Casting Equity Performers For 2024-25 Seasons
Equity actors for theater's 2024-25 seasons. See the breakdown below. Rate: Off Broadway See each theater's breakdown for salary. Please note the salaries listed are 2023-24 rates. 2024-25 salaries are still pending. Additional info: Audition Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM An Equity Monitor will be provided. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. PREPARATION Please prepare a brief monologue and/or a brief song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring three (3) copies of your headshot and resume stapled together. MCC THEATER - 2024-25 season "SHIT. MEET. FAN." First Rehearsal (on or around) – September 9th, 2024 First Preview (on or around) – October 10th, 2024 Possible Extensions Through – December 15th, 2024 $1,035 weekly minimum (Cat. BB) NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP - 2024-25 Season "WE LIVE IN CAIRO" First Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Tech: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 First Preview: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Opening: Monday, October 28, 2024 Latest Closing: December 8, 2024 $1125 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway CC) "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE" First Rehearsal: March 18, 2025 First Preview: April 23, 2025 Opening: May 12, 2025 Closing: June 22, 2025 $1125 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway CC) [A FOURTH PRODUCTION STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED] Likely to start rehearsals in winter and perform in early spring (not set in stone) PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS - 2024-25 Season "IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT" In association with Breaking the Binary Theatre 1st Reh: 9/3/24 1st Preview: 10/9/24 Opening: 10/28/24 Closing: 11/17/24 Extension: 12/1/24 Dates are subject to change Mainstage Theater $1,125 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway CC) "THE ANTIQUITIES" Co-produced with the Vineyard Theatre and the Goodman Theatre 1st Rehearsal: 12/3/24 1st Preview: 1/11/25 Opening: 2/3/25 Closing: 2/23/25 Extension: 3/16/25 Dates are subject to change Mainstage Theater $1,125 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway CC) TBA - ADDITIONAL SHOW Peter Jay Sharp Theater Approximate Dates: April 2025- June 2025 $985 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway BB) SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY - 2024-25 Season "GRANGEVILLE" The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater First Rehearsal: Tues, 01/07/25 Previews begin: Tues, 02/04/25 Opening: Mon, 02/24/25 End of guaranteed run: Sun, 03/16/25 Possible extension through: Sun, 03/30/25 $985 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway BB) "EURYDICE" The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre First Rehearsal: Tues, 04/15/25 Previews begin: Tues, 05/13/25 Opening: Mon, 06/02/25 End of guaranteed run: Sun, 06/22/25 Possible extension through: Sun, 07/06/25 $985 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway BB) THE PUBLIC THEATER (New York Shakespeare Festival) - 2024-25 Season "GOOD BONES" 1st Rehearsal: 8/13 1st Performance: 9/19 Closing: 10/13 Furthest Possible Extension Closing: 11/17 Martinson Theater $1403 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway - DD) "MOBILE UNIT" WP THEATER (Women's Project) - 2024-25 Season "DIRTY LAUNDRY" First Rehearsal: August 27, 2024 First Preview: September 21, 2024 Opening: October 3, 2024 Announced Closing: October 20, 2024 Extension 1 Closing: October 27, 2024 Extension 2 Closing: November 2, 2024 $729 weekly minimum (Cat 1) "minor.ity" First Rehearsal: March 4, 2025 First Preview: March 29, 2025 Opening: April 13, 2025 Announced Closing: April 27, 2025 Extension 1 Closing: May 4, 2025 Extension 2 Closing: May 11, 2025 $729 weekly minimum (Cat 1)
43 roles
Married to Eve. Plastic surgeon, successful, sits somewhere just outside the circle of being fully accepted by his in-laws. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
Married to Claire. Attorney, feeling the mid-life crisis hard and missing the adventure of his youth. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
Newly married to Hannah. Ambulance driver, sexy and physical with a lot of love to give. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
Athletics teacher at a private school. At the start of a new romantic relationship. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
Married to Rodger. Psychiatrist, successful, a bit reckless and in conflict with her college-bound daughter. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
Married to Brett. Stay-at-home mom. Former attorney. Likes to get her drink on. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
Veterinarian. Newly married to Frank. Still trying to find a connection with the friend group. "SHIT. MEET. FAN."
This show is likely to be a play.
