AUDITIONS: HANGMEN

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater

By Martin McDonagh

Directed by Carl DaSilva

AUDITION DATES:  July 6 – 8, 2026

• Monday, July 6, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Tuesday,  July 7, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Wednesday,  July 8, 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:  Aug. 29 – Sept. 26, 2026

AUDITION NOTICE:

TITLE: HANGMEN

AUTHOR: Martin McDonagh

DIRECTOR: Carl daSilva

RUN:  August 29th – September 26th. 

Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.

This is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.

AUDITION DATES:

Open Call:

Dates: Monday, July 6 & Tuesday, July 7, 2026

(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions. Auditioners will be seen on a first come, first serve basis determined by when they sign-in.) 

Times: 7pm – 9pm

Location: Long Beach Playhouse  

Callbacks: By Invitation Only.

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Times: 7pm – 10pm

REHEARSALS:

First Read-Through: Saturday, July 11, Noon – 4pm

Regular Rehearsal: Starting July 13, Monday – Thursday, 7pm – 10pm; Some Sunday rehearsals will be scheduled as needed, 6pm – 9pm.

(Please see beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.)

Location: Long Beach Playhouse

NOTE: Open to working with some limited minor conflicts, but we will not be casting people with conflicts on tech dates and performances.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Bring headshot and resume. 

Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions.

British accent is required.

SHORT SYNOPSIS:  

Set in 1965 England just as capital punishment is abolished, the play follows Harry Wade, the country’s second-best executioner, now a pub landlord in Oldham.  When a menacing stranger named Mooney arrives, his presence triggers the disappearance of Harry’s daughter, forcing Harry into a dark, comedic, and brutal showdown regarding the true nature of justice.

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

HARRY (M, 50s to 60s; character of British Caucasian decent): He is bombastic, authoritative, and often a bully.  He takes immense pride in Being England’s “second-best” executioner in the country, though he is clearly jealous of the number one. (Role requires a British accent.)

ALICE (F, 50s to 60s; character of British Caucasian decent): Harry’s resilient and no-nonsense wife.  She helps with the pub and serves as a grounded counterpoint to Harry’s arrogance, though she often bears the brunt of his insults and dismissive behavior. (Role requires a British accent.)

SHIRLEY (F, 18 – 25 to play 15; character of British Caucasian decent): Their 15-year-old daughter often described as “mopey” and “moody”.  She is shy and sensitive, seeking her own voice while living under her parents’ dominating presence. (Role requires a British accent.)

SYD (M, 40s – 60; character of British Caucasian decent):  Harry’s former assistant executioner who was fired for “sexual impropriety” involving a corpse. He is mousy, comical, and somewhat bumbling, carrying a mix of shame and a desire for revenge against Harry. (Role requires a British accent.)

MOONEY (M, Thirties; character of British Caucasian decent): A mysterious and menacing young Londoner who arrives at the pub. He is secretive, calculating, manipulative and fast-talking.  He disrupts the pub’s routine with a veiled sense of danger. (Role requires a British accent.)

PIERREPOINT (M, Late 60s to 70s; character of British Caucasian decent): England’s real-life most famous hangman and Harry’s professional rival. He makes a late but commanding appearance that highlights Harry’s petty insecurities by comparison. (Role requires a British accent.)

INSPECTOR FRY (M, 50s to 60s; character of British Caucasian decent): A local police inspector who is more interested in drinking at the pub than doing his job.  He has known Harry for a long time and tends to turn a blind eye to the pub’s goings-on. (Role requires a British accent.)

ARTHUR (M, 60s to 70s; character of British Caucasian decent):  An elderly, nearly deaf pub regular who needs everything repeated to him and often gets it wrong anyway. (Role requires a British accent.)  

CHARLIE (M, 40s; character of British Caucasian decent): A loyal pub regular who often explains the ongoing conversations to Arthur. (Role requires a British accent.)

BILL (M, 40s; character of British Caucasian decent):  Another local patron who rounds out the sycophantic chorus of regulars that Harry orders around. (Role requires a British accent.)

CLEGG (M, 20s; character of British Caucasian decent):  An opportunistic baby-faced journalist who visits the pub to interview Harry about the end of capital punishment. (Role requires a British accent.)

BEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:

AUDITIONS: A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater

By Lucas Hnath

Directed by Phyllis B. Gitlin

AUDITION DATES:  May 26 – 28, 2026

• Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Wednesday,  May 27, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Thursday,  May 28, 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:  July 18 – Aug. 15, 2026

AUDITION NOTICE:

TITLE: A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2

AUTHOR: Lucas Hnath

DIRECTOR: Phyllis B. Gitlin

RUN: July 18 – August 15, 2026

Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.

This is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.

AUDITION DATES:

Open Call:

Dates: Tuesday, May 26 & Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Time: 7pm – 9pm

(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions. Auditioners will be seen on a first come, first serve basis determined by when they sign-in.)

Location: Long Beach Playhouse

Callbacks: By Invitation Only.

Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026 Times: 7pm – 10pm

REHEARSALS:

First Read-Through: Sat., May 30, Noon – 4:00 p.m.

Regular Rehearsal: Staring June 1, Mondays – Thursdays, 7pm – 10pm; Saturdays, 9am – Noon.

