Signature Theatre 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Signature Theatre Auditions

Signature Theatre 2026-27 Season - Arlington, VA EPA

Signature Theatre | Arlington, VA

Notice: Audition • Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Signature Theatre Education Studios
2784 S. Arlington Mill Dr
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E), Arlington, VA 22206
Lunch: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Holding room - Classroom 2)

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

No advanced appointments. Equity members will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. A sign-up sheet will be started at 9:30 AM. See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

Charlotte Sandor, Casting Director / Artistic Associate

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1,213 weekly minimum (LORT B)
$889 weekly minimum (LORT D)

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Signature Theatre's 2026–27 season (see breakdown). An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Signature Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote inclusion. Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, ages, and performers with disabilities to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Signature Theatre is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, services, programs, and activities. We strive to create a comfortable and safe space for artists to do their best work; 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 a short song. Auditions may not exceed 3 minutes total. An accompanist will be provided; please bring sheet music. Also bring a copy of your headshot and resume stapled back-to-back. Always bring your Equity card to EPAs.

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Book by George Furth
Music by Stephen Sondheim
Director & Choreographer: Matthew Gardiner
Music Director: Jon Kalbfleisch

1st Rehearsal: July 28, 2026
1st Performance: August 25, 2026
Closing: November 1, 2026

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

A compelling musical fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success, written with the theatrically inventive concept of beginning the story at the end of a friendship and moving backwards in time. Merrily We Roll Along follows the relationship between three friends through the good and bad times and ends in the climax at the start of their careers, facing their bright futures together.

SEEKING

[FRANKLIN SHEPARD]: THIS ROLE IS CAST. (he/him) 35–45. Baritone. Best friends with Charley and Mary. A bright-eyed optimist in NYC with big dreams. He ranges from an influential composer to a successful film producer; it comes with a cost. Handsome and talented but sometimes misled, tragic and tormented. Intimacy is required for this role.

[CHARLEY KRINGAS]: THIS ROLE IS CAST. (he/him) 35–45. Baritenor. A simple but stubborn man and talented lyricist. Best friends with Frank and Mary. Has dreams as big as Frank but values his friendships and family over fame.

[MARY FLYNN]: THIS ROLE IS CAST. (she/her) 35–45. Mezzo with belt. An aspiring novelist turned theatre critic. Best friends with Charley and Frank. Witty, bitter, and sarcastic.

[BETH SPENCER]: (she/her) 35–45. Soprano. Frank’s first love, ex-wife, and mother of his child, Franklin Jr. A downtrodden housewife who was once a sweet Midwestern romantic trying to chase big dreams. Intimacy is required for this role.

[JOE JOSEPHSON]: THIS ROLE IS CAST. (he/him) 45–55. Baritone. Gussie Carnegie’s first husband. Big and boisterous Broadway producer who later falls on hard times.

[GUSSIE CARNEGIE]: THIS ROLE IS CAST. (she/her) 35–45. Mezzo-soprano with belt. Frank’s second wife. Brassy and in love with Frank. An up-and-coming Broadway star. Intimacy is required for this role.

[FRANKLIN SHEPARD, JR.]: (he/him) age 5–8. Beth and Frank’s son. Energetic and full of hope. Sings well.

[ENSEMBLE / AS CAST]: (8 actors) Seeking strong actors, singers, and movers to play a number of roles. Ages 25–50.

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale
Book, Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Director & Choreographer: Matthew Gardiner
Music Director: Marika Contouris

1st Rehearsal: Friday, September 18, 2026
1st Performance: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Closing: Sunday, December 13, 2026

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

A funny and heart-wrenching new musical centered around a small-town math teacher who reluctantly agrees to coach a misfit student for the 1996 State Thespian Competition. Enter the teacher’s new outspoken boyfriend and the devout school secretary, and he soon has trouble navigating his carefully compartmentalized life.

SEEKING

[RICKY ALLEMAN]: (he/him) 30s. Tenor. Math teacher. In the closet at his conservative, small-town high school, but has a romantic life outside of work. Passionate and optimistic, careful and a people-pleaser, caught between public and private lives.

