American Blues Theater 2024-2025 Season General Auditions

Audition Dates / Times: By appointment only. Thursday, May 16 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM General Auditions (all actors welcome). Please email ElyseD@AmericanBluesTheater.com to request an appointment. Friday, May 17 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Equity Principal Auditions. Equity actors may sign-up through the Actors’ Equity portal beginning May 10. Non-union actors are welcome to attend as … Read more

Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre is proud to announce the launch of the Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival. This festival honors the incredible career and legacy of Gloria Bond Clunie, one of the founding members of Fleetwood-Jourdain. She is also a founding member of the Playwriting Ensemble at Victory Gardens Theater where she premiered her plays North Star, … Read more

DRINK: The Sketch Comedy Drinking Game Show – Pride Edition

Corn Productions is seeking actors of any gender, race, ethnicity or background that identify within the LGBTQIA+ community to audition for DRINK: Pride! A drinking game sketch comedy show highlighting the diverse queer community of Chicago. Written by an open ensemble of seasoned sketch comedy writers, each sketch is a drinking game for the audience … Read more

Waukegan Theatre Festival

Marking the end of their year long virtual residency, Three Brothers Theatre presents six staged readings of new full length plays from six brilliant playwrights on August 3rd and 4th in Waukegan, IL as part of Waukegan Theater Festival.  These will be bare bones staged readings with at least one digital rehearsal (organized by the … Read more

Into the Woods

Kokandy Productions is seeking main cast and understudies for James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, directed by Producing Artistic Director Derek Van Barham, with music direction by Nick Sula. The show will be produced at The Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park. ABOUT THE SHOW Escape into a fantastical fairytale adventure where wishes come … Read more

Hair

Open auditions.  Auditioners will be asked to perform a song of their selection, learn a dance routine and read from the script. Please note that this show deals with stage intimacy, intimate moments, and intimate themes. While no nudity will be featured, there will still be moments where all cast are close to each other … Read more

World Premiere Musical: Sofa King Queer

Please email Casting@NothingWithoutaCompany.org to receive material to prepare for Nothing Without a Company’s World Premiere Musical: SOFA KING QUEER opening in October. Keep in mind this is a pop punk musical. Seeking: NAO (they/them) 22, Sil’s partner, west-coast raised, (Asian-American). We are looking to cast an understudy for NAO who will have 5 guaranteed performances. … Read more

Drunk Shakespeare Chicago

PERSONNEL Scott Griffin – Producer David Hudon – Director Lisa Klages – Director DESCRIPTION The exciting world of Off-Broadway’s hottest sensation, Drunk Shakespeare, is searching for a verstaile performer who exudes charisma and creativity to play the role of Banquo! Every evening, a group of five skilled performers, members of ‘The Drunk Shakespeare Society,’ gather … Read more

GREASE

MadKap Productions seeks Kenickie and Cha Cha! We’ve cast almost all of Rydell High but we need a couple of students to have a full class! Bring us your best musical comedy song and meet us on Saturday  April 20, 2024 between 11 – 12:00 for class registration!  If you are going to play hooky … Read more

Within a Shadow

Lex The Movie in association with Red Theater present “Within A Shadow” A collaborative creation nurtured by Red Theater’s Artistic Cohort Synopsis: A funny, introspective play about a young college senior (Lex) trying to land her dream architecture job and (finally!) her first boyfriend before she graduates from her prestigious, predominantly white university. But being … Read more