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Equity Actors Needed for Upcoming Productions

Portland, OR, United States
ID: 311794Exp: 6/5/2026
$711/week
Description:

Seeking Equity actors for Marsha Blovotnik And The Marvelous Magical Chicken, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $711.20 weekly minimum (LORT D - Experimental) Additional info: Rehearsals begin: 9/29/26 1st preview: 10/27/26 Open: 10/31/26 Close: 11/22/26 Please prepare one short contemporary comic monologue. Please apply if interested.

6 roles

THE CHORUSBoth genders18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A storyteller, trying to and sometimes failing to tell the story. (Doubles as THE FATHER, a fiercely angered holocaust survivor, socialist and artist.)

MARSHA BLOVOTNIKFemale60-79 y.o.All ethnicities

A Socialist Jewish Lesbian. Thrice divorced, she runs The People’s Theater, her father’s socialist theater company, out of her house.

JANICE BLOVOTNIK LEVYFemale60-79 y.o.All ethnicities

MARSHA’s sister, a Jewish suburban mother. She holds her tongue, as much as she can, but that doesn’t mean she has any less to say than her sister.

JONATHAN BLOVOTNIK LEVYMale30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

A Jewish gay millennial. A doted on son and nephew, his obsequiousness and people pleasing has led to major panic disorder. (Doubles as GENERAL JEWISH RELATIVE, a ghost or dybbuk who brings a pot of soup)

LILITH DUBROVNIK-MENDELBAUMMale20-69 y.o.All ethnicities

Formerly, LILITH DUBROVNIK-MENDELBAUM-BLOVTNIK , an actress, over the top, chews the scenery, but with a fierce devotion to her craft. (Doubles as

ANOTHER JEWISH RELATIVEMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A ghost of dybbuk, who begs everyone to stay put.)