Cape May Stage 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Cape May Stage Auditions

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St, 16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

PERSONNEL

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract
Producing Artistic Director: Roy Steinberg
$538 weekly minimum

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Cape May Stage's 2026 Season (see breakdown). Cape May Stage encourages all actors of all backgrounds to share their work. EPA procedures are in effect for this audition.

OTHER

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue under two minutes that suggests the character you would like to play. Those auditioning for Murder for Two should be prepared to play the piano and sing something that suggests the style of the play or a selection from The American Songbook. Also bring your headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

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.

BREAKDOWN

Housing Notes: Housing is provided with every actor having a private room with shared spaces like living room, kitchen, and restrooms. We supply all bed linens and towels plus all kitchen wares. The house is heated and air conditioned with Wi‑fi, washer/dryer, television, and a stipend for Uber to get into town as well as back and forth to the theater. There is no smoking at the company house, and no pets are permitted. We reimburse for transportation from New York upon arrival.

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

Written by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Roy Steinberg

Rehearses: May 19, 2026
Opens: June 4, 2026
Closes: June 28, 2026

We play Wednesday through Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees. Monday and Tuesday are off.

SEEKING

HEIDI – female, mid 40s, intelligent, an activist, great comic timing, improv background helpful, native of Wenatchee, Washington, of German descent.

LEGIONNAIRE – male, 35+, plays veteran from American Legion Post #10, Wenatchee, Washington in 1989 plus contemporary gay friend, MIKE.

DEBATER – female high school student (15ish), strong, confident, verbal, intelligent. Any ethnicity.

KALAMAZOO

Written by Michelle Kholos Brooks and Kelly Younger
Directed by Josh Iacovelli

Rehearses: June 30, 2026
Opens: July 16, 2026
Closes: August 23, 2026

We play Tuesday through Sunday evenings with no matinees. Monday is off.

SEEKING

PEG – female, 70s, Irish-American, sweet, naïve, conservative, a birdwatcher, comic.

IRVING – male, 70s, down to earth, East Coast Jewish, comic, tender-hearted, romantic.

YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM

Written by Jose Rivera
Directed by Roy Steinberg

Rehearses: August 25, 2026
Opens: September 10, 2026
Closes: October 18, 2026

We play Wednesday through Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees. Monday and Tuesday are off.

SEEKING

STACY – female, 30s, fit, alert, has ease and is charming, great verbal ability – a robot.

AISLIN – female, 75, feisty lifelong New Yorker living in East Village, fighter, Croatian/Irish descent.

MURDER FOR TWO – THE HOLIDAY EDITION

Written by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Directed by Roy Steinberg

Rehearses: November 3, 2026
Opens: November 19, 2026
Closes: December 27, 2026

We play Wednesday through Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees. Monday and Tuesday are off. Auditioners should be prepared to play the piano and sing.

SEEKING

MARCUS MOSCOWICZ – male, 30s, detective, boyish charm, plays piano well and sings.

TEN SUSPECTS – male, plays multiple characters who are suspects, great comic timing, plays piano well and sings.