Theatre Espresso 2026-27 Season - Cambridge, MA EPA (08.09.26)

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)

Lunch 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email Co-Artistic Director, Shelley Bolman at: [email protected] .

CONTRACT

TYA

$16 per hour minimum - Rehearsal

$102 per Performance minimum (Tier 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Theatre Espresso's 2026-27

Season (See breakdown).

All principal roles are cast. However, we maintain an active company of understudies to fill in throughout the season.

Local actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a one-minute monologue of your choice. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139-4106
3rd Floor - Conference room.

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Shelley Bolman: Co-Artistic Director
Stewart Smith: Co-Artistic Director
Nicole Vander Laan: Stage Manager

OTHER DATES
Rehearsal: Rehearsals for all shows will be held
between Sep 9th – Oct 16th, 2026
Performances: All FIVE shows will be available to tour
from Oct 20, 2026 - Jun 18, 2027

OTHER

All rehearsals and performances take place in the Greater Boston area.

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

Theatre Espresso 2026-27 Season

Note that the gender/race of the characters are indicated where important to the story, but we willenthusiastically consider actors of any gender/identity.
All principal roles are cast. However, we maintain an active company of understudies to fill in throughout
the season.

AMERICAN TAPESTRY
Written by Megan Cooper, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson
Director: Shelley Bolman & Stewart Smith

SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR:

Carmella Teoli – Woman, any race

Mrs. Teoli/Ensemble - Woman, any race

Mrs. Wannarzyk/Ensemble - Woman, any race

Mrs. Wade/Ensemble - Woman, any race

Victoria/Ensemble - Woman, any race

Mr. Teoli/Ensemble - Man, any race

Chairman Henry - Man, any race

Samuel Goldberg/Ensemble - Man, any race

Father Milanese/Ensemble - Man, any race

JUSTICE AT WAR - THE JAPANESE INCARCERATION CAMPS
Written by Mimi Katano, Wendy Lement, and Jordan Winer
Director: Shelley Bolman & Stewart Smith

SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR:

General John L. DeWitt – Man, Caucasian

Solicitor General Fahey - any gender, any race

Mitsuye Endo - Woman, Asian

Purcell - any gender, any race

Chief Justice Stone - any gender, any race

Bailiff - any gender, any race

THE TRIAL OF ANTHONY BURNS
Written by Bethany Dunakin and Wendy Lement
Director: Shelley Bolman & Stewart Smith

SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR:

Anthony Burns - any gender, African American

Rev. Grimes/Ensemble - any gender, African American

Colonel Suttle/Wendell Phillips - Man, Caucasian

Louisa May Alcott/Ensemble - Woman, any race

Richard Henry Dana/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian

Judge Edward Loring/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian

State Senate Chairman/Ensemble - any gender, Caucasian

UPRISING ON KING STREET
Written by Christopher Robin Cook, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson
Director: Shelley Bolman & Stewart Smith

SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR:

Robert Paine/Ensemble – Man, Caucasian

Captain Preston/Ensemble - Any gender, any race

Benjamin Burdick, Richard Palmes/Ensemble - Any gender, any race

Samuel Adams/Andrew/Ensemble - Any gender, African American

John Adams/Ensemble – Man, any race

Abigail Adams, Phyllis Wheatley, Judge Trowbridge – Woman, African American

NINE WHO DARED
Written by Wendy Lement, Derek Nelson, and Clifford Odle
Director: Shelley Bolman & Stewart Smith

SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR:

Rev Crenshaw, Jefferson Thomas, Terence Roberts/Ensemble – Man, African American

Daisy Bates, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown - Woman, African American

Vice Principal Huckaby/Ensemble – Woman, Caucasian

Melba Pattillo - Woman, African American

Ernest Green - Man, African American

Governor Faubus/Ensemble – Man, Caucasian