Location: Vineyard Haven, MA
Audition Date: Monday, April 14, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please email:
auditions@mvplayhouse.org.
Type: NEAT
Weekly Minimum: $561 (Cat. 5) - paying $600
Hourly Rate: $22 per hour - Stage reading
Equity actors for roles in Martha's Vineyard Playhouse's 2025 Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare a short monologue (2 minutes) from a contemporary play. Actors who are unable to attend the in-person EPAs may email resumes/video auditions to
auditions@mvplayhouse.org.
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
24 Church St
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
Expected to attend:
MJ Bruder Munafo, Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific dates.
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
A new play by Elaine Savory Jones
Directed by MJ Bruder Munafo
Commissioned by Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
SYNOPSIS: To achieve her goal to become a significant American artist, Lois Mailou Jones had to battle racism, sexism, and the conditions of the art market at home. Her mother, her Haitian husband, and her French friend gave her a secure base where she could strategize successes, cope with defeats, and embrace the making of her unique work.
Performances: May 5-17
Contract: 2-week NEAT staged reading contract - 25 hours weekly = $550 weekly minimum
Public Readings: May 15, 16, 17
Loïs Mailou Jones – Black, character ages 34-70. A gifted artist and educator; attractive, spirited, charming, and hard working. Intelligent, curious, decisive, and determined. Expected much from others.
Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noël aka “Pierre” – Loïs’s husband. Black, character ages 40-60. Haitian, but speaks French, not Creole. Charming, gentlemanly, devoted to Lois.
Céline Tabary – (THIS ROLE IS CAST) Lois’s friend, White, character ages 30-60. French. Gifted, a painter, lively, hard working.
Caroline Jones – Lois’s mother, Black, 60s – 70s, determined, strong, charming when she wants to be.
Written and Directed by Catherine Rush
SYNOPSIS: In nineteenth-century Chilmark, deafness was not a disability. Some people could hear, others could not. And everyone learned sign language as a matter of course. A compelling drama that premiered at MV Playhouse in 2018 about a remarkable community, based on historical events.
Performance Dates: July 7 – August 16
1st Rehearsal: July 8
Performances: from July 25 – August 16
Contract: 6-week contract, NEAT (Cat. 5) $600 weekly
NOTE: ALL CHARACTERS USE SIGN LANGUAGE (except Miss Hall)
MR. EZRA LAMBERT – 40s (hearing) Signs fluently. Owns the Chilmark General. He fought as a young man in the civil war, is illiterate. His wife died early leaving him with a young daughter to raise alone.
MISS ANNE LAMBERT – 20s (deaf) Signs fluently. Graduated from American School for the Deaf two years ago. She is an independent, forthright young woman.
CAPTAIN NATHANIEL SMITH – 40s (deaf) Signs fluently. Is a former whaling captain who lost his job. He is a survivor of horrendous hardship on the seas and has moved back to the island and is known island-wide for his vivid storytelling.
MRS. ELIZABETH ATHEARN – 50s-60s (hearing) Signs fluently. Is the widow of a prominent Islander, sells eggs, makes dresses, and has a huge, warm heart “everyone’s mother.” She has been a midwife, babysitter, and nanny to more than one generation in Chilmark.
MISS SARAH HALL – (THIS ROLE IS CAST) 30s-40s (hearing) Has some signing ability. An unmarried, strong-willed woman, she has made educating the deaf to speak her mission.
A new play by Allison Snyder and Christopher Hemphill
Featuring the Journals and Letters of Christopher Hemphill
Directed by Michael Herwitz
SYNOPSIS: Sometime between 1982 and 2022, in a building between Lexington and Park, a brother and a sister find themselves living together once again. Adapted from the letters and diaries of ghost writer Christopher Hemphill, Allison Snyder tells her uncle’s story in this zany and tender comedy about a family desperate to stay together whilst also staying apart.
Performance Dates: August 18 - 30
Contract: 2-week NEAT staged reading contract / 25 hours weekly = $550
Public Readings: August 28, 29, 30
CHRIS: Mid 30s, Playful, articulate, and romantic.
EVELYN: Early 20s. Floundering, eager, and fiery.
KATHERINE: Mid-late 60s. Reserved and practical.
ROSS: Mid/Late 20s. Moody, shy, and passionate.
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