Children's Theatre Company 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Children's Theatre Company Auditions

Children's Theatre Company | Minneapolis, MN

Notice: Audition — Call Type: EPA

Audition Date & Location:
Monday, March 23, 2026
Children's Theatre Company
2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404-3506
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (C)
Break: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Personnel: See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

APPOINTMENTS

To sign up for an audition spot please visit the following link:
https://airtable.com/app26OkZZe722X0Jj/shrVHRoSfyDRQJct0. The CTC Casting Director and Artistic Director will be present for the CTC-hosted General Auditions on March 22 and 23, 2026.

OTHER DATES

After you have secured an audition appointment, please fill out the auditions form at:
https://airtable.com/app26OkZZe722X0Jj/shrVHRoSfyDRQJct0.

OTHER

Website:
www.childrenstheatre.org

CONTRACT

Special Agreement: If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, video submissions will be accepted at:
https://airtable.com/app26OkZZe722X0Jj/shrVHRoSfyDRQJct0.

Weekly minimum: $943.37

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Children's Theatre Company's 2026–27 Season (see breakdown). An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 32-bar song and two contrasting monologues of your choice. Choose challenging, well-written material; there is no need to select exclusively from works written for young audiences. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all 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.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Breakdown

Pinocchio

Stage: UHG Stage
By Carlo Collodi, adapted by Greg Banks
Directed by Greg Banks

Synopsis: Adapted for four actors, Greg Banks’ retelling of this classic tale invites audiences into rough theater magic to tell the tale of woodworker Geppetto and his wooden marionette, Pinocchio.

Important Dates – Children’s Theatre Company
First Rehearsal: August 4, 2026
First Preview: September 8, 2026
Opening: September 11, 2026
Closing: October 18, 2026

SEEKING

• Understudies for: Cricket / Showman / Fairy / Coachman / Old Man: M, 20+, any race
• Geppetto / Fox / Donkey: M, 30+, any race
• Policeman / Cat / Lampwick: F, 30+, any race
• Pinocchio: F, 20+, any race

Twelve Kinds of Ice

Stage: Cargill Stage
Based on the book by Ellen Obed
Book, Music, Lyrics by Ben Steinfeld
Directed by Rick Dildine

Synopsis: Storyteller Ellen enchants the audience with vignettes of growing up with her beloved father and her relationship to the twelve kinds of ice that emerge over the winter. The first ice of the season, followed by icy panes of glass, then thick ice, and eventually skating ice. This cozy wintertime story has Ellen revisiting her youth as a means to find a cathartic end to her story.

Important Dates – Children’s Theatre Company
First Rehearsal: September 15, 2026
First Preview: October 13, 2026
Opening: October 16, 2026
Closing: November 22, 2026

SEEKING

• Ellen / Young Ellen: F, late 20s or 30s — a writer looking back on her childhood, will play adult and child versions of herself
• Dad: M, 40+ — a hardworking dad who loves his kids, ice, and creating memories with his family

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Stage: UHG Stage
Based on the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
Book and Lyrics by Timothy Mason
Music by Mel Marvin
Choreography by Karla Grotting
Directed by Dean Holt
A Children’s Theatre Company Original Production

Synopsis: A miserly and miserable, ever-so-cantankerous Grinch has observed the despicable Christmas joy of the Whos with disdain for decades. Enough! In this CTC holiday favorite, filled with music and Seussian rhymes, he plots the greatest heist imaginable—stealing the very thing they love the most! Until, that is, the smallest of the Whos, tiny Cindy Lou, extends a hand. Through the combination of kindness and community, we witness not only a change in the course of Who-History, but the size and capacity of the old green guy’s heart.

Important Dates – Children’s Theatre Company
First Rehearsal: October 1, 2026
First Preview: November 3, 2026
Opening: November 6, 2026
Closing: January 3, 2027

SEEKING

(Any roles not detailed below have been cast. All roles will have an understudy.)

• JP Who: 30+, male presenting, any race — Father of the Who family

Princess Kay of the Milky Way

Stage: UHG Stage
Book, Music, Lyrics by Christopher Anselmo and Jared Corak
Directed and Conceived by Addie Gorlin Han

Synopsis: It’s 1980 and Minnesota dairy farmers are struggling. The Berglund family is no exception. Middle daughter Sadie Jane prepares to compete in the annual Princess Kay of the Milky Way competition, hoping to keep the family legacy of Dairy Princesses strong. Eldest son Emmett Dean aspires to be a singer-songwriter comparable to Johnny Cash, and youngest daughter Eugenia Marie has her sights set on the stars — the actual Milky Way. When a mysterious intergalactic visitor crash-lands in the Berglunds’ barn just days before they travel to the Great Minnesota Get Together (also known as the Minnesota State Fair), the siblings must work together to get their new companion back home without alerting their preoccupied parents or fellow fair-goers.

Important Dates – Children’s Theatre Company
First Rehearsal: January 19, 2027
First Preview: February 23, 2027
Opening: February 26, 2027
Closing: April 4, 2027

SEEKING

(Any roles not listed have already been cast; all roles will have an understudy.)

• Narrator: F, White, 40s — a storyteller who doubles many roles throughout

School of Rock

Stage: UHG Stage
Book by Julian Fellowes
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by Rick Dildine

Synopsis: Dewey Finn is a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight–A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school’s headmistress finding out?

Important Dates – Children’s Theatre Company
First Rehearsal: March 30, 2027
First Preview: May 4, 2027
Opening: May 7, 2027
Closing: June 27, 2027

SEEKING

(Any roles not listed have already been cast; all roles will have an understudy.)

• Dewey Finn: 30–40s, tenor — burnt-out rocker who finds a passion for teaching music to kids
• Rosalie Mullins: 30–40s, soprano — Headmistress of the esteemed Horace Green Academy
• Ned Schneebly: 30–40s, baritone — reputable substitute teacher and friend/roommate to Dewey
• Patti DiMarco: 30–40s, mezzo — Ned’s girlfriend and not a fan of Dewey
• Teacher/Parent Ensemble: 20–50s, SATB ensemble — playing various teachers and musicians