GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR Equity Principal Actors - North Coast Repertory Theatre Auditions

GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR - Submission for Solona Beach, CA Appointment

North Coast Repertory Theatre | Solana Beach, CA

Notice: Submission

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

SPT Written by Doug Wright

$623 weekly minimum (SPT 6) - Rehearsal

Tom Frey: Director

David Ellenstein: Artistic Director

$784 weekly minimum (SPT 8) - Performance

Brian Mackey: Casting Director

Plus - Pension and Health

OTHER DATES

Invited in-person auditions: June 8, 2026, in Solana Beach, CA

Seeking Equity actors for roles in GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (See breakdown).

First Rehearsal: August 18, 2026

Performances: September 16 – October 11, 2026

Possible Extension through October 18, 2026 (must be available)

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration at:
https://forms.gle/6ymJ5YQ55sedojsEA. If unable to complete the form, please email
casting@northcoastrep.org. Please know that a submission does not guarantee an audition slot.

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 submit.

Deadline: Friday, May 8, 2026

BREAKDOWN

GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR

SEEKING:

BOB SARNOFF: (He/Him, 40s - 50s, White) The reigning president of NBC during television’s Golden Age, he upholds the “conventional mores” of the 1950s. A philosophy major at Harvard, he takes his role as a television executive seriously. Knows that the shows he produces play to hard-working American families who expect wholesome values. Bob is Jewish, and keenly aware that he lives in a “Christian nation” that makes up most of his audience. He enjoys giving his nephew Max a shot at the business.

JACK PAAR: (He/Him, 30s - 40s, White) The king of the late-night television talk-show, the first of its kind in 1958. Jack has a puckish wit and a taste for mischief. His low-key demeanor and midwestern charm conceal hard-core ambition. His fondness for edgy comedians and provocative conversation often make him the bane of network executives.

JUNE LEVANT: (She/Her, 40s - 50s, White) Oscar’s wife. Gracious under pressure, seemingly put-upon, she has a core of steel. A former 20th Century Fox contract player, she gave up her own career in motion pictures to tend to her very high maintenance husband, whom she loves deeply but whose reckless antics often rattle her down to her last nerve.

ALVIN FINNEY: (He/Him, 20s - 30s, Black) A young medical orderly working in the mental ward at Mt. Sinai, with a droll sense of humor and serious ambition. He keeps a tight grip on Oscar’s whereabouts, his meds, and his misbehavior. The two of them have formed an irascible friendship. He has significant ambitions that extend far beyond caring for his highly unstable patient. He plans to attend an HBCU, become a psychiatrist, and make his beloved, hard-working parents proud.

MAX WEINBAUM: (He/Him, 20s, White) Jack Paar’s new production assistant. Max is a sweet kid who’s eager to please. In fact, he sometimes stumbles over his own enthusiasm. Thanks to his Uncle Bob (who just happens to be the president of NBC) Max has finagled his way into a job as Jack Paar’s assistant on The Tonight Show.

GEORGE GERSHWIN: (He/Him, 30s, White) A child of Russian-Jewish immigrants, he is charming and rakish with a winning grin. At the time he had one of the most celebrated careers in American popular music. He's self-absorbed and ambitious and not without a darkness and edge. Those qualities are mediated only by his monumental talent. A hero to Oscar.

OSCAR LEVANTE: THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST. (He/Him, 40s, White) He's got the face of a movie gangster, the posture of a sad sack, and enough scabrous wit for the whole Algonquin Round Table.