Portland Center Stage 2024-25 Season - Portland, OR EPA
Portland Center Stage | Portland, OR
Thursday, March 21, 2024
11:30 AM - 7:30 PM (P)
Break 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
To schedule an audition appointment or if you have any questions, please email: casting@pcs.org.
LORT Non-Rep
$1100 weekly minimum (LORT B) - U.S. Bank Mainstage
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Ellyn Bye Studio
Equity actors for roles in Portland Center Stage's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Portland Center Stage does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Qualified applicants are considered for all positions without regard to age, marital status, sexual orientation, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or handicap.
We are committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA). To learn more, please visit
https://www.pcs.org/idea.
There will be understudies for Sweeney Todd.
There will be no understudies for any other shows.
Please prepare either 2 contrasting monologues or 1 monologue and 1 song. An accompanist will be provided. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave
Portland, OR 97209-4160
Ellyn Bye Studio
Expected to attend:
Chip Miller, Associate Artistic Director
Hannah Rice, Company Manager
May Attend:
Marissa Wolf, Artistic Director
Kamilah Bush, Literary Manager
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
www.pcs.org
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.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Chip Miller
U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Friday, August 30. 2024
First Preview: Sunday, September 29, 2024
Opening Night: Friday, October 4, 2024
Closing: Sunday, November 3, 2024
Anthony Hope - A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and
unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna.
Sweeney Todd - A wrongfully imprisoned barber seeking to right the wrongs committed against him.
He is Johanna's father, singularly focussed on taking bloody revenge.
Beggar Woman - A deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret.
Mrs. Lovett - An entrepreneurial and amoral meat pie shop owner. She falls in love with Todd and
turns his desire for revenge into a profitable business venture.
Judge Turpin - A lecherous public official who portrays himself as a sanctimonious authoritarian. He
takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd.
The Beadle - A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin.
Johanna - A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd's long-lost daughter
and Turpin's ward.
Tobias Ragg - A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett.
Pirelli - A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past.
Jonas Fogg - The owner of Fogg's Asylum. He sells the hair of madmen to wigmakers.
Ensemble - Townspeople, Lords, Ladies, Policemen, Lunatics
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Marissa Wolf
U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
First Preview: Sunday, November 24, 2024
Opening Night: Friday, November 29, 2024
Closing: Sunday, December 22, 2024
Viola, later disguised as Cesario
Olivia, a countess
Maria, Olivia’s waiting gentlewoman
Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s kinsman
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby’s companion
Malvolio, Olivia’s steward
Feste, jester to Olivia
Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Antonio, another sea-captain, befriending Sebastian
Sebastian, Viola’s twin brother
Written by David Saffert & Jillian Snow
Directed by Chip Miller
Ellyn Bye Studio
First Rehearsal: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
First Preview: Sunday, November 10, 2024
Opening Night: Friday, November 15, 2024
Closing: Sunday, December 22, 2024
This show is fully cast.
Written by Jocelyn Bioh
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
First Preview: Sunday, January 19, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, January 24, 2025
Closing: Sunday, February 16, 2025
JAJA - 40s+; Senegalese; Owner of the shop. The backbone and/or saving grace of everyone in the shop. Getting married today in City Hall to Steven - the landlord of a local building.
MARIE - 18; Jaja's daughter who runs the shop for her mother; has a lot of weight on her young shoulders because of her circumstances. Secretly wants to be a writer; has a fun and silly side but is firm and assertive when needed - especially with the women in the shop.
BEA (pronounced BEE) - 40s; Ghanaian; has been at the shop the longest; the neighborhood gossip with an unpredictable attitude - she seems addicted to causing drama but is rarely ever wrong.
MIRIAM - early to mid 20s; Sierra Leonean; very kind and seemingly quiet on the surface but has a fierce spirit underneath her shell; loves the idea of love and is the epitome of an optimist.
AMINATA - 30s; Senegalese; Fun, sexy and charming. She loves her job and is good at it, but also loves to hang out at the shop as well. The shop is both her job and her favorite place to be social. Has a tumultuous and passionate marriage; Bea's sidekick in gossip and drama when necessary.
NDIDI (pronounced IN-Dee-Dee) - late 20s/early 30s; Nigerian; the young spitfire; She dresses the youngest and braids the fastest. Everyone at the shop knows that she makes the most money and that doesn't always go over well with everyone - namely Bea.
JENNIFER - 20s; Black American; aspiring journalist; comes to the shop wanting to get micro braids and is in the shop all day; incredibly patient and caring.
VANESSA/SHEILA/RADIA - VANESSA: 30s; super rude customer that no one wants to deal with. / SHEILA : 30s; The friendly but loud talking businesswoman. She enjoys a little gossip like the next person. / RADIA (pronounced like Nadia): 18ish; one of Marie's former classmates.
MICHELLE/CHRISSY/LANIECE - MICHELLE: 20s; The nervous client who doesn't want trouble and just wants to get her hair done peacefully. / CHRISSY: 30s; really wants braids that will make her look like Beyonce / LANIECE: 20s; a regular at the shop; works as a DJ so she always gets funky braid styles. She likes to have a good time and loves a good meal.
JAMES/FRANKLIN, THE SOCK MAN/ OLU , THE JEWELRY MAN/ ERIC, THE DVD MAN - JAMES: 30s; Ghanaian; Aminata's on again, off again husband who clearly takes advantage of her / FRANKLIN, THE SOCK MAN - 30s; quick talking and friendly neighborhood salesman just trying to make a living; Black American / OLU, THE JEWELRY MAN: 30s; a shy, honest man just trying to make a living; has a bit of a crush on Ndidi; Nigerian / ERIC, THE DVD MAN: 30s; the caring DVD man who looks out for his friends; Senegalese.
Written by Edward Albee
Directed by Marissa Wolf
U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
First Preview: Sunday, March 2, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, March 7, 2025
Closing: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Martha - a large, boisterous woman, 52, looking somewhat younger. Ample, but not fleshy.
George - Her husband, 46. Thin; hair going gray.
Honey - 26, a petite blond girl, rather plain.
Nick - 30, her husband. Blong, well put-together, good looking.
Written by Loy A. Webb
Directed by Chip Miller
Ellyn Bye Studio
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
First Preview: Sunday, March 9, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, March 14, 2025
Closing: Sunday, April 20, 2025
This show is fully cast.
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Chip Miller
U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
First Preview: Sunday, April 20, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, April 25, 2025
Closing: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Ogun Henri Size - late 20s, a man of color, auto mechanic.
Oshoosi Size - early 20s, a man of color, ex-con, out on parole, younger brother to Ogun.
Elegba - also ex-con, prisonmate and best friend of Oshoosi. Late 20s as well, of Creole heritage.
Written by Chris Grace
Directed by Eric Michaud
Ellyn Bye Studio
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
First Preview: Sunday, May 11, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, May 16, 2025
Closing: Sunday, June 22, 2025
This show is fully cast.
Written by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Kamilah Bush
Directed by Josiah Davis
U.S. Bank Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
First Preview: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, June 6, 2025
Closing: Sunday, June 29, 2025
Jack Worthing - also known as Ernest Worthing, a rich bachelor
Algernon Moncrieff - Jack’s friend; also a rich bachelor. He is a little younger than Jack. His friends call him Algy.
Lady Augusta Bracknell - Algernon’s aunt
Gwendolen Fairfax - Lady Bracknell’s daughter
Cecily Cardew - Jack Worthing’s ward
Miss Prism - a middle aged-spinster; Cecily’s governess
Canon Frederick Chasuble - an elderly clergyman
Lane - Algernon’s servant
Merriman - Jack’s servant
Videos
