Bristol Riverside Theatre 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Bristol Riverside Theatre Auditions

BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE 2026-27 SEASON - BRISTOL, PA

Bristol Riverside Theatre | Bristol, PA

NOTICE: AUDITION CALL TYPE: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Amy Kaissar - Co-Producing Director
Ken Kaissar - Co-Producing Director
Teayra Bowden - Producing Assistant

To schedule an audition appointment, please email
casting@brtstage.org. Please include the day and time that you would like to be seen and whether or not your audition will include a singing component and we will do our very best to accommodate you. Walk-ins are acceptable, and we will squeeze you in as we have availability, but appointments are strongly encouraged.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

CONTRACT

LOA
$590.92 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - until 1/3/27
$608.65 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - after 1/4/27
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

BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE 2026-27 SEASON

Bristol Riverside Theatre is a mid-sized regional theatre whose mission is to engage audiences and artists alike with exceptional performances, inspired writing, and superior productions that motivate us to think harder, to feel more deeply, to laugh more joyfully, and to reflect on ourselves and the world in which we live. Located in the historic district of Bristol Borough, the theatre has a full-time staff of 13 employees, with most senior staff having been with the organization for a minimum of 10 years.

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

By: Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen
Director: Ken Kaissar
First Rehearsal: September 14, 2026
Opening: October 8, 2026
Closing: October 25, 2026

CASTING NOTE: The play features a cast of 5 who play all of the characters. Think The Mystery of Irma Vep but with 5 actors instead of 2. Actors seamlessly step into each character fast and furiously as though part of a sketch comedy show.

SEEKING:

Track One: JONATHAN HARKER - RP British dialect. Prim and proper and obsessive-compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. Engaged to his childhood crush Lucy Westfeldt and enamored of her fearlessness. Once bitten he loosens up . . . a lot . . . and becomes a Tom Jones-style rock star in leather pants.
LORD CAVENDISH - Scottish dialect. Lucy's suitor; a Scottish dolt.
LORD WORTHINGTON - RP British dialect. Lucy's suitor; posh, British and petulant.
LORD HAVEMERCY – Texas Accent. Lucy’s arrogant suitor from Memphis, a la Yosemite Sam.
BOSUN – Irish dialect. A scurvy seaman who goes down with the ship in a storm.
GRAVEDIGGER – Cockney dialect. A drunk gravedigger with a secret.

Track Two - THIS ROLE IS PRE-CAST.
DR. WALLACE WESTFELDT - RP British dialect. Lucy and Mina's father, a blowhard; self-important misogynist given to proclamations and posturing with his pipe. A doctor caring for the criminally insane, he has recently lost his wife to consumption.
RENFIELD - Cockney dialect and salivary issues. Insane patient of Dr. Westfeldt who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs. In a word, the dude is nuts.
CAPTAIN – Sea Captain dialect. The salty captain of a doomed ship caught in a raging storm. MAN-EATING WOLF.

Track Three: LUCY WESTFELDT - RP British dialect. Brilliant, plucky earth scientist, daughter of Dr. Westfeldt, she is full of energy and the spirit of adventure and often underestimated because of her beauty. Engaged to Jonathan, but when Dracula moves to Whitby, she is curious about his strange ways and impressed by their similar interests.
KITTY RUTHERFORD - Cockney dialect. A dotty kleptomaniac patient of Dr. Westfeldt, she serves as a maid in his house. Think Mrs. Lovett but servile and easily distracted.
DRIVER – Eastern European or Russian dialect. The male, Transylvanian driver of the carriage carrying Jonathan to Dracula’s castle who tries to warn him. Borat meets Boris and Natasha. MAN-EATING WOLF.

Track Four: MINA WESTFELDT - RP British dialect. The less attractive, less intelligent Westfeldt daughter, she lives in her sister Lucy's shadow and is desperate for attention. She is immediately (pathetically) receptive to Dracula's charms.
DR. VAN HELSING - German dialect a la Mel Brooks. Brilliant and sturdy German vampire-hunting doctor from the University of Schmutz. Deadly serious in the way Germans can be, she is accustomed to people not believing she is a real doctor. Strong, shmart, unt bold, she is a woman of action. MAN-EATING WOLF.

