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

Cape May Stage 2026 Season - NYC EPA

Cape May Stage | Cape May, NJ

NOTICE: AUDITION CALL TYPE: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Friday, February 27, 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

Expected to attend: Producing Artistic Director: Roy Steinberg

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract
$538 weekly minimum - 2025 rate

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

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue of under two minutes that suggests the character you would like to play. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

Those auditioning for MURDER FOR TWO should be prepared to play the piano and sing. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

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 (living room, kitchen, restrooms). Bed linens, towels, and kitchen wares are supplied. The house is heated and air conditioned with Wi‑fi, washer/dryer, and television. A stipend for Uber to get into town and to/from the theater is provided. No smoking or pets are permitted in the company house. Transportation from New York upon arrival is reimbursed.

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