Gloucester Stage Equity & Non-Equity Auditions

Actors for Equity & Non-equity Principal auditions at Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, MA.: Kindly submit a ONE MINUTE monologue OF YOUR CHOICE, (video self-tape) and a headshot and resume to auditions@gloucesterstage.com by February 21. Actors with local housing encouraged to apply. Gloucester Stage welcomes submissions by actors of all races and ethnicities.

SUBMIT TO: auditions@gloucesterstage.com GLORIA  by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins directed by Bryn Boice

First Rehearsal: 5/13

Press open: 6/5

Close: 6/26 GLORIA/ NAN , “extra late” 30’s – any ethnicity, office social-outcast /  alternately,a magazine editor 

LORIN, “sad sad sad sad” guy with earphones  ,” late thirties” , “unclear” ethnicity

DEAN/ DEVIN,  “extra late 20’s” “white” ,  journalist, / alternately, an IT guy

KENDRA/ JENNA,  “mid-late 20’s”, “Asian”---high energy office gossip / alternately, a film producer

ANI/ SASHA/  CALLIE,  “early 20’s” “white”-- receptionist in publishing office/ alternately, an editor/ then an assistant to a film producer

MILES/ SHAWN, “early 20’s” “black” – office intern/ alternately, a Starbucks barista MR FULLERTON, BETWEEN THE SHEETS, by Anne Undeland, directed by Judy Braha

First Rehearsal: 6/7

Press open: 7/3

Close: 7/24 EDITH WHARTON, any ethnicity, a writer, mid-late 40’s, having a sexual awakening, brilliant, witty, intimidating and at times, vulnerable  

MORTON FULLERTON, any ethnicity, a writer, early 40’s, seductive, duplicitous, a devil with joie de vivre

HENRY JAMES, any ethnicity, the writer, 60’s, hates dogs, adores Edith. They are old friends.

POSEY, the Irish Maid, White, 30’s early 40’s, directly addresses the audience, loyal, dutiful, full of life, thrilled by Edith’s writing which she reads clandestinely GRAND HORIZONS  by Bess Wohl directed by Robert Walsh

First Rehearsal: 7/8/22

Press: 7/31

Close: 8/21 BILL - late 70’s married to Nancy for 50 years, any ethnicity

NANCY- late 70’s married to Bill, any ethnicity

BEN, their son, 30’s-40’s, married to Jess, a business person, any ethnicity

BRIAN, their son 30’s -40’s , a drama teacher, any ethnicity

JESS, 30’s, a psychotherapist, married to  Ben, any ethnicity

TOMMY, late 20’s early 30’s, Brian’s on-line hook-up, a bit tawdry, any ethnicity

CARLA, Bill’s “affair”  50’s, 60’s cheerful, frumpy, warm, “an easy laugher”, any ethnicity PARADISE BLUE by Dominique Morisseau directed by Jackie Davis

First rehearsal: 8/2

Press Open: 8/28

Close: 9/18 BLUE, 30’s 40’s, Black, a trumpeter, owner of the Paradise, a jazz club, handsome, ambitious, driven

PUMPKIN, 20’s  30’s, Black, Blue’s girlfriend, cook, housekeeper of The Paradise, “a lovely thing with a soft touch”

CORN,  40’s 50’s, Black, piano man, a romantic (partial nudity) 

P-SAM, late 30’s, Black,  a hustler, sweetalker, percussionist

SILVER, 30’s 40’s, Black, mysterious, alluring, a meeeaaan walk, gritty. ( partial nudity) THE THIN PLACE by Lucas Hnath directed by Dee Dee Batteast

First rehearsal: Sept 6

Press open: Oct 2

Close: Oct 23 HILDA,  30’s 40’s  any ethnicity, searching for connection with her deceased grandmother

LINDA, 60’s any ethnicity, a psychic

SYLVIA, 40’s-60’s Linda’s friend, any ethnicity

JERRY, 40’s -60’s Linda’s cousin, any ethnicity