(Please check beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.)

NOTE: Open to  casting  actors with some, limited minor conflicts, but we will not be casting people with conflicts on tech dates and performances. A daily, regular rehearsal schedule will be set after callbacks.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Bring headshot and resume.

Be ready to do a memorized monologue with possible adjustments by the director. 

Sides for cold readings will be provided at the callbacks.

No dialect is required.

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

The play takes place in the Helmer home in Norway. Standard American stage dialect will be used. The time is 15 years after Nora left Torvald. Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, leaving behind her husband and children for a life unknown. Now she is knocking on that same door, having returned with an urgent request for her former husband.

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

NOTE: ALL ETHNICITIES AND TYPES ARE ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION.

NORA (F, look 40-45 years old): A much wiser woman than her former self. She is a writer and is living comfortably.

TORVALD (M, look 50-55 years old): Still a lawyer. He has let the community believe that Nora died rather than left him. So while Nora has been living her truth, he has been living a lie.

ANNE MARIE: (F, look 60-75): Nanny to Nora and then her children, She knows everything that has happened, or not happened, in this family.

EMMY: (F, look 18-25 years old): Nora and Torvald’s daughter, has strong ideas that often contradict her mother’s experience. About to marry, and is doing it “right”. She has no affection for Nora.

BEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:

AUDITIONS: KIMBERLY AKIMBO

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater

By David Lindsay-Abaire

Directed by Michael Hovance

AUDITION DATES:  April 13 – 15, 2026

• Monday, April 13, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Tuesday,  April 14, 2026 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call
• Wednesday,  April 15, 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:  June 6 – July 3, 2026

AUDITION NOTICE:

TITLE:  KIMBERLY AKIMBO

AUTHOR:  David Lindsay-Abaire

DIRECTOR: Michael Hovance

RUN:  June 6 – July 3, 2026

Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.

This is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.

AUDITION DATES:

Open Call:

Dates:  Monday, April 13 & Tuesday, April 14, 2026

(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions.)

Times: 7pm – 9pm

Location: Long Beach Playhouse  

Callbacks: By Invitation Only.

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Times: 7pm – 10pm

REHEARSALS:

First Read-Through: Saturday, April 18, Noon – 4pm

Regular Rehearsal:  Starting Monday, April 20: Monday through Thursdays 7pm – 10pm with an occasional possible Saturday rehearsal, Noon – 3pm if needed.

(Please see beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.)

Location: Long Beach Playhouse

NOTE: Open to working with some limited minor conflicts, but we will not be casing people with conflicts on tech dates and performances.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Bring headshot and resume. 

Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions. 

SHORT SYNOPSIS:  

Its 1999, (before kids had cell phones), and Kimberly has all the usual problems of a typical 16 year old; making friends at her new school, dealing with her dysfunctional family… and a rare genetic condition where she ages four and a half times faster than her peers. Feeling trapped inside the frail physical body of an elderly woman, Kim meets Jeff, another young misfit at school, and an uncertain relationship develops between them. Soon her life goes “akimbo,” contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality, and most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love. A dark comedy that gives a quirky twist to the term ‘coming of age story’.

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

KIMBERLY LEVACO (F, 60+ to play 16 y.o.): Kimberly is sixteen but appears much older because of a rare (fictional) aging disorder. She’s intelligent, perceptive, and often wiser than the adults around her. She longs for normal teenage experiences: friends, romance, and a sense of belonging, but she’s also aware that her time is limited. The actor should be able to express both the physical presence of an older woman and the emotional energy of a teenager. (Intimacy Moment: This character shares a brief on-stage kiss with Jeff.)

BUDDY LEVACO (M, Mid 30s-40s): Kimberly’s father. A man with a gentle heart and a weak backbone. He drinks too much and uses humor to hide his sense of failure. Buddy is not cruel, but he’s unreliable and emotionally lost. He wants to do right by his family but lacks the maturity or stability to make lasting change. His love for Kimberly is genuine, but his inability to take responsibility often undermines it.  

PATTIE LEVACO (F, Mid 30s – 40s): Kimberly’s mother: High-strung, self-centered, and constantly overwhelmed, Pattie has a hard time accepting reality. She masks her fear and guilt with sarcasm and self-pity. There’s love beneath her chaos, but she doesn’t know how to show it. This role requires solid comedic timing. Pattie is 8 months pregnant throughout the duration of the show. She has bandages wrapping up both hands, and walks with crutches for several scenes.

DEBRA (F, 30 – 40): Pattie’s sister and Kimberly’s aunt. Debra is unapologetically herself — bold, funny, and always scheming for her next move. An ex (and possibly future) con. Beneath her chaotic energy is a deep need for connection and belonging. She’s both comic relief and a surprising source of heart.

  JEFF (M, 18 – 25 to play 16 y.o.): A classmate of Kimberly’s. Jeff is intelligent, quirky, and endearingly awkward. A lover of D&D and the “puzzleistic arts”.  He shares Kimberly’s sense of humor, and becomes her closest friend and potential love interest. His presence gives her a glimpse of a normal teenage experience. (Intimacy Moment: This character shares a brief on-stage kiss with Kimberly.)

BEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: