NOTE: Even if you feel you don't fit any of the listed roles, we'd love to see you at Auditions! It is very helpful to see your work as we plan for future seasons!! & Thanks!

A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller

February 20-March 22, 2026 • Directed by David R. Gammons

A timeless story of love, betrayal, and the American dream, this play is a gripping tragedy that speaks directly to the immigrant experience.

"This must be what Greek tragedy once felt like, when people went to the theater in search of catharsis." - The New York Times

CAST DESCRIPTIONS:

Seeking a diverse cast, and all roles are open. Actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, etc. will be considered for all roles.

Eddie - A longshoreman, married to Beatrice

Beatrice - Wife of Eddie and aunt of Catherine

Catherine - Niece of Beatrice and Eddie, 18

Alfieri - A lawyer

Marco - Cousin to Beatrice, Strong, 20s-early 30s

Rodolpho - Cousin to Beatrice, Thin Build, 20s

Louis - A longshoreman and friend of Eddie's

Mike - A longshoreman and friend of Eddie's

Dido of Idaho by Abby Rosebrock

April 17, 2026-May 17, 2026 • Directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques

Dido of Idaho re-imagines an ancient myth to explore the messy reality of love and the difficult journey toward self-acceptance in a contemporary world. The play is a dark, funny heart-punch about self-sabotage and unlikely grace.

"Rosebrock has spun a comedy that freely intermingles laughter, frustration, tears and shock." -The Los Angeles Times

CAST DESCRIPTIONS:

We are seeking two female, one male actors, any race, to play:

JULIE — Female, 50s, Nora’s mother, former choir director from Georgia

ETHEL — Female, 50s, Julie’s companion, food service worker from Idaho

CRYSTAL — Female, 30, Michael’s wife, preschool teacher and former Miss Idaho contestant

MICHAEL — Male, 40s, poet and English professor at the University of Idaho

The roles of Nora and either Julie or Ethel (dependent on the casting of the other role) have been cast.

Is This A Room by Tina Satter

December 12, 2025-January 18, 2026 • Directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques

Is This A Room is a tense psychological thriller based on the verbatim FBI transcript of the interrogation of Reality Winner, the young intelligence specialist accused of leaking a document about Russian election interference. It's a play that explores truth, patriotism, and what it means to have honor in our complex modern world.

"A Transcript Becomes a Thrilling Thriller." -The New York Times

CAST DESCRIPTIONS:

We are seeking one male actor, any race, 25+ to play an FBI operative: Unknown Male

The roles of Special Agent Justin C. Garrick, Special Agent R. Wallace Taylor, and Reality Leigh Winner have been cast.

Director

David R. Gammons (Director, A View From the Bridge) David is a director, designer, visual artist, and theatre educator, and enjoys working with bold and adventurous collaborators. He is thrilled to be joining Apollinaire this season. David's directing and design work has been seen in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and abroad with SpeakEasy Stage, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Central Square Theater, The New Rep, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Cambridge Chamber Ensemble, The American Repertory Theatre, The Poets’ Theatre, Headlong Dance Theatre, Pig Iron Theatre, and many others.

He is a graduate of the Directing Program at the ART Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard, and of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department of Harvard University. David currently teaches drama at Bridgewater State University; his previous academic posts include The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, MIT, Virginia Tech, Suffolk University, Northeastern University, and Concord Academy, where he served as Director of the Theatre Program for 15 years.

David is a three-time winner of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director. Please visit: https://davidrgammons.com/

Audition

Please prepare 1 monologue, or 2 short contrasting monologues (under 2 minutes total).

In Person: Thurs. 10/9- 6-9, Mon. 10/13- 1-4 & 6-9, Wed. 10/15- 5:30-9:30

NOTE: Most times are currently full. We've added 5:30-6 and 9-9:30 on Wed. the 15th. Please let us know if you are available during those times, as well as your availability for all the times that work for you.

To schedule an audition, please send your full availability for the audition times to auditions@apollinairetheatre.com. You will receive a confirmation for a half hour time block. Please bring a hard copy headshot/resume to the audition. NOTE: No need to email the form ahead if you are auditioning in person!

By Video: If you are unable to attend in person auditions (please come in person if you are able!), please submit the links to your video audition, along with your headshot & resume, to auditions@apollinairetheatre.com.

Please also read the information sheet, and fill out and send the audition sheet.

Please send your audition links or videos (please send a link to youtube/vimeo/etc. or send a low res video in your email- please do not send file transfers to download), headshot & resume, and audition sheet to: auditions@apollinairetheatre.com.

We will consider all submissions recieved through Oct. 15, and after that if there are available roles.

Rehearsals will be held weeknights and weekends, beginning approximately 6 weeks before opening.

Shows run 5 weeks, initially scheduled at 3 performances a week with the possibility of adding Thursday evening or Saturday matinee performances later in the run if there is demand.

There is a stipend involved, minimum: $1,000.

Is This a Room and Dido of Idaho are directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques. A View from the Bridge is directed by David R. Gammons.

Playwrights

Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American actor and playwright. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including The Misfits (1961). His plays are considered among the best American plays of the 20th century. He received two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his plays, as well as a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was awarded the Prix Moliere of the French theatre, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

Abby Rosebrock is a Brooklyn-based writer and performer from South Carolina. Acting highlights include a range of leading roles in New York premieres. Abby’s original works have been developed and produced throughout New York City and across the country. Her new play LOWCOUNTRY just premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater in a production directed by Jo Bonney. Additional commissioning organizations include Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Echo Theatre Los Angeles, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Montana Rep, and more. Abby’s play DIDO OF IDAHO recently won several Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, among them Best Original Writing.

Tina Satter is an award-winning writer/director/filmmaker. Her debut feature, Reality (starring Sydney Sweeney) premiered at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival and was recently released on Max. It was adapted from her critically acclaimed production, IS THIS A ROOM, which premiered on Broadway in fall 2021 following a sold-out run off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. IS THIS A ROOM was the recipient of several major off-Broadway awards and was short-listed in the NYT’s Top 10 Theater of 2019. With her theater company Half Straddle, Tina has written and directed 11 full-length plays, which have premiered and toured in NYC, across the US and internationally. Tina is a recipient of a 2019 Pew Fellowship, 2016 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award, a 2014 Doris Duke Artist Impact Award, among other honors.

Director

Danielle Fauteux Jacques (Director, Is This a Room & Dido of Idaho) is Artistic Director of Apollinaire Theatre Company. She led the purchase and renovation of the Chelsea Theatre Works and has directed more than 50 plays and toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. DigBoston hailed her as “one of the most creatively thrilling visionary directors working in New England today.” Most recently she won a 2025 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for Apollinaire’s production of Touching the Void.