Partial Equity Theatre
Seattle
ArtsWest (SA)
PO Box 16152
Seattle, WA 98116-0152
Admin Tel: (206) 938-0963
Box Office Tel: (206) 983-0339
Fax: (206) 937-6193
alan@artswest.org
Contact: Alan Harrison, Executive Director. Founded in 1981. This season includes Seattle and world premiere plays The Vertical Hour, Black Gold, Plaid Tidings: The Forever Plaid Christmas Show and 2009 includes Well, The History Boys, and Gutenberg! The Musical! ArtsWest uses TPS General auditions. Utilizes one or two AEA Special Appearance Agreements per season.
Contemporary Classics (GA)
14018 Somerset Blvd. SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
contemporaryclassics@gmail.com
Contact: Brandon Ivie, Artistic Director. Founded in 2003, Contemporary Classics produces original and contemporary musicals year-round. Operates under AEA Guest Artist Agreement.
DramaQueen (GA)
2655 49th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116
Admin Tel: (206)938-0897
Box Office Tel: (206) 931-9521
Fax: (206) 933-6714
jkkinch@msn.com
Contact: Karen Kinch, Artistic Director. Founded in 2002, DramaQueen develops new works written by women. Actors interested in being considered for script development workshops are invited to send headshots and resumes to DramaQueen at 1609 SW Roxbury, Seattle, WA 98106. Operates under AEA Guest Artist Agreement.
Eclectic Theater Company (UA)
Odd Duck Studio
1214 10th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
Admin Tel: (206) 375-8945
Box Office Tel: 800-838-3006
Fax: 1-413-375-8945
info@eclectictheatercompany.org
www.eclectictheatercompany.org
Contact: Rik Deskin, Artistic Director. Founded in 2000 as Green Theatre Productions, GTP evolved into ETC in 2006. Located at the Odd Duck Studio on First Hill in Seattle, ETC produces five plays between October-June and a Summer Shakespeare in the parks production July-August. ETC is a Resident partner of Blood Squad Presents and Quiet Monkey Fight and also presents local improv companies and various guest productions. Season and show specific auditions are announced on TPS and ETC attends TPS Generals. Operates under the AEA Umbrella Agreement.
Icicle Creek Theatre Festival (PP)
11756 5th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98125-4902
info@iciclecreekact.com
Contact: Allen Fitzpatrick, Artistic Director. Founded in 2007, ICTF presents new plays by emerging playwrights from around the country; plays have 7 characters or fewer and are announced on the website on May 15th. Auditions are in Seattle. Auditions are announced on the TPS website. Operates under AEA Periodic Performance Agreement.
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (GA, SA)
104 17th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
Admin Tel: (206) 684-4757
Box Office Tel: (206) 386-1177
Fax: (206) 709-7508
www.seattle.gov/parks/Centers/langston.htm
Contact: Jacqueline Moscou, Artistic Director. Established in 1969. Every season, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center has new classes, events and programs. Langston Hughes offers both performances and instruction, and the programming reflects the diversity of the surrounding neighborhoods, the Central District and the International District. Attends TPS Generals and post auditions on TPS. Operates under AEA Guest Artist and Special Appearance Agreements.
Mirror Stage Company ( LOA-SPT, Staged Reading Code)
2212 Queen Anne Ave N #294
Seattle, WA 98109-2312
Admin Tel: (206) 686-2792
Box Office Tel: (206) 686-3729
info@mirrorstage.org
Contact: Suzanne M. Cohen, Managing Artistic Director. Founded in 1991, Mirror Stage Company is a professional theatre company presenting staged readings and performances. Attends TPS generals. Operates under AEA Letter Of Agreement in reference to the Small Professional Theatre Agreement and the AEA Staged Reading Code.
