LAMB'S PLAYERS THEATRE 2027 SEASON — Principal Actors Auditions

LAMB'S PLAYERS THEATRE 2027 SEASON - CORONADO, CA EPA

Theatre: Lamb's Players Theatre | Coronado, CA

Notice: Audition

Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lunch 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please EITHER fill out the following form:
https://forms.gle/S4BfEHoqKYvbzTRr6 OR email auditions@lambsplayers.org with your name and preferred day and time to request an appointment. We will confirm by email.

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre

CONTRACT

$784 weekly minimum - 2026 rate

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Lamb's Players Theatre's 2027 Season (See

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).

Lamb's Players Theatre believes every story is richer when our stages reflect our whole community. We welcome performers of all backgrounds, identities, ages, and abilities to audition for every role, unless otherwise required by the script.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one of the following: two 32-bar song cuts; two monologues, each under 1-minute; or one 32-bar cut and one monologue under 1-minute. An accompanist will be provided; bring sheet music in your key, marked with starts, stops, and tempos, and one hard-copy headshot and resume.

LOCATION

Bank of America Building
1199 Orange Avenue
3rd Floor, Suite 200C
Coronado, CA 92118

3rd floor studio; enter on B Ave. Street parking. See

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for further audition

LOCATION

information.

PERSONNEL

Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg – Director (RED)
Taylor Peckham – Musical Director
Ashley Chavarria – Associate Choreographer (BANDSTAND)

Expected to attend:
Colleen Kollar Smith – Artistic Director / Director / Choreographer
Mike Bradford – Chief Business Officer
Geno Carr – Director
Jon Lorenz – Musical Director

See

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for production specific

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.

OTHER DATES

See

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for Callback and production specific dates.

Performance schedule: Wednesday: 2pm & 7pm, Thursday: 7pm, Friday: 4pm, Saturday: 2pm & 7pm, Sunday: 2pm

OTHER

www.lambsplayers.org

If you need an accommodation to audition, email auditions@lambsplayers.org and we will arrange it.

THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Equity's

CONTRACT

s 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.

AUDITION

LOCATION

INFORMATION

Directions: The auditions will be held in Suite 200C on the third floor of the Bank of America Building at the corner of Orange and B Ave. (the entrance is on B Ave.) Enter the stairwell through the glass door and take the elevator to the 3rd floor. Exit the elevator, turn right and go past the Coronado Shores office to the studio entrance.

Parking: Street parking on Orange Avenue has a two-hour limit during the day. The residential side streets nearby have no time limit. Coronado can be busy, so leave extra time to find a spot.

BANDSTAND THE MUSICAL

Music by Richard Oberacker
Book and Lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker
Directed and Choreographed by Colleen Kollar Smith
Musical Direction by Taylor Peckham

Callbacks: November 8 & 9, 2026
1st Equity Rehearsal: February 6, 2027
1st Performance: March 10, 2027
Closing: April 25, 2027

Synopsis: Cleveland, 1945. Donny Novitski returns from the Pacific and builds a swing band of fellow veterans to win a national radio contest, and finds that the music carries what none of them can say aloud.

Content: War and its aftermath, including combat trauma, grief, and references to the liberation of Dachau and a German POW camp. Alcohol use. Some strong language. 1940s period hair styling; any change to hair color or style will be discussed at callbacks.

SEEKING:

DONNY NOVITSKI: Mid-20s. Baritone/Tenor, Bb2–Bb4. Piano. Pianist, songwriter, and bandleader, home from the Pacific with star quality and a weight he never puts into words. Role content: Combat trauma, survivor's guilt.

JULIA TROJAN: Mid-20s. Soprano with belt, G3–F#5. A singer of rare honesty, a war widow with no ambition to be a star and a voice that tells the truth. Role content: Grief and loss.

MRS. JUNE ADAMS: Mid-40s to mid-50s. Alto, G3–B4. Julia's mother. Anxious, eager to please, unexpectedly funny, and unbending where her daughter's happiness is concerned.

WAYNE WRIGHT: Late 20s to late 30s. High Baritone, C3–Bb4. Trombone. Marine lieutenant whose war lives on as obsessive-compulsive order and an intimidating silence. Role content: Combat trauma; depicts obsessive-compulsive behavior.

JIMMY CAMPBELL: Late 20s to mid-30s. Baritone, C3–G#4. Sax and clarinet. Navy veteran now in law school. Careful, guarded, fiercely loyal.

JOHNNY SIMPSON: Mid-20s to late 30s. High Baritone, B2–G#4. Drums. Army private living with chronic back pain, medication, and memory loss from a head injury. Gentle, plainspoken, and a phenomenal drummer. Role content: This role depicts a person living with chronic pain and the effects of a traumatic brain injury.

DAVY ZLATIC: Late 20s to early 40s. Baritone, B2–F#4. Upright bass. Army veteran who was at the liberation of Dachau. A big man with big appetites, a steady stream of jokes, and a drink always in reach. The clown who is also the protector. Role content: Holocaust references; heavy drinking.

NICK RADEL: Late 20s to early 40s. Baritone, B2–F4. Trumpet. Army veteran who spent the end of the war in a German POW camp. Brilliant, prickly, and certain the world is trying to shortchange him. Role content: POW trauma.

