Vivid Stage 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Vivid Stage Auditions

VIVID STAGE 2026-27 SEASON - SUMMIT, NJ EPA

Vivid Stage | Summit, NJ

Notice: Audition

Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, August 20, 2026
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS

This call will be run on a 1st come, 1st served basis with audition venue will be opened at 9am on the morning of the audition.

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre

CONTRACT

$333 weekly minimum - 2025-26 rate

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Vivid Stage's 2026-27 Season (See

BREAKDOWN

).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a comedic, contemporary monologue, no more than two-minutes in length. Please bring your picture and resume, attached back-to-back.

LOCATION

Vivid Stage
120 Morris Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Oakes Center

Directions to the Oakes Center: Take NJ Transit, either bus or train, to the downtown Summit stop. Walk down Broad Street approximately ½ mile, make a right on Ashwood (dry cleaner on corner). Make first left onto Morris Avenue. Theatre is on the corner between Ashwood and Russell. Enter in the Russell Place alley on the side of the building.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: Laura Ekstrand

OTHER DATES

See

BREAKDOWN

for production specific dates.

Season First Rehearsal: September 14, 2026
Season Closing Performance: April 18, 2027
Performance Schedule: Thurs-Sat @ 8:00, Sun @ 2:00

OTHER

https://www.vividstage.org/

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

VIVID STAGE 2026-27 SEASON

Theatre's statement: We are actively

SEEKING

to increase our knowledge of a diverse pool of actors. Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to attend. Although many roles are cast from our ensemble, we draw on actors we meet for productions, readings and other projects as well as future opportunities.

All roles for the Season have been cast.

B.I.N.G.O. OR BRITTNEY ISLE'S NICE GERIATRIC ORGY

Written by: Erin Mallon
Rehearsals: September 14 - October 7, 2026
Run: October 8 - 18, 2026

All characters are 55+

SEEKING

(Replacements only for the following roles):

• Barb – coiled tightly within herself, married to Rick
• Rick – married to Barb and only married to Barb, is there life outside of being married to Barb?
• Athena – the leader, a liberated woman, married to Terrance
• Terrance – devotee of brutal honesty and button-down shirts, married to Athena
• Lorraine – wide-eyed widow and librarian-in-training, does everything she's supposed to … until now?
• Viktor – Greek, widower, quiet lover of music and food and experience and culture and travel

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Written by: Catherine Butterfield
Rehearsals: January 25 - February 17, 2027
Run: February 18 - 28, 2027

SEEKING

(Replacements only for the following roles):

• YOU, Claire, a mommy-to-be, 40ish
• YOUR HUSBAND, Cliff, a daddy-to-be, similarly aged

The following characters must be flexible, fun performers who enjoy playing multiple, well-defined roles:

• NARRATOR #1, female
• NARRATOR #2, male
• ENSEMBLE PLAYER #1, female
• ENSEMBLE PLAYER #2, male

IT'S YOU

Written by: Laura Ekstrand
Rehearsals: March 15 - April 7, 2027
Run: April 8 - 18, 2027

SEEKING

(Replacements only for the following roles):

• TRACK 1: (WOMAN, 35-45) LILY, LEIGHTON, LUNA, LEGACY
• TRACK 2: (MAN, 35-45) GRANT, GREG, GUNTHER, GIOVANNI, GADGET