Season 2026-2027 Auditions & Submissions

Placer Rep is receiving submissions May 18 – June 19, 2026

for season 2026-2027 from:

  • WRITERS & DIRECTORS

    • Submit email with URL(s) to digital recording of a work sample(s) and attach resume(s).
      • Writers, please submit a written work sample (PDF)
        • In addition to New Works Festival (unpaid opportunity), PRT may
          • produce ad hoc stage reading & performances during the 2026-2027 season
          • consider new works for inclusion in the 2027-2028 main season.
      • Writers and Directors are paid an agreed upon lump sum for ad hoc stage readings & main season offerings

  • ACTORS:

ACTOR AUDITIONS for Main Season 2026-2027 (paid)

We invite you to Email your resume & headshot as the first step of your audition. 

Required:

  • Send an email to introduce yourself (or update us since your last submission)
  • Attach your resume and headshot

HIGHLY Recommended:

  • We need to see you perform.  Please include a URL (link) to a digital recording of you performing (even if just a Selfie)!

Successful submissions will be contacted to schedule a callback / chemistry read appointment in July.

Email Placer Rep your resume, headshot (and optional Video URL)

Pay is $20/hour for rehearsals & performances.

 

 

TALENT DEVELOPMENT Opportunity:  Community New Works Festival (Unpaid)

A Community “New Works Festival” is currently slated for Fall 2026 is for local community

  • writers
  • directors
  • actors
  • designers & technicians

This is a community show and no pay is received. HOWEVER, participants are mentored, trained and collaborate with professionals, with the hope of nurturing & developing area talent via the “New Works Festival” and lead to theatrical employment in future Placer Rep employment opportunities, like those mentioned above and below (Main Season, School Tours / Family Theater, Artist/Educator jobs).

  • Participants form a production group to devise, write or select from submitted new works.
  • Groups may include director(s), writers or collaborators, performers, designers/technicians.
  • Participants may come in as a pre-formed production group or sign up individually and form production groups at the kick-off meeting.
  • Shows would likely occur over 1 or 2 weeks in late September or early to mid-October.  FMI: attend the Info Meeting in May 2026.

PUT YOUR NAME ON THE INFO MTG(s) INVITE LIST – likely via Zoom around mid May.

 

PERFORMING WITH PRT (Paid)

FMI on Placer Rep programs:

Morning, afternoon and evening performance opportunities.

School Tours: Storytellers Theater & Family Theater 

         

 

Main Season 2026-2027 offerings

Main 2026-2027 season opportunities included

  • A Community New Works Festival (Fall 2026)
  • At least 2 main season offerings for Winter & Spring 2027, titles TBA
  • School Tours / Storytellers Theater / Family Theater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAQs:

Q: What are the requirements for the video submission?

A: The URL you provide ideally links to your videos on YouTube, Vimeo or similar, as these sites include a video player.

  • If you provide a URL that leads to a video via an online/cloud Share location or similar, MP4 files are ideal.
  • Video submissions are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (Round one of auditions is essentially a video audition)
    • This need not be high production value. We just need to be able to see and hear you. You may make this at home or use an audition video you created at an industry workshop or similar.
  • If your URL leads to a video performance (not an audition video), please provide
    • the start time for the portion of the video we should watch
      • example: begin watching @ 1:15:30
    • and which character you are portraying
      • I am the Apothecary, wearing the blue hat with the feather.

Q: When do School Tours operate? Storytellers Family Theater?

A: We rehearse based upon the schedules of the performers involved.

  • School Tours shows generally occur on weekday mornings (Mon-Fri) during the regular school day.
  • Storytellers Family Theater occurs on weekend mornings (Saturdays), with the possibility of early afternoon performances as well.
  • For both programs, shows usually start between 9 and 10 a.m.  Should there be two or more shows on a single day, shows complete by 1:30 or 2 p.m.
  • Shows are 30 to 80 minutes in length, most shows are 45-60 minutes. Currently, there is usually only one show per day. The number of shows per week varies, based upon the program specialist’s focus on bookings.
    • Programs that perform for Schools could not operate prior to Fall of 2023 due to the pandemic.
    • Placer Rep is focused on growing this program as an employment source for performers & technicians/SMs by significantly increasing future bookings.
      • If you, or someone you know, would be interested in volunteering to call schools and set bookings, email us: education@placerrep.org 

Q: How much do these performing opportunities pay?

A: Above minimum wage.

  • Main Season shows, which perform in the evening, standardly pay $20 per hour or a lump contract sum roughly equivalent to $20/hour for rehearsals plus performances on a contract per show basis.
  • School Tours program performance budget allocates $75 per show per performer with a max of 3 daytime shows per day.  There are small bonuses per show for very small cast shows of 1 or 2 people. (Shows usually run 30-60 minutes – pay is set as a contract lump sum ($65 to 75/show depending upon the booking).
  • Storytellers Family Theater: $20/hour for rehearsals, performances.  These are weekend performances of School Tours shows, so usually no rehearsal is involved.  Storytellers Family Theater usually performs on Saturday mornings in Placer County venues, like event rooms.
  • VAPA ELO program artists/educators are paid $30-35/hour or a healthy percentage of the enrollment fees
  • Directors, Writers are paid an agreed upon lump sum service fee or “rights” fee.

Q: Would I be an employee or contractor?

A: All of our nonunion performers are hired by show as temporary performing arts contractors (W-9). VAPA ELO Program artist/educators historically have been employees (W-2).

Q: If I am SAG/AFTRA or AEA, can I apply? What about if I have an agent?

A: Yes, you may submit your materials.

We have hired SAG/AFTRA, AEA and former AEA performers previously. Admittedly, non-AEA performers with professional experience are easier to contract with at this time. As we grow over the next few years, we will migrate toward use of more AEA actors.

  • AEA: If you are actively enrolled as an AEA member (and do not qualify under a grandfather clause to perform outside AEA contractual opportunities), Placer Rep must negotiate your performance contract(s) with AEA.
  • SAG/AFTRA performers typically do not need to file with SAG/AFTRA for theatrical work (as we are not livestreaming these performances nor recording them for future commercial purposes such as pay-per-view).
  • AGENTS: If you have a modeling, film/TV agent, usually they do not intercede in theatrical work contracts nor educator contracts. If you have a theatrical agent, you may need to have your agent review the contract we are offering you to receive their feedback and approval prior to signing with PRT.

 

Submit your materials via email 

resume

headshot

URL to your work (you performing, something you wrote or directed)

and successful candidates will be invited to a callback/chemistry reading appointment in July.

 

Season 2025-2026 Auditions flyer - limited version with little text.