Equity Actors Needed for Upcoming Productions
Seeking Equity actors for roles in Shadowland Stages 2025 Season, please see the details below. Additional info: "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT" 1st rehearsal May 6, 2025; Runs May 30 – June 29, 2025 "KING JAMES" 1st rehearsal: June 17, 2025. Runs July 5-20, 2025. "WAITRESS" 1st rehearsal: July 8, 2025. Runs July 25 – August 24, 2025. "DARKER THE SKY, BRIGHTER THE STARS" 1st rehearsal: August 12, 2025. Runs August 29 – September 14, 2025. "BECOMING DR. RUTH" 1st rehearsal: September 2, 2025. Runs September 19 – October 5, 2025. "PROOF" 1st rehearsal: September 23, 2025. Runs October 10 – 26, 2025. Rate: CONTRACT SPT $482 weekly minimum (SPT 3) Additional info: For dramatic auditions, please prepare a brief monologue. For musical auditions, please prepare a brief song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
24 roles
CAST, SEEKING REPLACEMENT. A cantankerous Communist storyteller, afraid his daughter Clara will force him into a home or declare him incompetent. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
CAST. SEEKING REPLACEMENTS, near blind superintendent of a Central Park West apartment building for the past 42 years. Has avoided getting fired by being a ‘wise old invisible man’. Easily annoyed by Nat’s stories and machinations. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
CAST, SEEKING REPLACEMENT. Nat’s daughter. Has moved on from her activist upbringing to a suburban family life. Is worried about her father’s well-being and wants to move him to a safer situation. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
CAST,SEEKING REPLACEMENT Head of the Tenant’s Committee in Midge’s building (which is about to go co-op) and is seeking to fire Midge. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
CAST, SEEKING REPLACEMENT, Head of the Tenant’s Committee in Midge’s building (which is about to go co-op) and is seeking to fire Midge. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
CAST, SEEKING REPLACEMENT, A drug dealer from Jersey, who lives as a ‘cowboy’, complete with costume and accent. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
CAST,SEEKING REPLACEMENT. A pretty and innocent art student in debt to The Cowboy. "I’M NOT RAPPAPORT"
Emotional and talkative, and bit of a mess, Matt’s ambition grows throughout the play. He bonds with Shawn over their impassioned fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers. "KING JAMES"
A writer with a quiet ambition and confidence. Smart and considered. He bonds with Matt over their shared impassioned fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers. "KING JAMES"
An unhappily married small town waitress. An expert pie maker, she’d love to get away and start fresh. Vocal range top: F5; bottom: F#3. "WAITRESS"
The oldest of the waitresses, weathered it all with a fantastic and sometimes irreverent sense of humor. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: Eb3. "WAITRESS"
The youngest waitress, slightly awkward and shy. A sweet and optimistic nature. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: G3. "WAITRESS"
Handsome, with a warm, if clumsy, manner. Jenna’s gynecologist with whom an unexpected extramarital affair is born. Has a quirky sense of humor and a big heart, despite the fact that he’s contributing to the affair. Vocal range top: Bb4; bottom: Bb2. Any ethnicity. "WAITRESS"
Jenna’s destructive husband. Handsome in an ex-jock way, he peaked in high school, and has evolved into a beer-drinking mess, with fits of anger and depression. Guitar playing a plus. Vocal range top: G4; bottom: Eb3. "WAITRESS"
The diner’s chef. Somehow endearing despite his impatience and brash, irreverent manner. Vocal range top: F4; bottom: D3. "WAITRESS"
Lovable, and a bit odd and quirky, he becomes enthralled with Dawn. Should have excellent comedic timing and must have an excellent pop/rock tenor voice. Vocal range top: F4; bottom: C3. Any ethnicity. "WAITRESS"
The owner of the diner where Jenna, Dawn, Becky, and Cal work. Seems like an old curmudgeon but has a soft spot for Jenna (and her pie). Vocal range top: G#4; bottom: B2. Any ethnicity. "WAITRESS"
Very funny with a small town charm. Pop-Rock Voice. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: G3. Any ethnicity. "WAITRESS"
"DARKER THE SKY, BRIGHTER THE STARS"
The famous sex therapist "BECOMING DR. RUTH"
Catherine and Claire’s father, a retired mathematics professor. In his later years, his genius has bowed to madness. "PROOF"
Robert’s daughter, she’s spent the last few years taking care of him. Independent and smart, she’s worried that, in addition to her father’s genius, she may have also inherited his mental illness. "PROOF"
A protege of Robert’s, and a PhD. candidate in mathematics. Plays in a band. On the nerdy side of cool, he’s ambitious, but trying to do the right thing. "PROOF"
Claire’s sister who’s returned home to Chicago for Robert’s funeral, and to woo Catherine to join her in NYC because she’s worried Catherine may have inherited their father’s mental illness. "PROOF"