Signature Theatre 2025-26 season Equity Principal Actors - Signature Theatre Auditions

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SIGNATURE THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON - NYC EPA

Signature Theatre | Arlington, VA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Seeking actors for various roles in seven shows for the upcoming 2025-2026 season:

PLAY ON!,
STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY,
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,
IN CLAY,
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED,
PIPPIN, and
WHAT BECAME OF US (see breakdown).

Equity Performers of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and expressions, and performers living with disabilities are encouraged to audition. Signature Theatre is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

We strive to create a comfortable and safe space for artists to do their best work so please include information regarding any accessibility needs either during your audition or during your employment at Signature Theatre.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short monologue and/or short song. Auditions may not exceed 2 minutes total. Accompanist will be provided. Please bring a copy of your headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your equity card to EPAs.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Charlotte La Nasa, Resident Casting Director, Signature Theatre
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown.

OTHER

Signature Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer who celebrates diversity and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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.

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

The character breakdowns within this document include gender specifications that reflect the identity of the characters as written by the playwrights. However, we strongly encourage performers with any gender expression and/or gender identity to audition for any role.

PLAY ON!

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Book by: Cheryl L. West
Music by: Duke Ellington
Director: Lili-Anne Brown
Choreographer: Breon Arzell
Music Director: Jermaine Hill
1st Rehearsal: July 15, 2025
1st Performance: August 12, 2025
Closing: October 5, 2025

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: Set in the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, Play On! blends Duke Ellington’s iconic jazz with the whimsical chaos of Twelfth Night, where love and laughter take center stage.

[VY/VY-MAN]: (she/her) Looking for her place as a songwriter in the Harlem Renaissance. Disguises herself as a man in order to achieve her dreams. Ambitious and confident. Female, 30-40s. Mezzo-Soprano/Alto. Intimacy required for this role.

[DUKE]: (he/him) The greatest band leader in the world. Hasn’t created music since Lady Liv broke his heart. Longs to have her in his arms again. Handsome & well-dressed. Male, 40s. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role.

[LADY LIV]: (she/her) A diva and a renowned jazz singer in Harlem. The Duke’s muse and inspiration. Stunning and self-absorbed. Falls in love with Vy-Man. Intimacy required for this role. Female, 30-50s. Mezzo-soprano with heavy belt. Intimacy required for this role.

[REV]: (he/him) The backstage manager of the Cotton Club who happens to be the most pious, conservative, rigid man in Harlem. A man of great pride. In unrequited love with Lady Liv. Matter-of-fact and uptight. Male, 40-50s. Baritone/Bass.

[JESTER]: (he/him) Uncle to Vy. A prolific dancer in the Harlem Renaissance. Outspoken and exudes swagger. Helps disguise Vy to achieve her dreams of being a songwriter. Must be a skilled dancer. Male, 30-40s. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role.

[SWEETS]: (he/him) Band conductor of the Cotton Club. In a romantic relationship with Miss Mary. Must be great with physical comedy. Baritone. Male, 30-50s. Intimacy required for this role.

[MISS MARY]: (she/her) Lady Liv’s assistant. In a romantic relationship with Sweets. Mezzo-Soprano with jazz scatt singing. Female, 30-50s. Intimacy required for this role.

[CC – THE HAT CHECK GIRL]: (she/her) New hat check girl of the Cotton Club. Young, beautiful & sweet. Has a love/hate relationship with Jester. Female, 20-30s. Intimacy required for this role.

[ENSEMBLE]: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors to play the following ensemble roles: ADA, HAZEL, MIMI, OPAL, MC, BLACK BUTTERFLY MAN, SUGAR DADDY, & BARTENDER.

STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY

The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale
Written by Miriam Battye
Director: Matthew Gardiner
1st Rehearsal: August 29, 2025
1st Performances: September 23, 2025
Closing: November 9, 2025

No roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: A not-so-romantic comedy, Strategic Love Play follows a couple navigating through society’s and their own expectations of love and dating.

[MAN]: (he/him) He is a nice person. He is popular and good and fairly well behaved. He is, somewhere inside, very sad and maybe weird tucked under many layers of normal. There’s some fear there. A man with open arms inside a man with hands in his pockets. He often loses confidence in what he’s saying part way through. 30s. Intimacy is required for this role.

[WOMAN]: (she/her) She, who is amazing, and a nightmare, and knows she is amazing, and a nightmare. Loved fiercely and fiercely difficult. Hyper-sensitive and paranoid. Wounded. Feeling hard done by about the woundings. She loathes herself and lives with a profound sense of her own (massive) value. 30s. Intimacy is required for this role.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Book by Joseph Stein
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Music by Jerry Bock
Director: Joe Calarco
Choreographer: Sarah Parker
Music Director: Jon Kalbfleisch
1st Rehearsal: October 7, 2025
1st Performance: November 4, 2025
Closing: January 25, 2026

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: Tradition meets change in Fiddler on the Roof, where a family’s hopes and dreams balance on the edge of a violin’s strings. Love, faith, and the pursuit of belonging clash in this heartwarming musical.

