Equity Theatre
Seattle
5th Avenue Theatre (WCLO)
1326 5th Ave, Suite 735
Seattle, WA 98101
Admin Tel: (206) 625-1418
Box Office Tel: (206) 625-1900
Fax: (206) 292-9610
info@5thavenue.org
Contact: David Armstrong, Artistic Director. Founded in 1979, 5th Avenue Theatre produces top-quality musical revivals, premieres of bound-for-Broadway shows, and present touring Broadway musicals. Also hosts a variety of special events, and offer a number of education and outreach programs to school-age children and adults. Operates under the Western Civic Light Opera Agreement.
ACT Theatre (LORT C Non-Rep, LORT B Non-Rep)
Kreielsheimer Place
700 Union St
Seattle, WA 98101
Admin Tel: (206) 292-7660
Box Office Tel: (206) 292-7676
Fax: (206) 292-7670
act@acttheatre.org
Contact: Kurt Beattie, Artistic Director. Founded in 1965, ACT produces original, thought-provoking and exciting work that addresses today's issues for today's audiences. This season includes: Becky's New Car by Steven Dietz, through Nov. 16. Then A Christmas Carol, Nov. 28 - Dec. 27. 2009 Season: https://www.acttheatre.org/TicketsPlays/2009Season.aspx
For Audition info: http://www.acttheatre.org/About/JobsSubmissions.aspx#auditions
ACT - A Contemporary Theatre is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a union house, operating under agreements with Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSD&C).
Book-It Repertory Theatre (SPT-4)
Seattle Center
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
Admin Tel: (206) 216-0877
Box Office Tel: (206)216-0833
Fax: (206) 256-9666
info@book-it.org
Contact: Jane Jones & Myra Platt, Artistic Directors. Founded in 1990, the 2008-2009 Season: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, My Ántonia, Moby-Dick, or The Whale, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and Night Flight. Each season, we produce four to five world premiere plays, adapted from classic and contemporary novels.
Book-It holds general auditions (announced through TPS) early in summer each year, then actors are called in to audition for specific shows, usually later in the summer or early fall. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre Agreement, Tier 4.
Intiman Theatre (LORT C)
PO Box 19760
Seattle, WA 98109
Admin Tel: (206) 269-1901
Box Office Tel: (206) 269-1900
Fax: (206) 269-1928
intiman@intiman.org
Contact: Bartlett Sher, Artistic Director. Sheila Daniels, Casting Director. Founded in 1972, INTIMAN produces classics, contemporary plays and new work. Operates under AEA LORT C Agreement. Click here for audition info:
http://www.intiman.org/about/auditions.html
Seattle Children’s Theatre (TYA)
201 Thomas St
Seattle, WA 98109
Admin Tel: (206) 443-0807
Box Office Tel: (206) 441-3322
Fax: (206) 443-0442
info@sct.org
Contact: Linda Hartzell, Artistic Director. Rita Giomi, Casting Director. Founded in 1975, SCT is the second largest resident theatre for young audiences in North America. Our programs empower young people to make new discoveries about themselves and the world around them while building a lifelong interest in the arts. Auditions are held once a year in April. Announced on AEA and TPS websites. Operates under AEA Theatre For Young Audiences Agreement.
Seattle Repertory Theatre (LORT B)
155 Mercer St
PO Box 900923
Seattle, WA 98109
Admin Tel: (206) 443-2210
Box Office: (206) 443-2222
Fax: (206)443-2379
info@seattlerep.org
Contact: Jerry Manning, Producing Artistic Director. Founded in 1963, Seattle Rep produces a mix of classic comedies, recent Broadway hits, and cutting edge new dramas. Seattle Rep uses TPS Generals and New York auditions, announced on its website. Operates under the AEA League of Resident Theatres Agreement B Non-Rep.
Seattle Shakespeare Company (SPT)
PO Box 19595
Seattle, WA 98109-1595
Admin Tel: (206) 733-8228
Box Office Tel: (206) 733-8222
Fax: (206) 733-8202
Contact: Stephanie Shine, Artistic Director. Amy Thone, Casting Director. Founded in 1991, as Seattle Shakespeare Festival, SSC produces year-round. Seattle Shakespeare Company creates living classical theatre through daring intimate productions illuminating the power, beauty and necessity of the spoken word. We run a full season of indoor and outdoor performances, state-wide touring, and education programs. Auditions are announced on website and on TPS. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre Agreement.
