Gamm Theatre 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre Auditions

LOCATION

Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
1245 Jefferson Boulevard
Warwick, RI 02886

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: Tony Estrella
Associate Artistic Director: Rachel Walshe
See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

Important note: At this time, no video (digital) submissions will be accepted.
The Gamm Theatre is a family-friendly organization and recognizes that parental needs such as childcare, space for caregivers, or lactation/pumping privacy during auditions can create access to employment opportunities. If you are a parent who needs support in these areas, please contact
jess@gammtheatre.org so we may evaluate our resources and take supportive measures for the most audition appointments possible.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, June 9, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please email
auditions@gammtheatre.org. In your email, please offer a time block of 2 hours on one of the days. We will reply with a specific appointment time slot or waiting list time block. EMAIL IS PREFERRED. If you do not have email, please call 401-723-4266 x152.
Members of Equity will be given appointments times. Any Equity member without an appointment will be seen first off of the waiting list.

CONTRACT

NEAT
$677 weekly minimum (Cat. 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre's (The Gamm) 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
The Gamm affirms its commitment to a policy of equal employment opportunity. Character descriptions are drawn from the plays themselves.

PREPARATION

Please prepare ONE monologue of your choice that fits within the allotted time frame. We expect to be filled throughout the audition days so please time your auditions properly.
Only Equity members may choose to read from a script. The Gamm will provide a reader. Those Equity members who wish to read a side are encouraged to prepare their own and either bring a copy for the reader or let us know the scene/page numbers upon check-in so we may be prepared to assist you.
Each performer will be allotted a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 5 minutes. Please also provide a hard copy of your headshot/resume at the time of your audition. Copies of the play(s) will be available at the auditions.

GAMM THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON

ABOUT THE GAMM THEATRE

Founded in 1984 as Alias Stage, the non-profit Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre creates the finest of live theater, engaging the audience intensely in current and recurrent issues of consequence. The Gamm further serves the public with educational outreach programming designed to support the theatrical experience and help sustain and enhance the intellectual and cultural life of its community.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Tony Estrella and Executive Director Jason Cabral, The Gamm is a regionally recognized, award-winning theater and a proud member of New England Area Theatre (NEAT), a bargaining unit of the Actors’ Equity Association.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Steve Kidd
Rehearsals begin Oct. 7, 2025
Runs Nov. 6 – Dec. 7, 2025
Note: This play requires a facility with a Mississippi Delta dialect.

SEEKING:

• Brick – Late 20s-30s, broken-down football player, alcoholic, off his feet.
• Maggie – Late 20s, the “cat on a hot tin roof,” alive, vivacious, relentless.
• Big Daddy – 60s, patriarch, larger than life, takes over every room, domineering and dying, but still potent life force.
• Big Mama – 60s, Big Daddy’s wife, also lives largely. A big personality and emotionally transparent.
• Gooper – 35-40, Big Daddy’s oldest son and Brick’s neglected big brother.
• May – Brick’s wife, keen and ready to defend her husband.
• Doc Baugh – 50s, genial, retiring, an old family friend.
• Rev. Tooker – 50s, tries to be a stabilizing presence.

EUREKA DAY

Written by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Tony Estrella
Rehearsals begin Dec. 22, 2025
Runs Jan. 15 – Feb. 8, 2026

SEEKING:

• Don – Mid 50s, White, head of School, no kids.
• Suzanne – Early 50s, White, a parent.
• Carina – Early 40s, Black or biracial Black/White, a parent.
• Meiko - Late 30s, biracial Japanese/White.
• Eli – Late 30s, White. Jewish or half-Jewish, a parent.

GHOSTS

Written by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and Directed by Tony Estrella
Rehearsals begin Feb. 10, 2026
Runs Mar. 5 – 29, 2026

SEEKING:

• Mrs. Alving – 40s-50, society widow, strong-willed, passionate, brave, trapped.
• Oswald – 20s, Mrs. Alving’s son, an artist, idealistic.
• Pastor Manders – 40s-50, local parish authority, strong connection with Mrs. Alving, sober and conflicted.
• Regina Engstrand – 20, housekeeper for the Alvings; Strong connection with Oswald and family.
• Jacob Engstrand – 50, Regina’s “father.” Laborer, dreamer, schemer.

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN

Written by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Donnla Hughes
Rehearsals begin Mar. 31, 2026
Runs Apr. 23 – May 17, 2026

SEEKING:

• Kate – Mid-60s, irascible, funny.
• Eileen – Mid-60s, Kate’s sister, helps run their small country shop.
• Johnnypateenmike – 50-60, the village “newsman,” a yarnspinner.
• Billy – 17-18, the title character, wide-eyed, trapped.
• Bartley – 17, Billy’s friend.
• Helen – 18, a village girl, on fire.
• Babbybobby – early 30s, handsome, strong.
• Doctor – Early 40s, measured, exasperated.
• Mammy – 80s-90s, Johnnypateenmike’s mother, likes her drink.

FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE

Written by Terrence McNally
Directed by Rachel Walshe
Rehearsals begin May 12, 2026
Runs Jun. 4-28, 2026
Note: This play is a tender and intimate piece and requires some nudity from the performers.

SEEKING:

• Frankie – Late 30s-early 40s, striking but not conventional good looks, she has a sense of humor and a fairly tough exterior. She is also frightened and can be very hard to reach.
• Johnny – Late 40s, his best feature is his personality, he works at it. He is in good physical condition.