Central Square Theater 2026-27 Season - Cambridge, MA EPA (06.10.26), (06.11.26), & (06.14.26)

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

AND

Thursday, June 11, 2026

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

AND

Sunday, June 14, 2026

4:30 PM - 8:30 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS

Please email [email protected] to schedule a slot.

CONTRACT

NEAT

$677 weekly minimum (NEAT 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Central Square Theater 2026-27 Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please Prepare 1-2 Contemporary Monologues Of Your Choice. For WORKING, please bring 1 song and one monologue. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot, and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Central Square Theater

450 Massachusetts Ave

Cambridge, MA 02139-4106

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Artistic Director, Lee Mikeska Gardner

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

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 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.

Breakdown

Central Square Theater 2026-27 Season

Eleanor

by Mark St. Germain

Directed by Bryn Boice

Eleanor - This role is cast

First rehearsal - Aug 18, 2026

First performance - Sept. 10

Press opening - Sept. 12

Closes - Oct. 4

Eleanor - This role is cast

The Getaway Driver

by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston - rolling premiere with Trinity Rep and Northern Stage

Directed by Curt Columbus

First rehearsal - October 20

First performance - October 29

Press opening - October 31

Closes - Nov. 22 or 29

SEEKING:

Katherine Power - this role is cast. A woman in her early 40s.

Clare Schroeder - this role is cast. A woman in her early 40s.

Arcadia

by Tom Stoppard

First rehearsal - January 12, 2027

Tech starts - January 30

First performance - February 4

Press opening - February 6

Closes - February 28 or March 7 or March 14

SEEKING:

Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, later sixteen

Septimus Hodge, her tutor, aged twenty-two, later twenty-five

Jellaby, a butler, middle-aged

Ezra Chater, a poet, aged thirty-one

Richard Noakes, a landscape architect, middle-aged

Lady Croom, middle thirties

Captain Brice, RN, middle thirties

Hannah Jarvis, an author, late thirties

Chłoë Coverly, aged eighteen

Bernard Nightingale, a don, late thirties

Valentine Coverly, aged twenty-five to thirty

Gus Coverly, aged fifteen, doubles as Augustus Coverly, aged fifteen

WORKING

Adapted by Nina Faso & Stephen Schwartz

Songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor

From the book by Studs Terkel

Localized format conceived by Daniel C. Levine for ACT of CT

Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent

First rehearsal - March 9, 2027

First performance - April 1

Press opening - April 3

Closes - April 25

SEEKING:

Man 1 - This role is cast Mason Solo / Frank Decker et al

Man 2 - This role is cast Joe Zutty, a retiree et al

Man 3 - E3 - B4 (Tenor) Freddy Gomez a fast food worker et al

Woman 1 - This role is cast Kate Rushton, a housewife** et al

Woman 2 - A3 - B4 (Mezzo-Soprano / Alto) Grace Clements, millworker et al

Woman 3 - F#3 - C5 (Alto / Character Belt) Rose Hoffman, schoolteacher et al

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Eric Tucker

First rehearsal - May 4, 2027

First performance - June 3

Press Opening - June 5

Closes - June 27

SEEKING:

Track 1, this role is cast - Male presenting, 30 - 40, doubles in multiple roles.

Track 2, this role is cast - Male presenting, 50 - 60, doubles in multiple roles

Track 3, this role is cast - Female presenting, 35-45, doubles in multiple roles

SALARY

NEAT $677 weekly minimum (NEAT 6)

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