Portland Stage Company | Portland, ME
Portland , ME
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Monday, June 30, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$799 weekly minimum (LORT D - Protected)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Portland Stage
Company's 2025 - 2026 season (see breakdown).
No roles will be understudied.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short monologue (2-minutes or less). Please bring your headshot and
resume stapled together.
LOCATION
The Sheen Center
18 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10012
Holding room - Studio B
PERSONNEL
DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST
by Brent Askari
Diector: Lisa DiFranza
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens
Director: Michael Dix Thomas
LEND ME A TENOR
by Ken Ludwig
Director: Kevin R. Free
2026 Clauder Winner
See Breakdown
Director: TBD
OUR TOWN
by Thornton Wilder
Director: Todd Brian Backus
THE LAUGH TRACK
by Wendy MacLeod
Director: Christopher Grabowski
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Jenn Haltman - Casting Director
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
OTHER DATES
DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST
1st Rehearsal: 10/7/25
Opening: 10/31/25
Closing: 10/13/2024
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
1st Rehearsal: 11/11/25
Opening: 12/6/25
Closing: 12/24/25
LEND ME A TENOR
1st Rehearsal: 1/6/26
Opening: 1/30/26
Closing: 2/22/26
2026 Clauder Winner
1st Rehearsal: 2/10/26
Opening: 3/6/26
Closing: 3/22/26
OUR TOWN
1st Rehearsal: 3/10/26
Opening: 4/3/26
Closing 4/26/26
THE LAUGH TRACK
1st Rehearsal: 4/14/26
Opening: 5/8/26
Closing: 5/31/26
OTHER
portlandstage.org
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity鈥檚 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 t auditions.
BREAKDOWN
PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY 2025 - 2026 SEASON
DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST
SYNOPSIS: A fast and loose comedy about those who take care of their own. Part Hot Fuzz and part Murder She Wrote, Askari's play examines the underbelly of life on an island in Maine. As the summer season approaches, Gerrard is warned by the locals that his investigation might not be "good for business," and he'll have to choose to stick to his guns or fold.
SEEKING:
GERRARD: 30s-early 40s. Male. A small-town cop in a place where nothing much happens.
BETTY: 30s. Female. Waitress at Nadeau's Diner. Pretty. Opinionated.
WOMAN: 50s-60s. Female. Doubles as MARGIE, Gerard's mother and EDITH, the owner and
chairman of Blake Wholesalers.
MAN: 40s-60s. Male. Doubles as LOUIS the local landscaper and suitor of Margie, DICK the owner of the marina, and COLE a lobsterman with a claw hand.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens
Director: Michael Dix Thomas
1st Rehearsal: 11/11/25
Opening: 12/6/25
Closing: 12/24/25
FULLY CAST.
LEND ME A TENOER
SYNOPSIS: An evening of hijinks, mistaken identity, and chance encounters. Following the belated
arrival of Il Stupendo, Max does his best to keep the star calm and makes sure he gets the rest he
needs. Unfortunately, after giving Stupendo a double dose of his sleeping pills Max needs to don
Pagliacci, the clown鈥檚, makeup to do the show, but can he sing as well as the greatest tenor of the
generation? After the show multiple women want to sleep with Il Stupendo, but when Max finds a body missing, will he save his career? Or his relationship?
SEEKING:
MAX: Late 20s-30s. Male. Assistant to Saunders, Opera lover. Will sing in the play.
MAGGIE: Late 20s-30s. Female. Max's girlfriend, who has a thing for tenors.
SAUNDERS: 40s-50s. Male. Maggie's father. Manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company.
TITO MERELLI: 30s-50s. Male. A world-famous tenor, known by his fans as 鈥淚l Stupendo鈥�. Will sing in the play.
MARIA: 30s.50s. Female. Tito's wife, not always a fan of Il Stupendo.
BELLHOP: 20s-40s. A bellhop, and fan of Il Stupendo. Will sing in the play.
DIANA: 20s-30s. Female. A soprano looking to get ahead.
JULIA: 50s-60s. Female. Chairwoman of the Opera Guild.
2026 CLAUDER WINNERS
INTIMATE SURVEILLANCE
by Catherine Stewart
SYNOPSIS: Tech entrepreneur Mina Azimi expects to control the narrative when she sits down with veteran journalist David Mendez. But he isn鈥檛 here for a puff piece鈥攈e鈥檚 here to confront her with a troubling question: Who can you trust when technology becomes part of our intimate lives?
SEEKING:
MINA AMIZ / VOILA: Mid 20s, Female, mid-twenties, Iranian-American disgraced tech
mogul. Doubles as voice for VOILA, virtual assistant technology with a speech synthesizer
DAVID MENDEZ: Late 50s+, Male. Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist.
LIKE FLIES
by Maggie Kearnan
SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious new midwife comes to town, a group of women think she might have solutions for more than just childbirth. She might also have something to remedy an epidemic of cruel men. New alliances are formed, and each woman wonders who she can trust in this thrilling new play.
SEEKING:
EDNA INGRAM: 40s - 50s. Female. A professionally trained midwife. Religious, patient, calculated.
