Actors' Shakespeare Project 2026-27 Season Equity Stage Managers - Actors' Shakespeare Project Auditions

Actors Shakespeare Project 2026–27 Season — Stage manager submissions
Actors' Shakespeare Project | Watertown, MA

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

• NEAT Christopher V. Edwards: Artistic Director
• $666 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) — Stage manager
• Regine Vital: Manager of Artistic & Community Programs
• $632 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) — Assistant stage manager
• See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Equity stage managers for Actors' Shakespeare Project's 2026–27 Season. See breakdown for production-specific dates.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Typical Rehearsal Schedule: Weekday evenings (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings); weekend days / early evenings: Saturday and Sunday. Each production schedule will include at least two weekday morning student matinees, for which actors must be available.

Please submit your resume for consideration to Regine Vital, Manager of Artistic & Community Programs.

Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2026

SUBMIT TO

If you have any questions, please email
casting@actorsshakespeareproject.org or
regine@actorsshsakespeareproject.org.

OTHER

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 submit.

ASP’s Anti-Racism Statement: Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP) is committed to actively examining and combating the multifaceted nature of racism in our company, our community, the theater industry, and the United States. Racism dehumanizes everyone it touches and creates an environment not conducive to creative expression. Actors’ Shakespeare Project seeks to dismantle organizational systems, processes, structures, and cultures that discourage any person from engaging with us. We pledge to foster diversity, inclusivity, and equity across our board, staff, artists, productions, educational programming, and business operations. The stories of all people will be reflected in all the work that we do.

Please note: All rehearsal and performance dates below are TENTATIVE.

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

Written by: Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Directed by: Christopher V. Edwards
First Rehearsal: Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
Opening: Thursday, October 8th, 2026
Closing: Sunday, November 1st, 2026

Synopsis: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a 90-minute, small-cast, gender-bending parody of Bram Stoker’s novel, in which meek estate agent Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania, unleashing a narcissistic Count Dracula on modern-minded Lucy Westfeldt, her sister Mina, insect-obsessed Renfield, and vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing in a whirlwind of quick changes and broad physical comedy. The piece satirizes Gothic horror while centering capable female protagonists and queer-coded humor, ending with Lucy and Van Helsing driving the story’s moral and emotional resolution.

Content Advisory: ASP will hire an Intimacy Director for all instances of sexually/emotionally charged intimacy.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED

Written by: Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch
Directed by: Regine Vital
First Rehearsal: Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
Opening: Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
Closing: Sunday, December 27th, 2026

Synopsis: The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged is an 80–90 minute, three-actor “romp” in which two die-hard Janeites and a bewildered understudy crash through all six major Austen novels, switching roles at high speed while sending up Regency romance, class satire, and fan culture itself. The show blends affectionate parody, direct address, and sketch-like sequences to compress the Austen canon into a single, big-hearted evening that welcomes both devotees and newcomers.

HAMLET

Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: David R. Gammons
First Rehearsal: Wednesday, January 6th, 2027
Opening: Thursday, January 28th, 2027
Closing: Sunday, February 21st, 2026

Synopsis: Hamlet follows Prince Hamlet of Denmark as he confronts the ghostly revelation that his uncle Claudius has murdered his father, forcing him into a spiral of grief, moral doubt, feigned (or real) madness, and political paralysis that ultimately destroys the royal family and state. The play interrogates corruption in power, surveillance, mental health, and the difficulty of acting ethically within a broken system, themes that remain powerfully resonant in 2026.

Content Advisory: This production will feature scenes with nudity. ASP will hire an Intimacy Director for all instances of nudity, simulated sexual interaction, and sexually/emotionally charged instances of intimacy as well as all states of partial undress. This production will feature scenes of violence. ASP will hire a Fight Director for all instances of physical violence.

JITNEY

Written by: August Wilson
Directed by: Christopher V. Edwards
First Rehearsal: Wednesday, March 10th, 2027
Opening: Thursday, April 8th, 2027
Closing: Sunday, May 9th, 2027

Synopsis: August Wilson’s Jitney, set in a worn-down 1970s jitney cab station in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, chronicles a group of unlicensed cab drivers, their dispatcher Becker, and his estranged son Booster as they confront imminent building demolition, generational conflict, racism, economic precarity, and the possibility of community self-determination. Over a few weeks, the men’s intersecting struggles—Youngblood’s attempt to buy a house for his family, Turnbo’s gossip-driven conflicts, Becker and Booster’s tragic rift—build toward both personal loss and a collective decision to fight for their space.

Content Advisory: ASP will hire an Intimacy Director for all instances of sexually/emotionally charged intimacy.