Miami New Drama 2026-27 Season - Miami Beach, FL EPA (08.31.26) & (09.01.26)

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, August 31, 2026

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)

Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

And

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)

Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

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CONTRACT

SPT

$885 weekly minimum (SPT 9) - Until 1/3/27

$911 weekly minimum (SPT 9) - After 1/4/27

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Miami New Drama's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a one-minute dramatic or comedic monologue in English. If auditioning for THE GOLEM OF HAVANA, please also prepare 16-bars of whatever you feel best showcases your abilities. An accompanist will be provided. Bring one copy of Headshot and Resume.

LOCATION

Colony Theatre

1040 Lincoln Rd

Miami Beach, FL 33139-2502

Please note signage upon entry. Check-in will take place in the lobby. Call office phone 305-674-1040 within business hours for any questions.

PERSONNEL

Michel Hausmann: Artistic Director

JC Gutierrez: Artistic Associate

Claudia Campos: Managing Director

Vyana Preti: Director of Education

Shannon Veguilla: Company Manager

Expected to attend:

Michel Hausmann: Director and Artistic Director

JC Gutierrez: Artistic Associate

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

www.miaminewdrama.org

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

Miami New Drama 2026-27 Season

GANDHI AND THE JEW

World Premiere

Written by: Harley Elias

October 5th, 2026 - 1st Day of Rehearsal
November 1st, 2026 - Opening
November 29th, 2026 - Closing

SYNOPSIS: A world premiere from Miami New Drama, in its 10th Anniversary Season. The fifth
collaboration between the company and playwright Harley Elias, and the third commissioned premiere as
part of Miami New Drama's acclaimed Jewish Play Initiative.
A friendship that changed the world. Drawn from years of research, multiple journeys to South Africa, and hundreds of unpublished letters, Gandhi and the Jew uncovers an unlikely and profound bond between Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish architect shaped by exile and persecution.
Together, they help invent the philosophy of nonviolence. But as history darkens and the fate of
European Jews becomes urgent, their shared ideals fracture, setting them on a collision course over the
future of a Jewish state. This is the story of a friendship that changed the world, and the conflict that nearly broke it.

SEEKING:

LOWER HOUSE (Hermann Kallenbach): Male, late 20s–30s; a wealthy, intense Prussian-born Jewish
architect in South Africa who undergoes a radical spiritual transformation, relinquishing his luxury and
career to become Gandhi’s devoted confidant and co-founder of Tolstoy Farm.

UPPER HOUSE (Mohandas K. Gandhi): Male, late 20s–30s; a charismatic, uncompromising Indian
lawyer and civil rights leader driven by non-violence, strict self-discipline, and profound spiritual
conviction

THE GOLEM OF HAVANA
An Original Musical
Written By: Michel Hausmann
December 21st, 2026 - 1st Day of Rehearsal
January 30th, 2027 - Opening
February 28th, 2026 - Closing

SYNOPSIS: Miami New Drama's biggest celebration of the year. A revolution of our own, marking the
highly anticipated return of the very first production Miami New Drama ever staged at the Colony
Theatre. A Holocaust survivor's family. An Afro-Cuban housekeeper who prays to the sea. A wounded
revolutionary hiding in the back room. And a teenage girl who believes a comic-book monster can save
them all. Set in late-1950s Havana, The Golem of Havana follows Rebecca, a young Jewish girl who turns to a
mythical protector of Jewish folklore — the Golem — as her family navigates poverty, political unrest,
and the electric final days of the Batista regime. When she's drawn into the orbit of Teo, a young
revolutionary, myth and reality collide. The Golem of Havana throws Jewish legend and Cuban revolution onto the same stage and lets them ignite, in a musical that moves from klezmer to mambo to bolero without ever stopping to breathe.
Funny, ferocious, and heartbreaking, it asks the question every exile carries: when no savior comes, who
will you choose to be?

