Quintessence Theatre Group 2025-26 Season – Philadelphia, PA EPA Position Available In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP 2025-26 SEASON

• PHILADELPHIA, PA EPA (06.

24.25) & (06.25.25)

CATEGORY

PERFORMER
Quintessence Theatre Group
Philadelphia, PA
JOB DETAILS
DESCRIPTION

Notice:

Audition Call Type:

EPA
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
10:00 AM

• 6:00 PM (E)
  AND
  Wednesday, June 25, 2025
  10:00 AM
• 6:00 PM (E)
  Lunch 1:30 PM
• 2:30 PM
  APPOINTMENTS
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CONTRACT

SPT
$670 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Quintessence Theatre Group’s 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

To be considered for

HENRY IV

Pts I & II, please prepare a dramatic verse monologue. To be considered for THE HYPOCHONDRIAC, please prepare aedic monologue. To be considered for

PIRATES OF

PENZANCE, please prepare a 16-bar song cut in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan. Your audition package should be 3 minutes or less. Please also bring a hard copy of your headshot and resume.

LOCATION

Quintessence Theatre

• Rehearsal room & Administrative offices
  7135 Germantown Avenue
  2nd Floor
  Philadelphia, PA 19119
  PERSONNEL
  Expected to attend;
  Artistic Director & Director (Pirates & Henry IVs): Alexander Burns
  Director (The Hypochondriac): Trey Lyford

Artistic Associate:

Lisi Levy

Creative Director:

Lee Cortopassi

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.
OTHER
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity ismitted 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

Quintessence Theatre Group 2025-26 Season
Gilbert and Sullivan’s

PIRATES OF PENZANCE

First Rehearsal:

October 28

Tech:

November 13

• 16

First Preview:

November 19

Opening Night:

November 22

Closing:

January 4, 2026

Extension Closing:

January 11

SEEKING:

Frederic

• 20s•A member of the Pirates.

He is unaffected and possesses an unself-conscious sex appeal. Youthful, genuine and innocent.

Vocal range top:

G4.

Vocal range bottom:

Bb2.
Mabel

• 18-21
• Daughter of the Major-General.

Mabel is a classic beauty similar to Lillian Gish or Mary Pickford. An astute young woman, she is sympathetic in nature. She and Frederic fall in love.

Vocal range top:

Db6.

Vocal range bottom:

Bb3.
Pirate King

• 25-35
• The leader of the pirates.

Despite his sharp and loud bark, he is actually a whole-hearted romantic with a soft bite. A handsome man typically found with an open shirt and wind in his hair.

Vocal range top:

F4.

Vocal range bottom:

A#2.
Major-General Stanley

• 55-65, A father with many daughters.

He resembles a male Queen Victoria in his sensibilities. Possesses kindness, warmth, and good-humor. The love for his daughters is undeniable.

Vocal range top:

E4.

Vocal range bottom:

Bb2.
Ruth

• 40s, Frederic’s lifelong nanny.

A sneaky Mrs. Potts, cares not for vanity. She wants nothing more in life than to see Frederic happy, healthy, and by her side.

Vocal range top:

Eb5.

Vocal range bottom:

G3.
Kate

• 17-21, Daughter of the Major-General.

Quick-witted and rather sassy. She, like her other sisters, is strikingly beautiful.

Vocal range top:

G5.

Vocal range bottom:

Ab3.
Edith

• 20s, Daughter of the Major-General.

Though a level-headed girl, she is quite mischievous. Very beautiful and the eldest of the daughters.

Vocal range top:

G5.

Vocal range bottom:

Ab3.
Samuel

• 35-45, The Pirate King’s right-hand man.

Perhaps a bit rotund, Samuel is clever but easily manipulated and influenced.

Vocal range top:

F4.

Vocal range bottom:

Bb2.
Sergeant of Police

• 35-45, The leader of the police.

He is Groucho Marx-esque and ufortably clumsy. Though their duty to protect is clear, the Sergeant and his police are more accustomed to fear and hide.

Vocal range top:

E4.

Vocal range bottom:

G2.
Shakespeare’s

HENRY IV

• PARTS 1 & 2

First Rehearsal:

January 13

Tech:

February 5

• 8

First Preview:

February 11

Opening:

February 19

Closing:

March 15

Extension Closing:

March 22

SEEKING:

King Henry IV

• Bolingbroke, usurper of Richard II’s throne, Father of Prince Henry and Prince John and grandson of King Edward III.
  Henry, prince of Wales
• Son of King Henry, usually known as Prince Hal. A ne’er-do-well, seen by his father as a party boy and prodigal son.
  John, prince of Lancaster
• The dutiful young son of King Henry.
  Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
• A noble and disgruntled kingmaker, turned rebel. Father of Hotspur.
  Lady Northumberland
• Earl of Northumberland’s wife.
  Henry Percy surnamed “Hotspur”
• Hotheaded warrior and rebel with Father Northumberland.
  Sir John Falstaff
• A portly, drunken, knight, and carefreepanion of Prince Hal.
  Bardolph
• A soldier and partner in mischief with Prince Hal and Falstaff.
  Lady Percy
• The wife of the rebel Hotspur.
  Mistress Quickly
• Hostess of the Boar’s Head Tavern.
  Doll Tearsheet
• Prostitute & friend of Mistress Quickly.

Molière’s

THE HYPOCHONDRIAC

First Rehearsal:

March 17

Tech:

April 9

• 12

First Preview:

April 15

Opening Night:

April 23

Closing:

May 10

Extension Closing:

May 17

SEEKING:

Argan

• 60s. A penny pinching older gentleman and the hypochondriac.
  Toinette
• Argan’s maid and Angelique’s confidante; smart, spirited, and cunning.
  Béline
• Argan’s younger second wife; wants nothing but his money.
  Angélique
• 20s. Argan’s younger daughter; an innocent romantic, devoted to her father.
  Cléante
• 20s. Angelique’s love interest; a little silly butpletely smitten with Angelique.
  Doctor Purgon
• Argan’s doctor, a notable quack.
  Thomas Diafoirus
• 20s. Purgeon’s nephew and proposed husband to Angelique; awkward and dull.
  Monsieur Fleurant
• The apothecary who works with Purgeon; a specialist in enemas, but still a quack.
  Monsieur de Bonnefoy
• The scheming notary.

SALARY
SPT $670 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
UNION
AEA