Lantern Theater Company | Philadelphia, PA
Monday, March 10, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please email your preferred time range to
casting@lanterntheater.org. Include “EPAs – 2025/26 Season” in the subject line. You will receive a reply with your confirmed timeslot within one business day. Equity members without appointments will be seen time permitting.
SPT
$761 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
Equity actors for roles in Lantern Theater Company's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
NOTE: Lantern Theater Company’s 2025/26 season is not yet public. Please do not post any season information on social media, including play titles, roles, etc. Thank you in advance for your support and discretion.
Please prepare one monologue OR two contrasting monologues – up to 3 minutes total. Please bring your picture and resume, stapled together. No accompanist will be provided.
Lantern Theatre
923 Ludlow St
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4236
Expected to attend:
Charles McMahon, Artistic Director / Director
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
Typical Performance Schedule:
Wednesday 2 PM and 7 PM, Thursday 7 PM, Friday 7:30 PM, Saturday 2 PM and 8 PM, Sunday 2 PM, Select Tuesdays at 6:30 PM
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
Lantern Theater Company 2025-26 Season
Written by Tom Stoppard
First Rehearsal: August 12, 2025
Performances: September 4 – October 5, 2025
MAX: An actor, begins the play married to Annie. 40-ish. English.
CHARLOTTE: An actress, begins the play married to Henry. 35-ish. English.
HENRY: A playwright, begins the play married to Charlotte and having an affair with Annie. 40-ish. English.
ANNIE: An actress, begins the play married to Max and having an affair with Henry. 30-ish. English.
DEBBIE: Daughter of Charlotte and Henry. 17. English.
BILLY: A young actor, interested in Annie. 22-ish. (Doubles as BRODIE.) English.
BRODIE: An imprisoned soldier turned dramatist. 25. (Doubles as BILLY.) Scottish.
Written by William Shakespeare
First Rehearsal: October 7, 2025
Performances: October 30 – November 30, 2025
MACBETH: Nobleman of Scotland. Male, 35-50.
LADY MACBETH: Noblewoman of Scotland. Female, 35-50.
BANQUO: Nobleman of Scotland. Male, 35-50.
DUNCAN: King of Scotland. Male, 50+.
MACDUFF & Ensemble: Nobleman of Scotland. Male, 35-50.
MALCOLM & Ensemble: Prince of Scotland. Male, 25-35.
WITCH 1 & Ensemble: Female, age indeterminate.
WITCH 2 & Ensemble: Female, age indeterminate.
WITCH 3 & Ensemble: Any gender, age indeterminate.
Written by Pearl Cleage
First Rehearsal: January 20, 2026
Performances: February 12 – March 15, 2026
ANGEL ALLEN: A 34-year-old black woman who looks five years younger; former backup singer at The Cotton Club.
GUY JACOBS: A 30-ish black man; costume designer at The Cotton Club.
DELIA PATTERSON: A 25-year-old black woman; social worker on staff at The Margaret Sanger family planning clinic.
SAM THOMAS: A 40-year-old doctor at Harlem Hospital.
LELAND CUNNINGHAM: A 28-year-old black man from Alabama; a six-week resident of Harlem.
Written by Lloyd Suh
First Rehearsal: April 14, 2026
Performances: May 7 – June 7, 2026
BEN FRANKLIN: Male, from 46 to 70.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN: Male, from 20 to 53.
WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN: Male, 23.
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