The Reading Room Festival Needs Equity Actors

Equity actors wanted for 2026-27 season show: The Reading Room Festival. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see more info below. About the project: The Reading Room Festival is a one-week series of staged readings of new plays and musicals that are in relationship to the works of William Shakespeare, other early modern classical writers or that speak to the mission of the Theatre. Each reading is produced on a full week’s contract which uses the 29-hour staged reading code as the template. Over the past four years, the Reading Room Festival has introduced audiences to new plays that have gone on to full-scale productions, including the world premiere of Lauren M. Gunderson’s A Room in the Castle; Al Letson’s Julius X, which remixes Civil Rights history through the lens of Shakespeare’s tragedy; and Jacob Ming-Trent’s autobiographical How Shakespeare Saved My Life. Rate: LOA $757 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2025-26 rates Additional info: PREPARATION: Please prepare a brief Shakespeare or other monologue. Please bring your headshot and resume. Rehearsals Begin: January 25, 2027 Performances: January 28 – January 31, 2027 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. If you are interested, please apply.