Auditions
Bring your talent and creativity to our award-winning theatre company!
Our auditions are posted on this page when available.
We also forward this information to the Portland Area Theatre Alliance and other local media. We hold auditions for adults and children, depending on the production.
Upcoming Audition Dates:
Audition signups begins approximately 4-6 weeks prior to auditions. Signups for audition notices are posted on our website. You can sign up on our website to receive audition notices as soon as they are announced by clicking HERE.
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DRACULA
April 26, 27, 2025
Lakewood Theatre will hold auditions for the play, DRACULA, dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston; the play is based on the world-famous novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The production was revived on Broadway in October 1977, starring Frank Langella, with a very successful run of 925 performances.
Auditions: Saturday, April 26; Sunday, April 27, 2025.
Visit the Lakewood Theatre website for audition signup CLICK HERE
Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.
DRACULA will be directed by Mark Pierce.
All roles are open, and all will receive compensation. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting, and the directing team is actively seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for every role. Actors’ Equity contracts are not available for this production.
Callbacks, if needed, will be held Wednesday, April 30 at 6:30 PM
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Audition:
- Please complete the appointment sign-up.
- Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org, mentioning DRACULA and your LAST NAME in the subject line. As backup, please bring both resumes and headshots to your audition appointment.
- Conflicts not listed at the time of audition may not be honored.
- Actors may sign up for a 5-minute audition appointment – a reader will be provided.
- Auditions will consist of a scene from the script. (No prepared monologues necessary.) Sides are available on the LTC website.
- Actors will be asked to review their audition form to make sure the information is correct and update any rehearsal or performance conflicts.
Sides:
Harker
Seward
Dracula
Van Helsing
Renfield
Lucy 1
Butterworth/Attendant & Mary/Maid
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin in early August (date TBD) 2025. The schedule can include weekday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays between 1:00 AM and 5:00 PM, with one day off during rehearsal weeks. A final schedule will be determined after reviewing cast commitments and schedule conflicts.
Performance Schedule: DRACULAopens September 12 and continues through October 19, 2025. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM, one Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM, and one Wednesday performance at 7:30 PM.
About the play: Professor Van Helsing investigates the mysterious illness of young Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium. Van Helsing discovers she is the victim of the charming Count Dracula, a powerful vampire feeding on her blood. To save Lucy, the vampire must be laid to rest with a stake through the heart. A bracing new production that honors the legendary history of this classic shocker while embracing a 21st-century perspective on power and seduction. This show is appropriate for ages 12 and up.
Time and Place: The 1920s
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Dracula Male 40+ A tall mysterious man. Polished and distinguished. Continental in appearance and manner.
Lucy Seward Female 18-30 An innocent girl, gentle in demeanor – she is the tortured object of Dracula’s affections.
Dr. Seward, a Male 40+, is Lucy’s father. He is intelligent but a typical scientist who lives in the world of textbooks and patients, not a man of action or great force of character.
Jonathan Harker Male 20-30 A handsome young man, and a typical Englishman. He is Lucy’s fiancé, and is direct, explosive, incisive and excitable in manner.
Dr. Van Helsing Male or female, 50+, Nervous and alert in manner, has an air of resolution. Resourceful, incisive, and always to the point – the perfect force of good to foil Dracula’s schemes.
R.M. Renfield Male 18+
Repulsive and animalistic in nature. He is a mental patient driven to the edge of madness by his master – Dracula, who constantly casts a shadow over his servant’s shoulder.
Butterworth Male 18+
An employee of Dr. Seward’s hospital, he is rough around the edges but provides some much-needed comic relief to this lush gothic horror.
Miss Wells the Maid Female 18+
A loyal servant and attendant to Lucy, she is a kind and gentle lady who also adds some humor to the story.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Adults: April 19th. Children: April 22.
Lakewood Theatre will hold auditions for the play Miracle on 34th Street, adapted from Valentine Davies’ novel and inspired by the classic 1947 film. Auditions for adult roles will be on Saturday, April 19, and for children’s roles (ages 8-10) on Tuesday, April 22.
Callbacks for adult roles are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, April 21 and April 22, at 6:30 PM
Visit the Lakewood Theatre website to sign up for auditions, or click HERE
If you need assistance with signing up, call 503-635-3901.
Miracle on 34th Street is directed by Karlyn Love.