[THIS ROLE IS ON OFFER] Character portrayed is an Egyptian male. Lyricist to his brother Amir's music. Sensible, dutiful, a stark foil to Amir's vim and vivacity. A strong singer. "WE LIVE IN CAIRO"
Multiple roles, including BETTY HUTTON, a brash, brassy comedienne who appears on the Nat King Cole Show, and PEGGY LEE, America’s sweetheart and a good friend of Nat’s. An excellent singer and mover, tap dance experience a plus. "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE"
50s plus. Multiple roles, including CANDY, Nat’s makeup artist. Been in the business for a thousand years. She is nicotine personified. An excellent singer and mover, tap dance experience a plus. "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE"
Multiple roles, including the STAGE MANAGER of the Nat King Cole Show. He appears somewhat uptight but is deeply kind. An excellent singer and mover, tap dance experience a plus. "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE"
Multiple roles, including the PRODUCER of the Nat King Cole Show. Cares about Nat, but also cares about his business. Used to being in charge, not concerned with changing the world. Some singing and movement required. "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE"
Multiple roles, including EARTHA KITT, singer/actress, the epitome of worldly charm. An excellent singer and mover, tap dance experience a plus. "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE"
Multiple roles, including PERLINA, Nat’s mother. Loves music and teaches her young son to love it too. An excellent singer. "LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE"
60s-70s, BIPOC. Gender identity/expression somewhere in the vicinity of butch or trans masc. Often anxious, imagines the worst. Often off doing “Jen stuff” - usually alone time spent working with their hands. Cynical, has let the tragedy of this life wear them down, but somewhere deep down a hopeless romantic. "IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT"
50s-70s. Often the ringleader of group activities, loves a game of cards, a game of Werewolf, and attention. She is scrappy, imaginative, and a lover. "IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT"
50s-70s. Grumpy as hell but a softy at heart. Loves their friends beyond belief, can’t bear to kill a bug. Resourceful, handy, and constantly skeptical. Will get pissed off and “just do it myself.” When won over though, they’re won over hard. "IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT"
OFFER OUT. Game, facile. Grounded, but good with style and comedy. A wide range of characters, from a 19th century young woman in one scene to a very modern, ambitious LA novelist in another scene. "THE ANTIQUITIES"
Game, facile. Grounded, but good with style. Has a youthful quality but also some grit/edge. (A high school student in one scene and a fearless resistance fighter in another scene.) "THE ANTIQUITIES"
OFFER OUT. Game, facile. Grounded, but good with style. Handsome. A wide range of characters, from a 21st century tech bro to a 19th century Romantic poet (no accent). Brings a playful, modern sensibility to the 19th century scenes. "THE ANTIQUITIES"
Game, facile. Grounded, but good with style. Handsome. A wide range of characters, from a 21st century tech bro to a 19th century Romantic poet (no accent). Brings a playful, modern sensibility to the 19th century scenes. "THE ANTIQUITIES"
Game, facile. Grounded, but good with style. Paternal, warm, dignified. A bit older than the other roles in the play. Has a serious, upright quality but able to find dry humor in unusual places. "THE ANTIQUITIES"
Game, facile. Grounded, but good with style. His most important role is Stuart -- A quirky, visionary, endearing young engineer, damaged but open-hearted. Actors who identify as gay are encouraged to audition. "THE ANTIQUITIES"
Jerry’s half-brother. Living with his husband in Rotterdam, Netherlands. "GRANGEVILLE"
Arnold’s half-brother. Living in his hometown in Idaho, in the process of divorcing his wife. "GRANGEVILLE"
A little too young and a little too in love. Falls to her death on her wedding day. A lover of books and music. Has a sense of irony. "EURYDICE"
Eurydice’s father. A soul in the Underworld, writing letters to his daughter in the world above. Subversive to the ways of the dead. Loves poetry and also could enjoy watching a sport game. A regular guy, and a good father. "EURYDICE"
Like Eurydice, a little too young and a little too in love. A great musician and Eurydice’s husband. Travels to the underworld to find her. Wildly passionate. Feels more like a musician than an actor. "EURYDICE"
40s to 100. First appears at Eurydice’s wedding, luring her away from the party. Later returns as the child-like lord of the underworld. Could seem like one who is not quite human. "EURYDICE"
Part of the chorus of the land of the dead. Could be played like a nasty child at a birthday party. Can play at being not the smartest. "EURYDICE"
Part of the chorus of the land of the dead. Could be played like a nasty child at a birthday party. Has a moral compass. "EURYDICE"
Part of the chorus of the land of the dead. Could be played like a nasty child at a birthday party. Can be loud and bossy. "EURYDICE"
To understudy AISHA: A high- powered engineer in a landscape architecture and urban design firm. And CARMEN: A college student. Extremely smart, perceptive, and curious. She’s a keen observer and picks up quickly on social dynamics. Adept at code-switching, which she sees as a necessity. She sits squarely in the center of the two opposing forces at play in this dynamic; "GOOD BONES"
To understudy EARL: A contractor. Grew up in the neighborhood and never left it. Deeply committed to uplifting his community, his work is a manifestation of literally rebuilding it. A talented artist who puts his heart and soul into his work and would rather invest in building relationships than in expanding and turning a profit. Smart & sexy. And TRAVIS: A chef, married to Aisha. Grew up with great privilege and wealth and as a result he leads with high status as his default. "GOOD BONES"
Collaborative actors who enjoy working in a physical style. All roles will double with multiple characters. "MOBILE UNIT"
A woman who lives in New York and who has just lost her mother and who is mother to a child and wife to a man. "DIRTY LAUNDRY"
Early seventies, a doctor. "DIRTY LAUNDRY"
They know a lot of things, but not everything, and they can become doctors, and they can become family, friends, and family friends, and my husband and my son, and sometimes they speak chorally. Mostly they do not. "DIRTY LAUNDRY"
Cape verdean. In her bag: a sketchbook, an organized pencil case, a color palette, some photographs of home. "minor.ity"
2nd gen Ghanian-American. In her bag: everything but the kitchen sink. Multiple moleskin notebooks and pens, index cards, business cards she impulsively bought in order to look more professional, a granola bar, a couple of plays and at the bottom an assortment of binder and paper clips that have fallen off of scripts. "minor.ity"
Senegalese-British. In his bag: he carries no bag. Everything fits into his pockets, including a small notebook and pencil. "minor.ity"