"Two Trains Running" Play Casting Actors
Actors for roles in August Wilson's "Two Trains Running". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See breakdown below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: Memphis Lee’s coffee shop lies in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, a neighborhood on the brink of economic development. The restaurant serves as a hangout for a host of regulars: a local intellectual, an elderly man who imparts the secrets of life as learned from a 322-year-old sage, an ex-con, a numbers runner, a laconic waitress who slashed her legs to keep men away, and a developmentally disabled man who was once cheated out of a ham. With Chekhovian obliqueness, the author reveals simple truths, hopes and dreams, creating a microcosm of an era and a community on the brink of change. Rate: Rates under 2027 contract are $450 per week, plus health and pension. Non-equity rates are $450 per week. They use a 22 hour a week rehearsal schedule all weeks except for tech. Additional info: PREPARATION Please read the play and understand its setting and themes. Prepare a short monologue that reflects the character's voice, emotional range, and ability to convey the play's tone. Choose something that shows your range OR you may prepare a monologue from the play for the role you are interested in. First Rehearsal: 12/28/2026 Tech Begins: 01/21/2027 Opening: 02/05/2027 Closing: 02/21/2027 Additional performances: Preview Night: Thursday 02/04 at 7:30PM Weekday Matinee: Thursday 02/18 at 2PM Industry Night: Tuesday: 02/09 at 7:30PM Anticipated Rehearsal schedule: Sundays - Thursdays, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Performance schedule: All Fridays and Saturdays are at 7:30PM. Sundays at 2PM. 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.
7 roles
Male presenting. Owner of a Pittsburg Hill District diner, fighting for what he believes he is owed. “A self-made man whose values of hard work, diligence, persistence, and honesty have been consistently challenged by the circumstances of his life. His greatest asset is his impeccable logic.” A dialogue heavy role.
Male presenting. A survivor, popular with the community but necessarily withMemphis. “A man who enjoys his notoriety and popularity as the community’s numbers runner. While he manages to keep money in his pocket and a decent pair of shoes on his feet, his inability to find secure female companionship is the single failure that marks his life.” A dialogue heavy role.
Female presenting. The only apparent employee of Memphis’ diner, kind, sharp, devout, keen observer. “A young woman who, in an attempt to define herself in terms other than her genitalia, has scarred her legs with a razor.”
Male presenting. A community elder who serves as a seer, sage, knower, dispensing his perspective from a table at the diner. “a man who all his life has voiced his outrage at injustice with little effect. His belief in the supernatural has enabled him to accept his inability to effect change and continue to pursue life with zest and vigor.” A dialogue heavy role.
Male presenting. Dreamer, recently released from prison, achingly and sometimes angrily trying to make a new start in a place with few opportunities. “Sterling appears at times to be unbalanced, but it is a combination of his unorthodox logic and straightforward manner that makes him appear so.” A dialogue heavy role.
Male presenting. Fixated on getting justice by demanding to be paid for work he did years ago. “Self-contained and in a world of his own. His mental condition has deteriorated to such a point that he can only say two phrases, and he repeats them idiotically over and over.”
Male presenting. Funeral home director, successful businessman. “Since his wife’s death he has allowed his love of money to overshadow the other possibilities of life.”
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