DESIGNING WOMEN Equity Principal Actors - Uptown Players Auditions
Uptown Players
DESIGNING WOMEN - DALLAS, TX, EPA
Uptown Players | Dallas, TX
Notice: Audition
Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Sunday, September 13, 2026
11:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Break 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule your audition appointment please go to:
www.bit.ly/UPDesigning. If you are an Equity member and there is not availability for a time slot that works for your schedule, please email
auditions@uptownplayers.org for assistance in scheduling an alternate time. Video submission will not be accepted for this production.
CONTRACT
CONTRACT
Independent Theatre
CONTRACT
$486 weekly minimum - 2025-26 rate - negotiations are ongoing, salaries are subject to change.
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in DESIGNING WOMEN (See
BREAKDOWN
).Local Dallas area actors are encouraged to audition. Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition as our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible. No roles will be understudied.
PREPARATION
Please prepare the Sides for the role(s) you are interested in from the script. Sides may be found towards the bottom of the information at:
www.bit.ly/UPDesigning and will be available August 24. Please also bring your headshot and resume.
LOCATION
Uptown Players
1327 Motor Circle
Dallas, TX 75207
Free Parking in front of building. Enter up the stairs into the lobby.
PERSONNEL
Written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Expected to attend:
Director - Linda Leonard
Producers - Jeff Rane, Craig Lynch
Stage Manager - Lexi Salmon
OTHER DATES
Callbacks: Monday, September 14th from 6 pm to 10 pm
Rehearsals begin: November 10, 2026
Performances: December 4 through 13, 2026
Rehearsals at the Uptown Players offices and will be evenings and weekends. 4 performances per week
OTHER
Performance Venue: Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas TX, 75219
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity's
CONTRACT
s 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
DESIGNING WOMEN
SYNOPSIS: This timely Southern comedy fast-forwards the iconic Atlanta interior design quartet into the turbulent quarantine of 2020, where they must navigate intense political divides, personal revelations, and a looming crisis that threatens to split up their firm.
SEEKING:
JULIA SUGARBAKER (Female identifying, 50s-60s): The elegant, sharp-tongued, and fiercely progressive president of the firm. Known for her legendary, highly opinionated takedowns. A powerful stage presence and masterfully fast verbal delivery.
SUZANNE SUGARBAKER (Female identifying, 40s-50s): Julia's self-absorbed, glamorous, and fiercely loyal sister. A wealthy, multi-divorced conservative and former beauty queen. Possesses impeccable comic timing and charm while navigating modern cultural shifts.
MARY JO SHIVELY (Female identifying, 40s-50s): The pragmatic, cynical, and grounded head designer. A single mother surviving the modern stresses of a chaotic world. She provides the realistic, relatable anchor to the explosive Sugarbaker sisters.
CHARLENE FRAZIER STILLFIELD (Female identifying, 40s-50s): The sweet-natured, trusting, and fiercely protective former office manager. Known for her endearing naivete, pop-culture obsession, deep faith, and unshakeable loyalty to her friends.
CLEO BOUVIER (Female identifying, Black, 40s-50s): Formidable, sharp-witted, and highly capable. She joins the mix to help steer the firm's modern business operations, bringing a refreshing, contemporary, no-nonsense perspective to the Atlanta office.
HALEY McPHEE (Female identifying, 20s): A tech-savvy, millennial workplace addition. Her presence highlights the hilarious generational divides, social media obsession, and changing cultural norms of the modern era.
ALFIE (Female identifying, Black, late teens-early 20s): Cleo's highly intelligent, progressive, and socially conscious daughter who represents the youngest generation's views on current societal movements.
CAULDER TIPTON III (Male identifying, Late 30s to 50s): Suzanne Sugarbaker's soon-to-be-ex-husband. He is a staunch, vocal MAGA-man whose unyielding conservative views directly clash with the modern, outspoken environment of the design firm.
WYNN DOLLARHYDE (Male identifying, 30s to Early 40s): A handsome, charismatic local builder who becomes Julia Sugarbaker's new romantic interest. He spends much of the play navigating a hilarious, high-energy romance through the design shop's glass window during the pandemic quarantine.
