AUDITIONS

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) Local Auditions for B Street Theatre’s 2026 Mainstage and Family Series are now open for registration!

DATE & TIME
MON, December 15, 2025 (12PM – 6:30PM)
TUES, December 16, 2025 (12PM – 5:30PM)
THURS, December 18, 2025 (12PM – 5:30PM)
FRI, December 19, 2025 (12PM – 5:30PM)

LOCATION
The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts
2700 Capitol Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95816

ITC & TYA
Independent Theater Contract (ITC):
$973 weekly minimum
Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA):
$633 weekly minimum (+ 2% media bump) – Until 6/22/2026
$658 weekly minimum (+ 2% media bump) – After 6/22/2026

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in B Street Theatre’s ITC & TYA 2026 Seasons (See breakdown).

PREPARATION
Please prepare 2 contemporary 1-minute monologues. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment please contact casting@bstreettheatre.org

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Lyndsay Burch: Artistic Director/Casting Director
Jerry Montoya: Executive Producer/Casting Director/Playwright
Liz Baldoo: Associate Executive Director/Casting Director
Sean Patrick Nill: Artistic Manager/Casting Director/Playwright
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.


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.


COVID-19 INFO:
We ask everyone entering the audition venue (i.e., venue employees, Equity members, non-members, casting personnel, creatives, producers, musicians, COVID Safety Managers, etc.) to please test for Covid if one is experiencing any symptoms. Masks and tests will be offered to any people who request one.


BREAKDOWN
B Street Theatre Independent Theater Contract (ITC) 2026 Season

MISERY
Written by Stephen King, Adapted by William Goldman
Directed by John Lamb
Rehearsals Begin: 12/30/2025
Performances: 01/23/2026 – 02/15/2026

SEEKING:
ANNIE WILKES – Late 30s – 50s, any race, Female Identifying. PAUL SHELDON’S #1 Fan
PAUL SHELDON – 40s – 60s, any race, Male Identifying, critically acclaimed novelist
BUSTER – Late 20s – 50s, any race, Male Identifying. Sherriff


FRANKLINLAND (Premiere)
Written by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Sean Patrick Nill
Rehearsals Begin: 04/07/2026
Performances: 05/01/2026 – 05/24/2026

SEEKING:
BEN FRANKLIN – Male Identifying, Caucasian, 50s – 60s
WILLIAM FRANKLIN – Male Identifying, Any Race, 20s – 40s
WILLIAM TEMPLE – Male Identifying, Any Race, 20s


WORKING FOR CRUMBS (New Work)
Written by Kate Danley
Directed by Lyndsay Burch
Rehearsals Beging: 05/26/2026
Performances: 06/19/2026 – 07/12/2026

SEEKING:
AMY – Female, 20s – 40s, Any Race, An Admin at the company
GRACE – Females, 20s – 40s, Any Race, An Admin at the company
HELEN – Female, 40+, Any Race, a villain of today. A total Karen. Vice-president of the company, social climber, power woman. Obsessed with her chow dog.
MOLLY/VIVIANNE – Female, 30s – 60s, Any Race. Molly is a passive aggressive secretary that wears too much perfume. Vivianne is the president of the company.
DELIVERY MAN/JANITOR/AC GUY – Male 20s – 40s, Any Race, a man of all trades.


AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Written by Jules Verne, Adapted by Mark Brown
Directed by Lyndsay Burch
Rehearsals Begin: 07/21/2026
Performances: 08/14/2026 – 09/06/2026

SEEKING:
TRACK ONE – Any Race, Gender, or Age. Doubles as Gauthier Ralph, British Consul, Director of Police, Priest, Sir Francis, Judge Obadiah, Chinese Broker, Ship Clerk, Bunsby, Proctor, Engineer, Mudge, Clerk, Speedy, Ship Engineer, Train Clerk
TRACK TWO – Any Race, Gender, or Age. Doubles as Andrew Stuart, Detective Fix, Priest, Indian Conductor, Elephant Owner, Young Parsi, Oysterpuff, U.S. Conductor, Reverend Wilson’s Servant (a woman)
TRACK THREE – Any Race, Gender, or Age. Doubles as Passepartout, John Sullivan
TRACK FOUR – South-Asian, Female Identifying, 30s – 50s. Doubles as James Forester, Newspaperman, Priest, Aouda
TRACK FIVE – Any Race, Male Identifying, 30s – 50s. Phileas Fogg
TRACK SIX – Any Race, Gender, or Age. Doubles as the Foley Artist/Newspaperman


PRIMARY TRUST
Written by Eboni Booth
Directed TBA
Rehearsals Begin: 09/15/2026
Performances: 10/09/2026 – 11/01/2026

