Merrimack Repertory Theatre 2025-26 Season Equity Stage Managers - Merrimack Repertory Theatre Auditions

MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON - STAGE MANAGER SUBMISSIONS

Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell, MA

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1035 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Stage manager
$850 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Assistant stage manager

SEEKING

All Equity stage managerial positions for Merrimack Repertory Theatre's 2025-26 Season have been filled. Please submit for future consideration. Merrimack Repertory Theatre does not believe in discrimination based on color, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disabilities, gender, or otherwise. All stage managers, including those of color, seniors, women, and performers with disabilities, are encouraged to submit and will be given full consideration.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your resume for future consideration to Courtney Sale, Executive Artistic Director.
Deadline: 05/19/2025

SUBMIT TO

casting@mrt.org

PERSONNEL

Courtney Sale: Executive Artistic Director
Karen Oster: Co-Director - RING OF FIRE

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

Season runs in Lowell, MA.
For more information, please contact:
casting@mrt.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 submit.

NOTICE: STAGE MANAGER

BREAKDOWN

MISERY

By William Golden, based on the Steven King novel

Directed by Courtney Sale

First Rehearsal: September 23, 2025
First Preview: October 15, 2025
Opening: October 18, 2025
Closing: November 2, 2025

SYNOPSIS:

Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.

RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH

By Richard Maltby, Jr.
Co-Directed by Courtney Sale and Karen Oster
First Rehearsal: November 4, 2025
First Preview: November 26, 2025
Opening: November 29, 2025
Closing: December 14, 2025

SYNOPSIS:

From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique jukebox musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the healing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune—performed by a multi-talented cast, paint a musical portrait of The Man In Black, that promises to be a foot-stompin', crowd-pleasin' salute to a unique musical legend! Though he is never impersonated, Johnny Cash’s remarkable life story is told through his music, climaxing in a concert that will both move and exhilarate!

KEVIN KLING: UNRAVELED

By Kevin Kling
Directed by Steven Dietz
First Rehearsal: December 30, 2025
First Preview: January 21, 2026
Opening: January 24, 2026
Closing: February 8, 2026

SYNOPSIS:

A new piece developed by Kevin Kling, directed by Steven Dietz documenting Kling’s life events, fun tales and much more.

KWEEN

By Vichet Chum
Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
First Rehearsal: February 9, 2026
First Preview: February 25, 2026
Opening: February 28, 2026
Closing: March 15, 2026

SYNOPSIS:

Kween is a play about a Cambodian-American teenager who finds her voice through slam poetry. The play explores themes of identity, queerness, and family, following the aftermath of her father’s deportation. Set in Lowell, Massachusetts.