Northern Stage Company 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Northern Stage Company Auditions

NOTICE: AUDITION CALL TYPE: EPA

AUDITION DATE

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LOCATION

Monday, April 6, 2026
Northern Stage Administrative Offices
76 Gates St, White River Junction, VT 05001
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E) — Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Free street parking in town is available. Enter through the administrative office entrance.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
Audition Sign-up Form

Expected to attend:

• Carol Dunne - Producing Artistic Director
• Sarah Wansley - Associate Artistic Director
• Kevin David Thomas - Accompanist
• Mandi Benjamin - Artistic Associate

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep — $889 weekly minimum (LORT D). See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

Plus: Travel / Housing: Provided by Northern Stage. See breakdown for production specific dates.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Northern Stage Company's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown). Actors of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and identities are encouraged to audition. No roles will be understudied. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

OTHER

Website:
www.northernstage.org

For any questions/concerns about auditions, please reach out to Mandi Benjamin at
mbenjamin@northernstage.org

PREPARATION

For the Non-Musicals: Please prepare two contrasting 1-minute monologues.

For the Musicals: Please prepare one monologue and one 2-minute vocal selection. An accompanist will be present. Please bring sheet music clearly marked and in the correct key. Also, please bring physical copies of your headshot and resume to your 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.

Breakdown

JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN

Written By Kimberly Belflower
Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley

First Rehearsal: September 1, 2026
First Preview: September 23, 2026
Closing: October 11, 2026

Seeking

CARTER SMITH - teacher, mid to late 30s, white, male identifying. A former golden boy, but one of those rare smart and sensitive ones. Now he’s a great teacher: charming, engaging, goofy.

SHELBY HOLCOMB - student, 16, female identifying. Her brain works faster than her mouth, but her mouth works pretty dang fast. People have always underestimated her.

BETH POWELL - student, 17, female identifying. Nervous and ambitious and enthusiastic. Kind of like if Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller had a baby and raised her in the Deep South.

NELL SHAW - student, 16, Black, female identifying. From Atlanta. Grounded and sincere. Genuinely curious about things. A good judge of character, and a quick study.

IVY WATKINS - student, 17, female identifying. Fiercely loyal and always well-intentioned. From money. Resist the urge to play her as a mean girl.

RAELYNN NIX - student, 16, female identifying. A cheerleader type who’s always lived her life by other people’s standards. She was paying careful attention and keeping score the whole time.

MASON ADAMS - student, 17, male identifying. He’s never really tried before, and he’s surprised by how good it feels. Earnest and affable.

LEE TURNER - student, 16, white, male identifying. A Carhartt-wearing good ol’ boy. Deeply insecure and without the tools to deal with it. He’s always been good at getting what he wants.

BAILEY GALLAGHER - counselor, 24, female identifying. Sweet in all the ways Southern women are supposed to be. This is her first real job out of college. She's trying her best.

DISNEY’S FROZEN

Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Book by Jennifer Lee
Directed by Kyle Brand
Associate Directed by Kevin David Thomas

First Rehearsal: October 23, 2026
First Preview: November 18, 2026
Closing: January 3, 2027

Seeking

ANNA - Princess of Arendelle. Quirky and lovable optimist searching for connection, 20s–30s. Vocal range: G3–D5.

YOUNG ANNA / ENSEMBLE - Princess of Arendelle. Fun-loving and trouble-making younger sister, 10–13. Vocal range: A3–D5.

ELSA - Future Queen of Arendelle. Cautious and conflicted leader hiding magical powers, 20s–30s. Vocal range: F#3–D5.

YOUNG ELSA / ENSEMBLE - Princess of Arendelle. Reserved and protective older sister hiding magical powers, 10–13. Vocal range: A3–D5.

KRISTOFF - Ice-Harvester. Hardworking and stand-offish, but ultimately big-hearted, 20s–30s. Vocal range: G2–A3.

HANS - Foreign Prince. Charming and ambitious with something to hide, 20s–30s. Vocal range: G2–B3.

OLAF - Magical snowman. Eager and child-like. Vocal range: F#2–D4.

WESELTON - Foreign Duke. Comedically arrogant, 30s–50s.

SVEN - Reindeer and loyal best friend. Vocal range: A3–D4.

PABBIE - Patriarch of the Hidden Folk. Wise and spiritual, 40s–60s.

BULDA - Matriarch of the Hidden Folk. Vibrant and nurturing, 40s–60s.

BISHOP / OAKEN - Nordic-inspired shopkeeper. Bumbling and jovial, 30s–50s.

QUEEN IDUNA - Queen of Arendelle. Strong yet compassionate mother, 30s–50s.

KING AGNARR - King of Arendelle. Warm-hearted and gregarious father, 30s–50s.

ENSEMBLE - Townspeople, Hiddenfolk, Oaken's family.

THE ACCOMPLICE

Written By Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston
Directed by Curt Columbus

First Rehearsal: January 18, 2026
First Preview: February 3, 2026
Closing: February 21, 2026

Seeking

KATHERINE - a woman in her early 40s. A high school valedictorian who became involved in a radical anti-Vietnam protest group and was an accomplice to the shooting of Clare’s father, a police officer. She is turning herself in after many exhausting years as a fugitive on the FBI’s most wanted list.

CLARE - a police officer in her early 40s. Forced to revisit the trauma of her father’s death after Katherine turns herself in and is in the limelight and grapples with Katherine’s impact on her life and her impact on Katherine’s.

THE WEIR

Written By Conor McPherson
Directed by Peter Hackett

First Rehearsal: February 23, 2027
First Preview: March 17, 2027
Closing: April 4, 2027

Seeking

JACK - 50s, male. A car mechanic and garage owner. The oldest of the bunch, and the keeper of a lot of local folklore and stories.

BRENDAN - 30s, male. A pub owner. Reserved but kind and willing to listen.

JIM - 40s, male. Jack’s assistant. A humble, hard worker who is smarter than people think, especially in his knack for gambling.

FINBAR - late 40s, male. A local businessman who has taken it upon himself to show the eligible newcomer Valerie around town. A habitual flirt who has become a landlord to much of the town.

VALERIE - 30s, female. A young woman who has just moved from Dublin to town after losing her young daughter to escape the supernatural manifestations of her grief.