Washington Stage Guild | Washington, DC
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
10:30 AM - 6:30 PM (E)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Actors will be seen on a first come, first served basis, upon checking in at the holding area. Doors will open for sign-up at 10:00 am.
SPT
$538 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in Washington Stage Guild's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). Actors from the DC/MD/VA area are encouraged to attend. Washington Stage Guild encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
Please prepare a brief monologue, showing verbal/mental dexterity. We prefer that you avoid Shakespeare. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Undercroft Theatre in Mt. Vernon Plc.
Methodist Church
900 Massachusetts Ave
Washington, DC 20001
The church sits at the point formed by the intersections of 9th St, Massachusetts Avenue and K St, NW. Please enter the theatre lobby through the double red door at the street level on the Massachusetts Ave side, under the front of the church.
Alan Wade: Director – HAPPY DAYS
Expected to attend:
Bill Largess: Artistic Director, Director/Adapter – CAESAR & CLEOPATRA
Steven Carpenter: Associate Artistic Director, Director – THE ONE GOOD THING
Morgan Duncan: Director – ACCUSED!
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
www.stageguild.org
Direct questions/inquiries to:
WSGAuditions@gmail.com
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Joe Bravaco, Playwright
Steven Carpenter, Director
1st Rehearsal: Sept. 2, 2025
Tech: Sept. 20-21, 2025
Previews: Sept. 25 – 27, 2025
Opening: Sep. 28, 2025
Closing: Oct. 19, 2025
JAMIE (30s; male presenting) a primary school teacher, gay. Open and honest, a dedicated son and brother. Irish accent.
TOMMY (late 20s; male presenting) Jamie’s brother, an artist, married, late 20s, robust, wants to be a good father. Irish accent.
Patricia Milton, Playwright
Morgan Duncan, Director
1st Rehearsal: week of Oct. 27, 2025
Tech: Nov. 15-16, 2025
Previews: Nov. 20-22, 2025
Opening: Nov. 23, 2025
Closing: Dec. 14, 2025
Casting Note: As a sequel to the last two seasons’ THE VICTORIAN LADIES’ DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE and ESCAPE FROM THE ASYLUM, this production will utilize four of the same cast members. We will consider submissions for replacements/understudies for those roles, and will welcome a new actor for the fifth role.
LOVEDAY FORTESCUE: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (40s-50s; female presenting) - a former actress. A proto-feminist, who is intellectual, philosophical, and dramatic. Victorian era expectations of women infuriate and preoccupy her.
VALERIA HUNTER: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (50s-60s; female presenting) - a widow, cat lady and Loveday's sister, who owns the Hunter Lodging House. Somewhat nervous but overcomes this when her services are required.
KATHERINE (KATIE) SMALLS: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (late 20s-40s; female presenting) - a biracial American ex-patriot and entertainer at The St. James Theatre. Born in Virginia, later moved to become an actress in New York, then relocated to London. Trained in various martial arts & fighting techniques. Badass American, determined, matter-of-fact.
MAN: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (40s-50s; male presenting) DEACON MORRIS MANLEY - a leader of the Muscular Christians. LORD PHILIP IAN ALBERT – Conservative MP and a dedicated gardener. MONSIEUR HENRI BLANCMANGE - a smarmy Francophile.
WOMAN: (30s; female presenting) ALLISON TINGLEPENNY - an anarchist afraid for her life. INSPECTOR MARY PERKINS - Member of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan police, focused on anarchist activity, tough demeanor. British accents.
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
Alan Wade, Director
1st Rehearsal: week of Jan. 5, 2026
Tech: Jan. 24-25, 2026
Previews: Jan. 29-31, 2026
Opening: Feb. 1, 2026
Closing: Feb. 22, 2026
WINNIE: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (50s-60s; female presenting) - eternally optimistic and endlessly loquacious, with obsessive tendencies.
WILLIE: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (60s; male presenting) Winnie's husband, apathetic and very rarely speaks, only begrudgingly offering responses to his wife.
Bill Largess, Adapter, from George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
Bill Largess, Director
1st Rehearsal: week of Mar. 16, 2026
Tech: Apr. 4-5, 2026
Previews: Apr. 9-11, 2026
Opening: Apr. 12, 2026
Closing: May 3, 2026
CAESAR (40s-50s; male presenting) Witty and determined, always the smartest person in the room. Vain and sensitive about his baldness.
CLEOPATRA (teens-20s, female presenting) The young queen, petulant and short-tempered at first. Under Caesar's guidance she matures, although she makes fun of him when she can.
RUFIO (40s, male presenting) Caesar's second in command, a gruff and down-to-Earth Roman soldier.
FTATATEETA (40s-60s, female presenting) Cleopatra's nurse who intimidates her. Proud of her position, she has no patience for the queen's fondness for Caesar.
MAN (30s-50s, male presenting) POTHINUS - An Egyptian official who opposes both Caesar and Cleopatra. Imperious and wily, he schemes against anyone who opposes him. THE SENTRY - a loyal Roman soldier who is cowed by Ftatateeta.
APOLLODORUS (30s-40s, male presenting) A Sicilian merchant who is pleasure-loving and charming. He amuses Caesar and flatters Cleopatra, which she enjoys. Both Romans and Egyptians regard him as a foreigner.
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