The Gondoliers

Auditions for principal and chorus roles will be conducted by video submission. Submissions are now open and will be accepted until 11:00 pm CT, August 17, 2025. For more information and to submit an audition video, please see our website at www.gsocchicago.org/gondoliers-auditions Should you have any trouble, please send an email to auditions@gsocchicago.org with any … Read more

The House That Will Not Stand

Invictus Theatre Company presents The House That Will Not Stand by Marcus Gardley, Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman Previews Begin October 28, 2025 | Runs November 3 – December 14, 2025 SEEKING: Non-Equity actors for roles in THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND (See breakdown). The House That Will Not Stand – Casting Disclaimer from … Read more

wayfinding by Whitney Rowland

Here’s the Exit Theatre Company is honored to present the Chicago premiere of wayfinding by Whitney Rowland, directed by Hudson Therriault. Jane is an emotionally-numbed new widow. Harrison is an inattentive, self-sabotaging fiancé. In seeking escape, these two strangers collide – both literally and figuratively – tangling their life lines and setting them on a … Read more

Grease

SEEKING Chicagoland based actors/singers/dancers. While many roles are high school age, we are only seeking adult actors (18+) for these roles. Please see breakdown for all available roles. GREASE is written in binary language. Nonbinary, trans, and genderqueer actors are welcome and encouraged to audition for roles they most identify with. Actors of all ethnicities … Read more

25/26 Season Generals

Red Theater announces auditions for our 2025-2026 Season: The Pilon by Zach Barr, directed by Jessica Love; & The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed and adapted by Ian Maryfield. Submission Instructions Please submit the following in an email with the subject line “Red Season Generals Audition Request” to Becca Holloway at casting@redtheater.org by Friday, July … Read more

Hot People Island

Hot People Island is a new original play by Deana Velandra getting a world premiere production at Cornservatory this fall. For fans of reality television shows like Love Island, Survivor, and Traitors, this fast paced comedy explores our connections to celebrity, fame, and reality itself. Directed by Maddi LeBlanc, Hot People Island will run Thursday-Saturday … Read more

SHORT SHAKESPEARE! HAMLET

SEEKING: ACTORS WITH ADVANCED FENCING SKILLS IN FOIL OR EPEE. ANY GENDER. ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT. NOTE: THIS IS NOT FOR STAGE SWORD-FIGHTING OR RAPIER-DAGGER. ACTORS WILL APPEAR IN FENCING GEAR AS AVATARS ON A SCREEN, WHILE ALSO PLAYING PARTS IN THE EIGHT-MEMBER ENSEMBLE. DIRECTOR: EDWARD HALL REHEARSALS START: 1/5/2026 FIRST PREVIEW: … Read more

When Broccoli Good Goes Bad: The Musical

MPAACT announces auditions for tour of When Broccoli Goes Bad: The Musical Written & Directed by: Carla Stillwell Music by: Shawn Wallace When Good Broccoli Goes Bad is theater for young audiences which explores broccoli’s adventures outside the vegetable crisper and into the land of unhealthy foods Utilizing Chicago’s rich, musical history, Broccoli the musical … Read more

MPAACT SEASON GENERALS 2025-2026

CASTING UNDERSTUDY ROLES for Machine Made written and Directed by Shepsu Aakhu Casting Akiva Samuels– Black woman. 30s Charles Thurman– Black man. 50+ (Believable 90 year old) Description In this tour de force, Shepsu Aakhu explores the memories of Chuck Bowen, a “machine made” public servant who rose to prominence in the Democratic Party of … Read more

Monstrous

MONSTROUS written by Stephanie Lewis & directed by Rachel Borgo After a merciless punishment, Medusa loses her way—and her memory—traveling to the Underworld. She awakens at The Crossroads of Erebus, the land between life and death. Beguiled by the whispers of loyal but unreliable snakes in her ear, Medusa vows to return to the land … Read more