Track Five: COUNT DRACULA - Commanding European dialect. Hugely sexy, magnetically handsome, rock star presence with a killer body, he is a narcissist whose greatest love is himself - and his leather pants. Bored with women falling all over him, he becomes obsessed with Lucy when he hears of her strength and adventurousness. The less she needs him, the more interested he is. He travels to Whitby to find her and make her his bride for eternity.

A CHRISTMAS STORY - THE PLAY

By: Philip Grecian
Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, written by Jean Shepard, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark
Directed by: Amy Kaissar
First Rehearsal: November 9, 2026
Opening: December 4, 2026
Closing: January 3, 2027

SEEKING:

RALPH: THIS ROLE IS PRECAST. 30- 60 years old, Male, any ethnicity. Ralphie’s older and wiser alter-ego-the future version of himself. He is the narrator of the story, a witty, genial, likeable soul who we should identify with as he journeys back through his loving memories. Doubles as: Cowboy, Tree Lot, Owner, Delivery Man, Voice of a Neighbor, Voice of Santa.
RALPHIE: Ralph at 9 years old. Male, any ethnicity. Equally a dreamer and a schemer. He really wants a BB gun for Christmas and will do anything it takes to persuade his parents to buy it for him. Singularly focused, he also has a wild imagination and plays himself as a 1940s Hollywood hero from old Westerns to Jungle Adventures.
MOTHER: 30-55 years old. Female, any ethnicity. Ralphie and Randy’s mother. Loving wife and mother, the glue in the family unit. She is by far the smartest and most knowledgeable person in the family but lives by the rules of 1940 and plays the devoted wife and dutiful mother, keeping everything together and swallowing her pride. It takes a lot to get her frazzled, but a provocative leg lamp finally puts her over the edge.
THE OLD MAN: 30-55 years old. Male, any ethnicity. Ralphie and Randy’s father. Loving father and husband. Good hearted but can be grumpy, he has a deep desire to be a winner but always seems to lose. He thinks he’s very clever. He’s not.
RANDY: 5-8 years old. Male, any ethnicity. Ralphie’s little brother. Whiny and generally unhappy unless Santa is around.
MISS SHIELDS: THIS ROLE IS PRECAST. 30-60 years old. Female, any ethnicity. Ralphie’s teacher. An old-fashioned and expressive educator. The real Miss Shields and also the Miss Shields of Ralphie’s imagination in which she might actually be the Wicked Witch of the West. Doubles as a department store Elf.
FLICK: 9-10 years old. Male, any ethnicity. One of Ralphie’s best friends and classmate. Gets bullied so much that he’s downright accepted his fate. He gets stuck in a frozen flagpole licking experiment and Doubles as: A Western movie bandit and a jungle explorer.
SCHWARTZ: 9-10 years old. Male, any ethnicity. One of Ralphie’s friends and classmate. Becomes the scapegoat when Ralphie says a bad word. Schwartz is very smart and has all the answers in the friend group. Doubles as: A Western movie bandit and a jungle explorer.
ESTHER JANE ALBERRY: 9-10 years old. Female, any ethnicity. Ralphie’s classmate. She is very shy and has a huge crush on Ralphie but she’s too afraid to talk to him. She giggles a lot and is best friends with Helen Weathers. Doubles as: A Western movie bandit and a jungle explorer.
HELEN WEATHERS: 9-10 years old. Female, any ethnicity. Ralphie’s very studious classmate. She’s a natural leader and something like a child prodigy. Clearly, she’s going to get a PhD. Best friends with Esther Jane Alberry and giggles a lot. Doubles as: A Western movie bandit and a jungle explorer.
SCUT FARKUS: 10-12 years old. Male, any ethnicity. Ralphie’s classmate and schoolhouse bully who routinely messes with Ralphie and his friends. He terrorizes the younger kids and regularly beats up everyone in the neighborhood, until Ralphie puts him in his place. Doubles as: The evil villain in a Western movie and a jungle explorer.

