Arden Theatre Company 2025-2026 LORT Season Equity Principal Actors - Arden Theatre Company Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, August 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

No advance appointment necessary.
Auditions will be held on a first come first served basis. Sign-ups will begin at 8:30 AM.

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
F. Otto Haas Stage:
$1051 weekly minimum (LORT C)
Arcadia Stage:
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Arden Theatre Company's 2025-2026 Season (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Arden Theatre Company is an EOE/AA employer, values diversity in the workplace, and prohibits discrimination. Actors of all backgrounds and abilities are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one musical selection, clearly marked, approximately 16-bars in length and a one-minute contemporary monologue OR one monologue no longer than two minutes in length. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. An accompanist will be provided. You must provide your current Actors’ Equity Association card upon check-in.

LOCATION

Arden Theatre
40 N 2nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19106-4504
Independence Foundation Studio

PERSONNEL

Producing Artistic Director: Terrence J. Nolen (he/him)
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Associate Producer: Jonathan Silver (he/him)
Artistic Assistant: Nick Hatcher (he/they)
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

All auditioning actors must be fully vaxed as defined by CDC.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

(For cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements only.)

SEEKING:

FALSETTOS

Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Directed by Kevin Glaccum
Choreographed by TBD
Music Direction by TBD
F. Otto Haas Stage
1st Rehearsal: 08.26.25
1st Preview: 09.25.25
Opening: 10.01.25
Closing: 10.26.25
Possible Extension: 11.02.25
ALL ROLES CAST.

THE MOUNTAINTOP

By Katori Hall
Directed by Brett Ashley Robinson
Arcadia Stage
1st Rehearsal: 10.07.25
1st Preview: 10.30.25
Opening: 11.05.25
Closing: 12.14.25
Possible Extension: 12.21.25 and 12.28.25
ALL ROLES CAST.

GOOD BONES

By James Ijames
Directed by Akeem Davis
Arcadia Stage
1st Rehearsal: 12.30.25
1st Preview: 01.22.26
Opening: 01.28.26
Closing: 03.08.26
Possible Extension: 03.15.26

SEEKING:

TRAVIS
EARL
CARMEN
AISHA

ROMEO AND JULIET

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Amina Robinson
F. Otto Haas Stage
1st Rehearsal: 02.10.26
1st Preview: 03.05.26
Opening: 03.11.26
Closing: 04.05.26
Possible Extension: 04.12.26

SEEKING:

JULIET
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
TYBALT
THE NURSE
FRAIR LAURENCE
CAPULET
PARIS
BENVOLIO
LADY CAPULET
MONTAGUE
BALTHASAR
AN APOTHECARY
ESCALUS, PRINCE OF VERONA
FRAIR JOHN
LADY MONTAGUE
PETER

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Directed by Terrence J. Nolen
F. Otto Haas Stage
1st Rehearsal: 04.28.26
1st Preview: 05.21.26
Opening: 05.27.26
Closing: 06.28.26
Possible Extension: 07.05.26

SEEKING:

EVAN HANSEN
HEIDI HANSEN
ZOE MURPHY
CONNOR MURPHY
CYNTHIA MURPHY
LARRY MURPHY
JARED KLEINMAN
ALANA BECK