[SAM (SAMANTHA) BUCKNAM]: (she/her) 18+ to play 17. Alto/Mezzo. High school student from a working-class home. A tomboy with theater kid energy. Funny, wry, impulsive. Sam forges a connection with Ricky and navigates questions about queer identity.

[MICHAEL HALLETT]: (he/him or Non-Binary) 30s. Baritenor. Bookstore owner. Exuberant, joyful, kind, unapologetically queer and out. Pushes the envelope rather than working with the system.

[DEDE ROZENEL]: (she/her) 40s–50s. Mezzo. High school administrative secretary. Traditional but self-aware, a protector who becomes more liberal as her friendship with Ricky deepens.

THE SECRET GARDEN

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Book by Marsha Norman
Music by Lucy Simon
Director: Ethan Heard
Choreographer: Kelly D’Amboise
Music Director: Bill Yanesh

1st Rehearsal: Friday, November 6, 2026
1st Performance: Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Closing: Sunday, February 14, 2027

All parts to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his sickly son Colin. The estate's many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the Dreamers, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden's compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.

SEEKING

[MARY LENOX]: (she/her) age 11. Soprano. The orphaned child of Albert and Rose Craven. Innate curiosity and resilience. British accent required.

[ARCHIBALD CRAVEN]: (he/him) 35–45. Baritone with falsetto. Mary’s uncle and proprietor of Misselthwaite Manor. Plagued with grief but has a tender side.

[DR NEVILLE CRAVEN]: (he/him) 35–45. Baritone with dark resonance. A self-important physician and Colin’s obsessive caretaker.

[COLIN CRAVEN]: (he/him) age 10. Youth voice, tenor. Archibald's ten-year-old son. Sickly and bedridden; uses authority and tantrums to get what he wants.

[MARTHA SOWERBY]: (she/her) 20–25. Mezzo with belt. A young chambermaid who befriends Mary. Warm and straight-talking. Yorkshire accent required.

[DICKON SOWERBY]: (he/him) 18–25. Tenor. Martha’s brother—agile, otherworldly, charming, spiritually connected to nature.

[BEN WEATHERSTAFF]: (he/him) 50s–60s. Baritenor. Head gardener entrusted with the garden’s care. Yorkshire accent required.

[LILY CRAVEN]: (she/her) early 30s. Soprano. Archibald’s wife who died tragically ten years before. Her spirit haunts Misselthwaite. British accent required.

[MRS. MEDLOCK]: (she/her) 30s–60s, age flexible. Archibald’s housekeeper. Cold and severe. Yorkshire accent required.

[CAPTAIN ALBERT LENNOX]: (he/him) mid-30s. Tenor. Mary’s father, stationed in India; dies in the cholera epidemic and watches over Mary from beyond. British accent required.

[ROSE LENNOX]: (she/her) 30–35. Soprano. Mary’s mother and Lily’s sister. Dies during the cholera epidemic; British accent required.

[AYAH]: (she/her) 20s–30s. Mezzo-soprano. South Asian. Mary’s caretaker in India; dies in the cholera epidemic and watches over Mary from beyond.

[FAKIR]: (he/him) 20s–30s. Tenor. South Asian. Dies in the cholera epidemic and watches over Mary from beyond.

[ENSEMBLE / AS CAST]: (4 actors) Seeking strong actors, singers, and movers to play a number of roles. Ages 25–50.

THE MONSTERS

The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale
Playwright: Ngozi Anyanwu
Director: TBD

1st Rehearsal: Friday, January 8, 2027
1st Preview: Tuesday, February 2, 2027
Closing: Sunday, March 21, 2027

No roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

A sibling love story about reunions, resentment, reconnection, and wrestling with demons. For a long time, Lil has been obsessed with fighting, and one fighter in particular: her older brother Big, an aging but successful figure in the local Mixed Martial Arts circuit. But she’s been doing it all from afar until one day when she decides to show up on his doorstep.

SEEKING

[BIG]: (he/him) 30s–40s. Black, tattooed. Lil's older brother. A Mixed Martial Arts fighter on their way out. Strong, physically imposing, a strong mover. Keeps feelings close to the chest; when they speak it's searingly honest.