All roles are open, and all will receive compensation. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting, and the directing team is actively seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for every role. Actors Equity contracts are not available for this production.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Audition Requirements:
- Please complete the appointment sign-up.
- Please email your resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org, mentioning 34th Street and your LAST NAME in the subject line. As backup, please bring both to your audition appointment.
- Callbacks for adults will occur at the director’s discretion on Monday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 22.
- Conflicts not listed at the time of audition may not be honored.
- Adult actors may sign up for a 12-minute audition appointment which will provide 6 actors (3 men, 3 women) to sign up per time slot to read together as a group.
- Young actors can sign up for a 15-minute group audition slot on Tuesday 4/22
- Auditions will consist of a scene from the script. (No prepared monologues necessary.)
- Please do not be concerned with which role you may be asked to read. The director will read for specific roles if you are asked to call backs.
- Actors will be asked to review their audition form to make sure the information is correct and update any rehearsal or performance conflicts.
Sides:
General:
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Kids:
Scene 1
Scene 2
Adults & Kids:
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Tuesday night, 4/22/25 @6:30pm, actors are invited to sing if they are interested in being an elf.
Jingle Bells
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin September 21, 2025. The schedule of rehearsals can include weekday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays between 1:00 AM – 5:00 PM with one day off during rehearsal weeks. A final schedule will be determined after reviewing cast commitments and schedule conflicts.
Performance Schedule: Miracle on 34th Streetopens November 7 and continues through December 14, 2025. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays, at 2:00 PM, one Saturday matinee at 2 pm and two Wednesday performance at 7:30 PM.
About the play:
Adapted by the Mountain Community Theater from Valentine Davies’ novel and inspired by the classic 1947 film, this enchanting play brings to life the story of Kris Kringle, a white-bearded gentleman who claims to be the real Santa Claus. Through his charm and sincerity, Kris performs a remarkable feat, convincing Doris, a skeptical single mother, her serious young daughter Susan, and the entire city of New York that Santa is indeed real. With a vibrant cast of characters and a heartwarming narrative, the story transports audiences back to the true spirit of Christmas, reminding all of us of the magic and wonder of the holiday season.
Time and Place: 1940s New York City.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
DOCTOR PIERCE (m/f) age range 40-70s, physician at Maplewood Home
KRIS KRINGLE (m) age 60-70s must have a real white beard, Santa Claus
SHELLHAMMER (m/f) age range 30-50s, toy department manager at Macy’s
DORIS WALKER (f) age range 30-40s, personnel manager at Macy’s
SUSAN WALKER (f) Doris’ daughter, aged 7/8
FRED GAILEY (m) age range 30-40s a lawyer, neighbor and friend to Doris and Susan
MISS ADAMS (f) age range 20-60s, Mrs. Walker’s assistant
DRUNKEN SANTA (m) age range 30-60s, employee of Macy’s
JOHNNY a young boy age 7/8
JOHNNY’S PARENT (m/f) age range 30-40s, his parent
DUTCH GIRL a young Dutch girl, age 7/8
FOSTER MOTHER age range 30-40s, her foster mother
MACY (m) age range 40-60’s, owner of Macy’s Department Store
SAWYER (m/f) age range 40-60s, Macy’s vocational guidance counselor
GIMBLE (m) age range 40-60s, owner of Gimble’s Department Store
+JUDGE HARPER (m) of the New York State court
MISS FINLEY (f) age range 20-60s, Judge Harper’s secretary
MARA (m) age range 30-40s, prosecuting attorney
HALLORAN (m) age range 30-60s, Judge Harper’s political campaign manager
BAILIFF (m) age range 30-60’sbailiff in Judge Harper’s court
DUNCAN (m/f) age range 20-60s antelope keeper at the Central Park Zoo
TOMMY MARA JR. (m) Mara, prosecuting attorney’s child, age 7/8
AL (m/f) age range 20-60s, postal employee
LOU (m/f) age range 20-60s, postal employee
ELVES (m/f) (4 to 8) Must sing well a cappella; they are a singing group.
Note: Change names accordingly to fit male or female players.
+The role of Judge Harper has been pre-cast.
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POIROT: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
APRIL 23, 24, 2025
Lakewood Theatre Company will hold open auditions for POIROT: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD on Wednesday, April 23, and Thursday, April 24, 2025.
Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a thrilling theatrical adaptation by Rick Robinson of Agatha Christie’s novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The story is considered by many to be one of her greatest and most controversial mysteries, as it breaks the rules of a traditional mystery.
Audition signup slots are available HERE
Please review the rehearsal and performance dates and identify any conflicts. Conflicts that are not listed at the time of the audition may not be accommodated. Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with signing up.
POIROT: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is directed by David Sikking
The roles listed are open, and all receive compensation. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for all roles.
Callbacks: If needed, will be held at the discretion of the director on Tuesday, April 29
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company, Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed:
- Please complete the online appointment sign-up listed below.
- Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org and note ACKROYD and your LAST NAME in the subject line. Please bring both your resume and headshot to your audition appointment as backup.
Audition Requirements:
- Each 5-minute audition slot will accommodate 3 actors, preferably consisting of 1 man and 2 women, or 3 men, who can sign up and read together as a group.
- Auditions will involve reading from the script, And no prepared monologues are necessary. Sides can be found HERE
- Please don’t worry about which role you might be asked to read. The director will read for specific roles during callbacks.
- Actors will be asked to review their audition form to make sure the information is correct and update any rehearsal or performance conflicts
Rehearsals:
- Rehearsals are set to commence in mid-November 2025.
- Rehearsals will be Monday through Wednesday 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM (adding in Thursdays closer to opening) & and Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.
Performance Schedule: Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd opens January 2, 2026, and continues through February 8, 2026. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, one Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM and one Wednesday performance at 7:30 PM.
About the Play
Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a thrilling theatrical adaptation by Rick Robinson of Agatha Christie’s highly praised novel. Famed Detective Hercule Poirot has retired from sleuthing to garden near the small village of King’s Abbot. When his friend and local patrician Roger Ackroyd is murdered in his country manor, Poirot is pressed to investigate. To discover the killer, he enlists the aid of the local doctor to be his “Watson,” and the new detecting duo uncover a web of deceit in which every member of the household has something to hide. No one will foresee the shocking twist as the murderer finds there is no secret they can keep from Hercule Poirot.
ROLE BREAKDOWN:
CAROLINE (50s – 70s, female presenting) Dr. Sheppard’s older sister, a woman who knows all of the goings on in King’s Abbot – except she has a blind spot where her brother is concerned. She should have an RP dialect.
INSPECTOR RAGLAN/ROGER ACKROYD (40s – early 60s, male presenting) One actor to play both Inspector Raglan and Roger Ackroyd. Raglan is a semi-competent inspector, who fails to understand or respect Poirot’s methods and Roger Ackroyd is the most important person in the village and something of a tyrant when it comes to his family and his staff. He is rigid in his morality. Raglan should have a middle-class English accent and Ackroyd should use RP.
SHEPPARD (late 40s – early 60s, male presenting) Dr. Sheppard is the town doctor of King’s Abbot and narrates the story. He takes a keen interest in Poirot’s work and tags along during Poirot’s investigation, serving as a Watson-like foil to Poirot. Sheppard has recently lost a lot of money in speculation and has a complex relationship with Caroline, his sister, whom he simultaneously loves and resents.
MRS. ACKROYD/MISS RUSSELL/MRS. FOLLIOT/MRS. FERRARS (40s – 50s) One actor with broad range and a mastery of English dialects to play all four roles. Miss Russell is the housekeeper at Ackroyd’s and a keeper of a dark secret. Mrs. Ackroyd is Flora’s mother and is tenacious in her pursuit of her own interests, while maintaining her English propriety. Mrs. Ferrars is Roger Ackroyd’s lover, who dies at the very beginning of the play. Mrs. Folliot is Ursula Bourne’s former employer, who Sheppard interviews about her past.
RALPH PATTON/INSPECTOR DAVIS/CHARLES KENT (20s to 30s, male presenting, any ethnicity) The twenty-five-year-old adopted son of Roger Ackroyd and murder suspect, Ralph Paton is extraordinarily charming, but he is also weak, self-indulgent, and extravagant. Though his relationship with his adopted father is strained, he is well-loved by the citizens of King’s Abbot. Ralph speaks in an RP dialect. Inspector Davis is the first detective to arrive on the scene and blunders his way into the easiest, and, incorrect analysis of the crime scene. Inspector Davis should have an Estuary or other middle-class dialect. Charles Kent is an addict at his lowest, desperate and angry. He should have an Irish dialect.
