What are the responsibilities and job description for the The People's Theatre 2026-27 Season - NYC EPA (11.05.26) & (11.06.26) position at The People's Theatre?
DESCRIPTION
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Thursday, November 5, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
AND
Friday, November 6, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAKS: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
CONTRACT
LOA
New Horizons Playwrights Festival:
$20 hourly - Rehearsals
$73 per performance - Performances
Spring 2027 Production:
$650 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in The People's Theatre's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown).
Both projects are currently in development. Production details, including scripts, character breakdowns, creative teams, and schedules, are subject to change as the development process continues. Actors may be invited to return for production-specific auditions or callbacks at a later date.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a contemporary monologue of no more than 2 minutes. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
The People's Theatre
419 West 206 Street
New York, NY 10034
Please enter through the main entrance and check in upon arrival.
PERSONNEL
Producing Organization: The People’s Theatre
Producing Director: Jiawen Hu
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Jiawen Hu – Producing Director
Mino Lora – Executive Artistic Director
Marco Antonio Rodríguez – Literary Manager/Playwrights
Diana – Production Manager
Jaya S. Basu – Playwright
Andrew A. Valdez – Playwright
Isabelle F. S. Stevens – Playwright
OTHER DATES
NEW HORIZON PLAY READING FESTIVAL:
November 30 – December 6, 2026
STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS:
March 1 – April 25, 2027
OTHER
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
THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE 2027 SEASON
PRODUCTION 1: NEW HORIZON PLAY READING FESTIVAL
NOTE: Rehearsal and Reading Schedule: Each play is anticipated to include approximately 10 hours of rehearsal and two public readings. Specific schedules will be announced.
Play 1: OMID'S HANDWOVEN RUGS
Playwright: Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens
Director: TBC
SEEKING:
THE WEAVER aka "OMID" (doubles with SAMIYAR) - 40s-50s. Iranian. He. Blind.
THE APPRENTICE aka "FARZAN" - mid-to-late 20s. Iranian. He.
AREZU - mid-to-late 20s. Iranian American. She.
RAHA - early-to-mid 20s. Iranian American. She.
SAMIYAR (doubles as THE WEAVER) - 40s-50s. Iranian. He.
Play 2: César or Wrath of Grapes
Playwright: Andrew Aaron Valdez
Director: TBC
SEEKING:
ARMINDA. She/her. 50s–70s. Latina/Latine. A formidable, old-guard activist who fought alongside César Chávez. She relies on dark, morbid humor and grit, desperately trying to hide institutional debt and the collapse of her life’s work. Must possess sharp comedic timing.
IRIELA. She/her. 20s–30s. Latina/Latine. An ambitious Yale fellow returning to her Texas hometown. She masks profound grief over her dying mother with rapid-fire, academic language, putting her in direct, explosive conflict with Arminda's old-guard methods.
Play 3: Bangaru “Golden”
Playwright: Jaya S. Basu
Director: TBC
SEEKING:
Pedda Ammamma: 70s-80s. Cis woman. A captivating storyteller. A perfectionist.
Supriya: 50s. Cis woman. Neurotic. Conflict-avoidant. Burnt out.
Vani: 20s. Cis woman. Cynical. Fiercely smart. Takes no shit and occasionally does harm.
Harsha: 18-early 20s. Closeted trans woman. At a tender point in her life. Just a little spoiled. Harsha is referred to with she/her pronouns in the stage directions, though the characters refer to her with masculine terms, since they don’t know she is trans.
PRODUCTION 2: SPRING 2027 FULL PRODUCTION
Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors
Playwright: Marco Antonio Rodriguez
Director: Mino Lora
Dates: March 1 – April 25, 2027
Rehearsal and Performance Schedule: Specific schedules will be announced.
Synopsis:
When a stalled train traps five strangers from varying backgrounds in a tunnel with no way out and no clear explanation, desperation gives way to confrontation and a series of events that force them to reckon with one another across their differences. As the sealed car becomes its own fragile society defined by clashing instincts, quiet prejudices, and unexpected acts of care, power begins to shift in surprising ways. Belonging is negotiated and responsibility tested, revealing who takes up space, who gets overlooked, and who ultimately holds the knowledge needed to move them forward. What they discover in the process, none can quite explain... or ignore.
SEEKING:
ZHANG XIAOYAN: Chinese Immigrant Teen/18–19 years old/Must be fluent in Mandarin/Unabashedly Queer/Busker/Must be able to move/dance really well/Leans towards moderate political beliefs/Raised in a religiously atheist but scientifically conservative household/Has a very quirky, awkward, whimsical, innocent quality to their energy.
AMADOR BATISTA: Dominican Immigrant Man/Late 30s–early 40s | Fluent in Spanish/Politically and socially Apathetic/ Disillusioned /Sharp-tongued.
LENIN AUGUSTUS GEORGE: Black immigrant from Barbados/40s–50s/Conservative-leaning/High Anxiety but intentionally quiet/Highly Intelligent/Overprotective of his personal space/Caregiver to his Mother/Bajan Creole dialect a plus.
SOCORRO CONTRERAS: Mexican or Salvadoran immigrant woman/ 60s | Must be fluent in Spanish. Hustler/Fiercely Protective of her food cart/A sharp edge to her demeanor and energy/No BS attitude/Blunt/Bitter but wise/Business oriented/Heartbroken by life.
IVORY STEVENS: White Woman from Nebraska 20s (Gen Z) | Progressive/Optmistic/Curious to a fault/Naive/Activist/Wanting to do the right thing but always ends up stepping in... Well... Ya know.
SALARY
LOA New Horizons Playwrights Festival: $20 hourly - Rehearsals, $73 per performance - Performances; Spring 2027 Production: $650 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)
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UNION
AEA