Philadelphia Young Playwrights 2026 Annual Auditions

Pay Type:

Salary

Job Status:

Part Time

Minimum Salary/Hourly Rate:

$700.00

Maximum Salary/Hourly Rate:

$700.00

Philadelphia Young Playwrights

Philadelphia Young Playwrights (PYP) is holding auditions for several upcoming projects and productions, specifically for our classroom acting pool and our annual SaturPLAY! Festival. We are seeking local, non-union actors of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities, ages, and abilities, reflecting the richly varied communities that we serve.

*We do welcome submissions from university and teen actors!*

We are especially interested in actors who:

are comfortable portraying a wide range of characters and ages
have an interest in engaging and working with young people from a wide range of backgrounds
have experience in new play development
Speak multiple languages, especially Spanish, Mandarin, and Farsi

All actors must be able to pass and provide proof of updated PA Criminal, Child Abuse, and FBI clearances upon being offered any role. (If actor has never had to undergo a clearance process, PYP will pay for and help to process clearances.)

All PYP acting work is paid - information below.

Definite Projects Being Cast:

SaturPLAY!

Our annual celebration of elementary and middle school playwrights will be held this year at Christ Church’s Neighborhood House on Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 11:00am - 2:00pm and will rehearse from 4:00pm - 8:30pm during the weekday evenings from April 8, 2026 - April 15, 2026 at Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ location at 1219 Vine Street. Tech rehearsal will be Friday, April 17, 2026 at Christ Church’s Neighborhood House from 12:30pm - 3:30pm. Actors will be cast in four (4) short plays and will be expected to balance vulnerable sincerity with cartoonish hijinks in their single blow-out performance.

Actors who are cast in the SaturPLAY Festival MUST be available for ALL of the dates and times listed and will be paid a $700.00 stipend for the project.

SaturPLAY! 2026 Key Dates:

Rehearsal Period Weekdays of April 8th - April 15th, 4:00pm - 8:30pm

Tech Rehearsal April 17th, 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Performance April 18th, 12:30pm

Classroom Actors

This season performers will most often visit classrooms in person with a PYP teaching artist, though some virtual actor visits may still be requested by our schools due to COVID safety procedures. Classroom actors serve students in a number of capacities, including: cold readings, giving feedback on drafts, improvising based on scenes, and performing at in-school festivals. (Multiple classroom acting opportunities available from March, 2026 - June, 2026, paid at a rate of $40/hr.)

Note

Actors will also be considered for any additional projects/readings that may come about throughout the season, including our Civic Theatre Project in partnership with ArtPhilly this June.

To Apply

In-person auditions will be held at Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ location on the 2nd floor of 1219 Vine Street, 19107 on March 24, 2026 from 4:00pm - 7:00pm. Audition monologues should be family friendly and can range from dramatic to comedic to absurd.

If you choose to audition with one (1) monologue, it should be no longer than two minutes in length. If you choose to audition with two (2) monologues, they should be no longer than two minutes in length, total. Again, all monologues should be family friendly.

Please submit audition headshots and resumes to Resident Producer Donovan Hagins at donovan@phillyyoungplaywrights.org no later than March 20, 2026 in order to schedule an audition time slot.