Auditions & Employment

Local Equity Principal Auditions
for Pittsburgh Public Theater's 2011-2012 Season

Dates: Monday, June 6th and Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Place: O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., 2nd floor, Pittsburgh, PA
Time: 9:30am until 5:30pm (Lunch break from 1pm until 2pm)

Pittsburgh Public Theater is a LORT "B" company, located in Downtown Pittsburgh, PA. The current Equity minimum weekly salary for actors is $765.

Please prepare a brief classical monologue (Sophocles, Shakespeare, etc.). Please remember to bring one copy of your headshot and resume stapled together.

Producing Artistic Director, Ted Pappas, will be present at all auditions.
Please contact The Public's Shaun Hall to set up an appointment --- shall@ppt.org or call (412) 316-8200, ext. 712

Next season's roster of plays includes:

ELECTRA by Sophocles, adapted by Frank McGuinness:
Director: Ted Pappas
First rehearsal: 9/6/11
First preview: 9/29/11
Opening: 10/6/11
Closing: 10/30/11
Available roles: Electra, Chrysothemis, Orestes, Servant, Aegisthus, Chorus of 3 principal women

RED by John Logan
Director: Pamela Berlin
First rehearsal: 10/18/11
First preview: 11/10/11
Opening: 11/18/11
Closing: 12/11/11
Available roles: Mark Rothko, Ken

AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
Director: Ted Pappas
First rehearsal: 12/27/11
First preview: 1/18/12
Opening: 1/27/12
Closing: 2/19/12
Available roles: Duke Senior, Duke Frederick, Jaques, Charles, Oliver, Orlando, Adam, Touchstone, Corin, Silvius, Le Beau, Amiens, Rosalind, Celia, Phebe, Audrey. There will be some doubling in the production, to be determined.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION by Mark St. Germain
Director: Mary Robinson
First rehearsal: 2/7/12
First preview: 3/1/12
Opening: 3/9/12
Closing: 4/1/12
Available roles: Sigmund Freud, C.S. Lewis

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS by Mark Brown
Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
First rehearsal: 3/20/12
First preview: 4/12/12
Opening: 4/20/12
Closing: 5/13/12
Available roles: All five roles

PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
Director: Ted Pappas
First rehearsal: 5/1/12
First preview: 5/24/12
Opening: 6/1/12
Closing: 6/24/12
Available roles: All

PLEASE NOTE:

Local Non-Equity actors will be seen as time permits.
Please contact Shaun Hall at shall@ppt.org to be put on the Non-Equity Waiting List. DO NOT CALL. Please indicate a preference of date, and morning or afternoon time slot. Non-Equity actors who are offered an audition slot will be contacted by Friday, June 3, 2011.

You may send picture and resume to:
Shaun Hall
Casting
Pittsburgh Public Theater
621 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
shall@ppt.org

Job Listings

Pittsburgh Public Theater is now hiring for the following positions. For each position, please send your resume to: Accounting & Payroll Manager, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or email complete information to msabol@ppt.org

Job title: Front of House Staff
Full or Part Time: Part Time
Job description: Periodically, seasonal positions are available for Bartenders, Coat Check, Gift Shop, Concessions and Lobby Guards. Flexible part-time schedules, working mostly evenings and weekends.