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

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Monday, March 16, 2026
Portland Playhouse
602 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR 97211-3966
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (P)

BREAK

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The audition room: 625 square feet and can accommodate no more than 20 individuals at a time. The holding room: 320 square feet and can accommodate no more than 10 individuals at a time.

APPOINTMENTS

To sign up for an audition, please email us at
casting@portlandplayhouse.org. Audition time slots will be in 5-minute increments. See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

PERSONNEL

CONTRACT

• SPT Brian Weaver, Artistic Director
• $697 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
• Charles Grant, Producing Director

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Equity actors for roles in Portland Playhouse's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown). See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

PREPARATION

For your general audition, please prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues totaling no more than 4 minutes. Please bring a physical copy of your headshot and resume with you to your audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

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.

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE 2026 - 2027 SEASON

Portland Playhouse does not discriminate against any employee, volunteer, or customer on the basis of race, color, cultural heritage, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, size, mental or physical dis/ability or appearance, genetic status, marital status, political affiliation, source of income, veteran status or any other status protected under local, state, or federal law.

A note about casting (adopted from language with consent originally created by Kevin Kantor and Emily Traquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville): Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following character descriptions. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.

Table 17
By Douglas Lyons
Directed by Charles Grant

SPT 7; Projected minimum: $697/week (10 weeks)

First Rehearsal: August 25, 2026
First Preview: September 30, 2026
Opening: October 3, 2026
Closing: November 1, 2026

SEEKING

JADA - Black woman. Late 20s - Early 30s. A magnetic and comedic spirit. When she enters a room, heads turn. Though quick-witted and strong, her pride is her downfall. She evokes a Janet Jackson–like smile, mixed with Sanaa Lathan’s ingenue charisma.

DALLAS - Black man. Late 20s - Early 30s. Driven, charming, and hardworking. He’s smooth with his words and passionate with his love. Sometimes he’s so focused, he forgets to take care of home. Dallas evokes Taye Diggs’s suave nature mixed with Will Smith’s (Fresh Prince) goofy energy.

RIVER / ERIC / BARTENDER - Black men. Late 20s - Early 30s. River is queer, cunty and bitterly single. He’s hilarious, both to the audience and himself. Behind his snippy exterior is a huge hopeless romantic. Eric exudes confidence without trying. He’s a straightforward, cocky flirt— with long-term commitment issues. Eric evokes Morris Chestnut / Shemar Moore smooth operator energy. Bartender is a total muscle-bro douchebag. He’s so sure of himself it makes you want to vomit. Happily single, he swears he knows a woman’s needs before she even opens her mouth.

A Christmas Carol
Written by Charles Dickens
Directed by TBD

SPT 7; Projected minimum: $697/week (10 weeks)

First Rehearsal: October 26, 2026
First Preview: November 22, 2026
Opening: November 27, 2026
Closing: December 31, 2026

NOTE

Casting all adult characters for 8 tracks. For this production we cast a company of actors who all play multiple roles across gender, age, and race. It is possible that some of these character tracks may shift. Actors also sing and play multiple instruments. Strong musicians are encouraged to audition.

SEEKING

EBENEZER SCROOGE - The miserly owner of a London counting-house.

MARLEY / PAST / PRESENT / FUTURE - The spirits who visit Ebenezer Scrooge.

BOB CRATCHIT / MR. FEZZIWIG / BUSINESSMAN - Scrooge's clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family / The jovial merchant with whom the young Scrooge apprenticed / A contemporary of Scrooge who is in a similar profession.

MRS. CRATCHIT / YOUNG SCROOGE / EDNA - Bob's wife / The younger version of Scrooge / A guest at Fred’s party.

FRED / MOLLY / BUSINESSMAN - Scrooge's nephew / A woman who sells some of Scrooge’s belongings to Old Joe / A contemporary of Scrooge who is in a similar profession.

BELLE / HERMIONE / OLD JOE - Young Scrooge’s ex-fiancé who loved him deeply / A guest at Fred’s party / A shop owner who buys the belongings of Scrooge.

COLLECTING MAN / MRS. FEZZIWIG / MRS. DILBER / ELIZABETH - A gentleman who visits Scrooge seeking charitable contributions / Fezziwig’s wife / Scrooge’s laundress who steals his clothing and sells it to Old Joe / Fred’s wife.

COLLECTING MAN / DICK WILKINS / TOPPER - A gentleman who visits Scrooge seeking charitable contributions / Young Scrooge’s friend / One of Fred’s party guests.

Oslo
Written by J.T. Rogers
Directed by Brian Weaver

SPT 7; Projected minimum: $718/week (11 weeks)

First Rehearsal: January 19, 2027
First Preview: February 24, 2027
Opening: February 27, 2027
Closing: April 4, 2027

NOTE

All actors will also play ensemble at times as everyone plays a variety of delegates, journalists, Palestinian and Israeli citizens, etc.

SEEKING

JOHAN JØRGEN HOLST / FINN GRANDAL - Johan (Norwegian) is the Foreign Minister; married to Marianne Heiberg. Finn (Norwegian) is a groundsman at the Borregaard estate outside Oslo; married to Toril.

JAN EGELAND / RON PUNDAK - Jan (Norwegian) is the Deputy Foreign Minister. Ron (Israeli) is a junior professor of Economics at the University of Haifa.

MONA JUUL - Mona (Norwegian) is an official in the Foreign Ministry; reports to Jan Egeland; married to Terje Larsen.

TERJE RØD-LARSEN - Terje (Norwegian) is the Director of the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Sciences; married to Mona Juul.

MARIANNE HEIBERG / TORIL GRANDA - Marianne (Norwegian) is an executive with the Fafo Institute; works for Terje Larsen; married to Johan Jørgen Holst. Toril (Norwegian) is a housekeeper and cook at the Borregaard estate outside Oslo; married to Finn.

SHIMON PERES / YAIR HIRSCHFELD - Shimon (Israeli) is a Foreign Minister. Yair (Israeli) is a senior professor of Economics at the University of Haifa.

YOSSI BEILIN - Yossi (Israeli) is the Deputy Foreign Minister.

URI SAVIR - Uri (Israeli) is the Director-General of the Foreign Ministry.

JOEL SINGER - Joel (Israeli) is a legal advisor to the Foreign Ministry; senior law partner for a Washington, D.C. firm.

AHMED QURIE - Ahmed (Palestinian, also known as “Abu Ala”) is the Finance Minister for the Palestine Liberation Organization.

HASSAN ASFOUR - Hassan (Palestinian) is the Official PLO liaison.

THOR BJORNEVOG / AMERICAN DIPLOMAT - Thor (Norwegian) is a senior officer with the Police Intelligence Service.

TROND GUNDERSEN / GERMAN HUSBAND - Trond (Norwegian) is an officer with the Police Intelligence Service.