Penguin Rep Theatre 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Penguin Players Ltd Auditions

Penguin Players Ltd | Stony Point, NY

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Thursday, March 26, 2026
Penguin Rep Theatre
7 Crickettown Rd, Stony Point, NY 10980-0091
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

BREAK

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND: Artistic Director Joe Brancato, who will be directing My Lord, What a Night; Take Me America; and In Plain Sight, and overseeing casting of The Heart Sellers.

APPOINTMENTS

Auditions will be by appointment. Please email
info@penguinrep.org with preferred date(s) and time(s) and we will confirm by return email.

CONTRACT

MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT
SPT rehearsals begin: April 20
$565 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Performances: May 15 – July 8

THE HEART SELLERS
Rehearsals begin: June 15
Performances: July 9 – July 26

TAKE ME AMERICA
Rehearsals begin: July 20
Performances: August 14 – September 6

IN PLAIN SIGHT
Rehearsals begin: August 31
Performances: September 25 – October 1

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue and bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

OTHER

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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.

PENGUIN REP THEATRE 2026 SEASON

SEEKING:

Equity actors for roles in Penguin Rep Theatre's 2026 season (see breakdown below).

MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT

Note: All four roles are based upon actual historical figures.

• ALBERT EINSTEIN (CAST) – The famous scientist.
• ABRAHAM FLEXNER (CAST) – Entrepreneur.
• MARY CHURCH TERRELL – Presents as female, 60s, Black; civil rights heroine, well educated, compassionate.
• MARIAN ANDERSON – Presents as female, 40s, Black; world-famous singer, unaware of her eventual place in history.

THE HEART SELLERS

• LUNA – Presents as female, 25–35, Filipina; open, friendly, gregarious soul.
• JANE – Presents as female, 25–35, Korean; newly discovering her journey in a new land.

TAKE ME AMERICA

Note: Each role involves doubling or tripling (with the exception of GARY).

• GARY – Presents as male, 25, white; positive if tentative new immigration officer.
• MARSHA – Presents as female, 45–55; the years and stories have tarnished her heart of gold.
• FAN – Presents as female, Chinese; lover of Wu. Must double as Honduran.
• WU – Presents as male, Chinese; rock star refugee with a painful past.
• MALITH – Presents as male, 30s, Black; plays refugees from Africa and Haiti.
• ZARA – Presents as female, 30, Middle Eastern refugee; doubles as South American and Russian refugees.

IN PLAIN SIGHT

• ELIOT – Presents as male, 50–60, white, gay; accomplished, successful, polished. Runs a privileged household.
• ALAN – Presents as male, 50–60, white, gay; accomplished, with a quiet undercurrent and a well-veiled secret.
• MAGGIE – Presents as female, 25, Black; daughter of Eliot, with a wider and more informed cultural worldview.
• CHARLOTTE – Presents as female, 50, Black; mother of Maggie, witty, fabulous.
• DAVID – Presents as male, 25–32, white or Latino; a stranger with a secret.