"Home, I'm Darling" Play Seeks Actors
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Audition call for "Home, I'm Darling" play, seeking Equity actors. See more details below. Rate: CONTRACT CAT $540.45 weekly minimum (Tier 3) Additional info: Directors encourage all actors, regardless of identity, to apply for roles for which they believe they are best suited. All roles will be understudied. PREPARATION: Please prepare EITHER a 2-minute monologue OR two 1-minute monologues. OTHER DATES: First Rehearsal: 10/13/26 First Preview: 11/11/26 Closing: 12/13/26 Possible Extension: 12/27/26 An Equity Monitor will be provided. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. Note from Casting: Actors should prepare a standard British dialect. Strong comic timing with emotional depth is essential. While the play's world has heightened elements, the characters should be grounded and approached with honesty rather than caricature. Directors are looking forward to seeing you there!
6 role s
A former professional living as a 1950s housewife in a meticulously curated retro home. She is deeply committed to the authenticity of this lifestyle, using it as a shield against the uncertainties of the modern world. Intelligent, polished, and strategic, with a need for control and reassurance. Charming & witty, but vulnerable with simmering anxiety underneath.
Judy’s husband. Affable, loving, and slightly boyish, with gentle, accommodating masculinity. He once enjoyed and supported Judy’s 1950s fantasy but did not create it. As financial pressure and the need for advancement grow, he begins to question the world they’ve built, realizing it has quietly eroded his confidence and sense of self.
Judy’s close friend/Marcus’ wife. Quick-witted and self-aware, she enjoys the 1950s aesthetic—dressing up, dancing, and playing along—but remains more grounded in the present than Judy. Less polished domestically and more openly conflicted about what she wants.
Fran’s husband. Charismatic, confident, and comfortably traditional. Enjoys the 1950s fantasy and the gender roles it reinforces. His charm has a slightly lascivious edge and a hint of entitlement, requiring a balanced likability with an undercurrent of discomfort.
Judy’s mother. Formidable, articulate, and politically engaged. A second-wave feminist who raised Judy to be independent and finds her daughter’s chosen lifestyle baffling and frustrating. Intellectually rigorous, but with genuine love and concern beneath the ideology.
Johnny’s new boss. Composed, modern, confident, and professionally assured. Foil to Judy. Represents the contemporary world pressing against Judy and Johnny’s carefully crafted domestic fantasy.
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