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Equity Actors
Vivid Stage 2026-27 Season
$333 / week (no duration provided)
Chorus / Ensemble
18-99
Union
Play
Location: Summit, NJ
Rate: $333 / week (no duration provided)
Ethnicity:
All Ethnicities
About the project
Seeking talent from Summit, NJ
COMPANY DETAILS
Vivid Stage
Laura Ekstrand, artistic dir.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Casting Equity actors for roles in Vivid Stage 2026-27 Season. Season inclu... view more
Other roles in this project
This project has no other roles
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Dates & Locations
Rehearses and performs at Vivid Stage in Summit, NJ. Performance Schedule: Thu.-Sat. at 8 p.m., and Sun. at 2 p.m.
Compensation & Contract
Rate: $333 / week (no duration provided)
Additional: Pays $333/wk. Equity Independent Theatre Contract- 2025-26 rate.
Key Details
Auditions:
Vivid Stage, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ, 07901
Equity Principal Audition
Aug 20, 2026: 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Seeking talent from Summit, NJ
Special Instructions:
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.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
This call will be run on a first-come, first-served basis, and the audition venue will be opened at 9 a.m. on the morning of the audition. Prepare a comedic, contemporary monologue, no more than two minutes in length. Bring your picture and resume, attached back-to-back.
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.
Additional Materials
Breakdown
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.”
B.I.N.G.O. or BRITTNEY ISLE'S NICE GERIATRIC ORGY
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
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
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
