BLACK NATIVITY Equity Principal Actors - Intiman Theatre Company Auditions

BLACK NATIVITY - Seattle, WA EPA

Intiman Theatre Company | Seattle, WA

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, July 15, 2026
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM (P)

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please email:
casting@intiman.org.

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre

CONTRACT

$706 weekly minimum - 2025 rate

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BLACK NATIVITY (See

BREAKDOWN

).

PREPARATION

Please prepare the following Side:
Audition Side.

LOCATION

Seattle Central College - Fine Arts Building
801 E. Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
At the corner of Harvard Ave. Please knock on the brown wooden doors upon arrival.

PERSONNEL

Playwright: Langston Hughes
Expected to attend:
Director: Valerie Curtis-Newton
Assistant Director: Dedra Woods
Music Director: Sam L. Townsend Jr.
Choreographer: Vania C. Bynum
Intiman Artistic Director: Jennifer Zeyl
Casting Associate: Pilar O’Connell

OTHER DATES

Callbacks: July 16, 4 pm - 8 pm
First Rehearsal: November 23
Tech: December 5 - December 10
Final Dress: December 8
Preview: December 9
Opening: December 10
Closing: December 27

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

CONTRACT

s 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.

BREAKDOWN

BLACK NATIVITY

SYNOPSIS: Langston Hughes’ gospel song-play returns! Featuring 30 performers, a live band, powerful vocals, a citywide gospel choir — and a chance to sing along. The magic and joy of the Christmas story is brought to life with vivid colors, dance and music. A joyful holiday celebration for all ages and beliefs that will have you leaping to your feet…

“The Christmas story in dialogue, narrative, pantomime, gospel song and folk spirituals – the unique creation of the poet and playwright Langston Hughes… ‘His tone has that intimate, elusive, near-tragic, near-comic sound of the Negro blues, and is equally defiant of analysis’ is how a critic described this work by Langston Hughes, who mentions Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman as his main literary influences. As a young man, Hughes participated enthusiastically in the activities of the Karamu Players in Cleveland, and later he was to found Negro theater in Harlem, Los Angeles, and Chicago. He wrote a number of plays and musicals and then came to his own special creation which calls ‘the Gospel Song-Play’... which is Black Nativity.” Source: Dramatic Publishing

Note: Experience with performing gospel choir vocals is a plus.

SEEKING:

Narrator/Mary - Black Femme 20s-30s
Narrator/Joseph/Shepard/Wiseman - THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - Black, male, 30-50s
Narrator/Shepard/Wiseman - THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - Black, Male, 30-50s
Narrator/Old Woman - THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - Black, Female, 50s-70s
Narrator/Woman - THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - Black, Female, 40s-50s
Please note that we are also

SEEKING

ensemble members who may be available to step into the production if replacements become necessary. Additionally, because this casting and recruitment process occurs annually, we welcome interested ensemble performers for consideration both for the current production and for future opportunities.