Quintessence Theatre Group 2026-27 Season - NYC EPA (05.15.26)

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Friday, May 15, 2026

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

Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract

See breakdown for production specific salary rate.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Quintessence Theatre

Group's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

If you would like to be considered for PIPPIN, please prepare a 16-bar cut in the style of the show in addition to one contrasting monologue. An accompanist will be provided. For all other shows, please prepare two contrasting monologues in the style(s) of the pieces in heightened or stylized language. If you’d like to be considered for Two Gentlemen of Verona, at least one of the pieces should be in verse. Your total audition material should be 2 1/2 minutes or less. Please also bring a hard copy of your headshot and resume.

LOCATION

A.R.T./New York Studios

520 8th Ave

New York, NY 10018

Holding room - Conference Room

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Alex Burns: Artistic Director & Director (PIPPIN,

MEDEA, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA)

Lisi Levy: Artistic Associate

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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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.

Breakdown

Quintessence Theatre Group 2026-27 Season

THE WITCH

By: Jen Silverman

Adapted from John Ford and Thomas Dekker’s The Witch of Edmonton

Directed by: Maura Krause

First Rehearsal: September 1, 2026

Tech: September 25 - 27

Final Dress: September 29

First Preview: September 30

Opening Night: October 3

Closing: October 25

Extension Closing: November 1, 2026

$693 weekly minimum - 6 perf/week

SEEKING:

Elizabeth Sawyer, F, 40s/ 50s/ 60s. An outcast.

Scratch, M, 20s /early 30s. The devil.

Sir Arthur Banks, M, 50s/60s. A wealthy and powerful man.

Cuddy Banks, M, 20s/ early 30s. Sir Arthur’s son, painfully shy, a morris-dancer. He is secretly in love with Frank (and also in hate).

Frank Thorney, M, 20s/ early 30s. A confident and successful young man, charming and ruthless. His ambition knows no bounds.

Winnifred, F, 20s/ early 30s. Sir Arthur’s servant, resigned and pragmatic, secretly married to Frank

PIPPIN

Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz

Book by: Roger O. Hirson

Directed by: Alex Burns

Choreographed by: Shannon Murphy

Music Directed by: Steven Gross

First Rehearsal: October 27, 2026

Tech: November 12 - 15

Final Dress: November 17

First Preview: November 18

Opening Night: November 21

Closing: January 3, 2027

Ext. Closing: January 10, 2027

$784 weekly minimum - 7 perf/week

SEEKING:

Pippin, M, 20-25, A young man in search of himself.

Charles, M, 45-65, Pippin’s father. King of the Holy Roman Empire (Charlemagne). Territory and warobsessed.

Lewis, M, 20-25, Fastrada’s son and Pippin’s stepbrother. A brawny idiot.

Fastrada, F, 30-45, Pippin’s conniving stepmother. A seductress who uses her sexual appeal to benefit herself and her son.

Berthe, M, 55-70, Pippin’s grandmother. A brassy broad full of wisdom and sass. Encourages Pippin to live life to the fullest.

Catherine, F, 25-35, A widow and mother who falls in love with Pippin, helping him find himself. Theo, M, a young boy, Catherine’s Son.

Band of Players, any gender, they play all other roles in the show.

MEDEA

By: Euripides

Directed by: Alex Burns

Production Dates

First Rehearsal: January 5, 2027

Tech: January 29 - 31

Final Dress: February 2

First Preview: February 3

Opening Night: February 6

Closing: February 28

Ext. Closing: March 7, 2027

$714 weekly minimum - 6 perf/week

SEEKING:

Medea, F, A devilishly clever sorceress and a princess, Jason’s wife.

Nurse, F, Caretaker of the house & children. Nurse serves as Medea's confidant.

The Man, M, Will play all male roles: Creon - The king of Corinth, the father of Glauke, and the intended future father-in-law of Jason. Aegeus - The king of Athens (and future father of Theseus), who seeks help from Medea for his childlessness and who importantly offers her sanctuary in Athens. Tutor – The children’s tutor, worried about Medea’s state of mind. Jason - Medea’s husband. Messenger - Describes the deaths of Glauce & Creon in vivid detail.

Medea’s Children, any gender, 2 total.

Chorus of Corinthians, F, 1-3 members of the Greek chorus.

GUYS GONE WILD REP: ROPE & TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

Shows will be performed in Repertory

First Rehearsal: March 2, 2027

Tech: March 24 - 28

Final Dress: March 30

Two Gents, First Preview: March 31

Rope, First Preview: April 1

Two Gents, Opening Night: April 9

Rope, Opening Night: April 10

Closing: May 1 & 2

Ext. Closing: May 9, 2027

$807 weekly minimum - 7 perf/week

ROPE

By: Patrick Hamilton

Directed by: Jake Loewenthal

SEEKING:

Wyndham Brandon, M, 20s, athletic, suave, and very rich. Naturally calm, almost paternal in nature, but not altogether likable. About the same age as Granillo, his school mate.

Charles Granillo, M, 20s, a Spaniard who speaks perfect English. Extremely courteous and very likeable, however has a weaker constitution for subterfuge. About the same age as Brandon, his school mate.

Kenneth Raglan, M, early 20s, younger than Granillo and Brandon. He’s shy, simple-minded, goodhearted,and a bit clueless.