FLORA ACKROYD (20 – 30s, female presenting, any ethnicity) The niece of Roger Ackroyd and murder suspect. Flora is Ralph’s fiancée and some villagers are jealous of Flora, but all admire her. Though her facade is mostly sunny, there is some darkness, larceny, and yearning to be free of her current circumstances lurking beneath the surface. She should use an RP dialect.
MAJOR HECTOR BLUNT (40 – 50s), male presenting, any ethnicity) A lifelong friend of Roger’s and murder suspect. Known as “the big game man,” Blunt is quiet and expressionless, with grey, brooding eyes that suggest longing to be elsewhere. He claims no interest in wealth and is the only suspect who doesn’t appear to benefit from Roger’s death.
URSULA BOURNE (20 – 30s, female presenting, any ethnicity) The parlor maid at Fernly Park, Ralph’s secret fiancée, and murder suspect. Ursula is privately emotional after Roger’s murder. Dr. Sheppard considers her pleasant, though she displays disdain under Poirot’s questioning. Ursula reveals herself as ultimately steadfast and resolute as the only suspect without an initial alibi. She should have an Estuary or other middle class English dialect.
PARKER (30s to 50s, male presenting) The butler at Fernly, and nervous as a cat. A blackmailer and an opportunist. Parker should use an RP dialect.
HERCULE POIROT (50s – 70s)The Belgian detective in retirement. Meticulous, intelligent, known for his “little grey cells” and his ability to solve crimes by understanding human psychology and behavior.
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, 2025.
Click HERE to sign up online to secure an audition appointment. If you need assistance with signing up, call 503-635-3901.
The Glass Menagerie will be directed by Antonio Sonera.
All roles are open, and all receive compensation. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting, and the directing team is actively seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for all roles.
Callbacks, if needed, will be held at the director’s discretion on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed:
- Please complete the online appointment sign-up at Lakewood-center.org.
- Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org and note MENAGERIE or GM and your LAST NAME in the subject line.
- Please bring both your resume and headshot to your audition appointment as backup.
- Callbacks will be at the director’s discretion.
- Conflicts not listed at the time of audition may not be honored.
Sides:
Amanda & Tom
Laura & Amanda
Laura & Jim
Tom
Auditions:
- Each 2-hour audition appointment will provide up to 12 actors to sign up per time slot to read together as a group.
- The 12 slots will provide actors to sign up and read for specific roles:
- Amanda’s 4 slots
- Laura ‘s 4 slots
- Tom/Jim’s 4 slots
- Auditions will consist of a read from the script. Sides are available on the Lakewood website.
- Actors will be asked to complete an online audition form, including any rehearsal or performance conflicts
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin mid-January. Rehearsals will be Monday through Thursday from 6:30pm to 9:30pm and Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm.
Performance Schedule: The Glass Menagerie runs from February 27 to April 5, 2026. Performances are held Thursday to Saturday at 7:30 PM, and on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 PM, along with two performances on Wednesday at 7:30 PM. The Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theater located at the Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Play
The Glass Menagerie, a memory play by Tennessee Williams, follows the Wingfield family in 1930s St. Louis, focusing on the struggles of the mother, Amanda, and her children, Tom and the shy, disabled Laura, as they grapple with poverty, lost dreams, and the search for a better future
ROLE BREAKDOWN:
AMANDA WINGFIELD (50+) – Laura and Tom’s mother. A proud and vivacious woman, Amanda clings fervently to memories of a vanished, genteel past. She is simultaneously admirable, charming, pitiable, and laughable.
TOM WINGFIELD (Late 20s – early 30s) Amanda’s son, and the narrator of the play. A poet with an unbearable job in a warehouse who dreams of escape from his humdrum family life. His nature is not remorseless, but to escape from a trap, he has to act without pity.
LAURA WINGFIELD (Late 20s – early 30s) Amanda’s daughter, a fragile person suffering from debilitating shyness, finds refuge from her demons in the make-believe world of her Glass Menagerie.
JIM O’CONNOR (Late 20s – early 30s) The gentleman caller. A nice, ordinary young man, Amanda’s white knight for Laura.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
73 Years of Live Theatre:
Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
– 73rd Season –
Productions in the 2025-26 season are underwritten, in part, by
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Kinsman Foundation
The James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
Marilyn & Ron Nutting
Don & Jessie Adams
The Jackson Foundation
The Marie Lamfrom Foundation