ANTIGONE - THE PLAY

By: Sophocles
Adapted by: Ken Kaissar
Directed by: Amy Kaissar
First Rehearsal: January 11, 2027
Opening: February 4, 2027
Closing: February 21, 2027

SEEKING:

ANTIGONE: (female, 20-45, any ethnicity) Daughter of Oedipus, engaged to marry Haemon. Honorable, brave, loyal, loving, compassionate, and unwilling to compromise her values. She is the epitome of strength in conviction. Willing to die for her beliefs.
ISMENE: (female, 20-45, any ethnicity) Daughter of Oedipus, sister of Antigone. She is devoted and honorable, but much more pragmatic than her sister. She believes in living to fight another day.
CREON: (male, 50s – 70s, any ethnicity). The surviving Sovereign of Thebes. He is uncompromising and refuses to be challenged by anyone. He was third in line to the throne and not expecting to reign, but after two generations of chaos and curse he is determined to right the ship and steady the course, no matter the cost.
POLYNEICES/CHORUS: (male, 30-45, any ethnicity). Son of Oedipus, brother of Antigone, Ismene, and Eteokles. He and his brother were supposed to share the rule of Thebes but his brother has usurped the throne. Polynices is seeking justice for having been so wronged and amasses an army to retake what is rightly his. Doubles as lead member of the chorus.
ETEOKLES/HAEMON: (male, 25-40, any ethnicity). Eteokles is the son of Oedipus, younger brother of Polyneices (and older brother of Antigone and Ismene). Eteokles is overly confident and sure of himself. He has taken full control of Thebes and will fight to the death to retain it. Haemon is Creon’s son and Antigone’s fiancé. He chooses to die with his love rather than side with his father in order to retain the crown.
OEDIPUS/TERESIUS: (male, 50s – 70s, any ethnicity). Oedipus is a disgraced former king who has blinded himself and is living in exile. Tiresias is a blind prophet, loyal, wise, the voice of reason.
THESEUS/SCOUT/SENTRY: (Male, 30-49, any ethnicity). Theseus is the King of Athens, brave, honorable, and true to his word. He gives protection to Oedipus. The Scout and sentry are soldiers.
MESSENGER/CHORUS: (Any gender, any age, any ethnicity). Loyal servants first of Theseus and then of Creon.

COMMUNITY MEMBER ROLES

Eurydice – 40s – 50s, Creon’s wife, tired of tragedy brought on by foolish men.
Soldiers
Guards
Chorus
Ladies in waiting

ANNIE

Book By: Thomas Meehan
Music By: Charles Strouse
Lyrics By: Martin Charnin
Directed by: Victoria Rae Padgett
First Rehearsal: February 22, 2027
Opening: March 25, 2027
Closing: April 2, 2027

SEEKING:

