"Different Words for Happiness" Play Seeking Cast
Casting Equity actors for Theatre's 2026 season show "Different Words for Happiness". Find more details below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: A fresh take on what it means to confront one’s past and redefine personal happiness. When a late-night call arrives from an ex, Ava’s world is thrust into emotional turmoil. As Ava attempts to regain control and confront the ghosts of her past, she meets Eleanor, a middle-aged doctor facing a midlife crisis and living a life of unfulfilled dreams. Ava and Eleanor’s lives become inexorably intertwined as they grapple with blame, forgiveness, and what types of happiness they allow themselves to feel. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $889 weekly minimum (LORT D) Additional info: Audition lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. PREPARATION: Please prepare one monologue or two brief contrasting monologues to total approximately 2-minutes. There are no musicals in the season, no singing please. Each actor must bring one 8"x 10" head shot with a resume attached to the back of the photo. First Rehearsal: 9 / 22 / 2026 Opening: 10 / 23 / 2026 Closing: 11 / 15 / 2026 An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. 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. If you are interested, please apply.
3 role s
(Female presenting): Ironic, witty, resentful, regretful, and extremely lonely. Role requires the re-enactment of a medical breast exam and OB/GYN exam.
(Female presenting): An OB/GYN, she is hyper professional and straightforward but not cold. She is pregnant and extremely lonely.
(Male presenting): He is slightly naive, sincere, self-flagellating (but not one-dimensional), and extremely lonely.