Theatre Espresso 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - Theatre Espresso Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Monday, August 11, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email Artistic Director, Shelley Bolman, at:

auditions@theatreespresso.org.

CONTRACT

TYA
2024-25 minimums:
$15 per hour minimum - Rehearsal
$95.50 per performance minimum
TYA (Tier II)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Theatre Espresso's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). All principal roles are cast. However, we maintain an active company of understudies to fill in throughout the season. Local actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a one-minute monologue of your choice. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139-4106
2nd Floor - Studio.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Shelley Bolman (Artistic Director)
Nicole Vander Laan (Stage Manager)

OTHER DATES

Rehearsal: Rehearsals for all shows will be held between Sep 9 – Oct 17
Performances: All FIVE shows will be available to tour from Oct 20, 2025 - Jun 18, 2026

OTHER

All rehearsals and performances take place in the Greater Boston area.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

Theatre Espresso 2025-26 Season

Note that the gender/race of the characters are indicated where important to the story, but we will enthusiastically consider actors of any gender/identity. All principal roles are cast. However, we maintain an active company of understudies to fill in throughout the season.

AMERICAN TAPESTRY

Written by Megan Cooper, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson
Director: Shelley Bolman

SEEKING

• Carmella Teoli – Woman, any race
• Mrs. Teoli/Ensemble - Woman, any race
• Mrs. Wannarzyk/Ensemble - Woman, any race
• Mrs. Wade/Ensemble - Woman, any race
• Victoria/Ensemble - Woman, any race
• Mr. Teoli/Ensemble - Man, any race
• Chairman Henry - Man, any race
• Samuel Goldberg/Ensemble - Man, any race
• Father Milanese/Ensemble - Man, any race

JUSTICE AT WAR - THE JAPANESE INTERMENT CAMPS

Written by Mimi Katano, Wendy Lement, and Jordan Winer
Director: Shelley Bolman

SEEKING

• General John L. DeWitt – Man, Caucasian
• Solicitor General Fahey - any gender, any race
• Mitsuye Endo - Woman, Asian
• Purcell - any gender, any race
• Chief Justice Stone - any gender, any race
• Bailiff - any gender, any race

THE TRIAL OF ANTHONY BURNS

Written by Bethany Dunakin and Wendy Lement
Director: Shelley Bolman

SEEKING

• Anthony Burns - any gender, African American
• Rev. Grimes/Ensemble - any gender, African American
• Colonel Suttle/Wendell Phillips - Man, Caucasian
• Louisa May Alcott/Ensemble - Woman, any race
• Richard Henry Dana/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
• Judge Edward Loring/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
• State Senate Chairman/Ensemble - any gender, Caucasian

UPRISING ON KING STREET

Written by Christopher Robin Cook, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson
Director: Shelley Bolman

SEEKING

• Robert Paine/Ensemble – Man, Caucasian
• Captain Preston/Ensemble - Any gender, any race
• Benjamin Burdick, Richard Palmes/Ensemble - Any gender, any race
• Samuel Adams/Andrew/Ensemble - Any gender, African American
• John Adams/Ensemble – Man, any race
• Abigail Adams, Phyllis Wheatley, Judge Trowbridge – Woman, African American

NINE WHO DARED

Written by Wendy Lement, Derek Nelson, and Clifford Odle
Director: Shelley Bolman

SEEKING

• Rev Crenshaw, Jefferson Thomas, Terence Roberts/Ensemble – Man, African American
• Daisy Bates, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown - Woman, African American
• Vice Principal Huckaby/Ensemble – Woman, Caucasian
• Melba Pattillo - Woman, African American
• Ernest Green - Man, African American
• Governor Faubus/Ensemble – Man, Caucasian