Savage Wonder’s Staged Reading 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Savage Wonder Art Center Auditions

SAVAGE WONDER’S STAGED READING 2026 SEASON - BEACON, NY EPA

Savage Wonder Art Center | Beacon, NY

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AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Savage Wonder Art Center
141 Main Street
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Beacon, NY 12508
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Christopher Paul Meyer - Artistic Director
Jenn Haltman - Casting Director

APPOINTMENTS

This audition will be run on a first come, first served basis beginning on the morning of the audition. The space will open at 9:00 AM.

OTHER DATES

CONTRACT

SPT
$155 weekly minimum ($16/per hour - Rehearsal; $75/per performance)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Savage Wonder’s Staged Reading 2026 Season (See breakdown). Staged readings take place one day per week for each show for 4 consecutive weeks. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a comedic monologue. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

SAVAGE WONDER’S STAGED READING 2026 SEASON

VELVET CONFESSIONAL: VETERAN AUTHORED 10 MINUTE PLAYS

JOHNNY ROSIE by Quincy Long
JUMPERS by Christopher Paul Meyer
HAROLD EVENTUALLY RECONCILES WITH HIS SISTER IN ONE SECOND by Jason Pizzarello
INTERMISSION PLAY by Dakota Silvey
STRANGERS OFF A TRAIN by Samara Suskind

Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
First Rehearsal: Saturday, May 2: 12 PM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, May 2 / Saturday, May 9 / Saturday, May 16 / Saturday, May 23 / Saturday, May 30, 2026

SEEKING

A company of 3 men and 2 women to play a variety of roles in these short plays:

JOHNNY ROSIE

SEEKING:

JOHNNY: an emotional mobster.
ROSIE: his commonsensical moll.

JUMPERS

SEEKING:

OLSON: Around 30, male (any race)
PRISSY: 26, female (any race)
MOTHER: Shrill and frightened. Doubles as STRANGER (offstage voice)

HAROLD EVENTUALLY RECONCILES WITH HIS SISTER IN ONE SECOND

SEEKING:

HAROLD: has just returned.
JULIE: his sister, never left.

INTERMISSION PLAY

SEEKING:

KAIYA: Late 20s
TOPHER: Early 30s

STRANGERS OFF A TRAIN

SEEKING:

CHRIS: Late teens to twenties. Just trying to stay calm.
CHARLIE: Late teens to twenties. Just trying to do the right thing.

THE LESSON

Written by Eugene Ionesco
Translation by Donald M. Allen

Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
First Rehearsal: Saturday, June: 12 PM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, June 6 / Saturday, June 13 / Saturday, June 20 / Saturday, June 27, 2026

SYNOPSIS: An elderly professor and his young female student experience what must certainly be the most remarkable and bizarre lesson in the history of pedagogy. It ends with murder.

SEEKING:

THE PROFESSOR: Male, 50-60. Any ethnicity.
THE YOUNG PUPIL: Female, 18. Any ethnicity.
THE MAID: Female, 45-50. Any ethnicity.

BLACK CURTAIN SOCIETY: VETERAN AUTHORED 10 MINUTE PLAYS

THE SWEET LIFE by James Aragon
MACHINE IN THE GHOST by Christopher Paul Meyer
VERISIMILITUDE by Christopher Paul Meyer
THE SIDE OF CAUTION by Mike Oppenheim
SWIMSHARE by Robert Weibezahl

Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
First Rehearsal: Saturday, July 11: 12 PM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, July 11 / Saturday, July 18 / Saturday, July 25, 2026

SEEKING

A company of 3 men and 2 women to play a variety of roles in these short plays:

THE SWEET LIFE

SEEKING:

DEKE: A detective
NORA: A waitress
IRMA: A woman with a secret
JOHN: A man who loves Irma

MACHINE IN THE GHOST

SEEKING:

JULIAN: 32, bookstore manager
SOLANGE: 33, international peace activist
MILES: 33, bookstore owner and writer.

VERISIMILITUDE

SEEKING:

LYNNE: Female, 35-50
MARE: Female, 35-50

THE SIDE OF CAUTION

SEEKING:

BAO: Vietnamese. Colonel Shaw’s servant.
PHIL: Works for the Agency for International Development
COLONEL SHAW: Army officer
VIETNAMESE LABORER
JEANETTE: Phil’s wife

SWIMSHARE

SEEKING:

NELSON: Male, early 30s-mid 40s. Confounded but polite.
ANNA: Female, early 30s-mid 40s. Gentle, accommodating.
VICKI: Female, late 30s-late 40s. Garrulous, loud.
LEO: Male, late 30s-late 40s. Mostly silent.

