Long Wharf Theatre 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - Long Wharf Theatre Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, July 3, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Long Wharf Theatre's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
No roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one Side, which will be available on the morning of the audition. Bring 2 copies of your headshot and resume, stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Associate Producer: Kate Moore Heaney
See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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

BREAKDOWN

Long Wharf Theatre 2025-26 Season

ENGLISH

Written by Sanaz Toossi
Directed by Arya Shahi

Co-production with TheaterWorks Hartford

TheaterWorks Dates:
First Rehearsal (TheaterWorks Hartford, Hartford, CT) – September 9, 2025
First Preview (Hartford, CT) – Friday, October 3, 2025
Opening (Hartford, CT) – Friday, October 10, 2025
Closing (Hartford, CT) – Sunday, November 2, 2025
Possible Extension Closing (Hartford, CT) – Sunday, November 9, 2025

Long Wharf Theatre Dates:
First Rehearsal (New Haven, CT) – Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Tech Rehearsal begins (New Haven, CT) – Tuesday, January 13, 2026
First Preview (New Haven, CT) – Friday, January 16, 2026
Opening (New Haven, CT) – Thursday, January 22, 2026
Closing (New Haven, CT) – Sunday, February 1, 2026
Possible extension closing (New Haven, CT) – Sunday, February 8, 2026

SEEKING:

Marjan: Female, early 40s - early 50s, Iranian; teacher of English as a second language; a welcoming and composed educator who became fluent in English while living in the UK for 9 years; loves speaking English, feels it is a beautiful way to communicate and connect, though since returning to Iran she feels her fluency is eroding and is beginning to question her right and ability to teach it, as well as her sense of self as a result; speaks with a light Iranian accent.

Elham: Female, late 20s - early 30s, Iranian; an intelligent, driven and competitive student; frustrated with herself and her (lack of) progress in the class, as her admittance to medical school is contingent upon her successfully passing; her frustration leads to frequent conflict with others and disruptions in the class; speaks with a very thick Iranian accent.

Roya: Female, 50s - early 70s, Iranian; a dignified, refined, proud student learning English at her English-speaking son's insistence; deeply loves her family and is willing to go through the class to be closer to them, but prefers the beauty and elegance of her mother tongue; speaks with a thick Iranian accent.

Goli: Female, age 18, Iranian; bright, enthusiastic and sweet; a determined and diligent student whose positive outlook and effervescence often annoy her classmates; loves pop culture; her dogged optimism almost always wins the day; speaks with a light, sweet Iranian accent.

Omid: Male, late 20s - early 40s, Iranian; a confident, charismatic and somewhat mysterious student who quickly demonstrates astute skill with and proficiency in the English language; though amiable with his fellow students, he is guarded with his personal life; lives in Iran but was born in the US and wrestles with feeling that he belongs to neither world; speaks with a very light Iranian accent.

August Wilson’s GEM OF THE OCEAN

Written by August Wilson
Directed by TBD
Performance location: Canal Dock Boathouse, New Haven, CT
First Rehearsal (CT – location TBD) – Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Tech Rehearsal begins – Saturday, February 21, 2026
First Preview – Friday, February 27, 2026
Opening Night – Thursday, March 5, 2026
Closing – Sunday, March 15, 2026
Possible Extension Closing – Sunday, March 22, 2026

SEEKING:

ELI – Aunt Ester’s gatekeeper and longtime friend of Solly.

CITIZEN BARLOW – A young man from Alabama who is in spiritual turmoil. Late twenties/early thirties.

AUNT ESTER TYLER – A very old, yet vital spiritual advisor for the community.

BLACK MARY – Aunt Ester’s protégé and housekeeper. Late twenties.

RUTHERFORD SELIG – A traveling peddler who is a frequent visitor of the house.

SOLLY TWO KINGS – Suitor to Aunt Ester, former Underground Railroad conductor. Sixty-seven.

CAESAR WILKS – Black Mary’s brother and local constable. About fifty-two.

LAST CALL

Written by Barsha and Jo Lampert
Directed by Sivan Battat

Tentative dates:
First rehearsal - NYC: April 7, 2026
Tech rehearsal begins - New Haven (location TBD): April 14, 2026
Opening – New Haven (location TBD): April 17, 2026
Closing – New Haven (location TBD): April 26, 2026

ALL ROLES HAVE BEEN CAST.