Casting Actors for 2023-24 Theatre Season

"THE CHAMELEON" A balding and impossibly excitable Jewish man, who has never fixed one single thing in the house though fancies himself “handy.”

"THE CHAMELEON" Observant, loving, and sharp as a tack. Built like a pot of soup. She is always cold, with some sort of oversized pashmina draped across her chest.

"THE CHAMELEON" The youngest of the two, the baby of the family. She graduated from Wesleyan last year with a degree in Feminist Theory, and has since been living at home trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

"THE CHAMELEON" Is an American actress on the rise of massive, total, and all-consuming stardom. Up until recently, Riz had worked as a server and was in debt but two months ago, Riz booked the role of a lifetime...after she changed her last name, eliminated her curls, lost forty pounds, and got a nose job (to the devastation of her parents).

"THE CHAMELEON" (early nineties), Mitch’s mother. Was once a bull, is now a doe. Or at least appears to be. Sometimes she’s completely lucid, and when she is she’s funny, but when she’s not, she’s lost inside her world. Bubbe Yetta exclusively speaks Yiddish.

"THE CHAMELEON" Stephanie’s girlfriend, who lives in Brooklyn. Maya is passionate, body positive, queer, and social justice forward. Maya is a beautiful embodiment of Gen Z.

"THE CHAMELEON" Riz’s very hot, very charming, very non-Jewish husband. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. Is obsessed with getting the approval of Riz’s parents.

"THE CHAMELEON" Riz’s very junior agent at a premiere agency. She is his big break, his meal ticket, and the way he will prove himself, so a lot is riding on Riz’s success.

"MOSES" Tells the story of Moses.

"THIS MUCH I KNOW" Speaks with a British accent. Also Joseph Stalin, Brajesh Singh, and ensemble.

"THIS MUCH I KNOW" (The only relevant character fact is that she has one Russian grandparent). Speaks with a non-descript American accent. Also Svetlana Alliluyeva (daughter of Joseph Stalin), H.G. Wells, & ensemble.

"THIS MUCH I KNOW" Speaks with a very slight North Florida twang. Also a member of the ensemble.

"HESTER STREET" A tired, observant young woman who’s just arrived in America with her young son in search of her husband. She is scared by what she finds in the new world.

"HESTER STREET" The middle-aged landlady from down the hall. She likes to get involved in the lives of her tenants.

"HESTER STREET" Young and beautiful, stylish and enterprising. She’s a firecracker.

"HESTER STREET" Formerly Yankel. Handsome, well-dressed, with only the slightest whiff of immigrant about him.

"HESTER STREET" A pious, kind man who’s had a hard go at life in America. He works at the factory with Jake.

"HESTER STREET" A dance teacher who runs a dance academy for immigrants. He sings and plays the accordion.

"HESTER STREET" Four ensemble members. Fanny Rose Rabbi's Wife Grocery Owner The Boss Jake's Father (a ghost) The Greenhorn (Schloime Navasky) Immigration Officer Love Potion Peddler Lawyer Rabbi Zalman Assorted Peddlers

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" He wears a hat. Curmudgeonly.

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" Wife of Hetchman. Nondescript. Does she have a name? Who knows.

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" Hetchman’s neighbor and only friend. Meckel is cheerful, popular, and kind. He is the opposite of Hetchman.

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" A young woman.

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" A wall. Probably female. The wall is realized in the play as an unseen voiceover. Note: The actor playing the wall does not appear on stage.

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" Voice’s boyfriend. Easygoing in a way Voice has never been.

"THE HATMAKER’S WIFE" A golem, a la the Jewish golem of Prague. Only makes sounds but does intuit what is going on. Eats a lot. Made of mud and crap. Has a male presence.