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

Cape May Stage 2026 Season – Cape May, NJ (EPA)

NOTICE: AUDITION CALL TYPE: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Thursday, March 5, 2026 — Cape May Lutheran Church, 509 Pittsburg Ave, Cape May, NJ 08204

Time: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM (E)

Lunch: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

There is free parking at the church parking lot.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

To schedule an audition appointment please email:
roy@capemaystage.org.

Expected to attend: Producing Artistic Director: Roy Steinberg

CONTRACT

OTHER DATES

Independent Theatre Contract. See breakdown for production-specific dates.

$538 weekly minimum – 2025 rate

OTHER

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Cape May Stage's 2026 Season (see breakdown).

The Cape May Stage encourages actors of all backgrounds to share their work. 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.

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. Also bring your headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

Housing Notes: Housing is provided with every actor having a private room and shared spaces (living room, kitchen, restrooms). Cape May Stage supplies all bed linens and towels plus kitchen wares. The house is heated and air-conditioned with Wi‑Fi, washer/dryer, television, and a stipend for Uber to get into town and to/from the theater. No smoking at the company house; no pets permitted. Transportation from New York upon arrival will be 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

Performance schedule: 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 (1989) plus contemporary gay friend, MIKE.
• DEBATER – female high school student (about 15), 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

Performance schedule: 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

Performance schedule: 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 the 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

Performance schedule: 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.