Northwest Playwrights Alliance (SA)
P.O. Box 1088
McCleary, WA 98557
Tel: (360) 754-2818
willis@olynet.com
Contact: Brian Tyrrell, Artistic Director. The Northwest Playwrights Alliance is a non-profit organization established in 2004 to serve the needs of Northwest playwrights. Through its monthly new-play readings, publications, workshops and productions, NPA provides a venue for emerging and established artists to guide new works from the page to the production. NPA has moved to Seattle Rep for our monthly reading series every second Monday of the month. Featuring new plays by Northwest playwrights and a few by friends and defectors, including Lee Blessing, Kenny Lonergan, Arlene Hutton, Y York.... NPA also features an annual tour of short new plays to NYC and the UK, as well as "NorthNorthwest" an annual anthology of short plays. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
On the Boards (GA)
The Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance
PO Box 19515
Seattle, WA 98109-1515
Admin Tel: (206) 217-9886
Box Office Tel: (206) 217-9888
Fax: (206) 217-9887
info@ontheboards.org
Contact:
Lane Czaplinski, Artistic Director. Founded in 1978, On the Boards is a
non-profit contemporary performing arts organization
which develops and presents theatre, dance, and music by local, regional, national, and international artists. Utilizes AEA Guest Artist contract Tier 3.
Our American Theater Company (SA)
4143 20th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98106
Tel: (206) 937-0205
oat@ouramericantheater.org
Contact: Susanna Burney, Artistic Director. Founded in 2005, Our American Theater Company (OAT Co.) is dedicated to exploring and bringing to life the voices of the American Theater, from the classic, the obscure, the unsung to the new. 3-5 shows a year; staged readings and productions of Great American plays. Announces auditions on TPS and attends TPS generals. Operates under the AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
Playing French Seattle/Steeplechase Productions (LOA)
4426 4th Ave NE #A
Seattle, WA 98105
(206)935-8261
http://steeplechaseproductions.com/
Contact: Tom Ansart, Producer. Founded in 2001, Steeplechase Productions with Playing French Seattle, a registered student organization of the University of Washington, stages plays by French playwrights, in French language and new works. They produce one full production per year, usually in November. Periodic play readings throughout the year. Auditions are announced on TPS. Opportunities for actors with fluent and semi-fluent French language skills. Operates under AEA Letter Of Agreement.
Seattle Public Theater (SPT)
7312 W Greenlake Dr N
Seattle, WA 98103-4816
Admin Tel: (206) 524-1300 ext 10
Box Office Tel: (206) 524-1300 ext 2
keith seattlepublictheater.org
Contact: Shana Bestock, Artistic/Education Director. Founded in 1988, Seattle Public Theater was originally a small company that primarily toured plays in local Seattle public schools and worked with adult and at-risk youth populations to create socially conscious theater. In 2000, Seattle Public was chosen by the City of Seattle in a competitive bidding process to be the resident theater company at the historic Bathhouse. Since then Seattle Public has had a remarkable rebirth to become one of Seattle's premiere mid-sized theaters, renowned for both an ambitious education program as well as high-quality professional productions. Auditions announced on website. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre Agreement.
Strawberry Theatre Workshop (LOA)
PO Box 20245
Seattle, WA 98102
Admin Tel: (206) 427-5207
Box Office Tel: 800-838-3006
gcc@strawshop.org
www.strawshop.org
Contact: : Greg Carter, Artistic Director. Founded in 2003,
The Strawberry Theatre Workshop is committed to the idea that the theatre is the people's place of aspiration, and that any voice from the stage is translated exponentially into conversations at coffee shops, bus stops, classrooms, and play fields. Strawshop is dedicated to the idea of ensemble, in the broadest sense of the word. Our ensemble does not only mean a resident company of workers, but a collective that includes our work, our audience, and our neighborhood. This is an activist stance. To be a good neighbor is to be a relevant neighbor, a responsible neighbor, and a vocal neighbor. Operates under AEA Letter of Agreement.
