AUDITIONS: August Wilson’s TWO TRAINS RUNNING

AUDITIONS: August Wilson’s TWO TRAINS RUNNING

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

By August Wilson

Directed by Rovin Jay

AUDITION DATES:  Dec. 7 – 9, 2026

• Monday, Dec. 7, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Wednesday,  Dec. 9, 2026 – 7pm – 10pm: Callbacks – By invitation only.

(Auditioners only need to come to one night of open call auditions.  We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions. Auditioners will be seen on a first come, first serve basis determined by when they signed-in at the Open Call.)

PERFORMANCE DATES:  Feb. 20 – March 20, 2027

It’s 1969, the peak of the Black Power movement, in August Wilson’s mature and intimate take on those turbulent times, TWO TRAINS RUNNING. Memphis Lee’s coffee shop lies in Pittsburgh’s Hill District and serves as a hangout for a host of regulars: Wolf, a numbers runner; Risa, a laconic waitress tired of unwanted attention; Sterling, just released for bank robbery; and Hambone, who can’t let go that he was cheated out of a ham.  When the city threatens to raze the restaurant in the name of “urban renewal,” can the lofty ideals of the sixties support the reality of Black hardship in a community on the brink of change?

Check back closer to the audition dates for the official Audition Notice with the Beginning Rehearsal Schedule and Character Breakdown.