Dobama Theatre 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Dobama Theatre Auditions

Dobama Theatre 2026–27 Season — Cleveland Heights, OH

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Audition Date: Friday, March 20, 2026

Location: Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118-5220

Time: 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM (E). No break scheduled. Second floor. Street and lot parking available at no charge.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

To schedule an audition appointment please email
auditions@dobama.org. Office hours: Tuesday–Friday, 10am–5pm.

If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition to the same email address. Please put “Video Submission” in the subject line. Audition videos should be uploaded to YouTube and set to “Unlisted.” Accepting video submissions until Friday, March 21, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.

Expected to attend: Nathan Motta, Artistic Director; Colin Anderson, Director of Production; Erin Dolan, Director of Programs; Elise Kuklinca, Connectivity Director; Carrie Williams, Education Director.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

CONTRACT

SPT — $394 weekly minimum (SPT 2).

Other information:
dobama.org

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Dobama Theatre's 2026–27 Season (see breakdown). Roles with specified genders may be played by any actor comfortable portraying that gender identity. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Unless specified by the playwright, actors of all races will be considered for all roles. 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. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

For more detailed information on callback dates, synopses, and more, please visit:
https://dobama.org/working-at-dobama

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting, contemporary monologues of no more than 60 seconds each (two minutes total). Please slate at the beginning of the audition (state your name and what you’re performing). No musical selections, please.

Breakdown

DAPHNE'S DIVE

Written by: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by: Juliana Frey-Méndez
First Rehearsal: 8/22/26
Performance dates: 9/24/26 – 10/18/26

Seeking:

• DAPHNE (female) – Bar owner. Latina.
• INEZ (female) – Daphne's sister. Latina.
• ACOSTA (male) – Inez's husband. Latino.
• REY (male) – Glass cutter and manual laborer. Any ethnicity.
• JEN (female) – Activist, performance artist, and merrymaker. Asian-American.
• PABLO (male) – Painter. Latino.
• RUBY (female) – A young woman who is also, in some way, a child. Any ethnicity.

A SHERLOCK CAROL

Written by: Mark Shanahan
Directed by: Erin E. Dolan
First Rehearsal: 11/3/26
Performance dates: 12/3/26 – 1/3/27

Casting note (from the playwright): The actors are inhabiting the “idea” of the iconic characters and can be cast in any number of ways. The actors are, after all, only spirits—which, as the play states, are around us all the time, guiding our way. Age, ethnicity and gender are all up for grabs in the casting, as is the suggestion of the break-down of roles.

Seeking:

• SHERLOCK HOLMES – The World's Foremost Consulting Detective, in decline.
• EBENEZER SCROOGE – Formerly a miser. One Christmas, Scrooge transformed into as good a man as the good old city ever knew.
• DR. TIMOTHY CRATCHIT – doubles as MR. TOPPER, RALPH FEZZIWIG, CONSTABLE BRADSTREET.
• EMMA WIGGINS – doubles as FANNIE GARDNER, INSPECTOR LESTRADE, MRS. WINDIGATE.
• DR. WATSON – doubles as MRS. DILBER, HENRY BURKE, OLD JOE BRACKENRIDGE.
• CAROLER – doubles as ELDERLY WOMAN, COUNTESS OF MORCAR, MARTHA CRATCHIT, MARY MORSTAN, ABBY FEZZIWIG.

WALDEN

Written by: Amy Berryman
Directed by: Nathan Motta
First Rehearsal: 12/28/26
Performance dates: 1/28/27 – 2/21/27

Casting note (from the playwright): Cassie and Stella should look like sisters and be of similar builds, but they need not look like identical twins. They look different, have different blood types, and have therefore always assumed themselves fraternal. The characters should reflect a more and more diverse America.

Seeking:

• STELLA (female, early 30s) – Cassie’s twin sister. Former NASA colony architect. Quick-tongued, brilliant, still deeply heartbroken she will never go to space; harbors secrets and resentment. Born first.
• CASSIE (female, early 30s) – Stella’s twin sister. NASA botanist, physically strong, seems put together but is doubtful and falling apart. Overwhelmed by the deeply human experience she is having since landing back on Earth. Born second.
• BRYAN (male, mid 30s) – Stella’s fiancé. A member of the populist political movement Earth Advocates; laid back, kind, emotionally open, still grieving the loss of his brother. Should be a different racial, ethnic, or cultural background than Cassie and Stella.

MARY JANE

Written by: Amy Herzog
Directed by: Leighann Delorenzo
First Rehearsal: 2/9/27
Performance dates: 3/11/27 – 4/4/27

Casting note (from the playwright): Besides Mary Jane, all roles are doubled, so that five actors are required.

Seeking:

• MARY JANE – A woman in her 30s.
• RUTHIE / TENKEI (female, 60s or 70s) – A building superintendent / A Buddhist nun.
• SHERRY / DR. TOROS (female, 40s or 50s) – A nurse / A pediatric intensivist.
• BRIANNE / CHAYA (female, 30s or early 40s) – A Facebook friend / A Hasidic woman.
• AMELIA / KAT (female, 20s) – Sherry's niece, a college student / A music therapist.

NETTA & RU

Written by: Lisa Langford
Directed by: Chennelle Bryant-Harris
First Rehearsal: 3/23/27
Performance dates: 4/22/27 – 5/16/27 (possible extension to 5/23/27)

Seeking:

• RUBY (female, 20–30) – Shame-free sex worker, root worker, and hoodoo practitioner. Her magic has been failing her ever since her mother, Mama Mama, died.
• NETTA (female, 20–30) – African American, Ruby’s play-sister. Orphaned by a shameful incident, determined to rise above her station and be a married member of the best church in Montgomery.
• LUKE (male, 20–30) – African American, Netta’s fiancé. Good-hearted, serial cheater, often with Ruby; causes friction between Netta and Ruby.
• EUNICE (female, 40s–50s) – African American, Doc’s second wife. Married Doc after he killed his first wife. New in town. Member of Women’s Committee at the best church in Montgomery.