Taproot Theatre Company (SA)
PO Box 30946
Seattle, WA 98113
Admin Tel: (206) 781-9705
Box Office Tel: (206) 781-9707
Fax: (206) 297-6882
info@taproottheatre.org
Contact: Scott Nolte, Producing Artistic Director. Founded in 1976. The 2009 season includes Gee’s Bend, Tuesday’s With Morrie, Around the World in 80 Days, Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, and Enchanted April. Taproot uses TPS General auditions. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
Theatre 9/12 (EMPC)
Tel: (206) 332-7908
charles@theatre912.com
Contact: Charles Waxberg, Artistic Director. Founded in 2007, Theatre 9/12 is for trained actors who want to develop their talents and skills through workshop and performance. Initial project was an Actors' Equity Member Project Code production.
Bellevue
Bellevue Civic Theatre (GA-2)
12819 SE 38th St #252
Bellevue, WA 98006
Tel: (425) 235-5087
Fax: (425) 271-3149
bctauditions@bellevuecivic.org
Contact: Kent Phillips, Managing Artistic Director. Founded in 2000, BCT has lived up to the mission established before the first light hit our stage: provide professional theatre with an emphasis on contemporary, classical and musical comedy. Four productions a year. Auditions announced on TPS website. Operates under AEA Guest Artist Agreement Tier 2.
Kirkland
Showtunes! Theatre Company (LOA)
PO Box 19845
Seattle, WA 98109-6845
Admin Tel: (206) 971-4646
Box Office Tel: (425) 893-9900
Fax: (206) 216-0003
info@showtunestheatre.org
Founded in 1999, Showtunes! Theatre Company presents musicals in concert format in order to bring neglected or "lost" musicals to the public and showcase Seattle talent. All performances are at the Kirkland Performance Center. Auditions are posted on TPS and actors can submit through the website. Operates under AEA Letter of Agreement.
Gig Harbor
Paradise Theatre (TYT, SA, GA)
PO Box 4
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Tel: (253) 851-7529
vrichards@paradisetheatre.org
www.paradisetheatre.org
Contact: Vicki Richards, Executive Artistic Director. Founded in 2000, Paradise Theatre produces plays and musicals for adults and children year-round. Audition information can be found on the audition section of the website. Attends TPS auditions.
San Juan Island
Island Stage Left ( SA)
1062 Wold Rd.
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Admin Tel: (360) 378-5649
stageleft@centurytel.net
www.islandstageleft.org
Contact:
Helen Machin-Smith, Artistic Director. Founded in 1999,
Stage Left's signature series is "Shakespeare Under the Stars" in the open air every summer, but in the Fall, Winter and Spring indoor plays run the gamut from classical to cutting edge. The company usually produces three shows per year. The 2008/2009 season which begins in November presents a Christmas Variety Show, Sarah Ruhl's Clean House and Shaw's Misalliance. The Artistic Director and Casting Director attend TPS auditions each year and callbacks are held during that week. The company also auditions members of the University of Washington PATP. Actors are encouraged to schedule auditions in the TPS time frame as traveling off the island is usually confined to that period. The theatre offers several Special Appearance Equity contracts throughout the season.
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Western Washington
Capital Playhouse (SA)
612 E 4th Ave
Olympia, WA 98501
Admin Tel: (360) 943-5802
Box Office Tel: (360) 943-2744
Fax: (360) 943-8708
info@capitalplayhouse.com
Contact: Jeff Kingsbury, Artistic Director. Founded in 1986, Capital Playhouse produces year-round musical theater programming. It also offers training for children. Auditions are held in May and announced on website.
Cherry Fair Productions
7893-B Fletcher Bay Rd NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Tel: (360) 440-3445
info@cherryfairproductions.com
Contact: Kathryn Lee Moss, Artistic Director. Founded in 2006, through dynamic, intimate performance, Cherry Fair Productions seeks to create experiences that will champion the ephemeral and imaginative nature of theatre in order to awaken the minds and enrich the souls of all who participate. Auditions announced on website. Currently on hiatus.
