Portland Center Stage 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Portland Center Stage Auditions

PORTLAND CENTER STAGE 2026-27 SEASON - PORTLAND, OR EPA

Portland Center Stage | Portland, OR

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AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM (P)
Portland, OR 97209-4160
Lunch 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Julie Vigeland Rehearsal Hall.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

To schedule an audition appointment or if you have any questions, please email:
casting@pcs.org.

Marissa Wolf: Artistic Director
Kamilah Bush: Literary Manager
Dustin Curry: Company Manager
Chip Miller: Associate Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific personnel.

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1213 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Mainstage
$889 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Ellyn Bye Studio
See breakdown for production specific personnel.

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Equity actors for roles in Portland Center Stage's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown).

OTHER

There will be understudies for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and PETER PAN GOES WRONG. There will be no understudies for the other productions.

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Portland Center Stage does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Qualified Equity 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. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination and 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.

PREPARATION

Please prepare either 2 contrasting monologues or 1 monologue and 1 song. An accompanist will be provided.

BREAKDOWN

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Written by Kate Hamill
Directed by Marissa Wolf
Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, September 27, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, October 2, 2026
Closing: Sunday, October 25, 2026

SEEKING:

• LIZZY - A year or two younger than Jane. Clever, spirited; can be sharp-tongued. Gets flustered, which makes her klutzy. Prides herself on good judgment. Not especially beautiful.
• MR. DARCY - Late 30s-40s. One of the richest men in England. Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts. Prides himself on self-control and good judgment.
• MRS. BENNET - The matriarch of the Bennet family. Mostly a silly woman, of mean understanding and variable temper. Hypochondriac. The business of her life is to get her daughters married.
• JANE - Late 20s-early 30s. The eldest and most beautiful Bennet daughter. Kind, idealistic, diffident. Always tries to do the right thing. May be doubled with Miss De Bourgh.
• LYDIA - [OFFER PENDING] 14, the youngest Bennet. Lively, prone to imitating others’ behavior and eavesdropping. May be doubled with Lady Catherine.
• CHARLOTTE LUCAS - Same age as Lizzy. A practical girl with a good sense of humor. May be doubled with Mr. Bennet.
• MR. BINGLEY - Late 30s-40s. Loves the world and the world loves him. Mr. Darcy’s particular friend.
• MR. COLLINS - A pedantic, obtuse man. Rector to Lady Catherine. May double with Wickham/Miss Bingley.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Directed by Chip Miller
Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
First Preview: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Opening Night: Friday, November 20, 2026
Closing: Thursday, December 24, 2026

SEEKING:

• SEYMOUR - Mid-twenties and perhaps balding a little. Our insecure, naïve, put-upon, florists’ clerk hero.
• AUDREY - The bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like secret love of his life.
• MR. MUSHNIK - Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist.
• ORIN - A tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and sadistic tendencies.
• THE PLANT (AUDREY II) - An anthropomorphic cross between a giant Venus flytrap and an avocado.
• VOICE OF THE PLANT - Voice provided on an offstage microphone.
• CRYSTAL, RONNETTE and CHIFFON - Three Black ‘street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it.

KIM'S CONVENIENCE

Written by Inis Choi
Directed by Cara Hinh
Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Friday, January 8, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, January 15, 2027
Closing: Sunday, February 7, 2027

SEEKING:

• APPA: A 59-year-old first-generation Korean-Canadian man, and owner of Kim's Convenience store.
• UMMA: A 56-year-old first-generation Korean-Canadian woman. APPA's wife.
• JUNG: A 32-year-old second-generation Korean-Canadian man. APPA and UMMA's son.
• JANET: A 30-year-old second-generation Korean-Canadian woman. APPA and UMMA's daughter.
• RICH: A young black man. Will double as MR. LEE, a successful black real estate agent and a friend of APPA.
• MIKE: A black man with a thick Jamaican accent.
• ALEX: A 32-year-old black police officer and a childhood friend of JUNG.

THE 39 STEPS

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Marissa Wolf
Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Monday, February 1, 2027
First Preview: Sunday, February 21, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, February 26, 2027
Closing: Sunday, March 21, 2027

SEEING:

• Richard Hannay - [OFFER PENDING] a charming and bored Englishman.
• Annabella Schmidt / Pamela / Margaret - a German spy / a skeptic / an innocent.
• Clown 1 - Multiple roles including police, spies, farmers; great clown skills.
• Clown 2 - Multiple roles including police, spies, farmers; great clown skills.

FULOUGH'S PARADISE

Written by a.k. payne
Directed by TBA
Ellyn Bye Studio
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 23, 2027
First Preview: Sunday, March 21, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, March 26, 2027
Closing: Sunday, May 2, 2027

SEEKING:

• SADE: An only child, a cousin, born 1991.
• MINA: An only child, a cousin, born 1991.

COVENANT

Written by York Walker
Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 30, 2027
First Preview: Wednesday, April 7, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, April 9, 2027
Closing: Sunday, May 2, 2027
In partnership with Alliance Theatre

SEEKING:

• RUTHIE - [OFFER PENDING], [Black woman], 19, the innocent one, obsessed with love or the idea of it.
• VIOLET - [OFFER PENDING], [Black woman], 19, Ruthie’s best friend, black sheep of the family.
• AVERY - [OFFER PENDING], [Black woman], 24, dreams of seeing the world outside of this town.
• MAMA - [OFFER PENDING], [Black woman], early 40s, Violet and Avery’s mother.
• JOHNNY “HONEYCOMB” JAMES - [OFFER PENDING], [Black man], 24, guitar player, local celebrity.

PETER PAN GOES WRONG

Written by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis & Henry Shields
Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez
Mainstage
First Rehearsal: Thursday, May 14, 2027
First Preview: Sunday, May 23, 2027
Opening Night: Friday, May 28, 2027
Closing: Sunday, June 27, 2027
A Co-production with Seattle Rep

SEEKING:

• CHRIS: (plays Mr. Darling and Captain Hook. Male-identifying.) 30s-50s.
• ROBERT: (plays Nana the Dog, Peter’s Shadow, and Starkey. Male-identifying.) 30s-40s.
• FRANCIS: (plays the Narrator and Cecco.) 40s+.
• SANDRA: (plays Wendy Darling. Female-identifying.) 20s-30s.
• DENNIS: (plays John Darling, Mermaid and Mr Smee. Male-Identifying.) 20s-60s.
• ANNIE: (plays Mrs. Darling, Lisa, Curly and Tinker Bell. Female-identifying.) 30s-40s.
• MAX: (plays Michael Darling, Mermaid and the Crocodile. Male-identifying.) 30s-40s.
• TREVOR: Stage manager of the play. Flying required.
• JONATHAN HARRIS: (plays Peter Pan. Male-identifying.) 30s-40s.
• LUCY: (plays Tootles) 20s. Robert’s niece. Suffers from stage fright.
• GILL: a Cornley stagehand, paramedic.