Non-Equity Jobs
Non-equity Resident Company auditions will be held at various Conservatories/College Programs throughout the U.S. and at the A-1 Auditions in January. Video submissions are welcome. Please send to info@fbplayhouse.org your (a) headshot and resume; (b) dance reel; and (c) 2 16 bar contrasting vocal selections. Deadline is February 10, 2024. A full-summer commitment is required. We look forward to seeing you audition!
NON-EQUITY JOB-IN ACTING OPPORTUNITIES
We will have opportunities available for Non-Equity actors (apart from the Resident Company and AEA Acting positions) in our mainstage season in How I Learned to Drive, Escape to Margaritaville, The Prom, Beautiful, Rock of Ages and Hand to God. Video submissions are no longer being reviewed for the 2024 Season.
MORE INFO ABOUT THE RESIDENT COMPANY!
Performance: Resident Company Members have enormous performing opportunities at the Playhouse. Each company member is guaranteed to appear in Escape to Margaritaville, The Prom, Beautiful, and Rock of Ages, as well as cabarets and the children's production, which will be Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka TYA. Possibilities for main stage roles include leads, supporting roles, and ensemble.
Contracts: Most resident actor contracts begin mid-June 2024 and all will extend through August 25, 2024. Candidates must commit to the entire summer contract to be considered.
Compensation: Resident actors make $210/week. The Playhouse also provides housing for the summer, all meals, and the cost of round-trip transportation to and from NYC.
Qualifications: Resident actors must be at least 18 years of age, with excellent singing, dancing, and acting skills, and a professional work ethic. Due to the nature of our musical season, non-singers and non-dancers cannot be considered.
Auditions: The Forestburgh Playhouse will visit various conservatories/college programs throughout the country, and will attend the A1 Audition Conference in January, 2024, and will accept video submissions (2 contrasting 16 bar selections, brief monologue and dance reel) until February 10. Submissions will not be considered after that date.
If you are interested in submitting for our Resident Company, please email your headshot and resume and a video containing 2 contrasting 16 bar selections, brief monologue and dance reel) to: INFO@FBPLAYHOUSE.ORG
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY, 10 2024
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The Forestburgh Playhouse is proud to affirm and accelerate its ongoing commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity, ensuring that our company, in all aspects, reflects our dedication to social and racial equality. Our mission is to encourage and increase employment diversity by providing an workplace for staff of any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, class, national origin, ability, parental status or veteran status. As a united Forestburgh Playhouse, we promise to promote an environment that is truly equitable as an ongoing and intentional process of self-examination, accountability and action.
Before it's magic onstage - rehearsing West Side Story on the back rehearsal deck
The Resident Acting Company (aka the ResCo) forms the core of the Forestburgh Playhouse's performance team. The 12-16 non-union actors in the ResCo spend the summer performing and rehearsing in a professional atmosphere, gaining valuable experience and learning their craft. Resident actors are not interns or apprentices, but full time performing non-union professionals who will work alongside experienced and prolific professionals throughout the season.
The Playhouse selects its company from by visiting multiple conservatories/ college programs across the country as well as attending audition conferences and accepting video submissions.. As part of its commitment to developing young talent, Resident Company members who do particularly well are often invited back the following year and given opportunities to perform larger roles or in other capacities, such as directing, choreographing, assisting the producer, etc. A number of former Resident Company members have been re-hired as Equity actors.
Former ResCo actors who started their careers in the ResCo at the Forestburgh Playhouse include: Kerstin Anderson (Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady on Broadway and Maria, National Tour of Sound of Music), Badia Fahra (School of Rock, Broadway), Lauren Chapman (Frozen, Broadway), Jason Danieley (The Full Monty, Next to Normal), Trista Moldovan (Christine in Phantom of the Opera Broadway), Kathy Brier (Tracy in Hairspray Broadway, Emmy nomination Days of Our Lives), Morgan James (Wonderland, Godspell, Motown Broadway), Eric Millegan (Bones), Randy Harrison (Queer as Folk), Daniel Maldonado (& Juliet), Julio Rey, Tristen Buettel, J. Savage (Bad Cinderella), Aaron Patterson (Ain’t Too Proud), Eric Siegle (Tina the Musical), Andrew Purdy (Book of Mormon), Steven Telsey (Harmony), Eric Siegle (Tina), Chiara Trentalange (Girl from the North Country), Tristen Buettel, Julio Rey and Jonathan Savage (Bad Cinderella), Mike Cefalo (NY, NY), Collin Hancock (How to Dance in Ohio) and many more current and former Broadway, film, and TV actors.