the realities of adult life.
George’s younger sister. Bright, curious, and playful, with flashes of youthful insight.
Editor of the local paper. Intelligent, principled, and dryly humorous. Father to Emily and Wally.
A caring, detail-oriented mother with a practical streak. Proud of her home and devoted to her family.
Bright, idealistic, and deeply feeling. Falls in love with George and faces the universal passage from youth to adulthood. The emotional heart of the play.
Emily’s younger brother. Cheerful, spirited, and energetic.
The church choir director. Cynical, troubled, and struggles with alcoholism. Offers a darker counterpoint to the town’s optimism.
A town gossip, friendly but prone to chatter. Offers comic relief and commentary on local affairs.
The milkman. Cheerful and steady, a familiar presence in daily town life. Often accompanied by his imaginary horse, Bessie.
The town policeman. Good-natured and grounded, knows everyone in Grover’s Corners.
An academic from the State University who provides factual details about Grover’s Corners. Precise, a bit pedantic, and slightly awkward.
The paperboy. Bright and personable, with a hint of tragic foreshadowing about his future.
Joe’s younger brother, who later takes over the paper route.
Emily’s cousin. Returns to Grover’s Corners for her funeral, offering an outsider’s perspective.
The town undertaker. Practical, respectful, and matter-of-fact about death.
Townspeople, choir members, and wedding guests. Some roles may be doubled within the ensemble.
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