Native Theater Project 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Bag & Baggage Productions Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, November 8, 2025
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://form.jotform.com/252527514495159.

CONTRACT

Single Engagement Agreement / Staged Reading Code
Single Engagement Agreement:
$386 weekly minimum (Cat. 1, Tier A) - Mainstage
Staged Reading Code:
$16.50 per hour - New play workshop

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Bag & Baggage - Native Theater Project 2026 Season (See breakdown).
Local Portland, OR area actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting monologues of up to 3-minutes total. Or you can prepare one of the sides for a character you're interested in.
SIDES for Antíkoni:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14hcsEYauOepUhNBanY6DQ3gDvdfCUQnF.
SIDES for I IS FOR INVISIBLE:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ed8m8mWycqChPPENrSSI7Ab0HDA1aNwj.

LOCATION

Vault Theater, The
350 E Main St
Hillsboro, OR 97123
Free 2-hour street parking; free lot behind building

PERSONNEL

Antíkoni by Beth Piatote
I IS FOR INVISIBLE by DeLanna Studi
Expected to attend:
Director: Jeanette Harrison
Playwright: Beth Piatote
Stage Manager: Hailee Foster

OTHER DATES

Antíkoni:
First Rehearsal: May 4th
First Preview: June 4th
Closing: June 21st

I IS FOR INVISIBLE:
1st Rehearsal: April 22, 2026
Public Reading: May 5, 2026

OTHER

www.bagnbaggage.org/nativetheaterproject
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

BREAKDOWN

Bag & Baggage & Native Theater Project 2026 Season

About Native Theater Project: Native Theater Project produces work as part of Bag & Baggage's season, with all shows helmed by Native creatives. In addition to producing work by Native playwrights, NTP also commissions, develops, and supports new work by Native writers.
Native Theater Project (NTP) seeks to improve outcomes for Native people by actively supporting storytelling sovereignty, improving representation, developing Native leaders, and enhancing the American theater ecosystem’s cultural competency in producing Native stories by Native artists.

About Bag & Baggage: We are Hillsboro's only professional theater company, operating since 2005, and since 2017 out of The Vault Theater and Event Space in Historic Downtown Hillsboro. We are an anchor organization for the Cultural Arts District and provide access to our space for community conversation to uplift the city of Hillsboro and Washington County. Bag & Baggage is thrilled to welcome Native Theater Project to the Vault for the next two seasons and join Jeanette Harrison in amplifying Native voices in the American theatre!

Mainstage - Antíkoni by Beth Piatote

SEEKING:

• ANTÍKONI, mid-20s, Nez Perce-Cayuse woman. An outspoken activist.
• ISMENE, early to mid-20s, Nez Perce-Cayuse woman. Antíkoni’s younger sister, a student in law school. Doubles as “Sister” in Auntie Stories.
• KREON, late 30s to 50s, Nez Perce-Cayuse man. Maternal uncle of Antíkoni and Ismene; Museum Director and mentor to Haemon. Doubles as “Cannibal” in Auntie Stories.
• HAEMON, 20s to early 30s, Nez Perce man. A museum worker and protégé of Kreon, betrothed to Antíkoni. Doubles as “Brother” in Auntie Stories.
• GUARD, early 20s, man or masc presenting, white or white-passing. A low-ranking museum employee.
• TAIRASIAS, ageless, a blind Nez Perce medicine singer. Doubles as “Pissing Boy” in Auntie Stories.
• CHORUS OF AUNTIES: Note: All actors playing Aunties should be “auntie-presenting”, regardless of gender. At least one Auntie will play a hand drum:

• AUNTIE 1, ageless, an elder, Nez Perce. Senior member of Chorus. Kreon’s maternal aunt. Equally stern and affectionate. The scary Auntie. Big laugh.
• AUNTIE 2, 40s-50s, Nez Perce. Younger sister to Auntie 1, always a softie, full of sunshine. Member of Chorus. Doubles as “Wife” and “laymíwt” in Auntie Stories.
• AUNTIE 3, 30s-40s, Nez Perce. The local gossip and buttinski. Member of Chorus. Doubles as “Grizzly Bear” in Auntie Stories.

New Play Workshop - I IS FOR INVISIBLE by DeLanna Studi

SEEKING:

• JOHN NOT AFRAID, late 60s Native American male
• MILLIE NOT AFRAID, late 60s, white female, matriarch of the family
• BRETT NOT AFRAID, 16, Native American, grandson of Millie and John
• JESSICA, mid-30s, Native American female, the youngest Not Afraid daughter
• WALLY, early 40s, Native American, the eldest Not Afraid daughter
• CHESTER NORTH, Native, mid 40s, Tribal Police and family friend