Portland Center Stage 2026-27 Season - Portland, OR EPA (05.05.26), (05.06.26), (05.08.26) & (05.09.26)

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

10:30 AM - 6:30 PM (P)

Lunch 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment or if you have any questions, please email: [email protected] .

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1213 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Mainstage

$889 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Ellyn Bye Studio

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Portland Center Stage's 2026 -27 Season (See breakdown).

There will be understudies for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and PETER PAN GOES WRONG. There will be no understudies for the other productions.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Portland Center Stage does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Qualified applicants are considered for all positions withoutNregard to age, marital status, sexual orientation, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or handicap.

We are committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA). To learn more, please visit

https://www.pcs.org/idea.

PREPARATION

Please prepare either 2 contrasting monologues or 1 monologue and 1 song. An accompanist will be

LOCATION

Portland Center Stage

128 NW 11th Ave

Portland, OR 97209-4160

Julie Vigeland Rehearsal Hall.

PERSONNEL

Marissa Wolf: Artistic Director

Kamilah Bush: Literary Manager

Dustin Curry: Company Manager

Expected to attend:

Chip Miller: Associate Artistic Director

See breakdown for production specific personnel

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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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

Portland Center Stage 2026-27 Season

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Written by Kate Hamill

Directed by Marissa Wolf

Mainstage

First Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 1. 2026

First Preview: Sunday, September 27, 2026

Opening Night: Friday, October 2, 2026

Closing: Sunday, October 25, 2026

SEEKING:

LIZZY - A year or two younger than Jane. Clever, spirited; can be sharp-tongued. Gets flustered, which makes her klutzy. Prides herself on good judgment. Not especially beautiful.

MR. DARCY - Late 30s-40s. One of the richest men in England. Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts. Prides himself on self-control and good judgment.

MRS. BENNET - The matriarch of the Bennet family. Mostly a silly woman, of mean understanding and variable temper. Hypochondriac. The business of her life is to get her daughters married.

JANE - Late 20s-early 30s. The eldest and most beautiful Bennet daughter. Kind, idealistic, diffident. Always tries to do the right thing. May be doubled with Miss De Bourgh. / MISS DE BOURGH - Lady Catherine’s daughter; a gremlin.

LYDIA - [OFFER PENDING] 14, the youngest Bennet. Lively, prone to imitating others’ behavior and eavesdropping. May be doubled with Lady Catherine / LADY CATHERINE - Patrician Caesar-meets-drill sergeant.

CHARLOTTE LUCAS - Same age as Lizzy. A practical girl with a good sense of humor. May be doubled with Mr. Bennet. / MR. BENNET - The patriarch of the Bennet family. Finds amusement in absurdity; often looks for respectable escape from the chaos of his family life. Disappointed in marriage.

MR. BINGLEY - Late 30s-40s. Loves the world and the world loves him. Mr. Darcy’s particular friend. Almost literally a dog. May double with Mary. / MARY - The third Bennet girl. Bit of a monster; prone to pendanticism and sulking. A dark goth Bronte character trapped in an Austen world.

MR. COLLINS - A pedantic, obtuse man. Rector to Lady Catherine. May double with Wickham/ Miss Bingley. WICKHAM - An unfairly handsome and charming gentleman. Raised with Darcy. MISS BINGLEY -

A very rich young woman. Fancies herself witty.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Music by Alan Menken)

Directed by Chip Miller

Mainstage

First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

First Preview: Sunday, November 15, 2026

Opening Night: Friday, November 20, 2026

Closing: Thursday, December 24, 2026

SEEKING:

SEYMOUR - Mid-twenties and perhaps balding a little. Our insecure, naïve, put-upon, florists’ clerk hero. Above all, he’s a sweet and well-meaning little man. He is not a silly, prat-falling nerd, and therefore, should not be played as the hero of a Jerry Lewis film.

AUDREY - The bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like secret love of his life. If you took Judy Holiday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe, and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and a short black dress, and then shook them up in a test tube to extract what’s sweetest and most vulnerable – that’d be Audrey.

MR. MUSHNIK - Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist. His accent, if he has one, is more that of middle-class New York than of Eastern Europe. He seldom smiles but often sweats.

ORIN - A tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and sadistic tendencies. He is not, however, a leftover from the movie version of Grease. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy – all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer. (Will double as A Voice not unlike God’s, Wino #2, Customer, Radio Announcer, Mr. Bernstein, Mrs. Luce, Skip Snip, and Patrick Martin)

THE PLANT (AUDREY II) - An anthropomorphic cross between a giant Venus flytrap and an avocado. It has a huge, nasty-looking pod which gains a shark-like aspect when open and snapping at food. The creature is played by a series of four increasing large puppets, manipulated by one Puppeteer (who also doubles as Wino #1 in the first scene.) The first time we see The Plant, it is less than one foot tall. The last time we see it, it fills the entire stage.

VOICE OF THE PLANT – Voice provided on an offstage microphone, The sound is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Think of the voice as that of a street-smart, funky, conniving villain – Rhythm and Blues’ answer to Richard the Third.

CRYSTAL, RONNETTE and CHIFFON – Three Black ‘street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They’re young, hip, smart, and the only people in the whole cast who really know what’s going on. In their “Greek Chorus” capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it’s often with a “secret smile” that says: “we know something you don’t know.”

