Theatre New Brunswick 2026-2027 Season
Young Company General Auditions
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Theatre New Brunswick will be holding general auditions for the TNB Young Company in Fredericton, NB on September 23 & 24 at the Open Space Theatre.
To arrange an audition, please submit a letter of interest, headshot and resume to Joanna Bryson at submissions@tnb.nb.ca. TNB is seeking Non-Equity artists based in New Brunswick for the Young Company TYA tour.
Theatre New Brunswick believes in diversity & inclusion and strongly encourages submissions from artists of equity-seeking communities; these may include gender, age, race, sexuality, disability, neuro-diverse, and the intersections thereof.
Only those chosen for an audition will be contacted. Those who are selected will be given sides to prepare and will be asked to sing acapella. Applicants should note that if cast they will be responsible for performing in Dinostories, and facilitating the workshops with Story Lab.
Thank you in advance for your submissions.
General Auditions: Fredericton, New Brunswick
In Attendance: Natasha MacLellan (Artistic Director, TNB), Alexander Rioux & (Young Company Director)
Date: September 23, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Date: September 24, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and and 6:00- 8:00 PM
Location: Theatre New Brunswick, 55 Whiting Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 5Y5
Deadline to submit: September 18, 2026
Email applications to: submissions@tnb.nb.ca Engager website: www.tnb.nb.ca
Dates and Time for our auditions in Saint John and Monton will be announced soon, please keep an eye on our website for more information as it becomes available.
About Theatre New Brunswick
Theatre New Brunswick is located and operates on the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq and Peskotomuhkati peoples. One of Canada’s oldest and longest running regional theatre companies, our mission is to create extraordinary theatre that inspires and entertains our audience while celebrating New Brunswick’s best theatre content and artists; and to provide outstanding theatre training and performance that educates and awakens the imaginations of our youth and emerging artists.
Contract Dates
Rehearsals - January 11 - 30, 2027
Tour - February & March 2027 (possible extension to mid-April)
Show Descriptions
Dinostories! 3 Prehistoric Fairy Tales
Written by Dan Bray and Noella Murphy, with music by Bingley & the Rogues
Directed by Alexander Rioux
Did you know that dinosaurs ate porridge? Or lived at the top of beanstalks?? Or liked wearing grandma’s pajamas??? It’s all true! Join us for Dinostories: 3 Prehistoric Fairy Tales and hear the most exciting secrets and stories of the prehistoric era!
Dinostories is a play with music that mixes three traditional fairy tales with dinosaurs!
Nominated for Children’s Entertainer of the Year by the East Coast Music Awards, and co-written by award-winning playwright Dan Bray and Noella Murphy, Dinostories will have you tapping your feet and humming along to this musical, comic, prehistoric extravaganza!
STORY LAB
Directed by Alexander Rioux
In a new initiative,Theatre New Brunswick’s Young Company will be traveling across New Brunswick to offer drama club support and specialized theatre workshops for schools across New Brunswick.
Our company of professional theatre artists and instructors will make themselves available to schools as they prepare for a production, develop an original piece, or simply want assistance building confidence, creativity, and connectivity. No matter the goal, Theatre New Brunswick can work with you to create an experience that fits your classroom.
Workshops can focus on areas such as:
Acting and character development
Ensemble building and collaboration
Improvisation
Voice
Physical theatre
Devising and creating original material
