Yale Repertory Theatre 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Yale Repertory Theatre Auditions

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE 2026-27 SEASON - NYC EPA REVISED

Yale Repertory Theatre / Drama Productions Inc. | New Haven, CT

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

REVISED

LOCATION

Breakdown updated. Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St, 16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: James Bundy
Artistic Director: Designate: Evan Yionoulis
Associate Artistic Director: Chantal Rodriguez
Casting Director - James Calleri (until 11:30AM)
Casting Director - Paul Davis (after 11:30PM)

BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep - $889 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Paid at $1450 weekly + Pension and Health
Housing in New Haven and economy travel is provided for actors outside a 50-mile radius from New Haven, CT
See breakdown for production-specific dates.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles and understudy roles in Yale Repertory Theatre's 2026-27 Season (see breakdown). Accommodations are welcome for persons with access needs, please contact
YaleRepEPA@gmail.com.

All rehearsals & performances in New Haven, CT. All roles at Yale Rep are understudied. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

Yale Rep is committed to an inclusive casting policy and encourages all actors to audition regardless of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Please refer to character breakdown and descriptions for more details.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 2-3 minute contemporary or classical monologue, your choice; preference for heightened or poetic language; material either by a Yale Rep commissioned writer or from a writer in any Yale Rep season very much appreciated. This information can be found on the Yale Rep website:
https://yalerep.org/2025-26-season/

AUGUST WILSON’S MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM

Directed by Timothy Douglas

Rehearsal period: August 18 – September 24
Technical rehearsals begin: September 25
Previews: October 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Opening: October 8
Closing: October 24

SEEKING:

Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play centers on race, power, ambition, artistry, and survival within the early American music industry. The ensemble should possess strong command of heightened naturalism, musical rhythm, and emotional volatility. Musical ability is an ideally significant asset for the band member roles.

MA RAINEY
Black woman | 40s–50s | Blues Singer
Fierce, commanding, sensual, funny, and shrewdly strategic. Ma understands the exploitative nature of the white-controlled music industry and refuses to surrender authority over her voice, body, or art. She is unapologetically Black, Southern, and self-defined.

LEVEE GREEN
Black man | Late 20s–30s | Trumpeter
Ambitious, charismatic trumpet player with dreams of transforming popular music and escaping poverty. Levee is energetic, flirtatious, volatile, stylish, and ‘wounded’ beneath his bravado.

CUTLER
Black man | 40s–50s | Trombone Player/Bandleader
The practical, steady member of the band. Cutler functions as mediator, protector, and moral anchor within the ensemble.

TOLEDO
Black man | 40s–60s | Pianist
The intellectual philosopher of the band. Toledo is educated, reflective, and politically conscious, often delivering incisive commentary on Black identity, migration, history, and assimilation.

SLOW DRAG
Black man | 40s–60s | Bass Player
Easygoing, humorous, and observant. Slow Drag often diffuses tension with wit and charm, but beneath his laid-back demeanor is a survivor shaped by experience.

DUSSIE MAE
Black woman | 20s–30s
Attractive, flirtatious, and aware of the power her sexuality gives her in male-dominated spaces.

SYLVESTER
Black man | 20s
Ma’s nephew. Earnest, prickly, dignified, and ‘country’ with a pronounced stutter.

IRVIN
White man | 40s–50s
Ma’s manager. Diplomatic, perpetually attempting to manage conflict between Ma and the recording studio executives.

STURDYVANT
White man | 40s–60s
Owner/producer of the recording studio. A perpetrator of the exploitative machinery of the music business.

POLICEMAN
White man | 30s–50s
A Chicago police officer embodying institutional authority.

WATCH ME WALK

Written and performed by Anne Gridley
Directed by Eric Ting
Casting by Stephanie Yankwitt, tbd casting co.

Rehearsal period: Nov 2 - 7
Technical rehearsals begin: Nov 9
Previews: Nov 14 - 18
Opening night: Nov 19
Closing night: Dec 5

Anne has a disease you’ve probably never heard of and it doesn’t have a cure. Watch Me Walk is a hilarious, biting, and compassionate new play about disability, pity, injustice, and family mythologies.

SEEKING:

The roles of Anne Gridley and one Adonis have been cast; looking for performers who can quickly pick up staging and choreography.

ADONIS
Male presenting | 20s-early 30s | Open to all ethnicities
One of Anne's backup performers. Looking for physically fit performers with experience singing & dancing.

ELECTRA AMERICA

By Kate Attwell
Directed by Sivan Battat

Rehearsal period: Nov 17 - Jan 6
Technical rehearsals begin: Jan 7
Previews: Jan 14 - Jan 20
Opening: Jan 21
Closing: Feb 6

SEEKING:

All roles require strong command of fast-paced dialogue and rhythm. Playing ages and gender identity flexible.

ELECTRA
White female | early 20s
Recently returned home after an absence; at war with her family and searching for connection.

CLYTEMNESTRA
White female | 40s-50s
Her commanding, larger-than-life mother.

ORESTES
White male | early to late 20s
Electra's older brother; dramatic and energetic.

CHRYSOTHEMIS
White female | early 20s
Electra's younger sister; the good-girl of the family.

PYLADES
White male | 20s-30s
A youth pastor at the local evangelical church.

LEDA
White female | 60s-70s
Clytemnestra's mother; holds the family's history.

THE SEAGULL

By Anton Chekhov
Newly adapted & Directed by Yura Kordonsky

Rehearsal period: Jan 19 - Feb 25
Technical rehearsals begin: Feb 26
Previews: March 5 - 10
Opening: March 11
Closing: March 27

SEEKING:

Looking for a diverse company of actors to play a collection of volatile and fragile persons.

ARKADINA
Female | early 40s
A fast-paced emotional acrobat who loves her son but | attempts to control his artistic expression.

KONSTANTIN
Male | mid-20s
Struggles to separate from his mother; experiences intense emotions.

SORIN
Male | 60s
Family peacemaker struggling with personal demons.

NINA
Female | early 20s
A luminous young woman who discovers her voice but pays a price.

SHAMRAEV
Male | mid-50s
Estate manager who yearns for artistic camaraderie.

POLINA
Female | late 40s
In love with Dorn but married to Shamraev; emotionally volatile.

MASHA
Female | mid 20s
Hopelessly in love with Konstantin; wears her misery as a badge of honor.

TRIGORIN
Male | mid 30s
Famous writer caught in a complex web of relationships.

DORN
Male | 50-55
A complex individual battling addiction and grappling with his artistic legacy.

MEDVEDENKO
Male | mid 20s
A poor schoolteacher in love with Masha; remains an optimist.

YAKOV
Male | early 20s
Future Konstantin; loves theatre and writes play.

QUISQUEYA ON THE HUDSON

By Guadalís Del Carmen
Directed by Knud Adams

Rehearsal period: March 9th - April 15
Technical rehearsals begin: April 16
Previews: April 23 - 28
Opening: April 29
Closing: May 15

SEEKING:

ROBERTO DE LA CRUZ
Black Dominican | M | 40s
The patriarch; served in WWII as one of the Tuskegee Airmen.

QUISQUEYA DE LA CRUZ
Dominican | F | Late 30s
The matriarch; married young.

CONSUELO GONZALEZ
Black Dominican | F | early to mid 20s
Journalist who arrives in the US after escaping political troubles.

SAMUEL DE LA CRUZ
Black Dominican | M | just turned 18
Senior in high school with dreams beyond his mother's aspirations.

ANDRE HODGES
Black American | M | mid-late 20s
A jazz musician, saxophonist living in the building for nearly eight years.