Vivid Stage 2026-27 Season - Summit, NJ EPA (08.20.26)
Independent Theatre Contract $333 weekly minimum - 2025-26 rate
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
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s 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 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
Listing sourced from Playbill. Submit directly with the company — Playwright Co isn't involved in casting decisions.