Opportunities
Auditions for our 2026 Fall Production
Crowded Fire Theater is seeking Latiné actors of all gender identities for their Fall production of the West Coast Premiere of Benjamin Benne’s Manning, directed by Adin Walker.
Production Details:
About the play: A father and his sons spread the ashes of his wife/their mother in their backyard garden. When a giant zucchini manifests overnight, they each begin to develop language for their individual experiences of loss through their interactions with the supernatural vegetable. But can they also develop a communal vocabulary to express their grief with each other?
Character Descriptions:
Freddy: male-identified / 18, Latiné, a gardener, a son to JULIO and brother to SEBASTIAN
Sebastian: male-identified / 24, Latiné, a falconer, a son to JULIO and brother to FREDDY
Julio: male-identified / 50s, Latiné, a chef, a father to SEBASTIAN and FREDDY
Ana: female-identified / 50s, Latiné (actor playing Ana will also puppeteer HAWK and ZUCCHINI)
Key Dates:
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, July 28, 2026
First day of Tech – Wednesday, September 2, 2026
First Preview – Thursday, September 10, 2026
Opening Night – Saturday, September 12, 2026
Closing – Saturday, September 26, 2026
Audition & Callback Information:
AEA actors are welcome to sign up for IN-PERSON EPAs to be considered for the production, or they may submit a video. Crowded Fire is on an AEA, MBAT contract.
Non-AEA actors may submit a video via the form below to be considered for the production.
Callbacks for AEA and Non-AEA actors will be held on Saturday, March 21, and Monday, March 23, 2026.
Non-AEA, click here to submit a video
Please complete the appropriate form by Monday, March 2, 2026 at 11:59pm to be considered for the production.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Leigh Rondon-Davis, Casting Director – casting@crowdedfire.org
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Crowded Fire Initiatives
To learn more about Crowded Fire’s Initiative opportunities like Audition & Solo Performance Intensive, R&D Lab, Ignite Fund, and more, please visit our Initiatives Page!
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Board Membership
Have you ever considered that your experience and passions might be just what a non-profit theater arts-organization is looking for? Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) seeks Board Members. We are seeking volunteer changemakers as Board members to advance and uphold the mission of the organization, through collective guidance and governance.
What qualities might you bring?
- A deep care for others and community (long-term relationship building).
- Strong communication skills with intuitive awareness.
- A strong balance of respect, humbleness, and badassery.
- Strong consensus building with the ability to motivate people and assemble strong teams.
- Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative or collective-based environment.
- Strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to look ahead. A radical futurist who pushes the organization and field forward.
- Deep appreciation for the arts as a pathway for social change.
- Self-reflection and leadership through learning.
- Some negotiation skills.
- A solution-oriented mindset.
- Sense of humor and a love of theater.
Read the full Board Member position description
& learn more here!
Let us know you are interested!
Please email a resume and a letter of interest (or resume with a video submission expressing why you are interested in this service role with our organization), along with the names and contact information for one or two references to opportunities[AT]crowdedfire.org, subject line: Board Interest. Please make sure that references are from current and/or former supervisors and/or board colleagues and that information includes names, phone numbers, and the name of the organization where you worked with each person. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the existing roles will remain open until filled. Interviews will begin on a rolling basis. No phone calls or packets by regular mail, please.
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Artist Positions
We hire on a project-by-project basis and are eager to connect with local artists in our field. Check out ways to let us know about you and your work in order to be considered for upcoming projects.
Actors: Please email headshots/resumes. Project-specific auditions are by invitation only; however, we also hold general auditions once a year. In your email, let us know if you are also interested in our free Audition Intensive, aimed at demystifying and making you comfortable with the audition process. This initiative, which is completely free for participants, seeks to increase representation on our Bay Area stages, and was conceived of and led by CFT Resident Artists.
Designers, Stage Managers, and Technicians: Please send your resumes, with cover letter, to opportunities[AT]crowdedfire.org, subject line: [Your Field, ie. Lighting Design]. Stage Managers, in your cover letter, please specify what color spike tape you would be and why. Along with professional technicians and designers, Crowded Fire is interested in current theater students and other qualified individuals to assistant stage-manage, production-assist, volunteer, or shadow the Production Manager at a technical rehearsal.
Dramaturgs: Resumes and cover letters can be sent to the literary office.
Playwrights: We receive a high volume of scripts from literary agents and new play development companies, including Playwrights Foundation and PlayGround locally, Playwrights’ Center (MN), and New Dramatists. We are particularly interested in meeting new and emerging writers of color whose work aligns with our mission, and who are radically challenging theatrical conventions — writers whose work is experimental, abstract, interrogative, and iconoclastic. Unagented playwrights are welcome to submit their scripts to our literary office. (Please note that due to the number of script submissions we receive and our limited capacity, response times for unsolicited scripts may be longer than usual.)
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Ignite Fund
Are you a Bay Area designer or technician? You may be eligible to apply for Crowded Fire’s IGNITE FUND, supporting the growth of and enhancing the working lives of theater designers and technicians in the Bay Area,with an eye towards supporting the plurality of race, culture, class, gender, and age in our local design and technical community.
Visit our Initiatives Page to learn more!
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Mentorship Program
For individuals at any stage of their career, in any area of theater, Crowded Fire offers customized one-to-one mentorship programs within our Resident Artist community. We are not currently soliciting applicants, but please email us if you’d like to learn more.
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Volunteers
We love volunteers! CFT is a nonprofit theater, and a donation of your time is a deeply meaningful way to give. If you are interested in operating concessions, assisting with administrative tasks, or are handy behind the scenes, we’d love to hear from you. We’ll shower you with love and complimentary admission to our shows! Email with your interest and availability.
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About working with CFT
View our full Code of Conduct here!
Crowded Fire Theater provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all who work for and/or apply to work for Crowded Fire, without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status, or disability (mental & physical).
Crowded Fire Theater is committed to a diversity of voices on and off the stage, and we seek to remove any of the structural barriers that prevent a broad landscape of candidates making it through the door. We present clear and flexible criteria for our job postings, to reduce applicant self-censoring, and we avoid the creation of unnecessary barriers that may otherwise preclude candidates from reaching us with their interest in working with Crowded Fire.
Since 2013, Crowded Fire Theater has worked to right-size the financial stability of the organization, setting aggressive and intentional goals to raise staff salaries and artist fees. While we navigate these financial waters, we believe transparency in our staff salary ranges and in our hourly artist rates is critical in order to build trust and engage with our community of artists, with as much clarity as possible around the compensation we offer. Artist compensation is currently set at a minimum hourly rate ($17.20/hr as of July 1, 2022), and all staff are compensated at an hourly rate ranging between $20-$25/hr, with the exception of specific grant-funded roles and a temporary Technical Director, hired as needed at a higher rate.
