"Designing Women" Show Seeking Equity Actors
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Casting call for "Designing Women" theatre production, seeking Equity principal actors. See more details below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: This timely Southern comedy fast-forwards the iconic Atlanta interior design quartet into the turbulent quarantine of 2020, where they must navigate intense political divides, personal revelations, and a looming crisis that threatens to split up their firm. Rate: $486 weekly minimum - 2025-26 rate - negotiations are ongoing, salaries are subject to change. Additional info: Local Dallas area actors are encouraged to audition. No roles will be understudied. Please prepare the Sides for the role(s) you are interested in from the script. Callbacks: Monday, September 14th from 6 pm to 10 pm Rehearsals begin: November 10, 2026 Performances: December 4 through 13, 2026 An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. 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 interested, please apply.
9 roles
The elegant, sharp-tongued, and fiercely progressive president of the firm. Known for her legendary, highly opinionated takedowns. A powerful stage presence and masterfully fast verbal delivery.
Julia's self-absorbed, glamorous, and fiercely loyal sister. A wealthy, multi-divorced conservative and former beauty queen. Possesses impeccable comic timing and charm while navigating modern cultural shifts.
The pragmatic, cynical, and grounded head designer. A single mother surviving the modern stresses of a chaotic world. She provides the realistic, relatable anchor to the explosive Sugarbaker sisters.
The sweet-natured, trusting, and fiercely protective former office manager. Known for her endearing naivete, pop-culture obsession, deep faith, and unshakeable loyalty to her friends.
Formidable, sharp-witted, and highly capable. She joins the mix to help steer the firm's modern business operations, bringing a refreshing, contemporary, no-nonsense perspective to the Atlanta office.
A tech-savvy, millennial workplace addition. Her presence highlights the hilarious generational divides, social media obsession, and changing cultural norms of the modern era.
Cleo's highly intelligent, progressive, and socially conscious daughter who represents the youngest generation's views on current societal movements.
Suzanne Sugarbaker's soon-to-be-ex-husband. He is a staunch, vocal MAGA-man whose unyielding conservative views directly clash with the modern, outspoken environment of the design firm.
A handsome, charismatic local builder who becomes Julia Sugarbaker's new romantic interest. He spends much of the play navigating a hilarious, high-energy romance through the design shop's glass window during the pandemic quarantine.
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