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2026/27 Season General Auditions

Capital Stage will hold General Auditions for its 2026/27 Season as follows:

Audition appointments are only guaranteed for members of Actors’ Equity Association. Each non-union artist will be seen as time allows. All artists are encouraged to contact casting@capstage.org for an appointment or to submit audition materials.

Berkeley:

Friday, May 29, 2026 from 12:00-5:00 pm
at Shotgun Studios
1201 University Ave., Berkeley CA 94703

Sacramento:

Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 10:00 am-6:00 pm
at CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts)
2420 N Street, Studio #130, Sacramento, CA 95816

Sacramento:

Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
at CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts)
2420 N Street, Studio #130, Sacramento, CA 95816

Please prepare two contrasting monologues, timing no longer than three minutes total.

At these auditions we are seeking Equity (union) and non-Equity (non-union) actors for workshops, readings, and full productions. Capital Stage is committed to diversity, and we encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.

Character Breakdowns for the 2026/27 Season

ALEX EDELMAN’S JUST FOR US by Alex Edelman

September 23 – October 25, 2026

ALEX – Male – Scary-smart, hyper, focused, hyper-focused, and kinetic, the kind of person you can tell even from the last row can see everything – wants to tell you a story.

MY MAMA & THE FULL-SCALE INVASION by Sasha Denisova
Translated by Misha Kachman | Adapted by Kelly Mecleary

November 18 – December 20, 2026

MOTHER – 80s. Female. Born in a bomb shelter during Nazi-occupation, she refuses to leave her home, embodying a history of resilience. She faces the war with irony, humor and a refusal to be intimidated. Fierce and sometimes difficult, she prioritized her own life and travels over motherhood.

DAUGHTER – 40s. Female. Fled Moscow, she experiences profound guilt and anxiety over her mother’s refusal to leave the war zone. Copes with her helplessness by imagining her mother having tea with Zelenskyy or fighting God, elevating MOTHER to a heroic, almost magical figure.

MAN – Any age. Male. Rapid character shifts often using humor and satire to deconstruct the figures responsible to the war. Putin, Zelenskyy, Biden, First Husband, Second Husband, etc.

THINGS THAT ARE ROUND by Callie Kimball

January 20 – February 21, 2027

TETHERLY – Female. 40s but looks younger. Pretty, white, benign. Dentist and PhD candidate. If she were a real estate agent, no one would feel comfortable going into an empty house with her, but they might not be able to say why.

NINA – 24 going on 24. Latinx. Former paralegal. Aspiring opera singer. When she talks it’s arrows.

ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN by Brent ASKARI

March 17 – April 18, 2027

ANDY – Mid-40s. Male. International famous American Artist

FARHAD – Early-20s. Male. Persian

THE BED TRICK by Keiko Green

May 12 – June 13, 2027

MARIANNE – Newly 18. Female. A virgin. Relatable and sweet, but also a controlling perfectionist. Marianne decides to lose her virginity after finding out she was conceived via bed trick. Ends up manipulating people as she gets caught up in the whole thing. Her parents’ recent divorce turned her life and her understanding of love upside down. The more the world around her starts to crumble, the more she tries to control the world around her.

LULU – 18. Female. Marianne’s best friend, experienced — starts to catfish her boyfriend Willis, after finding out that he’s on a dating app. She can be a bit cruel, but is easily hurt. She’s got a secret tender heart.

HARRIET – 18. Female/non-binary. Marianne and Lulu’s other, randomly assigned roommate. A drama kid. Socially anxious. Performing the lead in a school production of “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Easily talked in and out of things.

WILLIS – 18. Lulu’s boyfriend since sophomore year of high school, but his eye is wandering. He recently created a profile for a dating app, thinking Lulu wouldn’t see it, “just to see who’s out there.” He’s figuring himself out — somewhere between frat guy and burn out. Also plays DIRECTOR (VOICE).

BENNY – 40-ish, Marianne’s Dad. A professor at the University, teaches technical writing. Recently divorced. He’s sweet, but has major trust issues. He’s only ever been with Anna, Marianne’s Mom. He would never word it like this himself, but he’s always felt kind of trapped, and now he’s free for the first time. Also plays DRUNK BARFLY (VOICE)

ANNA – 40-ish, Marianne’s Mom. Carries an immense guilt with for manipulating her husband when they were just teenagers. She is now hoping to make things right in their lives.

MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA by Christian St. Croix

July 7 – August 8, 2027

REMY – 37. Cis Male. Black. He/him. Gay. A widower. Remy leads his two-male household with a warm and loving sense of humor, but he knows when to drop the cool dad permissiveness and command respect. An activist, he’s deliberately undefined, highly disinterested in extravagance or luxury. His working-class roots should be obvious in body and dress.

PUP – 16. White. Cis male. He/him. Straight. The son of Remy’s late husband. Pup’s an aspiring filmmaker, but little more than a skinny kid with a camcorder for now. At home with Remy, he shares his late father’s quippy sense of humor and fidgety nerves. You wouldn’t recognize the arrogant bully he becomes when he’s around his friends, though. He sprouts a little chin stubble.