KIM'S CONVENIENCE

Written by Inis Choi

Directed by Cara Hinh

Mainstage

First Rehearsal: Friday, January 8, 2027

Opening Night: Friday, January 15, 2027

Closing: Sunday, February 7, 2027

A co-production with Everyman Theatre and Indiana Repertory Theatre

SEEKING:

APPA: A 59-year-old first-generation Korean-Canadian man, and owner of Kim's Convenience store. Speaks with a thick Korean-Canadian accent.

UMMA: A 56-year-old first-generation Korean-Canadian woman. APPA's wife. Speaks with a thick Korean-Canadian accent.

JUNG: A 32-year-old second-generation Korean-Canadian man. APPA and UMMA's son.

JANET: A 30-year-old second-generation Korean-Canadian woman. APPA and UMMA.'s daughter.

RICH: A young black man. Will double as MR, LEE A successful black real estate agent and a friend of APPA / MIKE A black man with a thick Jamaican accent / ALEX A 32-year-old black police officer and a childhood friend of JUNG.

THE 39 STEPS

Adapted by Patrick Barlow

Directed by Marissa Wolf

Mainstage

First Rehearsal: Monday, February 1, 2027

First Preview: Sunday, February 21, 2027

Opening Night: Friday, February 26, 2027

Closing: Sunday, March 21, 2027

SEEING:

Richard Hannay - [OFFER PENDING] a charming and bored Englishman.

Annabella Schmidt / Pamela / Margaret - a German spy / a skeptic / an innocent

Clown 1 - Multiple roles including police, spies, farmers; great clown skills

Clown 2- Multiple roles including police, spies, farmers; great clown skills

FULOUGH'S PARADISE

Written by a.k. payne

Directed by TBA

Ellyn Bye Studio

First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 23, 2027

First Preview: Sunday, March 21, 2027

Opening Night: Friday, March 26, 2027

Closing: Sunday, May 2, 2027

SEEKING:

1991

SADE: whose name means ‘honor earns a crown’ or ‘rain’, mina call her ‘de, an only child, a cousin, born

MINA: whose name means ‘love,’ an only child, a cousin, born 1991

COVENANT

Written by York Walker

Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden

Mainstage

First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 30, 2027

First Preview: Wednesday, April 7, 2027

Opening Night: Friday, April 9, 2027

Closing: Sunday, May 2, 2027

In partnership with Alliance Theatre

SEEKING:

RUTHIE - [OFFER PENDING] [Black woman] 19, the innocent one, obsessed with love or the idea of it.

VIOLET - [OFFER PENDING] [Black woman] 19, Ruthie’s best friend, black sheep of the family, loves her

older sister Avery fiercely.

AVERY - [OFFER PENDING] [Black woman] 24, dreams of seeing the world outside of this town, a woman coming into her own and terrified.

MAMA - [OFFER PENDING] [Black woman] early 40s, Violet and Avery’s mother, full of regret, the only thing holding her world together is her love for Avery and her belief in God.

JOHNNY “HONEYCOMB” JAMES - [OFFER PENDING] [Black man] 24, guitar player, local celebrity, awkward turned ladies man. Has been in love with Avery since he was 12 years old.

PETER PAN GOES WRONG

Written by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis & Henry Shields

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez

Mainstage

First Rehearsal: Thursday, May 14, 2027

First Preview: Sunday, May 23, 2027

Opening Night: Friday, May 28, 2027

Closing: Sunday, June 27, 2027

A Co-production with Seattle Rep

SEEKING:

CHRIS: (plays Mr. Darling and Captain Hook. Male-identifying.) 30s-50s. Head of the drama society. Directed the play. RP dialect. Character participates in stage combat scenes.

ROBERT: (plays Nana the Dog, Peter’s Shadow, and Starkey. Male-identifying.) 30s-40s. Assistant director of the play. RP dialect. Character participates in stage combat scenes.

FRANCIS: (plays the Narrator and Cecco.) 40s . RP dialect.

SANDRA: (plays Wendy Darling. Female-identifying.) 20s-30s. RP dialect. Character participates in scenes with stage combat and intimacy and appears onstage in undergarments.

DENNIS: (plays John Darling, Mermaid and Mr Smee. Male-Identifying.) 20s-60s. RP dialect. Character participates in stage combat scenes and appears onstage in undergarments.

ANNIE: (plays Mrs. Darling, Lisa, Curly and Tinker Bell. Female-identifying.) 30s-40s. RP dialect. Character participates in scenes with stage combat and intimacy and appears onstage in undergarments.

MAX: (plays Michael Darling, Mermaid and the Crocodile. Male-identifying.) 30s-40s. RP dialect. Character participates in scenes with stage combat and intimacy and appears onstage in undergarments.

TREVOR: Stage manager of the play. Flying required.

JONATHAN HARRIS: (plays Peter Pan. Male-identifying.) 30s-40s. RP dialect. Flying required. Character participates in scenes with stage combat and intimacy and appears onstage in undergarments.

LUCY: (plays Tootles) 20s. Robert’s niece. Suffers from stage fright. RP dialect.

GILL: a Cornley stagehand, paramedic.

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep $1213 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Mainstage $889 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Ellyn Bye Studio

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