Profile Theatre 2025/2026 Season Generals!

AUDITION DATES:

Wednesday, 7/30, 10am-6pm
Thursday, 7/31, 11am-7pm

LOCATION:

21ten Theatre
2110 SE 10th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

APPOINTMENTS:

Please send your top three preferred audition availability times in one-hour blocks to casting@profiletheatre.org, along with any show or role you are specifically submitting for.

CONTRACT
Small Professional Theatre/$555 weekly (SPT 5)

SEEKING
Actors for Profile Theatre’s 2025-2026 season

PREPARATION
Please prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues.  Auditions should be no longer than 5 minutes in length. 

LOCATION
21ten Theatre, 2110 SE 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Personnel:
Playwrights: Jen Silverman and Mike Lew
Artistic Director: Josh Hecht
Line Producer: Colin Herring
Stage Director: Josh Hecht
Company Manager: Sierra Brambila
Casting Director: Tamara Carroll
Present at auditions: Tamara Carroll

WITCH by Jen Silverman

Directed by Josh Hecht

Rehearsal Dates – Sept 22, 2025 – Oct 17, 2025

Previews – Oct 16 & 17

Opening – Oct 18

Closing – Nov 2

Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm

Local actors encouraged to audition.

Characters 

All characters can be played by actors of any ethnicity. 

Elizabeth Sawyer F 40s/ 50s/ 60s. An outcast. A self-sufficient, self-possessed, and whip- smart  misanthrope with minimal patience for most people. 

Scratch M 20s /early 30s. The devil. Clever, charismatic, comfortable, manipulative, observant, a smooth operator… you know, devil stuff. But also thoughtful, considerate, capable of honesty, sincere connection, and vulnerability. 

Sir Arthur Banks M 50s/60s. A wealthy and powerful man in the last chapter of his life and thinking about his legacy here on earth. A bit out-of-touch, susceptible to flattery, but capable of genuine deep emotion. 

Cuddy Banks M 20s/ early 30s. Sir Arthur’s son, painfully shy, a morris-dancer. He is secretly in love with Frank (and also in hate.). Gentle, sensitive, occasionally bordering on desperation, and often overcompensating. He longs for his father’s approval and will go to great lengths to achieve it.

Frank Thorney M 20s/ early 30s. Born into poverty, he’s used his charms and good looks to win the favor of Sir Arthur. Can be ruthless in getting what he wants. His ambition knows no bounds. 

Winnifred F 20s/ early 30s. Sir Arthur’s servant, resigned and pragmatic, wants to make the best out of the lot she was born into. Secretly married to Frank. 

Tiger Style! by Mike Lew

Rehearsal Dates – Dec 29, 2025 – Jan 23, 2026

Previews – Jan 22 & 23

Opening – Jan 24, 2026

Closing – Feb 8, 2026

Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm

Characters

Albert Chen – Chinese-American, late 20s to early 30s – A self-proclaimed product of “tiger style” parents, Albert is the family “underachiever,” having only been a concert cellist, Harvard graduate, and now software engineer. Resentfully ruled by his deeply ingrained Eastern values and his family’s unrealistic expectations, Albert finally snaps after being passed over for a promotion at work, switching his default from “model minority” to “rage against the machine.”

Jennifer Chen – Chinese-American, 30s – Albert’s older sister, the “overachiever” to Albert’s “under.” A former concert pianist, Harvard graduate, and now doctor, Jenny is a classic high-strung “type A” type, with a RIGID and detailed timeline of life goals to check off, and she is WINNING! That is until her deadbeat boyfriend breaks up with her, wreaking utter chaos on her carefully-crafted 5-year plan, and sending her entire identity, sense of achievement, and fundamental self-worth into a tailspin.

Russ the Bus / Reggie / Customs Guy – white, 30s

Tzi Chuan / Melvin / Dad / General Tso – Asian, 40s to 60s

Therapist / Mom / Cousin Chen / Matchmaker – Asian, 40s to 60s

The Roommate by Jen Silverman

Rehearsal Dates – May 11, 2026 – June 5, 2026

Previews – June 4 & 5

Opening – June 6, 2026

Closing – June 21, 2026

Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm

Local actors encouraged to audition.

Characters:

SHARON F, 50s-70s, any ethnicity Life-long midwesterner, friendly, chatty, tries to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable. Sheltered, but curious, naive, but open-minded – and much smarter than anyone has ever given her credit for. She has an untapped thirst for adventure and a sense of vitality. 


ROBYN F, 50s-70s, any ethnicity – Just arrived in Iowa from the Bronx and feeling a bit fish-out-of-water as a vegan lesbian who grows her own medicinal marijuana. Not anti-social, but deeply private and hesitant to open up, which can seem a little sharp or closed-off in contrast to Sharon’s open chattiness. Guarding some secrets from her past…and present.

COVID-19 Compliance

Vaccination: Profile Theatre requires documentation of vaccination.

Testing: If you are offered a role, you must be willing to take a COVID test as documentation of a negative test result is required 72 hours prior to first rehearsal. Additional testing may be required as needed. Profile will provide and/or pay for this and any additional tests necessary to the scope of participation.