SEEKING:

REBECCA FRANKEL (Female, 14–17) A bright, imaginative, and passionate Jewish-Cuban teenager with a
love for comic books and storytelling. She uses her creativity and faith in comic book heroes—like her
original creation, the Golem—to navigate complex political and family struggles. Strong singer.

PINCHAS FRANKEL (Male, 40s–50s) Rebecca’s father. A mild-mannered, hardworking Jewish tailor who
fled Hungary to build a new life and open his own shop in Havana. Devoted to his family, gentle-natured,
but caught in difficult moral choices amidst political turmoil.

YUTKA FRANKEL (Female, 40s–50s) Rebecca’s mother. A Holocaust survivor from Hungary whose past
trauma makes her cautious, protective, and cynical. Stubborn and strict on the outside, but deeply fierce
in her commitment to keeping her family safe. Strong dramatic singer.

TEO RONDÓN (Male, 17–20) Maria’s son. An idealistic, fiery young Cuban rebel fighting against the
Batista regime. Driven by the loss of his father and a desire for justice, though he is deeply scared and
wounded under his tough exterior.

MARIA RONDÓN (Female, 40s) The Frankel family’s housekeeper and a devoted follower of Yemayá.
Warm, resilient, and deeply spiritual, she is fiercely protective of her son, Teo.

ARTURO PÉREZ BRITO (Male, 40s) A charismatic, well-dressed, and slick advisor to the military and
friend of the Frankel family. Charmingly opportunist and smooth-talking but aligned with the corrupt
Batista regime.

FULGENCIO BATISTA (Male, 40s–50s) The President/Dictator of Cuba. Authoritative, charismatic, and
cultured on the surface, but ruthless and uncompromising in maintaining his hold on power.

OLGA (Female, 20s) Yutka’s deceased sister who appears in Rebecca’s nightmares and flashbacks to
Hungary in 1944. Represents the memory and lingering trauma of the Holocaust within the family.

SANCHEZ / POLICE OFFICERS / SOLDIERS (Male, 30s–50s) Intimidating government officials, police,
and military officers who enforce Batista’s authority through fear and force.

THE GREAT BEHIND
World Premiere
Written By: Carmen Pelaez
March 1st, 2027 - 1st Day of Rehearsal
April 3rd, 2027 - Opening
April 25th, 2026 - Closing

SYNOPSIS: In this bold, hilarious reinvention of Cyrano de Bergerac, Sylvia is a brilliant Miami librarian
with a lethal tongue, a body everyone notices but no one truly sees, and a secret: she is hopelessly in
love with her best friend. When he falls for Sylvia’s beautiful new coworker, Sylvia agrees to write the love
letters that will win his heart, giving another woman the words she cannot bring herself to speak.
Written by beloved Miami native Carmen Peláez, in her fifth work with Miami New Drama, The Great
Behind is a sexy, wildly funny, and deeply romantic new comedy about beauty, desire, and the terrifying
courage it takes to be truly seen. How long can you give someone your words before you lose your own?
A Miami Cyrano. Same Wit. Bigger Hips.

SEEKING:

Sylvia - CAST. (45) A passionate, fiercely independent children's librarian at the Miami Public Library. She
is confident, quick-witted, and protective of books, yet deeply insecure about romantic vulnerability due
to her body image.

Oscar (45) The handsome, charming co-owner of Sala De Mis Penas. Romantically hopeless and
oblivious, he falls in love with the soulful, poetic letters written by Sylvia, believing they are from Cristi.

Andrew (45) The resident DJ at Sala De Mis Penas ("DJ Dolor") and Sylvia’s closest confidant. He is wise,
supportive, and secretly holds a deep affection for Sylvia.

Cristi (35) A modern dancer turned library activities director. She is very attractive and superficial in her
dating habits, but well-intentioned and honest when realizing Oscar loves the mind behind the words.

Liz (40) The uptight, rule-following library director who frequently clashes with Sylvia over banned books
and library decorum.

