Great Barrington Public Theatre 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Great Barrington Public Theatre Auditions

Great Barrington Public Theatre 2026 Season — Great Barrington, MA

Great Barrington Public Theater, Inc. | Great Barrington, MA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Friday, March 13, 2026
Saint James Place
352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Auditions will be held in the East room and the Sanctuary. Free parking is available on site.

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please email
serena@greatbarringtonpublictheater.org along with your preferred time. We will also accept self-tape submissions at this same email address.

PERSONNEL

• Expected to attend:
• Artistic Director - Jim Frangione
• Artistic Director/Director, Fragments - Judy Braha
• Managing Director - Serena Johnson
• Director, iBoss - Clay Hopper
• Playwright, iBoss - Thomas Kee

CONTRACT

SPT — $500 weekly minimum (SPT 4). See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Equity actors for roles in Great Barrington Public Theatre's 2026 Season (see breakdown for production-specific dates).

OTHER

PREPARATION

Website:
www.greatbarringtonpublictheater.org

Please prepare one contemporary monologue no more than 2 minutes long.

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.

Breakdown

FRAGMENTS

Written by Jim Petosa
Directed by Judy Braha
Stage Manager: Kaleigh Cerqua

First Rehearsal: Monday, June 1, 2026
Opening Night: Saturday, June 20, 2026
Closing: Sunday, July 5, 2026

SYNOPSIS:

Moments of life for one couple navigating their mystical, transformative, and brutal journey through the AIDS pandemic.

ALREADY CAST:

Jim: CAST. Gay man over 60, sharing his own true story.

IBOSS

Written by Thomas Kee
Directed by Clay Hopper
Stage Manager: Valerie Bijur Carlson

First Rehearsal: Monday, June 29, 2026
Opening Night: Saturday, July 25, 2026
Closing: Sunday, August 9, 2026

SYNOPSIS:

In a not-so-distant future, the rapidly accelerating intelligence of AI systems has created Lisa. Powered by AI, she wields enormous power. Shockingly, Lisa displays an emergent property of AI — sentience. And from this newly sentient being something else emerges: an emotional agenda. As Job Johnson begins his first in-person evaluation, it's clear this isn’t going to be just another day at the office.

SEEKING:

• Job (Joe) Johnson: 50s, male. A writer and employee of The Project”.
• Lisa: Late 20s to 40s, female. A synthetic, fully embodied AI-driven HR administrator. Not human but getting there.

YELLOW WALLPAPER 2.0 - 2020

Written by Jennifer Maisel
Directed by Judy Braha

First Rehearsal: Monday, July 28, 2026
Opening Night: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Closing: Sunday, September 6, 2026

SYNOPSIS:

A riff on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic domestic horror story about a woman driven crazy by the rest cure for postpartum depression, YELLOW WALLPAPER 2.0 2020 is about a female adjunct professor trying to thrive in COVID quarantine despite her toddler and demanding husband outside her bedroom and the personal demons she faces within.

SEEKING:

• T.: Mid–late 40s — Black, Asian, or Jewish, or a combination thereof. Articulate, overwhelmed, and physically expressive.
• John: 50s. Tenured theater professor. A different ethnicity from T.

Berkshire Voices Reading Series

Playwrights: TBD
Directors: TBD

Dates:
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Saturday, May 16, 2026
December 2026, date TBD (two dates)

About the Reading Series

Berkshire Voices Reading Series is dedicated to amplifying the work of local Berkshire area playwrights. Through these readings, artists and audiences alike are invited into a space of exploration, conversation, and discovery—where the future of new theater takes shape in real time. These readings consist of a 5-hour rehearsal, a dinner break, and then a free public performance.

SEEKING:

Artists of all identities and backgrounds are encouraged to audition for a dynamic season of bold, contemporary new work.