The Media Theatre 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Media Theatre Auditions

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AUDITION DATE

Monday, June 29, 2026

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (E)

NO BREAK SCHEDULED.

APPOINTMENTS

To request an appointment slot please email casting@mediatheatre.org with the subject line ‘AUDITION REQUEST - (Lastname)” and indicate your preferred time slot.

CONTRACT

LOA

$688 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in The Media Theatre's 2026- 2027 Season (see breakdown).

All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short song. You may be asked for an additional contrasting 16-bar song. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Walnut Street Theatre

825 Walnut St

Philadelphia, PA 19107-5107

6th floor studio.

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Christian Ryan (Artistic Director)

Hannah Catanoso (Associate Choreographer, A Chorus Line)

Val Zvinyatstovsky (Music Director, A Chorus Line) Dana Liu (Production Associate)

OTHER DATES

MURDER FOR TWO

First Rehearsal - Sept 14, 2026

1st Preview - Oct 1, 2026

Opening - Oct 3, 2026

Closing - Oct 18, 2026

CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY First Rehearsal - Nov 9, 2026

1st Preview - Nov 27, 2026

Opening - Nov 28, 2026

Closing - Jan 3, 2027

PETER & THE STARCATCHER

First Rehearsal - Feb 15, 2027

1st Preview - March 5, 2027

Opening - March 6, 2027

Closing - March 21, 2027

A CHORUS LINE

First Rehearsal- April 19, 2027

1st Preview- May 6, 2027

Opening- May 8, 2027

Closing- May 30, 2027

OTHER

mediatheatre.org

A Dance callback will be held June 29th, at 4:00PM.

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.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Breakdown

MEDIA THEATRE 2026 - 2027 SEASON

NOTE: All youth auditions will be at a later date

MURDER FOR TWO

TRACK 1: 25-45. MARCUS MOSCOWICZ (An ambitious young officer) THE CHIEF (Marcus’s grizzled boss) and VANESSA (Marcus’s former partner)

TRACK 2: 25-45. the Suspects; DAHLIA WHITNEY (The victim’s loopy widow) MURRAY AND BARB FLANDON (The Whitney’s bickering neighbors), STEPH WHITNEY (An overeager grad student), BARRETTE LEWIS (A self incriminating ballerina), DR. GRIFF (A friendly local psychiatrist) TIMMY, YONKERS, AND SKID (Members of an antiquated boys’ choir), and HENRY VIVALDI (A late arrival)

CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

SEEKING:

WILLY WONKA: (A2-G4) 35-50. The sly, charming star of the show.

GRANDPA JOE: (G#2-G4) 60-80. Charlie's imaginative, fun, kind and loving paternal grandfather. MRS. BUCKET: (G3-E5) 30-60. Charlie's warm and kind-hearted mother.

CHARLIE BUCKET: Sweet, smart, hopeful and loving. Vocal range: F5-G#3

AUGUSTUS GLOOP: Rampantly over-active. Male. Vocal range: G5-Bb3

VERUCA SALT: Vicious and determined. Female. Vocal range: Db5-Ab4

VIOLET BEAUREGARDE: Confident, forward, and full of attitude. Female. Vocal range: F#5-C#4

MIKE TEAVEE: A fireplug with a ridiculous amount of energy. Vocal range: Bb4-G3

MRS. GLOOP: (Bb3-D5) 35-60. Augustus’ Strong-willed mother, indulgent of her son’s overeating. MR. SALT: (Ab2-Ab4) 35-60. Veruca’s intimidating father who lives only for his sweet little child. MR. BEAUREGARDE: (F3-G4) 35-60. Violet's father, who is just as competitive and boastful as his daughter. MRS. TEAVEE: (G3-Eb5) 35-60. Mike’s mother who allows television and computers to parent her son.

PETER & THE STARCATCHER

SEEKING:

BLACK STACHE: 30-50. A notorious pirate, terrorizing the seven seas in search of a worthy adversary.

MOLLY ASTER: A young girl and Starcatcher apprentice who is taken aboard the Neverland as precious cargo. Female, 13 to 25.

BOY/PETER: A lonely and hardened orphan who doesn't miss much. Nameless, homeless, and friendless at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end. Male, 13 to 25.

PRENTISS: An orphan, ambitious, hyper articulate, and logical. Male, 13 to 25.

TED: An orphan obsessed with food. A natural performer with easy wit and quite poetic language. Male, 13 to 25 GREMPKIN: 40-60. The schoolmaster of St. Norbert's Orphanage for Lost Boys.

MRS. BUMBRAKE: 40-60. Molly's nanny, a stereotypical British cad and outfitted with the duty of teaching Molly about womanhood.

BILL SLANK: 35 to 55. The vicious orphaned captain of the Neverland.

SMEE: 25-55 . Black Stache's first mate.

ALF: 50-65. A seafarer, an old sea dog proud of his tenure.

LORD LEONARD ASTER: 40-60. Molly's father, a loyal subject to the Queen.

CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON: 35-45. Lord Aster's old school friend, the captain of the Wasp, Britain's fastest frigate.

A CHORUS LINE

SEEKING:

ZACH: (Baritone) 40s. The director and choreographer of the show for which the dancers are auditioning. LARRY: (Tenor) 25+. Zach’s assistant who teaches and demonstrates the audition dances.

DON KERR: (D3-F#4.) Ladies’ man, married, and into cars, money, and women.

BOBBY MILLS: (Eb3-C4) Flamboyant, funny and witty. Very sharp tongued.

MARK ANTHONY: (E3-G34) 18 onstage. Optimistic; first-timer; naïve but charming.

MIKE COSTA: (F3-G#4) 20-25. Quite aggressive, determined, cocky, sure of himself, but likeable. RICHIE WALTERS: (D3-A4) From Missouri. Enthusiastic, cool and very funny.

AL DELUCA: (E3-G#4) 25. From the Bronx.

PAUL SAN MARCO: (C#3-F#4) Introverted and slightly insecure but loves performing; only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents.

GREGORY GARDENER: (D3-E4) 25. Quite a smart-alec.

CASSIE FERGUSON: (A3-C#5) 30-35. Returning to the chorus after years of being a featured performer. DIANA MORALES: (G3-C#5) 22-30. A streetwise Latina who is a little bit tough, and eternal optimist. JUDY TURNER: (G#3-C#5) Funny, gawky, nervous. Warm and hopeful. Tall.

VAL CLARK: (G#3-C#5) Sassy, funny. A foul-mouthed but excellent dancer who couldn’t get performing jobs because of her looks until she had plastic surgery.

BEBE BENZENHEIMER: (F#3-C#5) 18-25. Very insecure about her looks and tries to be funny to cover her insecurities.

CONNIE WONG: (C4-D5) Experienced dancer. Married. Petite. A bit of a mother hen with a great sense of humor. Born in Chinatown, New York. Should believably play 4’10’’.

KRISTINE URICH: (Cb4-Eb5) 18-25. Al’s scatter-brained wife who can’t sing. She is awkward, anxious and hilarious. MAGGIE WINSLOW: (A3-E5) A sweetheart, little sister type. Dreamer.