2/5: Audition date revised — Audition will be held on March 2, 2026 at the Actors' Equity New York Audition Center. 2/6: Revision note corrected.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St, 16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Monday, March 2, 2026
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E) — See breakdown for production-specific personnel
Break: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Expected to attend: See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
Independent Theatre Contract — $625 weekly minimum (negotiations pending).
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
Equity actors for roles in Chester Theatre Company's 2026 Season (see breakdown).
Chester Theatre Company is a 37-year-old, 120-seat theater on the edge of the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts. Current artistic directors: Christopher Baker and Michelle Ong Hendrick. For more information, visit
chestertheatre.org.
EPA procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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.
Please prepare a 1–2 minute contemporary monologue (comedic preferred). Bring a headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BY D.W. JACOBS
Directed by Barbara Karger
June 19-38, 2026
First rehearsal: May 26
Preview: June 19
Open: June 20
Futurist, environmentalist and geodesic dome designer Buckminster Fuller takes the audience on a journey from his childhood in Massachusetts, to meeting Albert Einstein, to his extraordinary inventions, explaining how doing more with less might save the planet.
R. Buckminster Fuller. (CAST) Male-identifying. Legendary inventor and futurist who lectures on everything from poetry to peace.
BY CHERYL WEST
Directed by Gilbert McCauley
July 2-12, 2026
First rehearsal: June 9
Preview: July 2
Open: July 3
The story of civil rights activist and hero Fannie Lou Hamer, from her beginnings as a sharecropper's daughter, to co-founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, to her historic speech at the 1964 Democratic Convention.
Fannie Lou Hamer. (CAST) Black. Female-identifying. 40ish–50ish. Charismatic civil rights activist, leader, and singer, who narrates the challenges and triumphs of her life.
A NEW PLAY BY MARK ST. GERMAIN
Directed by Julianne Boyd
July 24–Aug 8, 2026
First rehearsal: June 30
Preview: July 24
Open: July 25
In a monitoring station at Amchitka, a volcanic island 170 miles off the coast of Alaska used for underground nuclear testing in the 1960s, three scientists are startled by what appears to be a cataclysmic world event.
Diana Adams. Female-identifying. Any ethnicity. Over 30. Leader of a three-person team at a monitoring station at Amchitka. She is a Department of Energy staff member stationed on the island.
Connie Carol. (CAST) Female-identifying. 20s. Botanist. First visit to the island. On loan from the International Botanical Association.
Nate Platt. Male-identifying. Any ethnicity. Late 20s to late 30s. A biologist. On loan from NASA.
BY LIZ DUFFY-ADAMS
Directed by Michelle Ong Hendrick
Aug 14-23, 2026
First rehearsal: July 21
Preview: Aug 14
Open: Aug 15
An isolated advice columnist, “Dear Alien,” attempts to finish a book, respond to their readers, escape financial ruin, and explain the nature of human existence.
Dear Alien. (CAST) Any gender, any ethnicity. Over 40.
Ecrivain. Male-identifying, any age, any ethnicity; a series of men (including a lovesick student, a distraught husband, and an online troll) who write to the advice columnist, Dear Alien.
Scrittora. Female-identifying, any age, any ethnicity; a series of women (including a young woman in a volatile relationship, a caretaker for a father and siblings, a cheating friend) who write to the advice columnist, Dear Alien.
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