Equity Actors Wanted For 2023-24 Season Shows
Seeking Equity actors for roles in 2023-24 Season. Please see the breakdown below. Rate: SPT $857 weekly minimum (SPT 10) Additional info: Audition breaks: Friday, April 14, 2023 Lunch: 12:00-1:00pm Monday, April 17, 2023 Break: 2:00-3:00pm An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. PREPARATION Please prepare one contemporary dramatic monologue, no longer than 2 minutes in length. Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms. Holding/Audition room information: The audition room can accommodate no more than 45 individuals at a time. The holding room can accommodate no more than 220 individuals at a time. "LOBBY HERO" 1st Reh: 9/19/23 Opening: 10/13/23 Closing: 10/29/23 TBA Ext: Through 11/5/23 "THE MESSENGER" 1st Reh: 11/14/23 Opening: 12/8/23 Closing: 12/24/23 TBA Ext: Through 12/31/23 "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN" 1st Reh: 1/2/24 Opening: 2/2/24 Closing: 2/18/24 TBA Ext: Through 2/25/24 "DEATH OF A SALESMAN" 1st Reh: 2/27/24 Opening: 3/29/24 Closing: 4/14/24 TBA Ext: Through 4/21/24 "TRYING" 1st Reh: 4/30/24 Opening: 5/24/24 Closing: 6/9/24 TBA Ext: Through 6/16/24
33 roles
A glib, talkative, wisecracking slacker hoping to get his life together despite his history of underachievement and lack of real drive or ambition. "LOBBY HERO"
A hard-working, ambitious, upstanding man with a strong moral code, but wound a bit tight. "LOBBY HERO"
Bill's working class, attractive, rookie partner. Tough, enthusiastic, but green, with a strong sense of justice. "LOBBY HERO"
A cocky, self-assured, and smoothly superior veteran, he makes his own rules and is a dominant, charismatic personality. "LOBBY HERO"
A middle school math teacher, a Hungarian-American Jewish Holocaust survivor living in Pasadena, California. "THE MESSENGER"
Unconventional and a bit rebellious. She is a brilliant, excitable, loquacious historian with a quirky sense of humor and a feminist sensibility. "THE MESSENGER"
A fiercely maternal, warm, funny, and charismatic woman who has designed her entire life around giving her kids the innocent childhood she was denied. "THE MESSENGER"
A sensitive, hard-working recent high school graduate caught up in the drama around her. "THE MESSENGER"
A deeply secretive, high-functioning alcoholic. She is intelligent and passionate about her work and is loving and warm but awkward in large social situations. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
Puerto Rican or Latin. Lauren’s wife. A socially savvy professor of Theatre. She is fiercely loyal to Lauren and often tries to compensate for Lauren's faux pas. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
18+ to play 15 years old. He is smart, empathetic, and likable but bears deep hurt from having suffered brutal neglect as a child at the hands of his biological mother. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
Chi is funny and long-winded. Judge Howard is a no-nonsense jurist. Speaks with a Nigerian accent. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
Brilliant and politically astute. Marilyn is polished but can be funny and crass around those she knows well. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
She is a steadfast warrior in service to the University's DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
Snarky, talkative, hilarious, and a bit past his prime. Always reading the lay of the land. A fellow theatre professor, he is Paola's closest confidant. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
A charming, brilliant southern gentleman who knows he is a bit of an anachronism. Speaks with a Southern accent that ranges from slight to full-on Scarlet O'Hara. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
40+. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
Beautiful. Potentially doubled with Judge Miller or Melanie Jones. "THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN"
An aging salesman who suffers from depression and anxiety as a result of his dissipating career, his estranged relationship with his oldest son, Biff, and his guilt over an extramarital affair. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Willy Lomans' long-suffering, even tempered wife. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
The Lomans' older son. The once-confident and ever-popular high school football star has failed to live up to his potential. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
The Lomans' younger son. He's an ambitious but attention-seeking womanizer. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
35+. Willy's older brother. Ben appears only in Willy's memories and fantasies and represents the "American Dream" success story. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
A true friend and neighbor to The Lomans. A modest and generous spirit. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Charley's son, this once-nerd becomes a hardworking, intelligent lawyer. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Willy's seductive mistress, whose attention and admiration inflate Willy's fragile ego. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Howard is a hard-hearted businessman with little respect for Willy. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Stanley is a friendly waiter at Frank's Chop House. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Jenny is Charley's secretary. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Letta is a young prostitute. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
Young prostitute. "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
60s+. A charismatic, but rigid aristocratic curmudgeon whose once brilliant mind betrays him in his old age. "TRYING"
A fresh-faced, albeit, “green” secretary from Saskatchewan. "TRYING"
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