COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER Equity Principal Actors - Atlantic Theater Company Auditions

COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER - NYC EPA

Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, July 16, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway
$681 weekly minimum (Level 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in a level 2 Off-Broadway Development Session for COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (See

BREAKDOWN

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief country song. Please bring sheet music for the piano accompanist provided. Alternatively, you may sing a brief country song while accompanying yourself on an instrument. Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (519)
519 8th Ave
12th Fl
New York, NY 10018
Holding room - 12th Floor, Studio C. Must have photo ID to enter.

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director (Atlantic Theater Co): Neil Pepe
Managing Director (Atlantic Theater Co): Jeffory Lawson
Director: Sam Gold
Book: Amy Herzog
Based on the memoir LORETTA LYNN: COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey
Music and Lyrics: Loretta Lynn
Music Producer: Jeanine Tesori
Music Director: Chris Fenwick
Casting: The Telsey Office/Craig Burns; Rashad Naylor

Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Craig Burns
Casting Director: Rashad Naylor

OTHER DATES

Developmental Session Dates:
October 5 - 30, 2026

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s

CONTRACT

BREAKDOWN

COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER

Note: All characters sing in an authentic country/folk sound which includes falsetto for men and strong mixing and vocal flips (yodeling style) for women. The approach should feel natural, easy and from the gut. Ability to play one or more of the following instruments a plus: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard, Fiddle, Mandolin, Percussion, Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro, Lap Steel, Slide Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica, etc.

SEEKING:

[Patsy] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 20s–30s. Confident, sexy, and wise, Patsy survived a tough upbringing in Virginia to be a great country singer and a mother/big sister figure to Loretta. Earthy, sensual sound – range F3 to D5.

[Charlie Dick] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 30s–40s. Patsy’s husband. Smooth talking and hard-drinking, Charlie enjoys a good time and a dry joke. Country sound – range A2 to A5.

ALREADY CAST:

[Loretta Lynn] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 30s–40s. Country singer and “coal miner’s daughter” from Butcher Holler, Kentucky. A truth-telling, charismatic performer torn between life on the road and her family at home, trying to hold it all together. Authentic country sound, range F3 to C5.

[Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 40s. Loretta’s husband and business partner. Reticent, shy of the spotlight, but a force in the marriage and Loretta’s career. Also, an alcoholic with demons to battle. Country sound with strong top register – range A2 to A5.

[Clara Webb] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian or mixed-race Caucasian/Native American, 40s–50s. Loretta’s mother; a housewife. Plainspoken, strong, and enduring. Multiple roles. Mature folk/country sound – range A3 to E5.

[Ted Webb] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 40s/50s. Loretta’s father; a coal miner. A gentle and kind man who has worked himself to the bone. Multiple roles. Lyrical country sound – Range A2 to A5.

[Wyatt] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 30s–50s. Charming and smooth. An emcee/host as well as a musician in his own right, Wyatt is a central (fictional) figure in the Nashville music scene in the ‘70s. Country sound – range A2 to A5, with falsetto feature.

[Martha Jean/Virginia] Character is female (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 20s. An ingenue with reserves of strength. Think June Carter meets Emmy Lou Harris. Bright, youthful country sound, range A3 to E5.

[Earl, Reporter, and other roles] Character is male (cis, transgender, or nonbinary), Caucasian, 30s. Various roles including a vaudeville-style comedy performer, and a self-important journalist. Country sound – range G2 to A5.