ACTING FELLOWSHIP

Oakland Theater Project’s Acting Fellowship provides a free training program and an opportunity to study and perform as part of our professional theater company for the 2026 Season. You will learn about the business of acting, perform in our productions and a Fellowship Showcase, make valuable professional contacts, and earn professional production credits. This program will give you tools to learn how to bridge the gap between building acting skills and working in the theater profession.

FellowsHIP INCLUDES:

• Acting Intensive Class taught by Lisa Ramirez leading up to showcase.
  Class dates are as follows: 

  • Monday, March 16
    6–10 p.m. (Studio)

  • Monday, March 23 — DARK

  • Monday, March 30
    6–10 p.m. (Studio)

  • Monday, April 6
    6–10 p.m. (Studio)

  • Monday, April 13
    6–10 p.m. (Studio)

  Showcase! 

  • Monday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.
    

• Headshots with Adam Montanaro 

  • Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 

• Performing in one of our Playwrights’ Staged Readings:

  • Staged Reading #1 

  • Rehearsals: May 2 & 3 

  • Showtime: May 4 at 7:30 p.m. 

  • Staged Reading #2 

  • Rehearsals: June 6 & 7 

  • Showtime: June 8 at 7:30 p.m.

  • Staged Reading #3

  • Rehearsals: July 11 & 12

  • Showtime: July 13 at 7:30 p.m. 
    

• An opportunity to perform in up to two of our mainstage productions — one show in the spring and one in the fall: 

  Spring Shows

  • The House of Bernarda Alba by Frederico Garcia Lorca

  • Directed by Michael Socrates Moran 

  • Production dates: 

  • Rehearsals begin April 20 

  • Rehearsals will be Monday - Friday, 6 - 10 pm

  • Tech Begins May 16 

  • Opening May 24 

  • Shows run Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm

  • Closing June 7 with a possible extension to June 12 

  • The Fre by Taylor Mac

  • Directed by Mylo Cardona

  • Production dates: 

  • Rehearsals begin May 18 

  • Rehearsals will be Monday - Thursday, 6 - 10 pm and Saturdays 12 - 5 pm

  • Tech begins June 13 

  • Opening June 18 

  • Shows run Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm

  • Closing June 28

  • Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams

  • Directed by Will Detlefsen

  • Production dates: 

  • Rehearsals begin July 6 

  • Rehearsals will be Monday - Thursdays, 6 - 10 pm, Saturdays 10 - 3 pm 

  • Tech begins August 1 

  • Opening August 9 

  • Shows run Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm

  • Closing August 23 

  Fall Shows:

  • King Lear by William Shakespeare 

  • Directed by Michael Socrates Moran 

  • Production dates: 

  • Rehearsals begin Sept 8

  • Rehearsals will be Monday - Thursday, 1 - 4 pm & 6 - 10 pm (actors will not be called the whole time)

  • Tech begins Oct 1 

  • Opening Oct 9 

  • Shows run Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm

  • Closing Oct 18

Apply

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Applications are due by March 6, 2026

Call Back Auditions will be held in person at Oakland Theater Project (1501 Martin Luther King Jr Way Oakland, CA) during the week of March 9.

Fellows will be selected by March 14.

Questions? Let’s talk! We welcome inquiries by email. For more information email Mylo Cardona at mcardona@oaklandtheaterproject.org.