Leila Arden, F, early 20s, about the same age as Raglan. Sweet, charming, but overcompensates and tries to project sophistication to the party guests.

Sir Johnstone Kentley, M, 60s, a kind and pleasant older gentleman. Sir Johnstone is the father to the murder victim, Robert. He is harmless and gentle but has lived a life of extreme privilege.

Mrs. Debenham, F, 50s, Sir Johnstone’s sister, a widow. She is plain, absent-minded, and hardly ever opens her mouth except occasionally to clock back into the conversation after glazing over in a sort of lost, miserable fog.

Rupert Cadell, late 20s/early 30s, a bit older than Granillo & Brandon, Rupert has a permanent injury to his right leg and limps/walks with the help of an ornate cane. He is foppish and enormously affected in speech and carriage. His sentences are often involved, and lofty. Sometimes though, he surprises everyone with his open and genial smile.

Sabot, M, the French servant of the house. He is the perfect employee – intelligent, alert, and obedient.

Whoever he’s with, he has an air of being breathlessly anxious, ready to apologize for anything, whether he’s responsible for it or not.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

By: William Shakespeare

Directed by: Alex Burns

SEEKING:

Valentine, A gentleman of Verona, he is Proteus' best friend, and Silvia's love. Banished to the forest after Proteus betrays his plan to elope with Silvia to the Duke, Valentine becomes king of the outlaws.

Speed, Valentine's page. He is friendly with Launce.

Proteus, A gentleman of Verona & Valentine's supposed best friend. He behaves in a mostungentlemanly fashion. He is Julia's sweetheart, but when he joins Valentine at the Duke's palace, he falls in love with Silvia and attempts to steal her away from Valentine.

Launce, Proteus' humorous servant, and master to a poorly-trained mutt named Crab. His devotion to his dog knows no bounds.

Antonio, Proteus’ father

Pantino, an attendant to Antonio

Julia, A lady of Verona, Proteus' beloved. Desiring to travel to Milan to visit Proteus, Julia disguises herself as a high-class male pageant goes by the name Sebastian. She does Proteus' bidding, delivering the ring she had earlier given him to his new beloved, Silvia.

Lucetta, Julia's waiting-gentlewoman, who has a practical approach to love. Lucetta helps Julia disguise herself as a man.

Sylvia, a lady of Milan, daughter to the Duke and beloved of Valentine, also sought after by Proteus and

Thurio. Silvia commiserates with Sebastian over the wrong that Proteus has done to Julia. She escapes her father's palace with the help of Sir Eglamour, who abandons her at the sight of the outlaws.

Duke of Milan, Sylvia’s father, the Duke wants her to marry the boorish but wealthy suitor Sir Thurio. Upon hearing of Valentine's plot to elope with Silvia, the Duke banishes Valentine.

Thurio, A foolish rival to Valentine for Silvia's hand. Thurio is very rich but does not make for pleasant company.

Eglamour, The gentleman upon whom Silvia calls to help her escape from the Duke's court, in order to find her love, Valentine, and to avoid marrying Thurio.

Host, proprietor of an inn in Milan.

Outlaws, living in a forest near Mantua.

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER & THE PARADE

Performed together as 2 one-act plays

Both By: Tennessee Williams

Directed by: Mikael Burke

First Rehearsal: May 4, 2027

Tech: May 28 - 30

Final Dress: June 1

First Preview: June 2

Opening Night: June 5

Closing: June 27

Ext. Closing: July 4, 2027

$714 weekly minimum - 6 perf/week

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER

SEEKING:

Catherine Holly, F, Young and troubled, she witnesses the death of her beloved cousin Sebastian. She is institutionalized to keep the truth quiet.

Mrs. Venable, F, Older wheelchair-bound woman insistent on preserving the memory and legacy of her son Sebastian.

Dr. Cukrowicz, M, Young, handsome doctor who specializes in a new psychological treatment for disturbed patients.

Sebastian, M, Young and passionate poet who passes away suddenly while on a summer trip with Catherine Holly.

Miss Foxhill, F, An attendant to Mrs. Venable. She is quiet and dutiful.

George Holly, M, Catherine Holly's brother. He’s only focused on the money Sebastian left to the Holly family in his will.

Mrs. Holly, Catherine Holly's mother. She is desperate to keep the peace with Mrs. Venable so she and her children will receive the money and possessions Sebastian left to them in his will. Sister Felicity, F, A nun from Saint Mary's who is in charge of Catherine Holly while she is outside the institution.

THE PARADE, OR APPROACHING THE END OF SUMMER

SEEKING:

Dick, M, 20s, a beautiful dancer, unaffected by Don’s advances.

Don, M, 20s, a lovesick playwright. He has an unrequited passion for Dick. The heart of the piece and Tennessee William’s self-insert.

Miriam, F, mid-twenties, Don’s first friend in Provincetown. She loves Don and wishes he could pour more of himself into his work, instead of yearning after a man who doesn't love him back. She comes from money.

Wanda, W, 20s, Dick’s assumed love interest, a young woman vacationing in Provincetown.

Postman, M, an older gentleman who appears at the end of the play.

SALARY

Independent Theatre Contract See breakdown for production specific salary rate.

• NON-UNION