Casting

Center Theatre Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles hosts an Equity audition (EPA) for FENCES, seeking Equity actors for roles with five offstage understudies. The event uses LORT Non-Rep terms with a weekly minimum of $1,453.

Please bring headshots and resumes, and prepare two short monologues or one longer piece. The audition takes place at Center Theatre Group venues in Los Angeles, with rehearsals beginning in 2027 and performances to follow.

Qualifications

• Equity actors for roles in FENCES (see breakdown). Five offstage understudies will cover all roles.

Responsibilities

• EPA audition procedures are in effect.
• Understudies usually join rehearsals on the third week of work for the principal cast.

Job description

Center Theatre Group does not have a resident or repertory company of actors and is always looking for new talent for our stages. We cast for the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre, in addition to various readings, workshops, and special events. Most of our work is based in Los Angeles, but occasionally we have projects that are based in New York or elsewhere.

FENCES - LA EPA

Thursday, September 24, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
1:00PM - 2:00PM Break

Contract: LORT Non-Rep $1453 weekly minimum (LORT A)

Seeking

FENCES

By August Wilson
Director: Phylicia Rashad

Seeking: Equity actors for roles in FENCES (see breakdown). Five offstage understudies will cover all roles.

Expected to attend: Lindsay Allbaugh, Associate Artistic Director

Audition Requirements

Preparation:

2 short (1 min) contrasting monologues or 1 (2 min) monologue, preferably from a published play.

Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

Location

Center Theatre Group's The Music Center Annex
601 W Temple St
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2621
Rooms A (audition) and B (holding)

Other Dates

First Rehearsal: April 27, 2027
First Tech Rehearsal: May 20, 2027
First Preview: May 26, 2027
Opening Night: June 2, 2027
Closing: July 3, 2027
Ext Close: July 11, 2027

Other

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Equity's contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to your questions and more information about our casting process.

• We are able to provide audition materials in Braille or large print format, or provide interpreting (ASL, other languages).
• Our facilities are completely wheelchair accessible.
• Please let us know if you have any requests.
• We have a chair for your use. We request that you limit use of props and please no weapons, smoking, live fire, or nudity.
• We provide information about who will be in the room with you.
• A reader (professional actor) will read with you when necessary.
• Play—in addition to the sides, the script is most often available to you.
• Musical—please note the audition instructions; from musical selections to type of dance shoes.
• Please let casting know immediately if you have conflicts with the callback schedule or any of the time periods for the project.
• We make all best efforts to accommodate conflicts.
• Ahmanson Theatre: LORT A (Center Theatre Group addendum pages 121-122)
• Kirk Douglas Theatre: LORT D
• Readings & Workshops: contracted with LORT D, Experimental, Casual Employment, or Stage Reading Guidelines

The Equity Membership Candidate Program (EMC) permits actors and stage managers in training to credit theatrical work in certain Equity theatres towards eventual membership in Equity. Please note opportunities at Center Theatre Group for EMC sponsorship are extremely limited. EMC members can attend the Equity monthly open auditions.

• We provide studio teachers for schooling during the time a minor is working with us. A parent/guardian also must be present.
• For any audition where we ask for singing, we provide you with a professional accompanist. Singing a cappella is not helpful, unless specifically requested.
• You should bring your book of music selections. The music score should be legible, in the right key for you, and clearly marked with start/stops. You should not assume the accompanist will know the song you want to sing without sheet music or be able to transpose to your range.
• There shall be no discrimination against any Actor for a part in a cast by reason of race, color, creed, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, political persuasion, belief, or marital status.
• LORT and Equity recognize the need for expanding the participation of ethnic minorities (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American), women Actors and Actors with disabilities in their artistic process.
• Toward that end, LORT reaffirms its commitment to non-discrimination and a flexible, imaginative casting policy, known hereinafter as Non-Traditional Casting, in all its Theatres.
  Non-traditional casting shall be defined, for the purposes of this Agreement, as the casting of ethnic minority Actors (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American), women Actors, and Actors with disabilities in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, or the presence or absence of a disability is not germane.
• LORT will encourage its members to actively solicit the participation of ethnic minorities and Actors with disabilities in the casting process. LORT Theatres will attach a statement of this non-traditional casting policy to their contracts with directors, choreographers, and casting consultants.
• In furtherance of the foregoing policy, LORT recognizes that all roles where race, ethnicity, gender, or the presence or absence of a disability is not germane shall be open to non-traditional casting. Each Theatre shall include its nontraditional casting policy in casting notices and cast breakdowns to agents and casting directors.
• The Theatre will maintain for each production records of ethnic minorities, females, and Actors with disabilities auditioned, interviewed, and/or hired and will forward such records to Equity at the end of each season.

"Why do I see a production listed on the website, but not in your breakdowns?"

• Some productions on our stages are presented in coordination with outside producers—tours and otherwise. These productions usually have the full cast attached and since they are not on Center Theatre Group contracts, we are not involved with casting those projects. If you are interested in being considered for the tours or commercial productions, we suggest you get in touch with the general manager or casting director of that production.
• Productions we produce have actors on our LORT contract, and we are involved in casting those projects. We do not have the breakdowns released more than 2-3 months in advance of first rehearsal.

Productions at the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum have understudies. Usually, the breakdown for these roles comes out after the principals are cast. The sessions occur once rehearsals have started.

Understudies usually join rehearsals on the third week of work for the principal cast. There are no guaranteed performances for our understudies. Actors must be at the theatre every performance. Post-opening, understudies rehearse approximately two afternoons a week.

• Company Management will be in contact to welcome actors and discuss logistics from payroll to parking.
• Media & Communications will be in contact to gather actor bios and photos for the program and discuss any press interview/appearance needs.
• Our Costume Shop is local, and actors are initially contacted for a measurements or fitting appointment in preparation for the wardrobe process.
• Stage Management comes on contract the week (occasionally 2 weeks) prior to the actors and will be in touch with schedule, script, and welcome information.
• Typical rehearsal schedule is Tuesday through Sunday (Monday off) 10am–6pm or 11am–7pm.
• Typical tech schedule lasts for about 5 days before preview performances start. These are a combination of longer days (noon-midnight) in accordance with the AEA rules.

Performance

• Pre-Opening: During the preview period, there are rehearsals during the day and performances take place at night.
• Post-Opening: The regular show schedule proceeds. Regular show calls are usually ½ hour before curtain.

We have several projects in development throughout the year. These are not workshops or readings where actors pay to participate—actors are paid on Center Theatre Group contracts.

Workshops are usually one to four weeks in duration.

Readings are usually one day to one week in duration.