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Seeking Equity Actors for Company’s 2025-26 Season

New York, NY, United States
ID: 286178Exp: 6/11/2025
$482/week
Description:

Equity actors for roles in Theatre Company’s 2025-26 Season. See breakdown below. Rate: SPT $482 weekly minimum (SPT 4) Additional info: Audition lunch 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PREPARATION: Please prepare 2 short contemporary contrasting monologues. If auditioning for LANGSTON, prepare a poem by Langston Hughes. Also, please bring your headshot and resume. Call backs are tentatively scheduled for Monday June 16 and Tuesday June 17, 2025 in Trenton, NJ. Each production has 5 performances per week, Wednesday through Sunday, for three weeks. Each opening night is Friday, following a Wednesday student matinee and a Thursday free Preview. 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. "DUTCHMAN" and "THE SLAVE" Two One-Acts Performed as ACT I and ACT II of the same play Rehearsal: October 7, 2025 Runs: October 31, 2025, through November 16, 2025 Casting Note: These are the playwright’s original character descriptions. Passage encourages reading both scripts and researching the work. "MULEHEADED" (World Premiere) Rehearsal: January 6, 2026 Runs: January 30 through February 15, 2026 If you are interested, please apply.

8 roles

CLAYMale18-22 y.o.African-American

Twenty-year-old (Doubles as WALKER). "DUTCHMAN" and "THE SLAVE"

LULAFemale28-32 y.o.White / Caucasian

Thirty-year-old (Doubles as GRACE). "DUTCHMAN" and "THE SLAVE"

WALKER VESSELSMale38-42 y.o.African-American

Tall, thin, about forty (Doubles as CLAY). "DUTCHMAN" and "THE SLAVE"

GRACEFemale40-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Blonde woman about same age as WALKER VESSELS. Small, thin, beautiful. (Doubles as LULA). "DUTCHMAN" and "THE SLAVE"

BRADFORD EASLEYMale43-47 y.o.White / Caucasian

Tall, broad, thinning hair, about forty-five. "DUTCHMAN" and "THE SLAVE"

LANGSTONMale26-29 y.o.African-American

This is the real-life Langston Hughes, should resemble the historical figure. "MULEHEADED"

LOUISEFemale20-29 y.o.African-American

"MULEHEADED"

ZORAFemale36-39 y.o.African-American

This is the real-life Zora Neale Hurston, should resemble the historical figure. "MULEHEADED"