MEG DOOLEY / WOMAN 1: late 20s - early 40s. Female. A midwife, self-certain, natural leader.
RETTA LONGWOOD / WOMAN 2: 30s. Female. Brass, boisterous, and strong. A bit of comic relief.
POLLY PLATT / WOMAN 3: 20s. Female. Soft, sweet, and curious. Loves her husband.
LENNY RUTLEDGE / WOMAN 4: 18+ to play 16. Female. Ruthless, but longing. Runs for fun.Speaks boldly through a speech impediment.
JULIA WINSHIP/ WOMAN 5: 20s - 30s. Female. Quiet, reluctant, and loving. A reader. Wants peace and safety. Loves Vee Malcolm.
VEE MALCOLM/ WOMAN 6: 20s - 30s. Female. Sarcastic, impatient, but earnest. Craves adventure. Loves Julia Winship.
MERE WATERS
by Jillian Blevins
SYNOPSIS: Gynecologist Gisella Perl arrives at a concentration camp and is assigned to work as the camp doctor. She has no tools, no antiseptic, and no water. Despite all this Gisella works to survive the camp guided by two bickering biblical prophetesses.
SEEKING:
DOCTOR GISELLA PERL: 37. Female. A Hungarian Jew and a doctor of gynecology. Prisoner no.
25404. (Pronounced 鈥淕EE-zull-uh鈥�)
THE GUARD: 19, Female. Blonde, blue eyed, and beautiful. Mouthpiece for Doctor M. She is always smiling.
THE WOMAN: 20s-30s. Female. Every prisoner. Every patient. Every woman. Sometimes appears as Gisella鈥檚 daughter GABBY.
ABIGAIL: 30s-50s. Ageless. Female. PROPHETESS known for guiding others toward righteousness. Measured. Biblical, but also a Jewish tante (auntie).
HANNAH: 40s-50s. Ageless. Female. PROPHETESS tested by God through her infertility. Defiant.
Biblical, but also a Jewish tante.
OUR TOWN
SYNOPSIS: A Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the triumphs and tragedies of small-town life.
SEEKING:
STAGE MANAGER: 30s-50s. Any Gender. Runs the show, breaks the fourth wall, welcomes you
home. A neighbor. Will double as other members of the town.
EMILY WEBB: 20s. Female, The girl next door, valedictorian.
GEORGE GIBBS: 20s. Male, The boy next door, a baseball player.
MR. WEBB: 40s-50s. Male, Editor of the local paper, father to Emily and Wally. Will also double as
other members of the town.
MRS. WEBB: 40s-50s. Female, Wife of Mr. Webb, mother to Emily and Wally. Will also double as
other members of the town.
DR. GIBBS: 40s-50s. Male, Local doctor, father to George and Rebecca. Will double as other
members of the town.
MRS. GIBBS: 40s-50s. Female, Wife of Dr. Gibbs, mother to George and Rebecca, wants to travel.
Will also double as other members of the town.
WALLY WEBB / OTHERS: Teens-20s. Male Identifying. Emily's younger brother, a boy scout.Will doubles as other members of the town.
REBECCA GIBBS / OTHERS: Teens-20s. Female, George's younger sister, wants to see the moon.
Will double as other members of the town.
TOWNSPERSON 1: 30s-60s Any Gender. Doubles as multiple townspeople including SIMONSTIMPSON / JOE CROWELL and OTHERS.
TOWNSPERSON 2: 30s- 60s. Any Gender. Doubles as multiple townspeople including MRS
SOAMES / HOWIE NEWSOM and OTHERS.
THE LAUGH TRACK
SYNOPSIS: Madelyn Pugh and her former writing partner Bob Carroll Jr. meet by chance in 1957
after their work together on I Love Lucy has come to an end. Over the course of their conversation we see flashes of their time together working with Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and studio execs. This play shines a light on the inner-workings of America鈥檚 beloved sitcom and the woman who punched up the jokes, fought for her career, and paved the way for women in the writers' room. Fast-paced and full of wit, The Laugh Track brings familiar characters to life, while proving that comedy is not a man鈥檚 job. World Premiere.
SEEKING:
MADDI: Late 20s-early 30s. Female. A television writer from Indiana, wry, witty.
BOB: Early 30s-late 30s. Male. Maddi鈥檚 writing partner. From Michigan. Cocky, a smart-ass. A WWII vet.
NELLIE: Early 20s. Female. A beautiful waitress who just arrived from Delaware to be a star. Not the brightest bulb. Doubles as NORMA.
LUCY: Early 40s-mid 40s. Female. Lucille Ball. Maddie鈥檚 boss. Talented. Tough.
DESI: Late 30s-early 40s. Male. Cuban. Desi Arnaz. Charming and upbeat. The good cop to Lucy鈥檚
bad cop.
HARRY: 50s. Male. CBS V.P. for Programming. Doubles as EDDIE, head of comedy at NBC with a
Brat Pack vibe; FRED MERTZ, the fictional character from I Love Lucy; and HUNTER GROTON, an
elegant WASP-y doctor.
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