Penguin Players Ltd
Stony Point, NY

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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

AND

Friday, March 27, 2026

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

BREAKS: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

Auditions will be by appointment. Please email [email protected] with preferred date(s) and time(s) and we will confirm by return email.

CONTRACT

SPT

$565 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Penguin Rep Theatre's 2026 Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue and bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Penguin Rep Theatre

7 Crickettown Rd

Stony Point, NY 10980-0091

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Artistic Director Joe Brancato who will be directing MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT, TAKE ME AMERICA, and IN PLAIN SIGHT, and overseeing casting of THE HEART SELLERS

OTHER DATES

MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT

Rehearsals begin: April 20

Performances: May 15 - July 8

THE HEART SELLERS

Rehearsals begin: June 15

Performances: July 9 - July 26

TAKE ME AMERICA

Rehearsals begin: July 20

Performances: August 14 - September 6

IN PLAIN SIGHT

Rehearsals begin: August 31

Performances: September 25 - October 1

OTHER

www.penguinrep.org

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

PENGUIN REP THEATRE 2026 SEASON

SEEKING:

MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT

NOTE: All four roles are based upon actual historical figures

ALBERT EINSTEIN (CAST) - The famous scientist

ABRAHAM FLEXNER (CAST) - Entrepreneur

MARY CHURCH TYRELL - Presents as female, 60s, black, civil rights heroine, well educated, compassionate

MARIAN ANDERSON - Presents as female, 40, black, world-famous singer unaware of her eventual place in history

THE HEART SELLERS

LUNA - Presents as female, 25 – 35, Filipina, open, friendly, gregarious soul

JANE - Presents as female, 25 – 35, Korean, newly discovering her journey in a new land

TAKE ME AMERICA

NOTE: Each role involves doubling or tripling (with exception of GARY)

GARY - Presents as male, 25, white, positive if tentative new immigration officer

MARSHA - presents as female, 45-55. The years and stories have tarnished her heart of gold.

FAN - presents as female, Chinese, lover of Wu. Must double as Honduran.

WU - presents as male, Chinese, rock star refugee with a painful past

MALITH - presents as male, 30s, black, plays refugees from Africa and Haiti

ZARA - presents as female, 30, Middle Eastern refugee, doubles as South American and Russian refugees

IN PLAIN SIGHT

ELIOT - presents as male, 50-60, white, gay, accomplished, successful, polished. Runs a privileged household.

ALAN - presents as male, 50-60, white, gay, accomplished, possessed a quiet undercurrent and a well-veiled secret

MAGGIE - presents as female, 25, black, daughter of Eliot but possesses a wider and more informed cultural worldview

CHARLOTTE - presents as female, 50, black, mother of Maggie, witty, fabulous, would give Vanessa Williams a run for her money

DAVID - presents as male, 25-32, white or Latino, a stranger with a secret

SALARY

SPT $565 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

UNION

AEA