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Performers Needed for Upcoming Show

Sacramento, CA, United States
ID: 324773Exp: 11/29/2026
$658/week
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "Lincoln & Douglass: The President & The Abolitionist" and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Rate: $658 weekly minimum - Plus 2% Weekly Media Bump Additional info: Rehearsals: 1/5/2027 - 1/26/2027 Performances: 1/27/2027 - 2/28/2027 Please prepare two contemporary, one-minute monologues. Please apply if interested.

4 roles

FREDERICK DOUGLASSBoth genders40-59 y.o.African-American

One of the two the titular roles. The Great Abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Preference for actor over 6 feet tall.

ABRAHAM LINCOLNBoth genders40-59 y.o.White / Caucasian

One of the two titular roles. The President of the United States. Preference for actor over 6 feet tall.

JOHN HAY/LIEUTENANT O'REILLY/GERRIT SMITHMale30-59 y.o.White / Caucasian

Multiple roles, including celebrity obsessed secretary to Abraham Lincoln John Hay, solider, and Abolitionist Gerrit Smith

ANNA MURRAY DOUGLASS/JOHN MERCER LANGSTONBoth genders30-59 y.o.African-American

Multiple roles, including 1st wife of Frederick Douglass and Abolitionist John Mercer Langston