Center Stage 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Center Stage Auditions

CENTER STAGE (BALTIMORE) 2026-27 SEASON - BALTIMORE, MD EPA

Center Stage Associates | Baltimore, MD
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Friday, May 29, 2026
Baltimore Center Stage
700 N Calvert St
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM (E)
Baltimore, MD 21202-3602
BREAK: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

PERSONNEL

• Producer: Bridgette Burton
• Producer: Brendan McNamara
• Executive Director: Ken-Matt Martin
• Artistic Director: Stevie Walker-Webb

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an appointment please visit the following link:
https://baltimore-center-stage.tdp.cuelora.com/apply/26-27-bcs-season-epas-baltimore

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

CONTRACT

• LORT Non-Rep
• $1213 weekly minimum (LORT B)
• $889 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity actors for roles in Baltimore Center Stage's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown).
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to actively dismantling systems of oppression and racism in every aspect of our organization and practice, including casting. To us, EPAs are our chance to meet the broadest spectrum of the theater community, and we encourage all people to audition.

PREPARATION

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Please prepare 1 monologue of choice (2 min max). For those interested in Charmz or Xtravaganza, please prepare a song of your choice; an accompanist will be provided.

BREAKDOWN

Baltimore Center Stage 2026-2027 Season

BOCKING

LORT D
In Association with The New Group
Written by Preston Crowder
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb

First Rehearsal: July 14, 2026
Previews Begin: August 14, 2026
Opening: August 22, 2026
Closing: September 6, 2026

SEEKING:

• Javon Wing (CAST) – 30s, Black American, a preacher through and through with a flair for the dramatic.
• Tiana Wing – 30s, Black American, very loving with incredible highs and exhausting lows.
• Peer Day – 30s, White American, somewhat oblivious, finds himself funnier than everyone else.
• Rita Day (CAST) – 30s, Black American, non-binary person with quick wit and maybe too much understanding.
• Erickson Lewis (CAST) – 30s, Black American, a ball of awkwardness yet charming.
• Reverend White – 40s, Black American, A sly reverend often confused for an 80s Pimp.
• Stacey – 20s, Black American, A genuine good time with little patience for nonsense.

CHARMZ: THE OTHER REINDEER

Music and Lyrics by: Nygel D. Robinson
Book by: Ken-Matt Martin
Directed by: Melody A. Betts & Victor Musoni
Choreographed by: Ken-Matt Martin & Victor Musoni
First Rehearsal: October 6, 2026
Previews: November 13, 2026
Opening: November 21, 2026
Closing: December 27, 2026

NOTE: All of these characters are a mythical creature and can be portrayed by anyone of any background.

SEEKING:

• CHARMZ (CAST), A young reindeer with a big voice and even bigger dreams. He works maintenance on the sleds for Santa.
• RUDOLPH, He’s a mix between Michael Jackson and Rick James, a star who hit it big young and should be in his prime but his ego seems to be the thing that people notice the most these days. He’s the headliner for Dreamville records and the biggest star in the North Pole.
• SANTA, He’s Berry Gordy. Founder/Owner of Dreamville records and the “Big Guy” in the North Pole. He’s the only one who gets to decide who joins him on his annual world tour on Christmas Eve.
• ELLEY, An elf, Santa’s right-hand lady, she is the longtime manager of the group who doesn’t take any stuff from anyone and keeps things moving. Based off of the longtime Motown manager.
• VIXEN/ELF, The leader of the Yuletidettes, she’s the leader of the group, Diana Ross vibes, and commands every room she walks into. Everyone listens when she speaks.
• PRANCER/ELF, A member of the Yuletidettes, she’s got a big voice and a big heart.
• DANCER/ELF, A member of the Yuletidettes, she’s grace personified. Has a thing with Comet.
• COMET/ELF, The lead singer of The Mistletoes, he’s basically David Ruffin. Has a thing with Dancer.
• CUPID/ELF, The Eddie Kendrick of The Mistletoes, sings high and has a strong moral compass.
• DASHER/ELF, The Paul of The Mistletoes, a brilliant dancer and also has a little too much Egg Nog between shows.
• DONNER/ELF, The Blue of the group, sings with a deep voice and has the utmost reverence and respect for Santa.
• BLITZEN/ELF, Our Otis of The Mistletoes, no one’s coming to see him, but he’s the group’s actual leader, conscious, and voice of reason.

LIBERATION

LORT D
(In association with Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Written by: Bess Wohl
Directed by: Taibi Magar

PTC Dates
First Rehearsal: September 10, 2026
Preview: October 9, 2026
Opening: October 14, 2026
Closing: October 25, 2026

BCS Dates
First Rehearsal: January 5, 2027
Opening: January 16, 2027
Closing: February 7, 2027

SEEKING:

• LIZZIE - Woman, White, flexible age. Plays both the “playwright” who is having a midlife crisis and also the leader of the 1970s women’s liberation group. NOTE: This role will require nudity.
• MARGIE - Woman, White, 50s-60s, housewife who never wanted to be a wife, solid, bitter, gentle. NOTE: This role will require nudity.
• SUSAN - Woman, White, Early 20s, Jewish, queer, rough around the edges, Marxist. NOTE: This role will require nudity.
• CELESTE - Woman, Black, Late 30s, queer, Ivy League, writer, intelligent. NOTE: This role will require nudity.
• ISIDORA - Woman, White, Late 30s-40s, Italian, filmmaker, in the US on a green card marriage, passionate, the most “radical.” NOTE: This role will require nudity.
• DORA - Woman, White, Mid 20s, pretty, mild-mannered, thought she was attending a knitting circle. NOTE: This role will require nudity.
• JOANNE - Woman, Black, Early 30s, a mother of four, practical, sees the limitations of liberal bullsh*t feminism. (Will double as Lizzie in a single scene with Bill.)
• BILL - Man, White, Late 20s - early 30s, handsome, lawyer.

