American Blues Theater 2025-2026 Season General Auditions

Audition Dates / Times:
By appointment only.

Thursday, April 24
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
General Auditions (all actors welcome). Please email JGSmith@AmericanBluesTheater.com to request an appointment.

Friday, April 25
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Equity Principal Auditions. Equity actors may sign-up through the Actors’ Equity portal beginning April 17. Non-union actors are welcome to attend as walk-ins.

Saturday, April 26
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
General Auditions (all actors welcome). Please email JGSmith@AmericanBluesTheater.com to request an appointment.

Taped Auditions:
If actors prefer to submit an audition tape instead of auditioning in person, actors may submit tapes by emailing them to JGSmith@AmericanBluesTheater.com.

All tapes must be received by 5:00 PM CT on Saturday, April 26

Seeking:
Actors (union & non-union) for understudies and actors for future programming, included but not limited to The Commons, @Home, and arts education.

American Blues Theater is committed to diverse and inclusive casting.

Preparation: 
Please prepare one monologue of your choice. The monologue should be between 1 – 2 minutes.

If you play a musical instrument, you are welcome to bring it and play a short (1 – 2 minute) selection to demonstrate your skill. We are always seeking actor-instrumentalist for future projects. We do have a piano on-site that you may use. There is no accompanist in the room.

Please bring one (1) physical copy of your headshot & resume, or email a digital copy in advance to JGSmith@AmericanBluesTheater.com.

Personnel in attendance:
Elyse Dolan (she/her) – Associate Artistic Director
Manny Buckley (he/him) – Assistant Producer
J.G. Smith (they/she) – Administrative Assistant

Other information:
All dates and roles are subject to change.
Seeking understudies.