FEATURED ROLES (Doubles as servicemen, club patrons, swing dancers, and radio staff.):

JEAN ANN RYAN (mid-30s to late 50s, warm alto, a Cleveland radio personality with a bigger sense of herself than the market supports)

OLIVER (mid-40s to early 60s, nightclub owner)

AL (mid-40s to early 60s, supper-club owner)

JO (late 20s to early 50s, jazz-club owner, a woman running a man's game)

ANDRE BARUCH (mid-40s to mid-50s, NBC radio host)

ROGER COHEN (late 20s to early 50s, NBC executive)

JAMES HAUPT (early 30s to early 50s, NBC producer)

PAULA (any age, no-nonsense New Yorker)

BETSY (late teens to play, a bobby-soxer fan)

CLUE

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price
Original music by Michael Holland
Directed by Geno Carr

Callbacks: October 26, 2026
1st Equity Rehearsal: April 10, 2027
1st Performance: May 12, 2027
Closing: June 27, 2027

Synopsis: A dinner party at a remote mansion, six guests with secrets, a blackmailer, and a body. The classic board game becomes a fast-moving farce for a company of eleven.

Content: Stage firearms and gunshots.

SEEKING:

WADSWORTH: 30s–50s. The butler, British to the bone: formal, precise, and by the book. He drives the play.

YVETTE: 30s–50s. The French maid, loyal and alluring, with ambitions of her own.

MISS SCARLET: 30s–50s. A dry, sardonic Washington madam who trades in secrets.

MRS. PEACOCK: 30s–50s. The senator's wife. Quirky and near-hysterical much of the time.

MRS. WHITE: 30s–50s. Pale, morbid, tragic. Five ex-husbands, all dead. She may or may not know why.

COLONEL MUSTARD: 30s–50s. Pompous, dense, and loud. A military man who has never once been in a hurry to think.

PROFESSOR PLUM: 30s–50s. Arrogant, academic, and deeply impressed with himself.

MR. GREEN: 20s–50s. Timid, officious, a rule follower with a nervous system to match.

WOMAN #1: 30s–50s. The Cook, the Singing Telegram Girl, and Auxiliary Scarlet.

MAN #1: 30s–50s. Mr. Boddy, the Motorist, and the Chief of Police.

MAN #2: 30s–50s. The Cop, the Backup Cop, and Auxiliary Mustard.

COME SAIL AWAY: A YACHT ROCK EXPERIENCE (World premiere)

Created by Colleen Kollar Smith and Jon Lorenz, with Taylor Peckham
Directed by Colleen Kollar Smith

Callbacks: November 16, 2026
1st Equity Rehearsal: June 12, 2027
1st Performance: July 14, 2027
Closing: September 12, 2027

Synopsis: An experience built on yacht rock, the smoothest music ever recorded, best enjoyed with an ocean breeze and a sweater tied over your shoulders. Think Michael McDonald and the Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Toto, Steely Dan, Ambrosia, Boz Scaggs, Seals & Crofts, Player, Firefall, Robbie Dupree, Gerry Rafferty, Nicolette Larson, Brenda Russell, Billy Ocean, Bill Withers, and every artist who ever sang about the sea with a glass of white wine in hand. The audience comes aboard for the night as we cruise out of Coronado.

Content: Bar setting with references to alcohol.

SEEKING:

THE CAPTAIN (head of the ship): Unhurried, in charge. The voice that welcomes the house aboard and closes the night.

THE FIRST OFFICER (second in command): Runs the bridge so the Captain can run the party. Ambitious, precise, one promotion from insufferable.

THE PURSER (CFO / head of guest services, head concierge): Handles the ship's money and the guests. First stop for anything a passenger needs.

THE DOCTOR (head of health & wellness): Calm in a crisis and unbothered by everything else. A sly sense of what everyone aboard is really up to.

THE BARTENDER: The Lido Deck's philosopher. Mixes drinks and slow jams.

THE CRUISE DIRECTOR (head of activities): Clipboard, whistle, relentless enthusiasm. Runs the evening and keeps everyone on time.

THE DECKHAND (the newbie): First

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, first voyage, and no idea what happens next. Learns the ropes in front of the house.

RED

Written by John Logan
Directed by Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg

Callbacks: TBD
1st Equity Rehearsal: August 28, 2027
1st Performance: September 29, 2027
Closing: November 7, 2027

Synopsis: New York, 1958. Mark Rothko takes on the largest commission in modern art and hires a young assistant who dares to ask what the work is meant to do.

Content: Depression and mental anguish; a character recounts the violent death of his parents. Onstage smoking and drinking. Strong language. Physically demanding painting sequences with paint on skin and costume.

SEEKING:

KEN: 20s to early 30s. Rothko's new young assistant. An aspiring painter, nervous and awestruck at first, who grows into the one person willing to ask Rothko what the work is meant to do. Carries a traumatic past that surfaces late in the play. Role content: Recounts the violent death of his parents; physically demanding painting sequences.

MARK ROTHKO: This role has been cast;

SEEKING

understudy only. 50s–60s. The painter at the height of his powers: brilliant, domineering, stubborn, depressive, and relentless. Role content: Depression; onstage smoking and drinking.