General Auditions for Our 2026-2027 Season

Pride & Prejudice (by Kate Hamill)
Directed by Marissa Wolf, on the Main Stage

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. Hypochrondriac. 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. May double with Jane. 
• LYDIA - 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. May double with Lydia. [OFFER PENDING]
• 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. May double with Charlotte. 
• 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. May double with Bingley. 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. May double with Collins / Miss Bingley. / MISS BINGLEY - A very rich young woman. Fancies herself witty. May be doubled with Wickham/ Collins

Little Shop Of Horrors (Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken)
Directed by Chip Miller, on the Main Stage

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. (The actor who plays him also plays 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 plays 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 – Provided by an actor 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 (by Inis Choi) 
Directed by Cara Hinh, on the Main Stage 
[a co-production with Everyman Theatre and Indiana Repertory Theatre] 

First Rehearsal: Friday, January 8, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, January 15, 2027
Closing: Sunday, February 7, 2027

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 / 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 (Rich, Mr. Lee, Mike, and Alex are all played by the same actor)

The 39 Steps (Adapted by Patrick Barlow) 
Directed by Marissa Wolf, on the Main Stage 

First Rehearsal: Monday, February 1, 2027 
First Preview: Sunday, February 21, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, February 26, 2027
Closing: Sunday, March 21, 2027

SEEKING:

• Richard Hannay - a charming and bored Englishman. (OFFER PENDING)
• Annabella Schmidt / Pamela / Margaret - a German spy / a skeptic / an innocent
• Clown 1 - plays multiple roles including police, spies, farmers; great clown skills
• Clown 2- plays multiple roles including police, spies, farmers; great clown skills

Furlough's Paradise (by a.k. payne) 
Directed by TBA, in the 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:

• SADE, whose name means ‘honor earns a crown’ or ‘rain’, mina call her ‘de, an only child, a cousin, born 1991 
• MINA, whose name means ‘love,’ an only child, a cousin, born 1991

Covenant (by York Walker) 
Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, on the Main Stage 
[in partnership with Alliance Theatre] 

First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 30, 2027
First Preview: Wednesday, April 7, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, April 9, 2027
Closing: Sunday, May 2, 2027

SEEKING:

• RUTHIE - [Black woman] 19, the innocent one, obsessed with love or the idea of it. (OFFER PENDING)
• VIOLET - [Black woman] 19, Ruthie’s best friend, black sheep of the family, loves her older sister Avery fiercely. (OFFER PENDING)
• AVERY - [Black woman] 24, dreams of seeing the world outside of this town, a woman coming into her own and terrified. (OFFER PENDING)
• MAMA - [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. (OFFER PENDING)
• JOHNNY “HONEYCOMB” JAMES - [Black man] 24, guitar player, local celebrity, awkward turned ladies man. Has been in love with Avery since he was 12 years old. (OFFER PENDING)

Peter Pan Goes Wrong (by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis & Henry Shields) 
Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez, on the Main Stage 
[a co-production with Seattle Rep] 

First Rehearsal: Thursday, May 14, 2027
First Preview: Sunday, May 23, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, May 28, 2027
Closing: Sunday, June 27, 2027

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.