Harlequin Productions
202 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
Admin Tel: (360) 705-3250
Box Office Tel: (360) 786-0151
Fax: (360) 534-9659
boxoffice@harlequinproductions.org
Contact:
Scot Whitney, Managing Artistic Director. Founded in 1991,
Harlequin owns the State Theater in downtown Olympia where it serves the South Sound region with its resident theater productions. Harlequin is dedicated to high quality theater productions that excite, challenge and enrich theater artists and audiences alike. Through the immediacy of theatrical events, we explore and strive to illuminate the human condition common to all. Auditions announced on website, TPS and attenda TPS generals. Operates under AEA
Guest Artist Agreement.
Lakewood Playhouse (SA)
PO Box 99041
Lakewood, WA 98496
Tel: (253) 588-0042
Fax: (235) 558-1390
info@lakewoodplayhouse.org
Contact: Marcus Walker, Managing Artistic Director. Founded in 1938, Lakewood Plauhouse produces six plays and musicals each season. Auditions listed on website, posted on TPS and attends TPS generals. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
Spokane Interplayers Ensemble (GA)
174 S. Howard St
Spokane, WA 99201
Admin Tel: (509) 455-7529
Box Office Tel: 1-800-325-7328
info@interplayers.com
Contact: Karen Kalensky, Consulting Artistic Director. In 1980, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble was founded by professional actors Robert and Joan Welch as the Inland Northwest's first resident professional theatre. Auditions announced on website. For audition info: http://www.interplayers.com/about/auditions.asp. Operates under the AEA Guest Artist Agreement.
South Central Washington
Columbia Gorge School of Theatre (GA)
Columbia Gorge School of Theatre
1381 Snowden Road
White Salmon, WA 98672
(800)-405-3450
Fax: (509)-493-1501
TheaterCamp@aol.com
Contact: Jesse Merz, Artistic Director. Founded in 1997, the Columbia Gorge School of Theatre (CGST) is an actor training program for youth of all ages who love theatre. Columbia Gorge Repertory Theatre (CGRep) is devoted to producing quality new theatre in New York City and in the Northwest. CGRep is also the producing organization of CGST and is a professional summer stock company. Operates under AEA Guest Artist Agreement.
Portland
Blue Monkey Theater co (SA)
PO Box 82065
Portland, OR 97282
info@bluemonkeytheater.org
Admin Tel: (503) 593-2629
Box Office Tel: (503) 593-2466
Contact: John Monteverde, Artistic Director. At Blue Monkey Theater Company we believe that young audiences deserve diverse, empowering theater experiences, just like older audiences do. That means producing plays that are not only entertaining, but also challenging—and staging them in a smaller environment where everyone can enjoy an immersive, up-close experience. It also means actively engaging underserved audiences, so that the magic of great theater is accessible to the entire community. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
CoHo Productions
2257 NW Raleigh St
Portland, OR 97210
Tel: (503) 220-2646
coho@cohoproductions.org
Contact: CoHo was founded in 1995 by Gary Cole and Robert Holden. CoHo is different from many other theatre companies. We co-produce, which means we partner with you to put on a show. Each year CoHo receives submissions from the Portland theatre community. These submissions usually come with key personnel (producer, director, lead actors) attached. CoHo picks three, and the shows happen at the CoHo Theater in Northwest Portland. Basically CoHo provides the venue, the budget, and the marketing. You, our co-producer, provide the show.
Imago Theatre
PO Box 15182
Portland, OR 97293
Admin Tel: (503) 231-3959
Box Office Tel: (503) 231-9581
Contact: Carol Triffle, Co-Artistic Director. Imago Theatre began in 1979 performing exclusively mask theater in small communities around the Northwest, and has progressed toward creating and staging experimental works, original text works, and contemporary adaptations of classics. Auditions announced on website. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
Miracle Theatre Group
425 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97214
Tel: (503) 236-7253
www.milagro.org
Contact: Dañel Malán, Founder & Artistic Director. The Miracle Theatre Group has been working its magic on West Coast regional audiences since its incorporation as a nonprofit organization in 1985. Miracle produces a broad array of programming that includes public performances as well as specialized touring and education projects that currently encompass all of the Western states.
