Auditions will be open on Jun 8, 9 and 10 for the Milford Arts Council’s Eastbound Theatre’s East/West PlayFest 2026, a festival of short original plays. Auditions will take place at the Margaret Egan Center, located at 35 Matthews St. in Milford, beginning at 7 p.m. each night.
The festival of five original works co-produced by the MAC’s Eastbound Theatre in Milford and Westport Community Theatre will be presented with two 4 p.m. matinee performances on Saturday July 11 and Sunday, July 12 at the Milford Historical Society. They will be repeated the following weekend with two evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 at Westport Community Theatre.
The short plays featured in this year’s festival are “The Cardboard Prophets” by Hannah Crothers of Saint John, New Brunswick-Canada, directed by Ann Baker of Milford; “Spark of Life” by Ellen Abrams of New York City, directed by Mark Ferguson of Newtown; “Taken to School” by John Busser of Avon, Ohio, directed by Elayne Gordon of Norwalk; and “The Collegians” by Tim Lehnert of Cranston, Rhode Island, directed by Tom Rushen of Stratford. A fifth play, directed by Erin Sullivan of Norwalk, will be added and announced at a later date.
Actors will be reading from the scripts which have male and female roles for performers from their 20s through their 60s. Resume and headshots are preferred but not required.
For more information about the East/West PlayFest 2026, contact the Milford Arts Council/Eastbound Theatre at 203-878-6647 or visit https://milfordarts.org/about-eastbound-theatre/.