Wooden O Productions (SPT)
Seattle Shakespeare Company
P.O. Box 19595
Seattle, WA 98109-1595
Tel: (206) 274-8471
www.seattleshakespeare.org/woodeno
Contact: George Mount, Artistic Director. Founded in 1994, Wooden O started its annual Summer Shakespeare performances at Mercer Island's Luther Burbank Amphitheater and quickly grew in order to tour its productions throughout the King County Parks. Wooden O’s engaging, lively productions of Shakespeare's great plays entertain and delight thousands of enthusiastic audience members each summer in communities from Lynnwood to Auburn. In spring of 2008 Wooden O merged with Seattle Shakespeare Company. The premier outdoor Shakespeare theatre in the region and the premier indoor Shakespeare theatre in the region combined to become the premiere Shakespeare theatre in the state of Washington. Auditions announced on website and on TPS. Attends TPS auditions. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre agreement.
Washington
Village Theatre (WCLO)
303 Front St N.
Issaquah, WA 98027
Admin Tel: (425) 392-1942
Box Office Tel: (425) 392-2202
Fax: (425) 391-3242
shaufle@villagetheatre.org
Contact: Steve Tomkins, Artistic Director. Suzie Haufle, Casting & Company Manager. Village Theatre, founded in 1979, is a leading producer of Musical Theatre in the Pacific Northwest. Auditions announced on AEA and TPS websites. Operates under AEA WCLO Agreement.
Portland
Artists Repertory Theatre (SPT-8)
1515 SW Morrison
Portland, OR 97205
Admin Tel: (503) 241-9807
Box Office Tel: (503) 241-1278
Fax: (503) 241-8268
info@artistsrep.org
Contact: Allen Nause, Artistic Director. Formed in 1982, Artists Repertory Theatre is dedicated to challenging artists and audiences with plays of depth and vibrancy in an intimate setting by exploring the strengths, frailties and diversity of the human condition. We do general auditions, post on the AEA website, TPS and PATA. The dates for our general auditions and procedures to apply are announced at least one month in advance in local newspapers such as The Oregonian, Willamette Week, and on the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA) website - PATAgreenroom.org. We are an Equity Theater. Our contract with Equity is an SPT- Category 8 (Small Professional Theater contract). We use Equity Stage Managers for each show and a mix of Equity and Non Equity actors throughout the season.
Portland Center Stage (LORT B Non-Rep)
Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW Eleventh Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Admin Tel: (503) 445-3720
Box OfficeTel: (503) 445-3700
Audition hotline: (503) 445-3849
creont@pcs.org
Chris Coleman, Artistic Director. Dawn Young, Company Manager. PCS began as OSF Portland, the northern sibling of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. After years of planning and preparation, the company was successfully launched on November 12, 1988 with an opening night performance of Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House and a gala celebration.
In September 1993, after five successful seasons, the Festival’s Board of Directors approved a recommendation from its Portland ad hoc committee that the Portland branch become an independent theater company, starting with the 1994/95 season. For casting info: http://www.pcs.org/casting/ . PCS operates under the AEA League of Resident Theatres Agreement B Non-Rep.
Third Rail Repertory Theatre (SPT)
PO Box 82389
Portland, OR 97202
Tel: (503) 235-1101
info@thirdrailrep.org
Contact: John Steinkamp, Permanent Ensemble Member. Founded in 2003, Third Rail produces 3 plays per season, focusing on new and neglected plays. Third Rail is an ensemble-based company, and as such strives to cast from within the company. Roles that cannot be filled by company members are cast locally. Third Rail attends the twice-yearly auditions hosted by the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA). Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre Agreement.
Oregon
Innovation Theatre Works (SPT)
1900 NE Third St,
Suite 106-138
Bend, OR 97701
Tel: (541) 504-6721
Contact: Brad Hills, Executive Artistic Director. Chris Rennolds, Producing Artistic Director. Founded in 2008, ITW is determined to bring Central Oregon its first fully professional theatre organization. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre Agreement.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (LORT B+ Rep)
15 S. Pioneer Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Tel: (541) 482-2111
Admin Fax: (541) 482-0446
Contact:
Bill Rauch,
Artistic Director.
Founded in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation. Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of eleven plays in three theatres plus numerous ancillary activities, and undertakes an extensive theatre education program.
Auditions announced on website and attends PATA Auditions. Operates under
a special contract based on AEA LORT B+. Our contracts are either 10-month (January-October) or 7-month (April-October). OSF produces 11 plays in repertory in three theatres. Company members routinely perform in several productions, as well as understudying; auditions are for the company, not for specific roles. We do not offer internships in acting.