Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2026 Season Equity Actors - Oregon Shakespeare Festival Auditions

OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2026 SEASON - SUBMIT FOR NYC

APPOINTMENTS

Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Ashland, OR

CONTRACT

LORT Rep
$1245 weekly minimum (LORT B+ Rep) - Until 6/28/26
$1320 weekly minimum (LORT B+ Rep) - After 6/29/26
Plus - Travel & Housing

SEEKING

Equity actors for Understudy roles in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2026 Season (See breakdown).

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration at:
https://forms.gle/htVaCjm14j54eCKU9
Deadline: 09/29/2025

SUBMIT TO

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Tim Bond
Casting Director: Katja Zarolinski, CSA
See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

NYC Callback Date(s): October 2025
Outside Date(s): Feb 13 - Oct 24, 2026
Please see individual roles for specific Outside Dates for each track in the breakdown.

OTHER

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: SUBMISSION

BREAKDOWN

Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2026 Season

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Director: Tim Bond
By: Lorraine Hansberry

COME FROM AWAY

Director: Laurie Woolery
Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein

AUGUST WILSON’S KING HEDLEY II

Director: Tim Bond
By: August Wilson

YELLOW FACE

Director: May Adrales
By: David Henry Hwang

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE END OF THE WORLD

Director: Zi Alikhan
By: Keiko Green

SEEKING:

[UNDERSTUDY #4] He/Him. 30s - 40s. Black. This role understudies the roles KING and MISTER in AUGUST WILSON’S KING HEDLEY II and will also be considered to understudy the role of GREG in YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE END OF THE WORLD. Contract dates approximately March 24 - Oct 24, 2026.
[KING]: Has a vicious scar running down the left side of his face. Struggling to make ends meet after having spent seven years in prison. Strives to live by his own moral code.
[MISTER]: King’s best friend since grade school and sometimes business partner, street-smart, loyal.
[GREG]: M's father. The earth. Clumsily making his way through this world. A terminal diagnosis brings out a complicated core of wants and desires and regrets. He's been stuck in an office with fluorescent lights overhead and has never felt much of a purpose... until now. Intimacy needs: We see the beginnings of a sexual encounter, which is quickly interrupted (kissing, hands wandering, etc.). Performs in some way in a final spectacle number. Also engages in physical labor for a prolonged period of the play: digging, pushing a wheelbarrow, moving rocks, etc.

[UNDERSTUDY #5] He/Him. Black. 50s-60s. This role understudies the roles of ELMORE and STOOL PIGEON in AUGUST WILSON’S KING HEDLEY II. Contract dates approximately June 23 - Oct 24, 2026.
[ELMORE]: Ruby’s sporadic, longtime flame. A professional hustler, charming and elegant.
[STOOL PIGEON]: King’s next-door neighbor. The Hill’s spiritual and practical truth sayer.

[UNDERSTUDY #6] He/Him. East Asian. 30s-50s. This role understudies the roles of DHH and HYH/AS CAST in YELLOW FACE. Contract dates approximately July 14, 2026 - Oct 23, 2026.
General note: All actors must be versatile and flexible to ensemble approaches to working, interested in and willing to do physical work: may move scenery. Each role with the exception of Marcus Gee and DHH will be doubled. Role assignments may shift during the casting process and in rehearsals.
[DHH AND OTHERS]: Comedic, high physical stamina. Charismatic, impassioned, sharp-witted playwright with the neurosis of a writer that wants to be liked.
[HYH/AS CAST]: Versatile, Comedic, doubles as multiple roles which may include - HYH (DHH's father), Frank Chin, BD Wong, Wen Ho Lee, Bernard Jacobs, Frank Rich

[UNDERSTUDY #7] She/Her. Black. 40s-50s. This role understudies the roles of HANNAH and DIANE in COME FROM AWAY and ENSEMBLE #2 in YELLOW FACE. Contract dates approximately Feb 13 - Oct 24, 2026.
[HANNAH]: Contemporary Soprano with strong pop belt and mix up to E. One of the “Come From Away”s. The mother of a firefighter in Manhattan, Hannah waits for news about her son and is comforted by Beulah. Intimacy needs: Physical touch between friends (in celebration and grief). Doubles as Margie, Mickey. Must perform a regional Newfoundland dialect and New York dialect.