Casting Performers for "Liberation" Play
Performers needed for "Liberation" play. See the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: 1970. Ohio. Six women determined to shake up their lives and change the world form a consciousness-raising group in a community center gym. Fifty years later, one of their daughters tries to understand where things fell apart. Fresh from a celebrated 2025 Broadway run, this provocative, funny, refreshingly irreverent, and intensely relevant production poses vital questions about what we inherit, what we forget, and what we're still fighting to understand. Rate: SPT $784 weekly minimum (SPT 8) — increasing to $807 January 4, 2027. Additional info: First rehearsal: Tuesday, April 13, 2027 Preview: Friday, May 7, 2027 Opening: Saturday, May 8, 2027 Closing: Sunday, May 23, 2027 Equity actors. Understudy tracks open. Please note that some roles include full onstage nudity. Preparation: You will have a six-minute slot. Please prepare two contrasting monologues — no Shakespeare please. You may also perform a song if you are so inclined, but accompaniment will not be provided, so it will either be acapella or self-accompaniment with an instrument (no piano will be available). Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. If interested, please apply.
7 roles
Vulnerable and honest. Lizzie is trying to understand her mother, who Lizzie knew as a very traditional stay at home mom, but was also a radical feminist who ran a liberation group in the 1970s. Lizzie serves as both the audience’s narrator and plays her mother in the seventies. NOTE: This role includes full onstage nudity.
The oldest member of the group. Margie has been married for most of her life to a very uninvolved husband. She carries all the emotional and domestic labor in the relationship and is just beginning to understand how deeply angry that makes her. NOTE: This role includes full onstage nudity.
An intellectual. She has returned from Ohio to take care of her mother. Celeste is worn down from caretaking. Queer but not out. Has a relationship with Susan. NOE: This role includes full onstage nudity.
A Sicilian woman who represents an immigrant point of view. She’s all about actionable steps. Fuel to the fire and full of contradictions. NOTE: This role includes full onstage nudity.
Somewhat naive, comes into the group relatively unsuspecting. She is engaged to be married and working a demanding job where she is continually undervalued. Dora has been raised to believe that being pretty and compliant are her best assets. Deep inside, she wants to be seen as more. NOTE: This role includes full onstage nudity.
The mother of four boys. A realist and vocal about how she feels. The audience sees her journey through being an activist and a housewife. She does not have time for the antics of the rest of the group.
Lizzie’s father. A lawyer. Charming. Knows what he wants but is respectful about it.
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