EPA AUDITIONS for Chenango River Theatre’s 2026 Season
(Intimate Apparel; The Cottage; The Last Five Years; Proof)

Local EPA auditions will be scheduled for Saturday, March 14th. Email info@chenangorivertheatre.org to schedule in-person appointments (AEA members receive preferential scheduling). All rehearsals and performances are in Greene, NY.

We are accepting video submissions from Equity and non-Equity actors until March 18th (see below for additional instructions).

 

AUDITIONS BY VIDEO SUBMISSION

PLEASE, do not email video audition materials. To be considered for any shows in our 2026 season, remote audition materials must be submitted through the form link below. Emailed submissions will be discarded.

Please Submit video links for two contrasting contemporary monologues (less than 4 minutes total) along with headshot and one page resume using this submission link:

 

 

Performers interested in either role in The Last Five Years, should submit two short, contrasting musical pieces (combined not to exceed three minutes).

Videos should be sharable through YouTube, Vimeo or another accessible service.

 

SUBMISSIONS OF DIGITAL HEADSHOTS/RESUMES (also through form link above)

Please Title attachments with LAST NAME FIRST for each submitted file (i.e., SmithHeadshot.jpg, or SmithKevinResume.pdf). Including first initial or first name after your last name is appreciated. Attachments should be .pdf or .jpg.

BIPOC actors are strongly encouraged to audition. If you have auditioned or worked for Chenango River Theatre in the past, you are encouraged to audition again, as we have new Artistic and Executive leadership.

Viewing recorded auditions are:
Andrew Kahl - Artistic Director, Director – The Last Five Years
Paige Tripp - Executive Director
Tim Iversen – Music Director, The Last Five Years
Bill Lelbach – Director, Proof
Carmela Marner - Director, Intimate Apparel
Chris O’Connor - Director, The Cottage

AEA Contract: 

SPT 2- ($416/wk NYS minimum). Housing and transportation provided per AEA contract. CRT is not able to negotiate contracts above the Tier 2 salary level. No agent submissions.

Non-Equity contracts for out-of-town actors - $250/wk.

CASTING BREAKDOWN

INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage

Rehearsals start May 4^th, Performing May 22nd -June 7th 

Casting 6 Roles

Esther: African-American seamstress in New York City who sews intimate apparel for ladies of all levels of society. 30s

Mrs. Dickson: Widowed African-American woman who owns the boarding house where Esther lives. 50’s +

Mrs. Van Buren: Wealthy, white American woman who orders fancy corsets from Esther and has also become her friend. 30s

Mr. Marks:  A Romanian Jewish fabric seller who is friends with Esther. 30s

Mayme: An African-American prostitute who orders lingerie and has become good friends with Esther. 30s

George: A Barbadian man who initiates a correspondence with Esther while he is working to build the Panama Canal. He eventually comes to New York City and marries Esther. 30s

 

THE COTTAGE by Sandy Rustin

Rehearsals start June 8^th , Performing June 26^th  - July 12th

(All roles require British RP or regional accents, physical intimacy, mild comic violence)

Casting 6 Roles

Sylvia: late 20s- to early 40s. A lovely and rash romantic.

Beau: late 20s-early 40s. Perhaps the best-looking man in Britain.

Marjorie: Late 20s-early 40s. 8 months pregnant, pragmatic, and a tad spicy.

Clark: Late 20s-early 40s. A distinguished gent with a lover’s spirit.

Dierdre: mid 20s to late 30s. An awfully pretty, sometimes wise, nincompoop.

Richard: Late 20s to early 40s. A murderous, yet gentle soul.

 

THE LAST FIVE YEARS written & composed by Jason Robert Brown

Rehearsals begin July 13^th, Performing July 31^st - August 23^rd 

Casting 2 roles, 20s-30s (flexible, but matched)

Cathy Hiatt: a struggling actress, mezzo soprano.

Jamie Wellerstein: a rising novelist, tenor.

 

PROOF by David Auburn

Rehearsals begin August 31st, Performing September 18^th - October 4^th

Casting 4 Roles

Catherine – 20s, vulnerable, yet resilient and brilliant young woman grappling with the legacy of her father’s mathematical genius and her increasing fear that she inherited both his genius and his mental instability.  

Claire – Late 20s–early 30s, a Wall Street currency analyst and Catherine’s practical yet somewhat distant older sister who tries to intervene in her life while dealing with her own insecurities.  

Robert – 50 – 60s, a recently-deceased brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago, praised for his groundbreaking work in his youth, but whose later years were plagued by delusional mental illness and often erratic behavior.  

Harold (Hal) Dobbs – late 20s, a bright, likeable mathematician and a former student of  Robert.