Equity Principal Actors

ARCADIA - HOUSTON, TX EPA

Theater: Main Street Theater | Houston, TX

Notice: Audition

Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, October 24, 2026

12:30 PM - 8:30 PM (C)

No scheduled break.

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email Rebecca Udden, Artistic Director, at: [email protected]

CONTRACT

SPT

$406 weekly minimum (SPT 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in ARCADIA (See BREAKDOWN). All roles are open to any ethnicity.

PREPARATION

Please prepare the Sides for the role you are interested in. Sides will be provided when your appointment is scheduled.

LOCATION

Main Street Theater

2540 Times Blvd

Houston, TX 77005-3225

Rice Village Mainstage.

PERSONNEL

Written by: Tom Stoppard

Expected to attend:

Associate Artistic Director: Andrew Ruthven

Artistic Director / Director: Rebecca Udden

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: Monday, April 19, 2027

Opening: Saturday, May 15, 2027

Closing: June 13, 2027

OTHER

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Equity's CONTRACTs prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

ARCADIA

Synopsis: The play is set in a very large English country house and bounces between two time periods, the present and 1810.

SEEKING:

Thomasina Coverly: age 13, later 16
Septimus Hodge: her tutor, age 22, later 25
Jellaby: a butler, middle-aged
Ezra Chater: a poet, 31
Richard Noakes: a landscape gardener, middle-aged
Lady Croom: middle 30s
Captain Brice: naval captain, middle 30s
Hannah Jarvis: writer, late 30s
Chloe Coverly: age 18
Bernard Nightingale: a don, late 30s
Valentine Coverly: late 20s
Gus/Augustus Coverly: age 15