BULL IN A CHINA SHOP Equity Principal Actors - Various Producers Auditions

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP - Fort Worth, TX EPA

Various Producers

AUDITION DATE

Sunday, September 21, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 12:30PM - 1:30PM

APPOINTMENTS

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CONTRACT

SPT
$394 weekly minimum (SPT 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BULL IN A CHINA SHOP (see breakdown).
This is a co-production with AMPHIBIAN STAGE and SECOND THOUGHT THEATRE.

PREPARATION

Audition will consist of sides provided here:
Google Drive Folder. Printed copies will be available at the theatre. Please provide a copy of your headshot and resume.

LOCATION

Amphibian Stage
120 S. Main St
Fort Worth, TX 76104
Park in lot adjacent to theatre; enter building through front door. The monitor will give you the parking validation code upon check in.

PERSONNEL

• Kels Ervi, Director
• Jay Duffer, Artistic Director Amphibian Stage
• Elizabeth Kensek, Managing Director Amphibian Stage
• Evan Michael Woods, Artistic Associate Amphibian Stage
• Parker Gray, Executive Director Second Thought Theatre
• Carson McCain, Artistic Director Second Thought Theatre

OTHER DATES

AMPHIBIAN STAGE
First Rehearsal: January 20, 2026
Opening: February 13, 2026
Closing: March 1, 2026

SECOND THOUGHT THEATRE
First Rehearsal: March 23, 2026
Opening: April 3, 2026
Closing: April 18, 2026

The rehearsal schedule will be evenings on weekdays and daytime on weekends.
Amphibian Stage - Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 2:00 PM.
Second Thought Theatre - Performances are Mondays & Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM.

OTHER

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

CONTACT

www.amphibianstage.com

www.secondthoughttheatre.com
Questions/Inquiries/accessibility needs may email:
info@amphibianstage.com

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.
Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP

By Bryna Turner
Directed by Kels Ervi

NOTE: This is an excavation of queer history, a history that has been buried and hidden and kept from us. It’s also a queering of history, a look at past events through a contemporary gaze. Queering history entails making room for the people who have been routinely denied a place in the narrative. BIPOC Actors are strongly encouraged to audition.

SYNOPSIS:

Inspired by the real letters between Mary Woolley and Jeannette Marks. The story spans from 1899 to 1937, focusing on their relationship and Woolley's presidency of a women's seminary-turned-university in Massachusetts.

SEEKING:

• WOOLLEY (MARY) – female identifying, mid 40s-50s. The swagger of a gunslinger buttoned into an ankle-length dress; a confident and caring partner to Marks.
• MARKS (JEANNETTE) – female identifying, 30s-early 40s. A moody and fitful writer and partner, an enigmatic teacher; Woolley’s former student and current partner, ten years Woolley’s junior.
• DEAN WELSH – female identifying, 40s-50s. A tight-lipped New England type. Woolley’s subordinate, but Marks’ superior.
• PEARL – female identifying, early 20s. The president of a secret society of fangirls of the relationship between Marks and Woolley, Marks’ obsessively devoted student.
• FELICITY – female identifying, 30s-early 40s. Marks’ roommate in a house off campus called Sweet Pea. A professor in the Philosophy department.