Washington Stage Guild 2026-27 Season - Washington, DC EPA (05.12.26) & (05.13.26) (Revised)

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

REVISED

LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW added to breakdown.

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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

BREAK: 2:00PM - 3:00PM

And

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

APPOINTMENTS

Actors will be seen on a first come, first served basis, upon checking in at the holding area. Doors will open for sign-up at 10:00 am on Tues., 5/12, and 11:30 am on Wed., 5/13.

CONTRACT

SPT

$565 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Washington Stage Guild's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown).

Washington Stage Guild strongly encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend. Actors from the DC/MD/VA area are likewise encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Prepare a brief monologue, showing verbal/mental dexterity. We prefer that you avoid Shakespeare.

LOCATION

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church

900 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001-4308

The church sits at the point formed by the intersections of 9th St, Massachusetts Avenue and K St, NW. Please enter the theatre lobby through the double red door at the street level on the Massachusetts Ave side, under the front of the church.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Bill Largess, Artistic Director, Director – JITTA’S ATONEMENT

Steven Carpenter, Associate Artistic Director, Director – THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

Laura Giannarelli, Director – THE LAST VICTORIAN

Deidra LaWan Starnes, Director – CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

Direct questions/inquiries to: [email protected]

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

WASHINGTON STAGE GUILD 2026 - 2027 SEASON

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by John Minigan

Directed by Steven Carpenter

1st Rehearsal: Sept. 1, 2026; Tech: Sept. 19-20, 2026; Previews: Sept. 24 – 26, 2026;

Opening: Sep. 27, 2026; Closing: Oct. 18, 2026

WASHINGTON IRVING (30s - 50s; male presenting) a dynamic storyteller, physically and vocally adept, taking on all of the roles in the telling of his tale.

THE LAST VICTORIAN by J.B. Miller (world premiere)

Directed by Laura Giannarelli

1st rehearsal: week of Oct. 26, 2026; Tech: Nov. 14-15, 2026; Previews: Nov. 19-21, 2026;

Opening: Nov. 22, 2026; Closing: Dec. 13, 2026

MR. FEATHERSTONE (40s-50s; male presenting) – cheeky working class employee of a care home; avoids responsibility.

DUNCAN PRATT (30s-40s; male presenting) – co-owner of an antique shop; goodhearted, a bit gullible, stuck in the past.

ROGER LUND (40s-50s; male presenting) - Duncan’ partner, in antiques and in life. Elegant, acidic, an opportunist.

VICKY (GRANNY) PRATT [CAST] (122; female presenting) - possibly the last living person from the Victorian era; cantankerous, opinionated, dotty. CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy)

TANIA (30s; female presenting) – Australian; a local TV news personality; spunky; drinks too much.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus

Directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes

1st rehearsal: week of Jan. 4, 2027; Tech: Jan. 23-24, 2027; Previews: Jan. 28-30, 2027;

Opening: Jan. 31, 2027; Closing: Feb. 21, 2027

RASKOLNIKOV (20s-40s; male presenting) – a proud, socially anxious intellectual, sometimes aggressive and prone to paranoia.

PORFIRY (30s-50s; male presenting) – a highly intelligent, shrewd, cynical magistrate, given to eccentricity (doubles various secondary roles as well).

SONIA (20s-40s; female presenting) a quiet, timid, compassionate, determined woman; despite selling her body for her family’s welfare, she is deeply religious (doubles various secondary roles as well).

JITTA’S ATONEMENT by Siegfried Trebitsch, adapted & translated by GB Shaw

Directed by Bill Largess

1st rehearsal: week of Mar. 15, 2027; Tech: Apr. 3-4, 2027; Previews: Apr. 8-10, 2027;

Opening: Apr. 11, 2027; Closing: May 2, 2027

JITTA LENKHEIM (30s-40s; female presenting) An intelligent woman, who after having had an affair with her husband's late best friend, agrees to get the dead man's manuscript published, even under her husband's name.

ALFRED LENKHEIM (40s-50s; male presenting) Jitta's husband, a scholarly doctor who despite his anger over her infidelity, considers publishing her lover's book, but upon reading it, calls it "tommy-rot" and refuses.

AGNES HALDENSTEDT (30s-40s; female presenting) Bruno's widow, embittered at the discovery of his infidelity - doubles as MRS. BILLITER, an officious and discrete landlady.

BRUNO HALDENSTEDT (40s-50s; male presenting) Jitta's lover, a colleague of her husband. When dying he asks her to be sure his book gets published, even if not in his name.

EDITH HALDENSTEDT (20s; female presenting) Bruno's daughter, struggling to deal with her father's infidelity and death, and very much at odds with her mother--doubles as THE FLOWER GIRL, a cheeky working girl.

DR. FESSLER (20s; male presenting) A naive and earnest young man, engaged to Edith, who tries to comfort her in her grief and anger, despite doubting his ability to do so.

SALARY

SPT $565 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

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  AEA