St. Mark's Players

Setting the scene.

The Birthday Party opens tomorrow.

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Meet the cast and crew of The Birthday Party!

Hanlon Smith-Dorsey (Stanley) is an actor and dancer who most recently appeared in Is He Dead? at the Little Theatre of Alexandria and Table Manners at NOVA Nightsky Theater. Prior to that he graced the stage in numerous productions in Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago. He holds a BA in Theater from Bard College and an MFA in Acting from DePaul University.

The Birthday Party opens this Friday!

We were so happy to celebrate some of the all-stars who made our 40th season shine at our annual celebration!

Thank you to our award winners, a few of whom are pictured above, and to everyone else who made our season so outstanding.

In 18th-century Paris, poets are the rock stars of the day, and young people like Damis have gone “métromanie” - aka, crazy for poetry. Damis has a serious case of verse-mania, so much so that he falls in love with his favorite poetess, not knowing that his idol is actually a middle-aged gentleman writing under a pen name! Soon we’re off and running in a series of complications, plot twists, and mistaken identities that The Washington Post called ‘a marvel of old and new, with punchlines that glisten with classical flair and contemporary savvy.’

The entire play is written in iambic pentameter rhyming couplets – but modern language. We hope you will join us for this hilarious comedy with St. Mark’s Players this winter!

Auditions will be during multiple group slots on Sunday, October 20 between 2pm-5 pm and Monday, October 21 between 7pm-9pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003. Actors will read from selected scenes from the play, sent out after signing up for a slot, but you will not be expected to have them memorized.

Learn more at the link in our bio!

Tickets are now available for !

Reserve your seat for this “comedy of menace” here: https://www.facebook.com/share/BDiSCuGP8kWUQGkc/?mibextid=9l3rBW

Join us for our season kickoff party!

We will celebrate the upcoming season, enjoy a player’s performance cabaret, and hold elections for our open Board of Directors seats.

See you there!

Happy birthday to Patti Lupone’s son!

Sweeney Todd (2016)
Gypsy (2019)
Perfect Arrangement (2023)
Philadelphia Story (2018)

Here we go! of the cast and crew of The Birthday Party kicking off our first read through.

1. Demure. Very mindful. 🌺
2. Brat 🪩

Love’s Labours Lost (2024)

Caption this.

Peter and the Starcatcher (2016).

Congratulations to the cast of , and thanks to everyone who came out to audition! 🎉

Us watching the Olympics 💕

Auditions for are this week! Which character are you auditioning for?

All roles are open. The character descriptions below are suggested and all roles have flexibility in casting with respect to gender, age, and race/ethnicity.

Signups: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/9040849AFA62BA3F85-50185356-thebirthday

Auditions will be during several 60-minute slots on Thursday July 25 from 7:00-10:00pm and Saturday, July 27 from 2 pm-5pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.

Sign up: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/9040849AFA62BA3F85-50185356-thebirthday

St. Mark’s Players is pleased to announce auditions for Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, directed by Seth Ghitelman.

In this “comedy of menace”, two strangers, Goldberg and McCann, arrive at a boarding house on the coast and upset the order of Petey and Meg’s boarding home and their one guest, Stanley.

When the guests contrive to throw a birthday party for Stanley, even though it might not be his birthday, things turn ugly for Stanley, who is being punished for a mysterious crime.

Auditions will be during several 60-minute slots on Thursday July 25 from 7:00-10:00pm and Saturday, July 27 from 2 pm-5pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.

Callbacks: Callbacks, if needed, will be held on Tuesday, July 30th from 7-10pm by invitation only.

Actors will read from selected scenes from the play, which will be sent out after signing for a slot, but you will not be expected to have them memorized.

Accents will be required for this show. Be prepared to demonstrate your ability. All the roles are English except for McCann, who is Irish. The show will have a dialect coach.

Please fill out the audition form and sign up for an audition time slot: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/9040849AFA62BA3F85-50185356-thebirthday