DISRUPTION Equity Principal Actors - Producing Org TBD Auditions

DISRUPTION - NYC EPA

Producing Org: TBD

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Monday, April 20, 2026
Ripley-Grier Studios (305)
305 W 38th St
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
New York, NY 10018-2902

BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Audition room 211, Holding room: 203

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

Off Broadway Playwright: Andrew Stein
$868 weekly minimum + pension/health
Director: Hersh Ellis
General Manager: Joey Monda, Sing Out, Louise! Productions

SEEKING

Production Manager, Aurora Productions
Equity actors for roles in DISTRUPTION (see Casting: tbd casting co., Stephanie Yankwitt breakdown).

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
All Stage Managerial positions are currently filled.
Associate Casting Director: Tanis Parenteau
Casting Director: Margaret Dunn
Casting Director: Stephanie Yankwitt

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 60-90 second comedic monologue or a piece from a contemporary play. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: o/a June 23, 2026
Previews: July 22-August 9, 2026
Opening: o/a August 16, 2026
Closing: o/a October 10, 2026

OTHER
Venue: The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater at The Pershing Square Signature Center
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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

DISRUPTION

SEEKING:

NICK — Male, early 40s, any ethnicity
Nick is the charismatic founder of a high-profile tech startup—a charming, slightly chaotic Silicon Valley savant who can sell anything to anyone. Wherever he sits becomes the head of the table. The room—and the play—moves in his orbit. Beneath the bravado is a deeply guarded inner life. Nick takes pride in remaining unknowable, carefully curating an image no one can quite crack. Over the course of the play, that armor is tested, pushing him into an unexpected vulnerability where his real fears and desires finally surface.

SUZIE — Female, early 40s, any ethnicity
Suzie is a practicing psychologist: incisive, rational, and emotionally perceptive. She is verbally agile and formidable in debate, able to dissect a moment with surgical precision. While she projects authority and control, she is quietly wrestling with uncertainty and a growing sense that the structures she relies on—professionally and personally—may be slipping. She’s the humanist zealot in a world overpowered by technology.

BEN — Male, early 40s, any ethnicity
Ben is a philosophy professor—kind, gentle, and deeply empathetic. He is emotionally available, generous, and profoundly decent. The emotional center of the group, Ben carries a quiet moral gravity and an openness that draws people to him. His warmth and vulnerability make him both trustworthy—and deeply exposed.

MIA — Female, late 30s–early 40s, any ethnicity.
Mia is an artist and a social catalyst. She lights up a room with ease, but her charisma is fueled by a persistent sense of inadequacy. She works relentlessly to present a version of herself that looks confident, successful, and fulfilled. Beneath the surface, she is driven by comparison, competition, and a desperate need to feel chosen and valued—often without fully realizing how far that drive pushes her. Married to Barry and sister of Jill.

BARRY — Male, early 40s, any ethnicity.
Barry is a successful surgeon in the midst of a quiet but destabilizing crisis of confidence. Affable, self-deprecating, and endearingly awkward—the former class clown grown up. He is largely unaware of the depth of his dissatisfaction until it is named out loud. Once seen, he cannot unsee it.

PAUL — Male, early 40s, White.
Paul works at a struggling magazine and presents as the most traditionally masculine figure in the group. Well-intentioned and loyal, he genuinely wants to do right by the people in his life—but he’s emotionally obtuse and has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth. His attempts at honesty often land as missteps, but he's actually desperate for a solution to his sense of failure both professionally and in his marriage, making him incredibly susceptible to any solution that presents itself.

JILL — Female, early-to-mid 40s, White.
Jill is a former idealist now working as a corporate lawyer. Highly focused, sharp, and intense, she carries herself with dry wit and little tolerance for small talk. Her rigidity masks a fragile and eroding self-confidence. She is deeply invested in building a stable, meaningful life—and increasingly terrified that she may be losing her grip on what that life is supposed to look like.

RAVEN — Female, mid-to-late 20s, any ethnicity
Raven is one of the most accomplished young coders in the world—and Nick’s business partner. She moves through social situations as if running live experiments, subtly manipulating dynamics and provoking people to observe the results. She is uninterested in being liked unless it serves a specific purpose. Razor-smart, emotionally detached, and unnervingly composed, Raven also embodies a highly curated Gen-Z aesthetic shaped by growing up online—precise, intentional, and always controlled.

MALE UNDERSTUDY #1 Male, early 40’s, to cover BARRY and PAUL
MALE UNDERSTUDY #2 Male, early 40’s, to cover BEN and NICK
FEMALE UNDERSTUDY #1 Female, 30s, to cover MIA and JILL
FEMALE UNDERSTUDY #2 Female, 40’s, to cover RAVEN and SUZIE