ANNIE: 9 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range D5-A3. Annie is complex, tough, and streetwise but surprisingly vulnerable when she thinks she might lose what has become most important to her: her newfound family.
MOLLY: 6 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range B4-A3. An orphan, gritty, neglected, vulnerable, honest and lovable. Molly is the youngest of the group.
KATE: 7 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range C5-C4. An orphan, gritty, neglected, vulnerable, honest and lovable.
TESSIE: 11 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range C5-A3. An orphan, gritty, neglected, vulnerable, honest and lovable. Tessie is a cry-baby.
PEPPER: 12 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range Bb4-C4. An orphan, gritty, neglected, vulnerable, honest and lovable. Pepper is a tough and strong leader at age 12.
JULY: 13 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range D5-C4. An orphan, gritty, neglected, vulnerable, honest and lovable. July is the quietest.
DUFFY: 13 years old, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range D5-C4. An orphan, gritty, neglected, vulnerable, honest and lovable. Duffy is the oldest.
MISS HANNIGAN: 30s-50s, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range D5-G3. A strong comedian. Hannigan is an alcoholic who hates children but runs an orphanage.
GRACE FARRELL: 20s-30s, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range C5-D4. Grace Farrell is Oliver Warbucks's calm, cool, but no-nonsense secretary with a soft spot for spunky orphans.
ROOSTER HANNIGAN: 30s-50s, male, any ethnicity. Vocal Range Bb4-G3. Rooster Hannigan and Lily St. Regis are the comic team who claim to be Annie's parents but are revealed to be Miss Hannigan's swindling brother and his sleazy girlfriend in disguise. Flashy and self-assured.
LILY ST REGIS: 20s-30s, female, any ethnicity. Vocal Range Bb4-Bb3. Rooster Hannigan and Lily St. Regis are the comic team who claim to be Annie's parents but are revealed to be Miss Hannigan's swindling brother and his sleazy girlfriend in disguise. Ditzy and crass.
OLIVER WARBUCKS: 40s-50s, male, any ethnicity. Vocal Range D5-A3. Oliver Warbucks is the daunting millionaire who made his fortune during World War I as an industrialist.
MALE ENSEMBLE: Male, any age, any ethnicity. Performers of all shapes and sizes to portray a wide range of characters including Drake and the Warbucks household staff, Hooverville residents, New Yorkers, and various featured ensemble tracks throughout the production.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE: Female, any age, any ethnicity. Performers of all shapes and sizes to portray a wide range of characters including Warbucks household staff, Hooverville residents, New Yorkers, and various featured ensemble tracks throughout the production.

FENCES

By: August Wilson
Directed by: Lisa Strum
First Rehearsal: May 3, 2027
Opening: June 3, 2027
Closing: June 20, 2027

SEEKING:

TROY MAXSON: African American, 45-65 years old, male. Father, husband, former Negro League Baseball player.
JIM BONO: African American, 45-65 years old, male. Troy’s friend.
ROSE: African American, 40-55 years old, female. Troy’s wife.
LYONS: African American, 30-40 years old, male. Troy’s oldest son from a previous marriage.
GABRIEL: African American, 40-55 years old, male. Troy’s brother that suffers from a WW2 brain injury.
CORY: African American, 20-25 years old, male. Troy and Rose’s son.

GREENWOOD: THE BLACK WALLSTREET MUSICAL

Rehearsal Period: June 15-18, 2026
Book, Lyrics and Music: Ronvé O’Daniel
Music and Orchestrations: Jevares Myrick
Book: J Kyle Manzay
This project is a 29-hour Equity developmental reading of Greenwood, conducted under AEA 29-hour reading guidelines. This is a rehearsal-based process focused on the development of new work and is not a production, or industry presentation.

SEEKING:

OLIVIA: (African American Girl, 15-16 years old) - A charming but rebellious aspiring pilot who tries to escape her parents' over-protectiveness to discover the harsh realities of the world on her own terms.
CYRUS: (African American Male, late 20s-early 30s) - A rebellious World War I vet, who returns home only to discover that the love of his life has moved on with another man, and his fellow negroes are being treated worse than ever before.
JUDGES: (African American Male, mid 30s) - Olivia’s father, who is the overly idealistic co-owner of Sweet Life Bakery with his wife Amy.
AMY: (African American Woman, early 30s) - The co-owner of Sweet Life Bakery and Judges’ wife, who navigates her past feelings for Cyrus with preserving her happy home.
RICHARD LLOYD: (Caucasian Male, late 30s-early 40s) - A socially irresponsible editor who is given support by the KKK to launch his dream newspaper.
DICK ROWLAND: (African American Male, 18-20 years old) - A young charismatic shoeshine man who falls in love with his white false accuser.
SHERIFF MCCULLOUGH: (Caucasian Male, early-mid 40s) - The conflicted sheriff of Tulsa who wants nothing more than to keep the peace and maintain the status quo.
GRAMMA NITTY: (African American Woman, 50s-60s) A wise resident of Greenwood and narrator of the story.
SARAH PAGE: (Caucasian Woman, 18-20 years old) - A worldly elevator operator whose affair with Dick Rowland becomes the center of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
ENSEMBLE: 8-10 African American and Caucasian members of the ensemble who play various Tulsa residents.