AEA Generals

Chicago Shakespeare is committed to building diversity and inclusion onstage and throughout the organization. We especially encourage actors from underrepresented groups to audition. Chicago Shakespeare will produce a Summer Family Musical, Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks, and a Short Shakespeare! production for students and the public. Subscription series to include two full-length Shakespeare productions, a … Read more

Second City/NBC Bob Curry Fellowship

The Second City is holding auditions to cast and award up to sixteen fellowships to qualified diverse actors of color to train in the 6th annual inaugural program launched by The Second City Diversity and Training Center divisions. This one of a kind master comedy fellowship is sponsored by NBC and culminates with an industry … Read more

1776

1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It dramatizes the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.

LezFest Cabaret

Pride Films and Play seeks singers for LezSing, a one-night cabaret celebrating women who love women. From Broadway tunes to original material, this cabaret continues PFP’s programming for women.

40th Annual Statewide Non Eq Professional Audition

Registration is now open for the Illinois Theatre Association’s 40th Annual Statewide Non-Equity Professional Theatre Auditions (2/2/19 – Musical Theatre; 2/3/19 – Non-Musical Theatre). More than 300 actors will be chosen to audition in front of a wide variety of casting reps from throughout the state and beyond. Casting Reps and Actors, please click here … Read more

Encounter

Collaboraction Theatre Company is seeking actors for the following roles in Encounter, our series of world premiere pieces about equity and inclusion. Performances Jan. 15 – 27 at Collaboraction Studios Some shows will tour for one weekend in Feb. For more info on the Series and individual pieces go here – https://www.collaboraction.org/encounter

Unison

Show description: Unison follows a tight-knit high school wind ensemble infected with a bad outbreak of Senioritis. As deadlines loom one after another, seven seniors struggle to balance band with the intense demands of the college application process. Between audition prep, personal essays, roommate pacts, and Ivy League rejections, everyone’s individual problems pull them away … Read more

Equity Generals

Remy Bumppo Theatre will be holding 2019-20 Season Equity Generals January 7, 8 & 9, 2019 at Actors Equity Association, 557 W. Randolph St. Chicago. Plays under consideration are Tom Stoppard’s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, Caryl Churchill’s CLOUD NINE, Henrik Ibsen’s THE MASTER BUILDER, Julia Cho’s THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE, Athol Fugard’s SORROWS AND REJOICINGS and a … Read more

Encounter

Collaboraction Theatre Company is seeking an actor for the following role in Encounter, our series of world premiere pieces about equity and inclusion. Performances Jan. 15 – 27 at Collaboraction Studios. with a tour date TBD scheduled for one weekend in Feb. For more info on the Series go here – https://www.collaboraction.org/encounter

May the Road Rise Up Understudies

Ten years ago, the Murphys suffered a terrible tragedy. In a town this small, everyone knows what happened, even if no one (including the family) talks about it. Not Danny, the Irish ex-boxer whose birthday party is steadily approaching. Not his daughter Patty, a nurse on the graveyard shift who is kindling a new romance … Read more