Pasadena Playhouse 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Pasadena Playhouse Auditions

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE 2026-27 SEASON - LA EPA

Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena, CA

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Actors' Equity Association - Los Angeles
5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

PERSONNEL

Producing Artistic Director: Danny Feldman
Associate Artistic Director: Jenny Slattery
General Manager: Bonnie McHeffey

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1213 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Pasadena Playhouse's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown).

We encourage actors of all sizes, races, ethnicities, gender identities, gender expression, ability, and age to audition.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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Some roles may be understudied.

PREPARATION

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
For a Play, please prepare a 1-minute dramatic monologue. For Musicals, please prepare a 1-minute cut of a song in a contemporary or rock style.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE 2026-27 SEASON

THE VISIT

By Freidrich Duremmatt
Adapted by Maurice Valency
Directed by Darko Tresnjak
1st Rehearsal: August 11, 2026
Opening: September 13, 2026
Closing: October 4, 2026

SEEKING:

CLAIRE - Woman, 60s. She was a radiant, defiant young woman from the wrong side of the tracks. She was punished for it - and suffered an unforgivable injustice. She lost her child. She became a prostitute. She became a courtesan. She married a succession of wealthy men and is now the richest woman in the world. She is a fashionista, a cyborg - every part of her body should have been destroyed and put back together. She has a lethal, bone-dry, hard-won sense of humor. She is a fury with the patience of a saint.

PASSING STRANGE

Book and Lyrics by STEW
Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen
Directed by Zhailon Levingston
1st Rehearsal: October 6, 2026
Opening: November 8, 2026
Closing: November 29, 2026

SEEKING:

• Narrator - Black male, 40s-50s. Guides the audience through the story of his younger self.
• Youth - Black male, young 20s. A young black artist from Los Angeles searching for the real in Europe.
• Mother - Black female, 40s-50s. The Youth's conservative, loving, religious mother.
• Edwina/Marianna/Sudabey - Black female, young 20s. Teenage goddess, neo-hippie and filmmaker.
• Mr. Franklin/Joop/Mr. Venus - Black male, church pianist, body liberationist, German artist.
• Hugo/Christope/Terry - Black male, academic, militant essayist.
• Sherry/Renata/Desi - Black female, artist.

TBD SHOW (PLAY)

Winter of 2027
Will hold auditions at a later date.

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES THE MUSICAL

Book by Lisa Loomer
Additional Material by Nell Benjamin
Music and Lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Based on the original play by Josefina Lopez
Based on the HBO Film Screenplay by Josefina Lopez and George LaVoo
1st Rehearsal: March 16, 2027
Opening: April 18, 2027
Closing: May 16, 2027

SEEKING:

• ANA - Character is Female-identifying, 18-years-old, Mexican/Latina, Bilingual (Speaks English and some Spanish). A budding activist, smart, passionate, impulsive, big-hearted, and, okay... maybe a bit righteous. The first U.S. citizen in her family, Ana has big dreams and some guilt about that too. Curvy and fine with it! Versatile singer with strong pop stylings and sensibilities. Alto/Mezzo with an easy natural tone, wide range, and great rhythm. Possesses a strong pop belt but not Musical Theater.
• HENRY - Character is Male-identifying, 18-years-old, Black. Smart, perceptive, a bit nerdy, ambitious, and funny. Strong tenor voice. Dance ability a huge plus.
• CARMEN - Character is Female-identifying, 51 years old, Mexican, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). Full of laughter, stories, and chisme. Irreverent in her speech but stubborn and old-fashioned in her ideals. Ana got her curves from her. Alto/Mezzo with a strong belt.
• ESTELA - Character is Female-identifying, 30 years old, Mexican born, grew up in Los Angeles and Bilingual (English and some Spanish). A hard worker, suppressing her talent and ambition to take care of her family. She has a wry sense of humor, and she's curvy too! Alto/Mezzo with a strong belt.
• PANCHA - Character is Female-identifying, 40s, Mexican, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). Wise, wry, outspoken, with big curves. Alto/Mezzo with a strong belt.
• ROSALI - Character is Female-identifying, 30s, Salvadoran, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). Warm, romantic, a lover of pop culture. She is trying to be slim at any cost. Alto/Mezzo with a strong belt.
• ITZEL - Character is Female-identifying, 17-years-old, Indigenous Guatemalan, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). A refugee with few words, but she takes it all in. Speaking fluent Spanish a plus. Sensitive and impressionable, resilient, with a great laugh. Alto/Mezzo with a strong belt.
• RAUL - Character is Male-identifying, 50s, Mexican, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). A house painter, a loving father and husband, a dreamer, much stronger than his circumstances have allowed.
• PRIMA FLACA - Character is Female-identifying, mid 30s-mid 50s, Mexican, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). Excellent comedic timing. Curves are a plus. Vocally strong with knowledge of authentic Mariachi/Ranchera singing a plus.
• PRIMA FULVIA - Character is Female-identifying, mid 30s-mid 50s, Mexican, Bilingual (English and some Spanish). Excellent comedic timing. Curves are a plus. Vocally strong with knowledge of authentic Mariachi/Ranchera singing a plus.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
1st Rehearsal: May 18, 2027
Opening: June 20, 2027
Closing: July 11, 2027

SEEKING:

• BIG DADDY - This role is cast.
• MAGGIE - Desperate, fiercely determined, and deeply lonely. She uses sexuality and sharp wit as armor while fighting to save her marriage and secure her financial future.
• BRICK - A detached, alcohol-soaked former athlete. He spends most of this production completely naked or in a towel, physically exposed but emotionally barricaded behind a wall of grief and repressed desire for his late friend, Skipper.
• BIG MAMA - Deeply devoted yet fiercely mocked by her husband. She oscillates between loud denial of her family's collapse and tragic, raw vulnerability when forced to face reality.
• MAE - Gooper’s pregnant wife. She is weaponized with maternal perfection, using her no-neck monsters (children) to visually and socially edge Maggie out of the estate.
• GOOPER - The oldest son, an attorney driven by deep-seated resentment. He operates with calculated precision to claim the inheritance he feels he earned through compliance.
• DOCTOR BAUGH - Passive sycophant
• REVEREND TOOKER - Passive sycophant