We are currently scheduling auditions for our 2025-2026 AEA General Auditions. These auditions will be held at Portland Center Stage at The Armory (128 NW Eleventh Avenue, Portland, OR 97209) at the following times:
- Sunday, April 27, 2025, 11:30am - 7:30pm PST (2:30 - 3:30 pm lunch)
- Monday, April 28, 2025, 11:30am - 7:30pm PST (2:30 - 3:30 pm lunch)
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 11:30am - 7:30pm PST (2:30 - 3:30 pm lunch)
- Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 11:30am - 7:30pm PST (2:30 - 3:30 pm lunch)
Please prepare either 2 contrasting monologues or 1 monologue and 1 song. An accompanist will be provided. Equity and Non-Equity actors will have 5 minutes to audition.
Equity Actors will be guaranteed appointments. Non-equity actors will be added to the waitlist and will receive a confirmation of their time slot within 24 hours of the audition. We anticipate having enough time to see everyone.
SIGN UP FOR AUDITION
If you would like to be seen in person, please fill out THIS FORM. Once we receive your information, we will send you a confirmation email in a timely manner.
SIGN UP FOR MAILING LIST / VIDEO SUBMISSION
If you would like to be added to our mailing list so you can get an email alert when those auditions are scheduled, you can do so by filling out THIS FORM. There is a place in this form to submit a video audition if you are unable to attend our in person auditions. We ask that your video audition be five minutes or less and submitted as a youtube link. Please prepare either 2 contrasting monologues or 1 monologue and 1 song.
Questions? See our FAQ!
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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 our IDEA page at www.pcs.org.
Portland Center Stage 2025-2026 Season Breakdown
Primary Trust (by Eboni Booth) Directed by Chip Miller, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 2. 2025
First Preview: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, October 3, 2025
Closing: Sunday, October 26, 2025
SEEKING:
- Kenneth, male, Black, late 30s
- Bert, male, Black, late 30s-40s
- Wally’s Waiter/Corrina/Bank Customers, female, Black, 30s-40s
- Clay/Sam/Le Pousselet Bartender, male, any race, 50s-60s
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (adapted by Lauren M. Gunderson, from the novel by Louisa May Alcott) Directed by Joanie Schultz, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage [a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park]
Portland Center Stage Dates:
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
First Preview: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, November 21, 2025
Closing: Sunday, December 21, 2025
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Dates:
First Rehearsal: January 13, 2026
1st Preview: January 17, 2026
Opening: January 22, 2026
Closing: February 15, 2026
SEEKING:
- Louisa / Jo - independent, ambitious, and fiercely determined to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. Jo is tomboyish, outspoken, and adventurous, with a strong sense of justice and loyalty, but also self critical and quick tempered. Teens
- Meg - the eldest March sister, responsible, nurturing, and traditional but vibrant and full of romantic dreams. Meg is thoughtful, compassionate, and devoted but also sometimes vain and longing for the ease of wealth that she never had. 20
- Beth - quiet, gentle, and musical. She is shy, selfless, and deeply empathetic. She does not dream of a life outside of her home and family, an inward girl, never a woman. Teens
- Amy - the youngest sister who is impatient, artistic, vivacious, charming. Often self-centered and vengeful, but also spirited, creative, determined and loving. Teens
- Marmee - The mother of the March sisters is wise, nurturing, and compassionate, resilient, and patient. She guides her daughters toward selflessness a level-headedness, but also shares their verve, delight for life, family and independence. 50
- Aunt March - fussy, rich, judgmental, 70. (*can be double cast with Marmee)
- Laurie - wealthy, charming neighbor and close friend of the March sisters. He is adventurous, mischievous, and impulsive, with a playful spirit and a love for music and literature. Despite his privileged upbringing, Laurie is kind-hearted, loyal, and deeply devoted to the March family, especially Jo. Teens.
- John - Laurie's tutor and later Meg's husband. He is intelligent, earnest, hardworking, and respectful, with a strong sense of duty and integrity. Late 20s
- Mr. Laurence and Mr. March - Laurie’s prickly grandfather, Jo’s father. (*can be double cast with John)
- Friedrich - Professor Friedrich Bhaer is a sunny, generous German immigrant and intellectual. He is cultured, cheerful and kind-hearted, with a love for literature and philosophy. He embodies principles of intellect, integrity, and genuine affection. 4 (*can be double cast with John)
The Play That Goes Wrong (by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields) Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 10, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, January 18, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, January 23, 2026
Closing: Sunday, February 15, 2026
- Annie is the company’s stage manager, Lancashire accent - OFFER PENDING
- Stage Crew the Cornley Polytechnic stage crew - OFFER PENDING
- Trevor is the company’s lighting and sound operator - OFFER PENDING
- Chris is the head of the drama society, directed the play and plays Inspector Carter - OFFER PENDING
- Jonathan plays ‘Charles Haversham’ - OFFER PENDING
- Robert plays ‘Thomas Colleymoore’ - OFFER PENDING
- Dennis plays ‘Perkins’ - OFFER PENDING
- Max plays ‘Cecil Haversham’ and ‘Arthur’ - OFFER PENDING
- Sandra plays ‘Florence Colleymoore’ - OFFER PENDING
Lizard Boy (book music and lyrics by Justin Huertas) Directed by Marissa Wolf, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, March 1, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, March 6, 2026
Closing: Sunday, March 29, 2026
- TREVOR, he/him, reclusive and neurotic singer-songwriter and sketch artist whose youthful, sometimes naïve optimism masks his pain, has green lizard skin, played by an actor of color
- CARY, he/him, charismatic and confident singer-songwriter whose goofiness makes him charming and whose emotional literacy makes him sexy AF, played by a white actor
- SIREN, she/her, magnetic and weird singer-songwriter, we meet her jaded and resigned but soon see the terrifying drive simmering beneath the bleach-blonde hair and all the tattoos
Fat Ham (by James Ijames) Directed by Charles Grant, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, April 19, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, April 24, 2026
Closing: Sunday, May 17, 2026
- JUICY is thicc. 20-21, Black. He’s beautiful. He is lonely. He is smart. A kind of Hamlet.
- TEDRA is Juicy’s mother. 45-50, Black. She is a good mother. A kind of Gertrude.
- REV is Tedra's husband. 45-50, Black. Her dead ex-husband’s brother. Pig farmer and pit master. Electric. A kind of Claudius. Same actor as PAP
- OPAL is one of Juicy’s only friends. 19-20. Black. She loves Ham and worries about him. A kind of Ophelia.
- LARRY a boy that is attracted to Juicy. 21-23. Black. A marine. Trying to heal from PTSD. Has a secret. Awkward. A kind of Laertes.
- RABBY is Larry and Opal’s mother. 40-45. Black. Tedra’s friend. Semi-churchy but honestly she just wanna drink and praise the Lord. A kind of Polonius.
- PAP is the Ghost of Juicy’s father. Appears 45ish. Black. Was in prison for killing someone cause their breath stank, til he got shanked on the way to dinner. A kind of Hamlet's Father. Same actor as REV.
- TIO is clever. 20-40. Black or Afro-Latinx. Juicy’s cousin. Oldest friend. A kind of Horatio.
Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer (by Kristina Wong) Directed by Jessica Hanna, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, May 24, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, May 29, 2026
Closing: Sunday, June 7, 2026
THIS SHOW IS FULLY CAST
Storm Large Makes it Home (by Storm Large) Directed by Marissa Wolf, on the U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, June 14, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, June 19, 2026
Closing: Sunday, June 28, 2026
THIS SHOW IS FULLY CAST
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
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