[TEVYE]: (he/him) The heart of the story. A poor dairyman and leader of his household. Values his faith and family. Resistant to change. Male, Jewish, Mid 40s-Early 60s. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role.

[GOLDE]: (she/her) Tevye’s strong-willed wife. Practical, loving, and deeply committed to her family. Struggles with balancing tradition and change. Female, Jewish, Late 30s-Early 50s. Mezzo-Soprano. Intimacy required for this role.

[TZEITEL]: (she/her) Tevye and Golde’s oldest daughter. Passionate and independent, she challenges her parents’ plans to marry her off for money. Female, Jewish, Early 20s. Soprano. Intimacy required for this role.

[MOTEL]: (he/him) A poor, shy tailor who loves Tzeitel. Humble, hardworking, and kind-hearted. Male, Jewish, Early 20s. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role.

[HODEL]: (she/her) Tevye and Golde’s second daughter. Intelligent, romantic, and brave. Willing to fight for love even at great personal cost. Female, Jewish, Early 20s. Soprano. Intimacy required for this role.

[CHAVA]: (she/her) Tevye and Golde’s third daughter. Sweet, gentle, and obedient until her love for Fyedka causes a rift with her father. Female, Jewish, Late teens-early 20s. Mezzo-Soprano. Intimacy required for this role.

[PERCHIK]: (he/him) A revolutionary student who challenges the norms of Anatevka. Passionate, idealistic, and determined to fight for change. Male, Jewish, 20s-30s. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role.

[FYEDKA]: (he/him) A young Russian man who falls in love with Chava. Represents a more progressive worldview and challenges traditional boundaries. Male, Russian, Early 20s. Baritone. Intimacy required for this role.

[LAZAR WOLF]: (he/him) A wealthy butcher, Tevye’s foil. Proposes to Tzeitel before her true love, Motel, can. Male, Jewish, 40s-50s. Baritone.

[YENTE]: (she/her) The village matchmaker. Nosy, gossipy, and always in the know, Yente arranges marriages and meddles in others’ lives, all while maintaining a heart of gold. Female, Jewish, 40s-60s. Mezzo-Soprano.

[SHPRINTZE]: (she/her) One of Tevye’s & Golde’s daughters, one of the youngest. Plays other various roles. Female, Jewish, teenager. Soprano.

[BIELKE]: (she/her) One of Tevye’s & Golde’s daughters, one of the youngest. Innocent. Plays other various roles. Female, Jewish, teenager. Soprano.

[ENSEMBLE]: Seeking strong actors, singers, and dancers to play various roles such as: MENDEL, REB NAHUM, AVRAM, RABBI, MORDCHA, YUSSEL, GRANDMA TZEITEL, RUSSIAN, CONSTABLE, ETC.

IN CLAY

The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale
Book by: Rebecca Simmonds
Music by: Jack Miles
Lyrics by: Jack Miles & Rebecca Simmonds
Director: TBA
1st Rehearsal: January 2, 2026
1st Performance: January 27, 2026
Closing: March 25, 2026

No roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: In Clay is a one-woman musical about love, loss, and healing through art. As the protagonist confronts grief, she embarks on a transformative journey, shaping her identity from the clay of her past. With a haunting score, the show explores memory, transformation, and self-discovery.

[MARIE-BERTHE CAZIN]: (she/her) Ceramicist, has devoted her life to making art but never quite made it in the way she always thought she would. Passionate, headstrong, wears her heart on her sleeve and is intensely vulnerable at key moments throughout the show. Witty and sarcastic at times. Requires strong comedic ability. Accent is authentic 1930s working class French or Parisian. Also plays the roles of JEAN-CHARLES CAZIN, HENRIETTA TIRMAN, MICHAEL CAZIN, and various art critics. Female, 30s-40s. Mezzo with jazz scatt singing and whistling.

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Based on the film by Derek Connolly
Book by Nick Blaemire
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Miller
Director: Lee Sunday Evans
Music Director: TBA
Choreographer: TBA
1st Rehearsal: February 3, 2026
1st Performance: March 10, 2026
Closing: April 12, 2026

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: Based on the 2012 sci-fi dramedy film, Safety Not Guaranteed is an indie-pop musical adventure that follows three magazine employees on assignment to interview a man who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

[DARIUS]: (she/her, late 20s/30s) The show’s eyes, ears and conscience, our audience proxy. A cynic with a dry as a bone sense of deadpan humor that masks her deep depression; she’s searching for fairness in an unfair world. An intern at a magazine, she gets involved in a story that forces her to examine her own lack of trust and learns to hope again. Looking for an authentic indie-pop alto with a sense of groove and nuance. Intimacy required for this role.

