Saybrook Stage Company Stages 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at The Kate in Old Saybrook, CT This Winter

The Saybrook Stage Company is currently casting for its upcoming production of To Kill a Mockingbird, set to rehearse beginning December 7, 2026, and run through January 31, 2027, at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. For actors and theater professionals based in or willing to travel to the Connecticut shoreline, this is an opportunity to get in front of a community production company with a clear home venue and a defined production window. Casting is open now, which means the door is as wide as it is going to get.

Director Terri Corigliano is also serving as casting director, which means audition submissions and inquiries flow directly to the person making creative decisions on the production. That kind of consolidated creative authority can move things quickly. The script is Christopher Sergel's well-established stage adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 novel, one of the most frequently licensed plays in American community and regional theater. Sergel's adaptation, published and licensed through the Dramatic Publishing Company, has been a staple of American stages for decades, which means most experienced stage actors will already have familiarity with the material and the production team can reasonably expect auditionees to come prepared.

The production is housed at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, affectionately known as The Kate, a 250-seat venue in Old Saybrook that has become one of the more active and respected cultural anchors on the Connecticut shoreline. The Kate regularly partners with local production companies to bring professional-quality theater to the region, and its involvement here as both a producing partner and the presenting venue signals a production with institutional backing and a built-in audience infrastructure. For crew and performers unfamiliar with the space, Old Saybrook sits at the mouth of the Connecticut River along Long Island Sound, roughly equidistant between New Haven and New London, and within reasonable driving distance of Hartford, Providence, and greater Boston.

The story itself needs little introduction. Set in Maycomb, Alabama, in 1934, Harper Lee's enduring narrative follows Atticus Finch, a small-town lawyer who agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of a serious crime, in a community that has already decided the outcome. The story is filtered through the perspective of Atticus's young daughter Scout, and alongside her brother Jem, the children are forced to reconcile their father's moral clarity with the ugliness of the world around them. Sergel's adaptation preserves the novel's essential voice and structure while staging the story with the intimacy that a venue like The Kate is well suited to deliver. Productions of this scale in a 250-seat house tend to lean into character-driven performance over spectacle, which makes the casting process especially consequential.

The Saybrook Stage Company is the producing engine behind this production, working in partnership with The Kate and under license from the Dramatic Publishing Company. Community and regional productions of this nature typically operate on modest budgets aligned with the scale of the venue, and the production is most likely non-Equity or operates under a small theater agreement. Actors and crew in the Connecticut shoreline region with community theater or regional stage experience are the most natural fit, though the production's profile and the prestige of the source material may draw interest from a wider geographic pool. Costume and scenic design for a 1930s Alabama setting will require some period research and craftsmanship, and those departments are worth watching for crew opportunities as the production moves deeper into pre-production.

For the full production listing, including contact information, production office details, and casting updates as they develop, visit ProductionList.com. With rehearsals beginning in December 2026, the hiring and casting window for this production is active right now, and that window will narrow considerably as the year moves forward. Bookmark the listing and check back regularly for any updates to the creative team, crew roster, or audition schedule.

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