Northwest Children’s Theatre and School (GA)
1819 NW Everett Street
Portland, OR 97209-2189
Admin Tel: (503) 222-2190
Box Office Tel: (503) 222-4480
info@nwcts.org
Contact: Sarah Jane Hardy, Artistic Director. Formed in 1993, NWCT is a healthy nonprofit and one of the largest children’s theater companies on the West Coast. Centrally located in the historic Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center, our facility includes a 450-seat theater, classrooms, and administrative offices. Each season, NWCT offers five family-oriented, thought-provoking shows on our mainstage featuring adult actors and designers working beside talented young actors. Auditions announced on website. Operates under AEA Guest Artist Agreement.
Public Playhouse (UA)
2257 NW Raleigh Street
Portland, OR 97210
Tel: (503) 922-0532
pubinfo@publicplayhouse.org
Contact: Jolin Milberg, Executive Director. Founded in 2006, Public Playhouse produces three plays each season between September-March. Auditions announced on website. Operates under AEA Umbrella Agreement.
Tapestry Theatre Company (LOA)
PO Box 19844
Portland, OR 97280
Tel: (503) 245-6919
info@tapestrytheatre.org
Contact: Judy Straalsund. Founded in 1990, Tapestry Theatre is Currently doing one production per year. TTC are completing the second round in the "Christmas from Home" series, which is like a 1940s radio show, complete with live band, singers, drama, comedy and live sound effects. Auditions are announced locally - the callboard in The Oregonian, emails to actors, notices to the Portland Area Theatre Alliance and the local listserve - pdxbackstage. The announcement is also posted on the website. Operates under a Letter of Agreement with AEA.
Theatre Vertigo (SA)
4110 SE Hawthorne Blvd. #618
Portland, OR 97214
Tel: (503) 306-0870
vertigo@theatrevertigo.org
Contact: Darius Pierce, Ensemble Member. Founded in 1997, Theatre Vertigo is an acting ensemble producing ensemble-based plays of all genres with a focus on edgier material. Next season includes Pterodactyls, Romance, and Freakshow. Auditions are announced on theatre's website as well as PDXBackstage. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.
Oregon
Lakewood Theatre Company (GA)
368 S. State Street
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Admin Tel: (503) 635-6338
Box Office Tel: (503) 635-3901
center.info@lakewood-center.org
Contact: Founded in 1953,
Lakewood Theatre is non-profit, member owned, and includes among its purposes the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actresses and actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Auditions announced on website. Operates under AEA Guest Artist Agreement.
Oregon Cabaret Theatre (GA, Tier 3)
PO Box 1149
Ashland, OR 97520
Box Office: (541) 488-2902
Fax: (541) 488-8795
info@oregoncabaret.com
Contact: Jim Giancarlo, Managing Artistic Director. Founded in 1986, OCT has steadily grown and now annually presents more than 270 performances of 5 shows in our year-round season (early February through December 31). We have also created 15 original shows and continue to develop new works. Oregon Cabaret Theatre is a professional non-Equity theatre in Ashland, Oregon, just one block from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Some AEA Guest Artist contracts (tier 3) may be available.
Tapestry Theatre Company (LOA)
PO Box 19844
Portland, OR 97280
Tel: (503) 245-6919
info@tapestrytheatre.org
Tapestry Theatre is a Christian community theatre. Tapestry Theatre Company has been producing established and original works since 1990 in the greater Portland area. Auditions announced on website. Operates under the AEA Letter of Agreement.
Alaska
Perseverance Theatre (SA)
914 3rd St
Douglas, AK 99824
Admin Tel: (907) 364-2421
Box Office Tel: 463-8497
Fax: (907) 364-2603
info@perseverancetheatre.org
Contact: Art Rotch, Artistic Director. Founded in 1979, Perseverance Theatre (PT) is dedicated to “tapping the potential of Alaska through the passionate creation and presentation of theatre.” This mission statement originates in our organizational values: engaging community, pursuing excellence, embracing risk, and inspiring self-discovery. Operates under AEA Special Appearance Agreement.