[KENNETH]: (he/him, late 20s/30s) Mysterious. A lonely small town outcast who believes time travel is impossible and is looking for a partner to join him. His outward oddness makes him seem dangerous at first, but it belies a bumbling warmth, a wounded romanticism, and years of shame. Looking for an authentic indie-pop tenor with control over high belt and falsetto. Intimacy required for this role.

[ARNAU]: (he/him, late 20s/30s) Meek at first, he hides in his laptop where he has constructed a world that makes him feel safe. But as the story progresses, he finds the courage to step out into the real world and start his first romantic relationship. Looking for an authentic indie-pop tenor with great comedy chops. Intimacy required for this role.

[JEFF]: (he/him, 30s/40s) Has a mid-level job at a mid-level office and is entering his mid-life crisis — which he is in denial about, so he doubles down on his masculinity and adolescence to keep the fun going long past closing time. Looking for an authentic indie-rock tenor with control over belt and falsetto. Intimacy required for this role.

[LIZ/ AS CAST]: (she/her, 30s/40s) A small-town hairdresser with a relaxed warmth and a comfort in her quiet life after a nasty divorce. Also plays a sketchy FBI Agent, a grocery store employee, and a former high school prom queen. Looking for an authentic indie-pop belter. Intimacy required for this role.

[TRISTAN/ AS CAST]: (male presenting, 20s/30s) A small town librarian who believes in the power of tactile, holdable history. He connects with Arnau, helps him out of his shell and towards a shot at romance. Also plays a sketchy FBI agent, an old man, and a receptionist. Looking for an authentic indie-pop tenor with great comedy chops. Intimacy required for this role.

PIPPIN

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Director: Matthew Gardiner
Music Director: Jon Kalbfleisch
Choreographer: TBA
1st Rehearsal: April 14, 2026
1st Performance: May 12, 2026
Closing: July 26, 2026

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: In a world where nothing is as it seems, Pippin searches for an extraordinary life of purpose and glory, guided by the mysterious Leading Player. Full of soaring music and spectacle, Pippin is a magical exploration of destiny, desire, and self-discovery.

[LEADING PLAYER]: (he/him) The narrator of the story and introduces the characters. Sets the stage of the story for the audience. Watches over Pippin and guides him through his journey. Sly, energetic, crafty. Blurs the lines between reality and performance. Must have great physicality. 30s-50s. Tenor.

[PIPPIN]: (he/him) The young prince and protagonist of the story. Handsome and a bit naïve. Charismatic but confused. Willingness to try everything life has to offer. 20s. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role.

[CHARLES]: (he/him) Pippin’s father. King of the land. Exudes authority and enormous power. Represents political success and glory. 50s-60s. Baritone.

[LEWIS]: (he/him) Pippin’s half-brother. Self-absorbed. Loves weightlifting, wrestling, and his mother, Fastrada. Envious of Pippin. 20s-30s. Tenor. Intimacy required for this role.

[FASTRADA]: (she/her) Charles’ wife and Pippin’s stepmother. Crafty, cunning, calculating. Seductive and only looks out for her and her son’s self-interests. 30s-40s. Mezzo-soprano. Intimacy required for this role.

[BERTHE]: (she/her) Pippin’s grandmother. Leads an easy-going and happy life in the country. Warm, strong, care-free. Teaches Pippin to try to enjoy life to the fullest. 60s. Alto.

[CATHERINE]: (she/her) A widow. Independent and beautiful. Strong-minded and hardworking. Falls in love with Pippin and offers him the stability he didn’t know he was looking for. 30s. Mezzo-soprano. Intimacy required for this role.

[THEO]: (he/him) Catherine’s son. A curious and adorable child. Has a pet duck named Otto. Tenor.

[ENSEMBLE]: Seeking strong singers, dancers, actors to play various roles such as: SOLDIERS, LOVERS, PEASANTS, etc.

WHAT BECAME OF US

The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale
Written by Shayan Lotfi
Director: Ethan Heard
1st Rehearsal: May 22, 2026
1st Performance: June 16, 2026
Closing: July 26, 2026

No roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS: What Became of Us explores the tension between family expectations and personal identity, revealing how the past shapes who we become. A raw, emotional journey about the bonds that both connect and divide us.

NOTE: For this production, we are casting two pairs of actors. Each pair will perform throughout the run, alternating performances. Each pair's characters will be from different diasporic populations. One pair will be from one “Old Country,” and the other pair will be from another “Old Country.” The actors will be using American accents throughout.

[Q]: (she/her) In the winter of her life. Was born in ‘The Old Country’ in the “Global South”, immigrated with her parents to ‘This Country’ in the “Global North” six years later. A devoted daughter, rule-follower, and librarian. Early to mid 60s. This role will be double cast.

[Z]: (he/him) Younger sibling of Q by seven years. First in the family to be born in ‘This Country’. More of a rebel, gender-fluid, a chef. This role will be double cast.