General Auditions
PlayMakers Repertory Company will conduct open auditions for North Carolina Triangle-based Equity and non-Equity performers for our upcoming 2026/27 Season. All performers interested will be seen as follows:
In-person on Friday, April 17, 2026, from 1-8 pm and Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10-5 pm.
To make an appointment, please sign up here. No calls, please.
All actors please prepare two contrasting selections, either one classical and one contemporary OR both contemporary, that give us an idea of you and the scope of your work.
Total material not to exceed 4 mins.
Auditions will be held at the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art:
120 Country Club Rd
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Please bring a hard copy of your photo and resume to the audition.
While not currently hiring, resumes for future AEA Stage Management positions can be sent to PRCArtistic@unc.edu.
PlayMakers seeks to hire actors who reflect our world to tell the stories we put onstage. Auditions are open to individuals from all backgrounds.
If you have any questions, please contact PlayMakers’ Artistic Department at playmakersauditions@gmail.com. This email is checked weekly.
PlayMakers houses a resident company and many roles are cast in-house. We are currently seeking roles for the following productions:
BETTY – (Female-identifying character, 50-60s, Black)
Manager, friend, and collaborator to the activist and performance artist Anna Campbell. Has lived and worked with Anna in exile.
STAGE MANAGER – (40-70s, any/all genders and ethnicities)
Narrator, guide, and omniscient presence of the play who serves as both storyteller and participant in the world of Grover’s Corners.
MRS. WEBB – (Female-identifying character, 50-60s, any/all ethnicities)
Emily’s mother and the editor’s wife. Practical, caring, and grounded. She is warm but no-nonsense, with a dry sense of humor.
BOY WILLIE – (Male-identifying character, 30s, Black)
Boy Willie is charismatic, headstrong, and relentlessly driven, with a sharp sense of humor. Recently arrived from Mississippi, he is determined to sell the family’s heirloom piano to buy land.
MARETHA – (Female-identifying character, 10-13, Black)
Berniece’s daughter. Bright, curious, and full of potential.
WINING BOY – (Male-identifying character, late 50-60s, Black)
A charming, wandering musician who carries himself with flair. Older brother to Doaker. Always ready with a joke or a song.
MR. SMITH – (Male-identifying character, 30s, white)
An intelligent, affable, and outwardly progressive high school English teacher. Becomes increasingly defensive when challenged.
MS. GALLAGHER– (Female-identifying character,30s, any/all ethnicities)
High school guidance counselor. Composed, supportive, and approachable. Someone students can trust.
ANNABELLA/PAMELA/MARGARET – (Female-identifying character, 40s-60s, any/all ethnicities)
A mysterious, alluring foreign spy; a sharp-tongued, independent foil to Hannay; the quintessential “innocent”. Requires a dynamic, shape-shifting performer to play three distinct women.
CLOWN 2 – (Male-identifying character, any age, any/all ethnicities)
Portrays a rapid succession of characters throughout the play. Imaginative and highly physical, the Clown characters live in the heightened, fast-paced style of farce.