CITY HALL
World Premiere
Written By: Aurin Squire
March 29th, 2027 - 1st Day of Rehearsal
May1st, 2027 - Opening
May 30th, 2026 - Closing

SYNOPSIS: Performed inside a real city hall, City Hall transforms the audience into the electorate, the
chamber into the stage, and every performance into a live vote on the city’s future.
As rising seas threaten to swallow the city, a billionaire developer offers the solution the city cannot
afford: he will fund the infrastructure needed to save it, but only if democracy steps aside and his
company takes control for a generation. What follows is a gripping, high-stakes battle between survival
and sovereignty, speed and accountability, private power and the public good.
Immersive, urgent, and different every night, City Hall is a love letter to democracy that asks its audience
to do more than watch. It asks them to decide: when the system is failing, do you fix it or give it away?

SEEKING:

MAYOR: Procedural anchor who values democracy, but fears its downfall after seeing his family escape a
fallen democratic nation.

CLARA KEY: (Environmental Scientist) Presents hard data on the existential threat of global warming
while vetting the validity of opposing claims.

RUTH DROBOT: (Pro-Business Lawyer) A sharp attorney representing billionaire Edmund Ray’s
conglomerate, arguing that private takeover is the only cure for government incompetence.

SOLOMON BAND: (Pro-Democracy Activist/Professor) An optimistic, old-school idealist fighting to keep
power with the people, despite being dismissed as an out-of-touch hippie.

ROBERTO: (Pro-Business Witness) A Hialeah furniture store owner who lost faith in local government
after skyrocketing flood insurance and trusts Ray’s backed financial assurances instead.

BRITTANY: (Pro-Democracy Witness) A Seattle transplant who warns that corporate control inevitably
leads to skyrocketing rent, homelessness, and displacement.

CIANURO ESPUMANTE
World Premiere
Written By: Karen Valecillo
June 8thth, 2027 - 1st Day of Rehearsal
July 10th, 2027 - Opening
August 1st, 2027 - Closing

SYNOPSIS:

A birthday celebration. A sudden death. A killer still in the room.
For the first time ever, the Agatha Christie Estate has authorized a direct Spanish-language adaptation of
an iconic Christie mystery — reimagined for Miami.

When a glamorous birthday celebration ends in sudden death, what appears to be a tragic suicide
unravels into a web of secrets, ambition, and betrayal. One year later, the guests reunite—and another
body falls. As the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot invites the audience to play along, every glance, every
toast, and every silence becomes a clue.

A seductive, suspenseful game of truth and illusion, set in the heart of Miami, where beauty, power, and
greed collide. Cianuro asks: how well do we really know the people we love, and how far will we go to
protect what we've built?

The world's first Spanish-language Agatha Christie mystery. Solved by you.

Note: Actors must have a native command of the Spanish language.

SEEKING:

Rosa Barton: An elegant, passionate, and wealthy woman celebrating her birthday, unaware it will be her
last night. She is Jorge's wife, Esteban's lover, and Antonio's artistic patron.

Jorge Barton: A refined, calculating man who organizes Rosa's birthday party. Tormented by her sudden
death, he tries to uncover the real killer one year later.

Poirot: A sharp detective who trades the classic trench coat for a guayabera and linen pants to withstand
the heat. He guides the investigation by meticulously dissecting every detail.

Iris: A woman who held a complex mix of envy and sisterly love for Rosa. She ends up becoming her
sister's sole heir and Antonio's partner.

Antonio: A talented musician who transitions from playing piano at the venue to becoming a renowned
star thanks to financial backing.

Esteban: A rising political figure whose ambitious career relies heavily on campaign funding. He was
secretly involved with Rosa.

Sandra: A seemingly demure and conservative woman who is fiercely ambitious and cold, willing to do
whatever it takes to secure her husband's political success and her own status.

SALARY

SPT $885 weekly minimum (SPT 9) - Until 1/3/27 $911 weekly minimum (SPT 9) - After 1/4/27

• NON-UNION