Theater at Monmouth 2026 Summer Season Equity Principal Actors - Theater at Monmouth Auditions

Theater at Monmouth 2026 Summer Season - Monmouth, ME EPA (Revised)

Theater at Monmouth | Monmouth, ME

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LOCATION

Helen Melledy Hall (Theater at Monmouth)
775 Main Street
Monmouth, ME 04259
White building with green roof located next to Monmouth Fire Station and across from the United Church of Monmouth.

AUDITION DATE

Monday, March 30, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

To schedule an audition appointment please email
boxoffice@theateratmonmouth.org. If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition to the same address. Please frame the video vertically (portrait mode) so that we can see you move as well as hear you speak. Videos should be unlisted YouTube or Vimeo links. Video submission deadline is April 1st, 2026.

PERSONNEL

Dawn McAndrews: Producing Artistic Director & Director, TAMING OF THE SHREW

Hannah Cordes: Director, LITTLE WOMEN

Kristin Clippard: Director, BORN WITH TEETH

Chris Anthony: Director, THE MOUNTAINTOP

Adam P. Blais: Director, Fall Musical – TBD

CONTRACT

$625 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2025 rates

LOA

OTHER DATES

Callbacks (with assigned sides from the plays) will be scheduled and held at a later date. See breakdown for production-specific dates.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Theater at Monmouth's 2026 Season. Rotating repertory season: actors will be cast in at least two productions in the rep and must be available for the entirety of the contract dates. The company does not hire on a show-by-show basis. Some roles will be understudied.

OTHER

Rotating repertory season. Actors of all abilities, disabilities, ethnicities, cultures, and gender identities are encouraged to 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.

Auditions for the fall musical (which is not part of the summer repertory season) will be held at a later date.

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

For more information, visit
https://theateratmonmouth.org/

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting monologues, at least one Shakespeare, totaling no more than three minutes. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. Please indicate in your email if you are based in Maine. The theater is dedicated to continuing to grow its connections with artists throughout Maine.

Breakdown: Theater at Monmouth 2026 Summer Season

TAMING OF THE SHREW

1st Rehearsal: June 23, 2026
Opens: July 10, 2026
Closes: August 23, 2026

Some actors/roles may be double cast.

Seeking:

• Katherine “Kate”: Female, 20s–30s, a “Shrew”
• Petruchio: Male, 20s–30s, suitor to Kate, determined to “tame” her
• Bianca: Female, 20s, Katherine’s younger sister and her opposite
• Baptista: Male, 40s–60s, father to Katherine and Bianca
• Tranio / ensemble: Female/Non-Binary, 20s–30s, servant to Lucentio
• Gremio / ensemble: Male, 40s–60s, older “suitor” to Bianca
• Vincencio / ensemble: Male, 40s–50s, father to Lucentio
• Hortensio: Male, 20s–30s, another suitor to Bianca. Disguises himself as a music teacher to win her affections. Actors with musical ability are encouraged to audition.
• Lucentio: Male, 20s–30s, suitor to Bianca. Disguises himself as a tutor to win her affections.
• Grumio / ensemble: Male/Female/Non-Binary (flexible with age), Petruchio’s servant

THE MOUNTAINTOP

1st Rehearsal: June 30, 2026
Opens: July 17, 2026
Closes: August 22, 2026

Seeking:

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male, Black/African descent, age range 30s–early 40s. Nobel Peace Prize–winning Civil Rights Movement leader. Intelligent and vulnerable. An awe-inspiring orator and impassioned preacher who carries a world of responsibility. The play takes place the night after he delivers a speech in Memphis, Tennessee.
• Camae (Pre-cast): Female, Black/African descent, age range 20s–30s. A young maid at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Opinionated, vibrant, and flirtatious, with an “otherworldly” presence. There is much more to her than is first revealed; she carries a secret.

LITTLE WOMEN

1st Rehearsal: June 26, 2026
Opens: July 24, 2026
Closes: August 21, 2026

Some actors/roles may be double cast.

Seeking:

• Marmee / Aunt March: 40+, female-presenting
• Meg March: 16–26, female-presenting
• Jo March: 15–25, female/non-binary-presenting
• Beth March: 13–21, female-presenting (actors who play the piano are strongly encouraged to audition)
• Amy March: 12–22, female-presenting
• Theodore “Laurie” Laurence: 20s, male/masculine-presenting
• Prof. Bhaer / John Brooke: 20s–40s (flexible), male/masculine-presenting
• Mr. Laurence: 60+, male/masculine-presenting

BORN WITH TEETH

1st Rehearsal: June 30, 2026
Opens: July 31, 2026
Closes: August 22, 2026

Seeking:

• Will Shakespeare: 20s–30s, male-identifying, any ethnicity. An idealistic, curious, driven, slightly naive poet from a small town. Will has a family in Stratford but lives in London. He sympathizes with the characters he writes regardless of their flaws, knows he has something to offer society, and will not be persuaded to betray his values.
• Kit Marlowe: 20s–30s, male-identifying, any ethnicity. Wildly charismatic, witty, sexual, and a spy for Her Majesty in a big world. Kit has an outsized ego and thirst for life. He is playful, calculating, threatening, and seductive as he tests Will in both craft and politics.