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Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress ~ Directed by Dan Wirth Trouble in Mind by pioneering African American playwright Alice Childress, is the first play by a black woman to win an Obie Award (1956) for best original off-Broadway production. The drama explores what happens when black actors performing in a play about lynching and Southern … Read more
Oak Park Festival Theatre is pleased to announce upcoming EQUITY Generals for our 46th Summer Season. Diversity and inclusion are guiding values in our work and in the stories that we tell. ALL races, gender identities, sizes and ages are strongly encouraged to submit. 2020 SEASON: The Problem with Family HAY FEVER by: Noel Coward … Read more
Black Button Eyes Productions is seeking submissions for experienced child/young actors that can believably play 11 years old to play one of the lead roles, CHRISTOPHER, in our next winter production, the musical WHISPER HOUSE by Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow. Does not need to be a singing role. Parents of interested performers should send … Read more
SEEKING: Latinx company of Male, Female, and Gender Expansive Dancers/Singers/Actors to play 20-50 in a variety of roles. Actors of all gender identities and disabilities will be fully and fairly considered for all roles and are encouraged to audition for said roles.
Oil Lamp Theater is holding auditions for it’s productions of Jake’s Women by Neil Simon. Josh Johnson will direct. The production will run January 16 to March 1. These auditions will be held on Sunday, October 13 from 7 to 10 pm with callbacks on Sunday, October 20 from 7 to 10 pm. They will … Read more
Raven Theatre seeks understudy submissions for the role of TOM in our upcoming production of Sundown, Yellow Moon by Rachel Bonds, Directed by Cody Estle.
Trap Door Theatre is holding auditions for their upcoming production of Lipstick Lobotomy by Krista Knight and directed by Kate Hendrickson. All ethnicities, genders, and ages (over 18) are strongly encouraged to audition!
Barrel of Monkeys (BOM) is an arts education nonprofit that teaches creative writing in Chicago elementary schools and then brings students’ stories to life on stage. BOM is a community of approximately 60 passionate actor-educators who value the creative voices of young people, teaching both during school hours and in after-school settings. Performers adapt the … Read more
Factory Overtime is looking to cast it’s wildly popular late night (10:00pm) variety show called Factory After Dark on November 2nd. We are looking for acts of all kinds (singing, poetry, spoken word, dancing, stand up, juggling, music, sketches, puppetry, burlesque, magic, clowning, monologues, ventriloquists…. If you can do it, we’d love to feature it … Read more
Interested in joining Chicago’s fiercest QUEER youth ensemble? Auditions for award-winning About Face Youth Ensemble are open to anyone ages 12-23. In the fall, our workshops will offer professional artistic training in a variety of theatrical topics: from voice and speech work, to acting for film, to devising work from personal narratives, to negotiating theatre … Read more