KING HEDLEY II

LORT D
Written by: August Wilson
Directed by: Ken-Matt Martin

First Rehearsal: February 9, 2027
Preview: March 11, 2027
Opening: March 20, 2027
Closing: April 11, 2027

SEEKING:

• KING HEDLEY II - 35, Black, intense, proud, and deeply wounded; a man recently released from prison trying to build a future in a world that has offered him very little grace. King is driven by dreams of ownership, stability, and legacy, but his desperation and unresolved rage place him on a collision course with the people around him. Fiercely intelligent beneath his volatility, he carries both the hope and devastation of a generation fighting to survive.
• TONYA - Early to mid 30s, Black, grounded, exhausted, and emotionally guarded; King’s wife, carrying the weight of disappointment, survival, and fear about the future. Tonya deeply loves King but sees the reality of the world more clearly than he does. Her strength comes from hard-earned realism and a refusal to romanticize suffering.
• RUBY - 60s, Black, glamorous, sharp-tongued, and emotionally resilient; King’s mother and a former nightclub singer still holding tightly to beauty, romance, and memory. Ruby is both nurturing and self-protective, carrying the scars of past choices while trying to maintain dignity in a world that has constantly shifted beneath her.
• ELMORE - 60s, Black, smooth, charming, and opportunistic; Ruby’s longtime suitor and a man who has spent his life surviving through hustle, charisma, and instinct. Elmore carries himself with confidence and humor, but underneath is someone deeply familiar with loss, regret, and the cost of aging.
• MISTER - 30s to 40s, Black, loyal, restless, and emotionally searching; King’s closest friend and partner in hustling. Mister longs for connection and stability but often masks loneliness with humor and bravado. He carries a tenderness beneath his rough edges and functions as both companion and witness to King’s unraveling.
• STOOL PIGEON - 60s to 70s, Black, prophetic, eccentric, and spiritually untethered; a neighborhood fixture carrying newspapers, memories, and visions of judgment and redemption. Once institutionalized, Stool Pigeon now exists as both man and chorus, speaking with biblical urgency about history, violence, and the end of the world. He is haunting, funny, and deeply human all at once.

XTRAVAGANZA

LORT B
In association with 1000% Productions and Broadway Music Group
Book by R. Eric Thomas
Music and Lyrics by Khiyon Hursey
Music Supervision by Bill Sherman
Choreography by Kyle Abraham
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
First Rehearsal: March 23, 2027
Preview: May 7, 2027
Opening Night: May 22, 2027
Closing: June 13, 2027

SEEKING:

• JOSÉ - Ages 15 through 30, Dominican, magnetic and driven, a shooting star burning through every space he’s in. Angie calls him Little One and there’s something delicate and petite about him that contrasts with the incredible drive within him. He is a MAJOR talent. He’s going to change the way we move, the way we party, the way we live, but first he’s got to push through grief and self-doubt. A strong voguer and ballet dancer.
• MARIO - Ages 22 through 38, slick, confident, a Hispanic boy with a professional sheen; the PT Barnum of the L.E.S. Mario comes across as brash and sometimes dickish, maybe only looking out for himself, but if he was a white man in this time they’d give him the keys to the Stock Market and elect him President. He feels out of place in both the ballroom world and in his day job on Wall Street, but he masks it with bravado and ambition.
• LUNA - Ages 15 through 30, a transfemme Latina, with a raw beauty that evolves into glamor. When we meet her she’s hungry for more, driven to desperation by poverty. She’s shrewd but she’s still getting her sea legs.
• ANGIE - 24, Puerto Rican and transfemme. The Mother of the House. An Icon even in her own time. She’s got everyone under her eye, but she’s still a young woman coming into her own. Commanding and driven, wildly funny and deadly serious at once, someone who is bigger than her time and her circumstance.
• SHORTSTACK - Ages 15 through 30, Black and transfemme, the life of the party, would be on Project Runway if it existed in the 80s and if anyone gave a bitch a damn chance. Finds the House, but struggles to define her place. Lives in Venus’s shadow, jealous of José, questions whether she should leave.
• VENUS - Ages 18 through 30, transfemme Latina, radiant and impossibly magnetic; someone who walks into a room and instantly shifts the temperature. Venus is chasing beauty, softness, visibility, and the right to be fully seen as herself.
• HECTOR - Forever 30s, Puerto Rican, elegant, visionary, and deeply charismatic; the original architect of the House and someone who could see possibility in people long before they saw it in themselves. Hector dreamed bigger than the world allowed and built ballroom not just as escape, but as legacy, protection, and chosen family. Hector becomes part memory, part mythology, and part ancestral force woven into the DNA of the House itself.
• ENSEMBLE - Ages 18 through 40, all ethnicities and gender presentations. The ensemble portrays the living world of ballroom culture: House members, partygoers, rivals, lovers, club kids, ghosts, and the spirit of the House itself as it evolves from an underground refuge into an enduring legacy. Seeking bold, high-energy performers with strong movement ability, distinct personalities, and commanding stage presence. (STRONG SINGER/DANCERS – EXCELLENT VOGUERS AND MOVERS ENCOURAGED)