A Little Night Music

by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Maeve Smith

Ross Valley Players
Marin Art & Garden Center
Barn Theatre
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Ross, CA 94957

CALLING –  

Actors and Singers comfortable with classical singing, heightened acting styles and Stephen Sondheim. 

AUDITIONS (video submission by June 1, 2026) –

Send recent headshot/resume with video

Video: Up to 1 minute standard musical theatre, Sondheim, or classical vocal selection. (You may also share up to 1 minute of a contrasting musical selection)

Up to 1 minute of heightened text in the style of the show

Alternatively, you may submit recent footage (1-2 years max) of materials from a performance showcasing the above requirements.

Please send to producer Steve Price  at steve@tessera.bz

For actors who have worked with RVP or director Maeve Smith, please submit your most recent headshot/resume and your interest in the show. No video submission is required.

CALLBACKS –

Will be by invitation only (after video submission window is closed, June 1st)
Callbacks will be over a handful of days the week of June 22nd, time TBD

REHEARSALS –

December 2026: Intermittent dates based on availability and holidays
January 2027 Sunday through Thursday evenings

PERFORMANCES –

January 29, 2027 – February 28, 2027
Thursdays – Saturdays 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:00pm

SYNOPSIS –

Step into turn-of-the-century Sweden, where Sondheim’s A Little Night Music unravels a tangled web of desire, memory, and misdirection. Centered around the magnetic actress Desirée Armfeldt, the story follows the men who love her, and the women who love them (or believe they do.)

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night, this work is often described as witty, but beneath its elegance lies something far more complex. This is not comedy for comedy’s sake, but a dark, deeply human exploration of love in all its contradictions, where adoration, longing, loyalty, betrayal, and regret feel not heightened, but intimately familiar.

A Little Night Music asks us to confront the quieter truths of relationships: the choices we justify, the desires we hide, and the moments that shape us long after they’ve passed. It invites us to hold a mirror to the parts of ourselves we often keep hidden, and to find humanity there. This production seeks actors interested in exploring the nuance, vulnerability, and quiet complexities of human connection.

ROLES –

Actors willing to play female-presenting characters

Desirée Armfeldt: A self-absorbed, once successful actress, now touring the countryside. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with the Count and Fredrick.

Gender: female, Age: 40 to 50, Vocal range: F#3-Ab5

Fredrika Armfeldt: Desiree’s witty daughter, who is very self-contained and formal with the precise diction of the convent-trained.

Gender: female, Age: 12 to 15, Vocal range: C4- Eb5

Madame Armfeldt: Desiree’s elderly mother, brutally honest and a veteran of discreet encounters with the crowned heads of Europe.

Gender: female, Age: 65 to 80, Vocal: C3-F#4

Anne Egerman: Giddy and virginal; naive at times. A breathtakingly gorgeous child bride and Fredrick’s new wife.

Gender: female, Age: 18 to 21, Vocal range: G#3-Ab5

Petra: Anne’s earthy maid and closest confidante. She seizes every moment to rustle in the hay.

Gender: female, Age: 20 to 30, Vocal range top: F#3-F5

Countess Charlotte Malcolm: The Count’s manic depressive, mistreated, and downtrodden wife.

Gender: female, Age: 30 to 40, Vocal range top: G3-F5

Actors willing to play male-presenting characters

Fredrick Egerman: Middle-aged lawyer who is married to his second wife, Anne, and has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage.

Gender: male, Age: 35 to 45, Vocal range top: A2-E4

Henrik Egerman: Fredrick’s gloomy son. He is serious but confused, as he studies for the Lutheran priesthood.

Gender: male, Age: 18 to 21, Vocal range top: G3-B4

Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm: Vain, arrogant, and splendidly proportioned but ferociously jealous. He is Desiree’s newest lover.

Gender: male, Age: 30 to 45, Vocal range top: G3-F#4

The Liebeslieder Singers & Ensemble: The Quintet serves as the emotional undercurrent of the piece, embodying the thoughts, fears, and longings the characters themselves cannot fully express. They are ever-present, moving between observer and participant, guiding the rhythm of the evening while revealing the quiet truths beneath the surface of each relationship.

Pay scale –

Non-Equity – Marin County minimum wage ($17.00/hr.)
AEA – Single Engagement Agreement Tier B.

RVP looks forward to meeting artists of all races/ethnicities, abilities, ages, and genders/gender identities who would like to help create meaningful theater at RVP