December 5, 2026
Spring Readers Theater & Studio Series
About the Shows & Characters
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Full Length - Studio Series, Brallahan)
By: Christopher Durang
Siblings Vanya and Sonia live a quiet life in the family farmhouse in Pennsylvania caring for their parents. Their peaceful routine is disrupted when their movie star sister Masha visits for the weekend with her young lover (Spike) and announces her plans to sell their childhood home. A weekend of rivalry, regret, and raucousness follows in this multi award-winning play.
Mixed Nuts (One Acts - Readers Series, Glass)
Show Name - TBD
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NEW WORK Going Blind (Full Length - Studio Series, Price)
By: Ricki Baker
We’ve all had them—awkward, disastrous, or wildly unbelievable blind dates. Going Blind is a hilarious collection of first dates that actually happened to playwright Ricki Baker. Chronicling several romantic encounters that went spectacularly off the rails, Going Blind celebrates resilience, self worth, and the hard-won wisdom that comes from surviving the world of blind dates.
Readers Series
The Readers Theater brings characters to life with nothing more than their voices, expressions, and a few simple gestures. There are no sets or costumes, just a comfortable evening of imagination and stories that are worth discovering.
Studio Theater Series
The Studio Theater series features staged readings that highlight strong writing and skilled performances in an intimate setting. Presented in our black box spaces, these readings focus on story, character, and conversation rather than full production elements. The result is a close, engaging experience where audiences connect directly with the text and the artists bringing it to life.
Content/Intimacy Notice
The Readers Theater series may contain stronger themes, which are per play.
The Studio Series: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike contains themes of sexuality, strong/frequent profanities, mental health, and dying parents.
The Studio Series: Going Blind contains themes of interactions with strangers both good and bad, and mild language.
Some intimate moments may include:
- non-romantic/non-violent male-to-male physical contact
- non-romantic/non-violent male and female physical contact
- non-romantic/non-violent female-to-female physical contact
Consent-forward intimacy staging will be part of any rehearsal involving these scenes. If you have concerns you would like to discuss, contact Cole at [email protected]. Concerns or limitations with any of the above material will not affect your consideration for the roles.
Characters
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
VANYA – (Male, 50s) Living in Bucks County. Resigned to his life, more or less, at least compared to Sonia.
SONIA – (Female, 50s) Vanya’s adopted sister living with him in Bucks County. Discontent, upset, regretful.
MASHA – (Female, 50s) Vanya’s sister. Glamorous and successful actress who goes gallivanting around the world.
SPIKE – (Male, 20s) An aspiring actor and Masha’s new companion. Sexy, self-absorbed, but otherwise outgoing and friendly.
NINA – (Female, 20s) Lovely, sincere would-be actress, visiting her aunt and uncle next door. Star struck, earnest and energetic.
CASSANDRA – (Female, 20s) Cleaning lady and soothsayer, any age, any race.
Mixed Nuts
CHARACTERS - TBD
Going Blind
CHARACTERS - TBD
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Director: TBD
Stage Manager: TBD
Mixed Nuts
Directors: TBD
Stage Manager: TBD
Going Blind
Directors: TBD
Stage Manager: TBD
Key Information
Date:
The Audition:
Please plan to be there for 1.5-2 hours. The audition process is time-consuming and we will do our best to stay on schedule.
The audition will consist of cold reading sides. Sides are portions of the script, found below. You may read once, you may read multiple times. You may be asked to read for additional characters.
There are no callbacks for this audition.