[LIL]: (she/her) 20s. Black. Big's younger sister. A Mixed Martial Arts fighter on their way up. Scrappy, talkative, yearning, and a strong mover. Physically a match for Big—strong, tall, solid.

A MOUNTAIN FOR ELODIE

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Written and Performed by Benjamin Scheuer
Director: Séimí Campbell

1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 16, 2027
1st Preview: Tuesday, March 16, 2027
Closing: Sunday, April 18, 2027

No roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

When his daughter Elodie is born, Ben realizes the closure he thought he’d found with his own long-dead father needs to be re-examined in this heartbreaking new show from Benjamin Scheuer, creator of the Drama Desk Award–winning The Lion.

SEEKING

[BEN]: (he/him) THIS ROLE IS CAST. Writer and performer.

[DELILAH]: (she/her) The show’s pianist and Ben’s wife. An illustrator from Wales who moves to the U.S. with Ben. Excellent pianist and Welsh accent required.

LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS

The ARK Theatre: LORT D Scale
Written by John Leguizamo
Director: TBA

1st Rehearsal: Friday, March 26, 2027
1st Preview: Tuesday, April 20, 2027
Closing: Sunday, June 6, 2027

No roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

When John takes a peek at his son’s history textbooks, he is shocked to find nothing about the impact of Latin culture over thousands of years. Excited to share his heritage with his son, John dives deep, exploring everything from the Mayans to modern-day heroes.

SEEKING

[JOHN]: Male, 30s–40s. Our lecturer: knowledgeable and appreciative of Latin history, with an acerbic sense of humor and the comic agility to embody dozens of characters, while maintaining warmth and charisma to connect with the audience.

URINETOWN

The MAX Theatre: LORT B Scale
Music by Mark Hollmann
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis
Book by Greg Kotis
Director: TBA
Music Director: TBA
Choreographer: TBA

1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, May 11, 2027
1st Preview: Tuesday, June 8, 2027
Closing: Sunday, August 1, 2027

All roles to be understudied.

SYNOPSIS

A side-splitting sendup of greed, love, revolution (and musicals!) set in a Gotham-like city suffering a terrible water shortage caused by a 20-year drought. Private toilets are banned; citizens must use public amenities regulated by a malevolent company that profits by charging admission for water. Amid the people, a hero plans a revolution to lead them to freedom. Winner of three Tony Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself.

SEEKING

[OFFICER LOCKSTOCK]: (he/him) 30s–50s. Baritone. A corrupt policeman and narrator. Playfully matter-of-fact about the bleak world around him.

[LITTLE SALLY]: (she/her) 20s. Soprano. A wide-eyed, scrappy, bluntly observant street urchin. Excellent comic timing required.

[BOBBY STRONG]: (he/him) 20s–30s. Tenor. Works for Penelope Pennywise at the poorest urinal in town. An unlikely revolutionary with an unbreakable spirit.

[CALDWELL B. CLADWELL]: (he/him) 50s–60s. Baritone with bass notes. A greedy and deceitful businessman and proprietor of Urine Good Company.

[HOPE CLADWELL]: (she/her) 20s. Soprano. The educated and naïve daughter of the wealthiest man in town, admired for her beauty and open heart; becomes determined to stand up for the exploited.

[PENELOPE PENNYWISE]: (she/her) 40s–50s. Soprano with belt. No-nonsense warden of the poorest urinal in town. Brash demeanor masking personal desperation and a deep secret.

[OFFICER BARREL]: (he/him) 30s–50s. Baritone with bass notes. A policeman and thuggish sidekick to Lockstock. Not the brightest; blindly follows orders.

[MR. MCQUEEN]: (he/him) 20s–30s. Tenor. Cladwell’s sycophantic personal assistant.

[SENATOR FIPP]: (he/him) 40s–50s. A corrupt politician enabling Cladwell; deep down has a conscience but no spine.

[OLD MAN STRONG / HOTBLADES HARRY]: (he/him) 50s+. Baritone. Bobby Strong’s father. Tough and unable to afford the urinal fee; his act of defiance ignites a revolution. Will double as Hotblades Harry.

[JOSEPHINE STRONG]: (she/her) 50s+. Mezzo-soprano. Tough and levelheaded; believes in her son and helps organize the revolution.