SEEKING:
KENNETH – Male Identifying, Black, late 30s
BERT – Male Identifying, Black, Late 30s – 40s
CORRINA/WALLY’s WAITER/BANK CUSTOMERS – Female Identifying, Black, 30s – 40s
CLAY/SAM/LE POUSELLET BARTENDER – Male Identifying, Any Race, 50s, Musician Preferred



WHEN MARTHA MET KRIS: THE SANTA CLAUS LOVE STORY (New Work)

Written by Lyndsay Burch, Jerry Montoya, & Sean Patrick Nill
Directed by Tara Sissom-Pittaro
Rehearsals Begin: 11/10/2026
Performances: 12/04/2026 – 12/27/2026

SEEKING:
KRIS KRINGLE – Male Identifying, Any race, 50s – 60s. Santa Claus, overworked, stoic, and desperate to make his marriage work
MARTHA KRINGLE – Female Identifying, Any race, 40s – 60s. Mrs. Claus, quick witted, optimistic, and feeling abandoned. She is desperate to make her marriage work.
ELF/WAITER/DINER/RUDOLPH/LARS – Any gender, any race, any age. All other characters in KRIS and MARTHA’s love story.


BREAKDOWN
B Street Theatre Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) 2026 Season


HARRIET TUBMAN & THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Written by Jerry Montoya
Directed by TBD
Rehearsals Begin: 01/13/2026
Performances: 02/06/2026 – 03/08/2026

SEEKING:
HARRIET TUBMAN/HARRITE ROSS – Female Identifying, African–American, 30s – 50s, The titular role, the Conductor on the Underground Railroad and also Harriet Tubman’s mother.
JEREMIAH CLARK/BEN ROSS – Male Identifying, African-American, 30s – 50s, Jeremiah Clark, an enslaved person looking for freedom, as well as the father of Harriet Tubman.
MINTY – Female Identifying, African-American, 20s, young Harriet Tubman
GLENN BEEDE/MASTER BRODAS – Male Identifying, Caucasian, 30s – 50s. Glenn Beede, a slave catcher, and Master Broadus, a slave owner.
BUYER/LINDSAY CARTER/MAN WITH FLOWER BAG/MRS. SUSAN COOK – Female Identifying, Caucasian, 30s – 50s. Multiple roles
WENDELL CLARK/DROVER/SHERRIFF SISSOM/MR. STEPHENS/JAMES COOK – Male Identifying, Caucasian, 30s -50s, Multiple roles.


ONCE UPON A TIME (New Work)
New Plays by Students of Northern California
Directed by Greg Alexander
Rehearsals Begin: 04/11/2026
Performances: 04/11/2026 – 05/10/2026

SEEKING:
SWING #1 – Any gender, any race, any age. Multiple roles in multiple new plays by children
SWING #2 – Any gender, any race, any age. Multiple roles in multiple new plays by children
SWING #3 – Any gender, any race, any age. Multiple roles in multiple new plays by children


GRACE & THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (New Work)
By Greg Alexander, Clifford Lee Johnson III, & Jane Kelley
Director TBA
Rehearsals Begin: 09/01/2026
Performances: 09/25/2026 – 10/18/2026

SEEKING:
GRACE – Female identifying, any race, 18+ to play a 10-year-old girl.
ROBIN – Female identifying, any race, 18+ to play a 10-year-old girl. Grace’s friend.
SUNNY – Female identifying, any race, 18+ to play a 10-year-old girl. Grace’s friend.
OLIVER HALLOWAY/SLUG – Male Identifying, any race 30s – 40s. Grace’s Dad who’s obsessed with a perfect lawn and a member of the Bugweed Band.
MR. HERTZ/SEED – Male Identifying, any race, 30s – 40s. Grace’s Neighbor who’s obsessed with environmental conservation and allowing plants to grow naturally. Plus, another member of the Bugweed Band.
MADAME DRAGINSKA/PATTI KATSAROS – Female Identifying, any race, 30s -40s. Grace’s Mom and Grace’s strict Dance Teacher.
BUG – Any gender, any race, any age. The leader of the Bugweed Band and the narrator of the story.


TIS THE SEASON: BEST OF! (New Work)
By B Street Theatre
Director Lyndsay Burch
Rehearsals Begin: 10/13/2026
Performances: 11/06/2026 – 12/20/2026

SEEKING:
TRACK 1: Any race, any gender, any age, Multiple roles
TRACK 2: Any race, any gender, any age, Multiple roles
TRACK 3: Any race, any gender, any age, Multiple roles
TRACK 4: Any race, any gender, any age, Multiple roles