Glass Canon Theatre Company
Washington, DC
US

DESCRIPTION

PERSONNEL
Gil Mitchell - Founding Artistic Director, Director of Reading #1
Laura Artesi - Founding Associate Artistic Director, Casting Consultant
Emily Erickson - Founding Executive Director, Monitor
Gabriel Alejandro - Founding Director of Education, Casting Consultant, Language Consultant for House of Desires
Savina Barini - Founding Director of Communications, Director of Reading #2
Dylan Arredondo - Director of House of Desires Reading
Travis Xavier - Director of Songs of the Acropolis
Emma Jaster - Director of Lysistrata

*NOTE: Not all personnel will be present for every audition. All in-person auditions will be recorded in the room, to be revisited by absent parties.

DESCRIPTION
Glass Canon Theatre Company is casting its inaugural spring 2026 season in Washington, DC. Rehearsal and performance dates, locations, and details are specified below. Titles and Playwrights of the two readings of new work will be available ahead of the audition dates, but the company is still in the final stages of the selection process. Exact stipend rates are available as well. All staged readings and Songs of the Acropolis are able to accommodate AEA actors. Lysistrata is a strictly nonunion contract.

There will be 132 5-minute in-person slots granted to performers across January 25th and 26th. Appointments will be sent out on a rolling basis and all will be confirmed by EOD January 22nd. There will also be a waitlist day-of, though we cannot accommodate more than 15 people in the lobby at a time. Phone numbers will be taken down to be contacted if a significant number of cancellations take place. Please do not form a line or unofficial list ahead of the audition start time. It will not be honored. All other performers will be asked to submit a self-tape submission. All video submissions will be viewed. *NOTE: Glass Canon Theatre Company is committed to hiring local artists. Performers local to the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) region are encouraged to submit. If you are not local to the area, please indicate in the Google form. Please reach out to [email protected] with additional questions.

DATES AND TIMES
IN PERSON AUDITIONS
Sunday, January 25th: 12pm-6pm
Monday, January 26th: 4pm-10pm
LOCATION: Theater Alliance - 340 Maple Dr SW Washington, DC 20024

IN PERSON CALLBACKS (Lysistrata focused)
Sunday, February 1st - time TBD
LOCATION: Georgetown University Lab - 1801 35th St NW Washington, DC 20007

PREPARATION
Please prepare two pieces, total time not to exceed 3 minutes.
One piece must be heightened text.
The other may be:
A contrasting text piece OR
A song sung a capella or self-accompanied OR
A short demonstration of a skill (instrument, movement, juggling, clowning, etc.)

*We will be accepting video submissions. Requirements are the same. If you do not receive an audition appointment and would like to submit virtually, please send a link to your video audition along with headshot and resume to [email protected] by Monday, January 25th at 10pm EST.

BREAKDOWN

READING #1: NEW WORK - Title TBD
REHEARSAL: Wednesday, February 25th 6pm-10pm
READING PRESENTATIONS: Friday, February 27th 7pm and Sunday, March 1st 7pm
LOCATION: Keegan Theatre - 1742 Church St NW Washington, DC 20036
PAY: $100

READING #2: NEW WORK - Title TBD
REHEARSAL: Tuesday, March 3rd 6pm-10pm
READING PRESENTATIONS: Thursday, March 5th 7pm and Sunday, March 8th 7pm
LOCATION: Keegan Theatre - 1742 Church St NW Washington, DC 20036
PAY: $100

READING #3: House of Desires by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
REHEARSALS: Wednesday, March 11th 6pm-10pm and Saturday, March 14th 2pm-6pm
READING PRESENTATIONS: Thursday, March 12th 7pm (in English) and Saturday, March 14th 7pm (in Spanish)
LOCATION: Mexican Cultural Institute - 2829 16th St NW Washington, DC 20009
PAY: $150

SONGS OF THE ACROPOLIS: An Evening of Cabaret
REHEARSAL: Individual act rehearsals and/or check-ins to be scheduled with Director and MD
SOUND CHECK: Saturday, April 11th 2pm-5pm
PERFORMANCE: Saturday, April 11th 7:30pm
LOCATION: Church of the Epiphany - 1317 G St NW Washington, DC 20005
PAY: $100

LYSISTRATA by Aristophanes
REHEARSALS: Times TBD w/ cast, 2 days off per week - April 27 through May 21
PERFORMANCES: May 22-June 7, Thursday-Sunday plus one Industry Night performance Monday June 1
LOCATION: Dance Loft on 14 - 4618 14th St NW Washington, DC 20011
PAY: $1200

*NOTE: The audition locations, rehearsal and performances spaces for our READINGS and CABARET are ADA accessible. The performance space for LYSISTRATA is not ADA accessible.

SUBMIT HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrrGj1ttR92JkWEt7AeGXUd80PCWur0hZy2x4n49-WfzIXJw/viewform

DURATION

Feb 25, 2026 - Jun 7, 2026

SALARY

$100.00 – $1,200.00 per gig

UNION

AEA and NON-UNION

APPLY ONLINE

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