EPA
Kansas City Actors Theatre | Kansas City, MO
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
LOCATION
Date: Sunday, February 8, 2026
Location: Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108-2410
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Call)
APPOINTMENTS
PERSONNEL
Appointments, optional audition form, & video submission instructions:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AAEA62BA3FEC34-61368608-season
Expected to attend:
- John Rensenhouse (Board President, director of Arms and the Man)
- Darren Sextro (director of Eureka Day)
- Matt Schwader (director of Mrs. Christie)
- Teresa Leggard (director of Intimate Apparel)
- Hillary Clemens (co-artistic Chair)
- Teisha Bankston (co-artistic Chair)
- TBD members of the KCAT Board and Artistic Committee
CONTRACT
Independent Theatre Contract — $650 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Kansas City Actors Theatre's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Mrs. Christie by Heidi Armbruster — two contemporary monologues, no more than four minutes total.
OTHER DATES
- Mrs. Christie — first rehearsal May 26, 2026; runs June 17–28, 2026.
- Intimate Apparel (by Lynn Nottage) — first rehearsal July 14, 2026; runs August 5–23, 2026.
- Eureka Day (by Jonathan Spector) — first rehearsal August 18, 2026; runs September 9–27, 2026.
- Arms and the Man (by George Bernard Shaw, original adaptation by Jerry Mañan) — first rehearsal January 4, 2027; runs January 27–February 14, 2027.
If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, video submissions will be accepted. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Website:
www.kcactors.org
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
KANSAS CITY ACTORS' THEATRE 2026 - 2027 SEASON
Mrs. Christie
by Heidi Armbruster
- AGATHA — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- CHARLOTTE / MARY — 20s. Agatha's secretary and dogsbody. British dialect will be used for Charlotte; an Irish dialect will be used for Mary.
- ARCHIE — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- NANCY / CHLOE — 20s. Archie's mistress. British dialect.
- LUCY — 37-year-old detective fiction fan.
- WILLIAM / COLLINS — 20s. Christie scholar. British dialect.
- JANE — An elderly enigmatic spinster. Ms. Marple type, sweet but incredibly sharp minded. British dialect.
- MONSIEUR — The world's greatest detective. Hercule Poirot type — short in stature, Belgian accent.
Intimate Apparel
by Lynn Nottage
- ESTHER — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- MRS. DICKINSON — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- MRS. VAN BUREN — 30s, white American
- MR. MARKS — 30s, Romanian Jewish immigrant. Romanian accent encouraged.
- MAYME — 30s, African-American
- GEORGE — 30s, Barbadian immigrant. Bajan accent encouraged.
Eureka Day
by Jonathan Spector
- DON — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- SUZANNE — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- CARINA — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- MEIKO — should read as 30s, biracial Japanese/White. Berkeley native. A year after the end of a tortured on-again off-again eight-year relationship, became a single mother by choice, of Olivia. Would like to have another child, but feels like she’s too old to think about doing it alone, again.
- ELI — should read as 30s, White. Oblivious but well-meaning. From Southern California, went to Stanford and then straight into working at a tech start-up. Cashed out three years ago and has been in search of how to occupy his time and exercise his mind. When he and his wife first decided to open up their marriage, they spent many hours in therapy making sure they were approaching it in a thoughtful and intentional way. Father of Tobias.
Arms and the Man
by George Bernard Shaw, original adaptation by Jerry Mañan
- RAINA — 20s, a wealthy young woman, daughter of Catherine and Major Petkoff. Engaged to Sergius, but falls in love with Bluntschli.
- BLUNTSCHLI — 30s, a skilled Swiss mercenary fighting for the Serbs, and Raina’s love interest.
- CATHERINE — THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- SERGIUS — 20s, Raina’s fiancé, and self-aggrandizing hero of the Battle of Slivnitza.
- MAJOR PETKOFF — 50s, Head of the Petkoff family, and Raina’s father. A military Major.
- LOUKA — 20s, the Petkoffs’ female servant.
- NICOLA — 20–30s, the Petkoffs’ male servant.