ABSURDISTAN: UNE VAUDEVILLE DE GUERRE SHORT PLAYS

Written by Christopher Paul Meyer
Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
First Rehearsal: Saturday, August 1: 12 PM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, August 1 / Saturday, August 8 / Saturday, August 15 / Saturday, August 22 / Saturday, August 29, 2026

SEEKING:

A: Military-aged person. Any gender. Any ethnicity.
B: Military-aged person. Any gender. Any ethnicity.
C: Military-aged person. Any gender. Any ethnicity.
D: Military-aged person. Any gender. Any ethnicity.
E: Military-aged person. Any gender. Any ethnicity.

THE TRIAL

Written by Franz Kafka
Translation by Christopher Paul Meyer

Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
Rehearsals: Thursday, August 20: 10 AM - 5 PM / Thursday, August 27: 10 AM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, September 5 / Saturday, September 12 / Saturday, September 19 / Saturday, September 26

SYNOPSIS: A new adaptation of the classic Kafka story which tells the story of Josef K, who is arrested and prosecuted for a crime, though that crime is never revealed.

SEEKING:

A company of 5 actors to play the following roles:
JOSEPH K: Chief Clerk of a bank. Ambitious, shrewd, and on the fast track to success. More competent than kind. Arrested one morning for no reason.
FRAULEIN BURSTNER: A boarder in the same house as Joseph K. She lets him kiss her one night but then rebuffs his advances.
FRAU GRUBACH: Runs the lodging house where Joseph lives and holds him in high regard.
UNCLE KARL: Joseph’s uncle and former guardian.
HULD: Joseph’s ineffective lawyer
LENI: Huld’s nurse who soon becomes Joseph’s lover.
ASSISTANT MANAGER: Joseph’s rival at the bank.
BLOCK: A tradesman and another accused man and client of Huld.
TITORELLI: A Court Painter. Offers help to Joseph about how the court works.

THE TELL-TALE HEART

Written by Edgar Allen Poe
Adaptation by Christopher Soucy

Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
Rehearsals: Thursday, September 17: 10 AM - 5 PM / Thursday, September 24: 10 AM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, October 3, Saturday / October 10 / Saturday, October 17 / Saturday, October 24 / Saturday, October 31, 2026

SYNOPSIS: A new adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe story for the stage. The story of an unnamed narrator who describes a murder they committed.

SEEKING:

THE NARRATOR: The murderer of the old man.
THE OLD MAN: The murder victim.
2 POLICE OFFICERS: They are called to investigate the murder.

SAVE HAMLET

Written by Mark Harvey Levine
Director: Christopher Paul Meyer
Rehearsals: Thursday, October 22: 10 AM - 5 PM / Thursday, October 29: 10 AM - 5 PM
Performances: Saturday, November 7 / November 14 / Saturday, November 21, 2026

SYNOPSIS: In this version of Hamlet, a lot of the characters turn out to be women in disguise. They realize if they don't step in, the whole thing is going to end in tragedy. With women now in charge, it's Shakespeare's famous play, but funnier and less murder-y.

SEEKING:

A company of 8 actors to play the following roles:
BERNADETTE: Late Teens-Early 20s, Disguises herself as Bernardo. Snarky.
FRANCESCA: Late Teens-Early 20s, Disguises herself as Francisco. Doubles as CORNELIUS, REYNALDO and GARFUNKEL. Enthusiastic, resourceful.
MARCELLA: Late Teens-Early 20s, Disguises herself as Marcellus. Smart, Type A.
HORATIA: Late Teens-Early 20s, Disguises herself as Horatio. Bookish, nerdy, stuffy. Likes Hamlet.
GERTRUDE: 40s-50s, Hamlet’s mom. Overbearing, embarrassing.
OPHELIA: Late Teens-Early 20s, Polonius’ daughter. Increasingly feisty.
FIRST PLAYER: Runs a troupe of actors.
FIRST GRAVEDIGGER: Digs graves. It’s a living.
FORTINBRAS: Late Teens-Early 20s, Prince of Norway. Sheepish.
GHOST: 40s-60s, The Ghost of Hamlet’s father.
CLAUDIUS: 40s-60s, The current King. Not very bright. Talks like a 1920's gangster.
LAERTES: Late Teens-Early 20s, Ophelia’s brother, Polonius’ son. Kind of a hot-head.
POLONIUS: 40s-60s Advisor to the King. Ophelia and Laertes’ father. An overconfident fool.
HAMLET: Late Teens-Early 20s, Prince of Denmark. Nice, but a little out of his depth.
ROSENCRANTZ: Late Teens-Early 20s, School Friend of Hamlet
GUILDENSTERN: Late Teens-Early 20s, School Friend of Hamlet
VOLTEMAND: Ambassador to Norway.
OSRIC: A local Lord. Kind of an idiot.