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Equity Actors Needed for 2025 Season Plays

New York, NY, United States
ID: 285366Exp: 6/2/2025
$605/week
Description:

Equity actors for roles in 2025 season plays. See breakdown below. Rate: SPT SPT Tier 6 - $605 weekly minimum SPT Reading - $16/hour for 29 hours guaranteed Additional info: Audition lunch 1:00-2:00 PM PREPARATION Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. Bring a photo/resume stapled together. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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. "VIDAS PRIVADAS" First rehearsal: July 8, 2025 Performances: July 11, 2025 "THE TEE TEE AND LA LA SHOW" First rehearsal: July 8, 2025 Performances: July 12, 2025 "GERTRUDE" First rehearsal: July 8, 2025 Performances: July 12, 2025 "STOKELY" First rehearsal: July 22, 2025 Performances: July 25, 2025 "I SAID EVOLUTION" First rehearsal: July 22, 2025 Performances: July 26, 2025 "MANAKIN" First rehearsal: July 22, 2025 Performances: July 26, 2025 "THE PUSHOVER" First rehearsal: July 29, 2025 Performances: August 3, 2025 PENN LIVE ARTS FALL READING SERIES LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA "FALLS" First rehearsal: September 30, 2025 Performances: October 2 and 4, 2025 "LAGNIAPPE" First rehearsal: September 30, 2025 Performances: October 3 and 5, 2025 If you are interested, please apply.

44 roles

CESAR CRUZMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"VIDAS PRIVADAS"

AMERICA CRUZFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Cesar's wife. "VIDAS PRIVADAS"

CELIA MECHOSOFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A woman. "VIDAS PRIVADAS"

CLAYTON STARKMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Celia's husband. "VIDAS PRIVADAS"

STANISLAVMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A handyman. "VIDAS PRIVADAS"

TEETEEBoth genders18-21 y.o.All ethnicities

Male-presenting, he/they; 19. "THE TEE TEE AND LA LA SHOW"

LALABoth genders18-20 y.o.All ethnicities

Trans/non-binary, female-presenting, she/they; 17. "THE TEE TEE AND LA LA SHOW"

BLEEPBoth genders20-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Male-presenting, he/him; "THE TEE TEE AND LA LA SHOW"

GERTRUDEFemale40-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Hamlet's mother. "GERTRUDE"

HAMLETMale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

Gertrude's son. "GERTRUDE"

OPHELIA/FRANCESFemale18-40 y.o.All ethnicities

The Ophelia. DOUBLE CAST WITH: A handmaiden. "GERTRUDE"

BERNADETTEFemale18-45 y.o.All ethnicities

A pregnant handmaiden. "GERTRUDE"

CLAUDIUSMale40-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Gertrude's husband. Hamlet's uncle (and step-father). "GERTRUDE"

POLONIUSMale40-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Ophelia and Laertes' father. "GERTRUDE"

STOKELYMale55-59 y.o.African-American

Young child and up, a gregarious, charismatic, tall and handsome man who plays himself from a young boy to adulthood. Also plays himself at the end of his life, KWAME TURE, age 57. "STOKELY"

MAY CHARLESFemale56-56 y.o.All ethnicities

70. Stokely firecracker mother. She is sturdy and precise, completely terrified of the unknown, has a wicked sense of humor; Also plays a younger version of herself, MABEL. "STOKELY"

ADOLPHUS CARMICHAELMale40-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Stokely's staunch and hardworking father, could also cover BAYARD RUSTIN, JIMMY BALDWIN, DR. KING, MALCOLM X, A WHITE BOY, REPORTER, ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, SEKOU TOURE, KWAME NKRUMAH. "STOKELY"

TANTE ELAINEFemale33-37 y.o.All ethnicities

Mid 30s. Stokely's stern and seemingly humorless aunt, could also cover FANNIE LOU HAMER, MIRIAM MAKEBA, A LADY FREEDOM RIDER, JOHN DIMILIO, JOHN MOODY, DIANE NASH, A WHITE GIRL. "STOKELY"

CECELIA CARMICHAELFemale45-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Stokely's beloved grandmother; could also cover ELLA BAKER, GLORIA RICHARDSON, TEACHER, PAULIE, GENE DENNIS, JOCKO, REPORTER. "STOKELY"

StudentsBoth genders18-30 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE. "STOKELY"

Freedom FightersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE. "STOKELY"

Bus RidersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE. "STOKELY"

MournersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE. "STOKELY"

OthersBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

ENSEMBLE. "STOKELY"

LIDIA MACHADOFemale33-37 y.o.All ethnicities

Femme but works with her hands. A woman who hardly knows how to stop being the referee, stop giving advice, stop being a mom. She's worked hard for the ease that she has now. Maybe she's more comfortable when life is a struggle. Like she should fit in in Cole Valley but she just doesn't. Mid 30s. "I SAID EVOLUTION"

MAURICIO MACHADOBoth genders20-24 y.o.Latino / Hispanic

(He/they flex) a soft intellectual who can get really hardcore. A working-class motherfucker who takes a lot of pride in it. Gen Z. Pushing back on masculinity while also being masculine. He's the Latino at the metal concert. "I SAID EVOLUTION"

SONMale18-30 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

FATHERMale30-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

MOTHERFemale30-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

STAGE DIRECTIONS/SATAN/GODMOTHERBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A plea for Satan to speak. Satan speaking. DOUBLE CAST WITH: A Godmother. "MANAKIN"

GREAT GRANDMOTHERFemale50-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

GREAT GRANDFATHERMale50-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

GRANDMOTHERFemale50-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A grandmother. "MANAKIN"

GRANDFATHERMale50-56 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

DAUGHTERFemale18-30 y.o.All ethnicities

"MANAKIN"

PEARL PENNY CHENFemale38-42 y.o.Asian

Around 40. Chinese American. A Pushover. Gay. A chef. "THE PUSHOVER"

EVELYNFemale40-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Something magnificent and ferocious about her. "THE PUSHOVER"

SOOCHIFemale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Attractive. A touch feral. "THE PUSHOVER"

FATHERMale45-56 y.o.White / Caucasian

45-slightly older. Irish. We watch him age. "FALLS"

SONMale30-45 y.o.White / Caucasian

Irish. We watch him grow from a child into a man. "FALLS"

ANMale56-56 y.o.Asian

Vietnamese American man, 68, hard-working, opinionated to a fault. "LAGNIAPPE"

SHIRLEENFemale56-56 y.o.African-American

59, honest, once pious, tired, the opposite of lonely. "LAGNIAPPE"

MR. ALPHONSEMale40-49 y.o.African-American

An addict, former musician, spinning. "LAGNIAPPE"

ELMERMale28-32 y.o.African-American

30, an insurance salesman, a good son and father, often unmoored. "LAGNIAPPE"