BAKERSFIELD MIST Equity Actors - Bridge Street Theatre Auditions

BAKERSFIELD MIST - Equity Video Submissions

Bridge Street Theatre | Catskill, NY

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

Single Engagement Agreement

• Stephen Sachs, Playwright
• $386 weekly minimum (Cat. 1, Tier A)
• Mark Perry, Director

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Equity actors for roles in BAKERSFIELD MIST (see breakdown). Selected actors will be contacted and provided with sides, and invited to attend in-person auditions in New York City (Saturday, February 21, 2026) or Catskill, NY (Sunday, February 22, 2026). Please email with questions and considerations.

Email submissions will be accepted through Sunday, February 16, 2026 at 5:00pm.

Rehearsals begin in Catskill, New York, on March 30, 2026. Performances April 16–26, 2026 on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

See breakdown for submission instructions.

SUBMIT TO

Email:
casting@BridgeSt.org

Website:
bridgest.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.

BREAKDOWN

BAKERSFIELD MIST

Inspired by true events, Bakersfield Mist is a hilarious and thought-provoking comedy-drama that pits small-town instincts against big-city expertise in a battle over art and authenticity. When Maude, a brash and unapologetic woman from Bakersfield, buys a thrift-store painting she’s convinced is worth millions, she calls in Lionel Percy, a sophisticated New York art expert, to authenticate it. What follows is a fiery and gripping clash about truth, class, worth, and integrity.

Email submissions will be accepted through Sunday, February 16, 2026 at 5:00pm.

This play contains strong language and mature themes.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

For consideration, please email
casting@BridgeSt.org ASAP. Please include:

• Your current headshot (or a current photo)
• Your current theatrical resume
• The role you would like to be considered for
• A brief email introducing yourself
• A character-appropriate one-minute monologue of your choosing

Selected actors will be sent sides and invited to in-person auditions. Actors invited to audition will be asked to prepare provided sides. Actors should be prepared to have Side #1 memorized and may also be asked to read Side #2. Sides will be shared directly with selected performers.

Performers submitting for MAUDE are asked to please include answers to the following in their submission:

• Do you smoke?
• Are you comfortable smoking herbal cigarettes onstage?
• Do you vape?
• Are you comfortable vaping onstage?

SEEKING:

Maude Gutman – Female-presenting, 50+

A former bartender living in a rundown trailer park in Bakersfield, California. Brash, funny, sharp-tongued, unfiltered, intelligent, incisive, emotionally perceptive, and surprisingly discerning about art—even if her tastes fall outside the mainstream. Tough, vulnerable, and deeply human.

Please note: This character smokes and uses strong language.

Lionel Percy – Male-presenting, 60+

A former curator from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and an expert in abstract expressionism and authentication. Polished, elegant, refined, intellectual, authoritative, and professorial. Cultured to the point of elitism, yet full of vulnerability, regret, and insecurity.