Theatre Alliance 2026-27 Season - Washington, D.C. EPA (08.09.26) & (08.10.26)

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Sunday, August 9, 2026

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

Break 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

And

Monday, August 10, 2026

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)

Break 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an Equity audition appointment, go to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/... .

Walk ins welcome and will be seen on a first come, first serve basis

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract

$457 weekly minimum - 2025-26 rate

SEEKING

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

Season (See breakdown).

DC local actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a contemporary monologue of up to two minutes.

LOCATION
Theatre Alliance of Washington DC
Pier 4, 580 Water Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Shanara Gabrielle: Executive Artistic Director
Aria Velz: Associate Artistic Director

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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Performance Venue: Theater Alliance - 340 Maple Drive, SW, Washington, DC, 20024

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 Alliance 2026-27 Season

COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE
Written by Ro Reddick
Directed by: Tom Story
First Rehearsal: October 27, 2026
First Performance: November 19, 2026
Closing Performance: December 20, 2026

SEEKING:

MEEK: Sharp, grounded. Sings a bit (alto range). 18+ to play 10yrs old, Black.

SMOOCH: Meek’s dad. Former Black Panther; mayor of every room he walks into. 30s/40s, Black.

PUDDIN: Meek’s grandma. Hawkeyed, heedful; your local Jessica Fletcher. 60s, Black.

CLAY: Smooch’s brother. Ambitious, conservative. 40s, Black.

VIRGIE: Clay’s wife. Ambitious, stifled, haunted. 40s, white.

THE CHOIR: A shapeshifting clutch of at least 3 women. Strong singers (A/M/S), white presenting, any age.

FOOL FOR LOVE
Written by Sam Shepard
Directed by: TBA
First Rehearsal: January 19, 2027
First Performance: February 10, 2027
Closing Performance: March 7, 2027

SEEKING:
MAY: Eddie's half-sister and on-and-off lover. 30s. Fierce, wounded, vacillates between vicious and desperate.

EDDIE: A rodeo stunt man/cowboy; half-brother and lover of May. 30s. Volatile, seductive, selfmythologizing, prone to sudden violence.

MARTIN: A local, decent guy who's taken May on a date but gets pulled into the family's psychodrama.

30s-40s. Bewildered, earnest, a little dim.
THE OLD MAN: Father to both Eddie and May by different mothers. 60s-70s. A memory figure. He narrates and interjects throughout the story.

BUSINESS IDEAS
Written by Milo Cramer
Directed by Aria Velz
First Rehearsal: April 13, 2027
First Performance: May 6, 2027
Closing Performance: May 30, 2027

SEEKING:

LISA: Daughter to Georgina. A teenager struggling to decide what she wants her future to be. Embarrassed by her mother’s antics but becomes a part of them anyway. Contrarian, bored, savvy.

GEORGINA: Mother to Lisa. A once successful middle-aged woman trying to come up with a quick way to become rich without revealing the full breadth of her desperation to her daughter. Optimistic, prideful, quick-witted.

PATTY: An overworked, underpaid coffee barista who struggles to endure an endless stream of demanding customers while trying to network. Curious, exhausted, eager.

CUSTOMERS: Doubling as all other characters, including every customer who enters. Multiple genders and ages. Must be transformative.