EGG; OR ANYTHING DIPPED IN EGG GONE SOFTEN — Principal Actors Auditions
National Black Theatre
EGG; OR ANYTHING DIPPED IN EGG GONE SOFTEN - NYC EPA
National Black Theatre | New York, NY
Notice: Audition
AUDITION DATE
Friday, October 23, 2026
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CONTRACT
LOA-NYC
Workshop: $750 weekly minimum (29-hour reading code)
Production: $950 weekly minimum + Health & Pension benefits
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in EGG; OR ANYTHING DIPPED IN EGG GONE SOFTEN (see
BREAKDOWN
). Local NYC actors are encouraged to audition.PREPARATION
Please prepare a 2-minute, light, contemporary monologue of your choosing. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Producer/Theatre Company: National Black Theatre
Artistic Director: Jonathan McCrory
Artistic Production Associate: Ava Novak
Director: Sideeq Heard
Writer: jeremy o'brian
Program Manager: Belynda M'Baye
Expected to Attend:
Casting Director: Erica A. Hart, CSA
OTHER DATES
Workshop Dates: Dec 14th-18th, 2026
Production:
Rehearsal: Jan 5th-22nd
Tech: Jan 23rd-27th (27th Invited Dress)
Performances: Jan 28th-31st
OTHER
This production will operate under an Equity 29 hour-reading code prior to the commencement of rehearsals in January.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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
EGG; OR ANYTHING DIPPED IN EGG GONE SOFTEN
Synopsis: A lovesick novelist arrives in New York City with a manuscript and a bad habit of choosing men who make him feel small. But when a game night forces him into the same room with his situationship and his gym crush, he must confront the unsettling truth that he might be bringing the poison to the party himself.
Note: This play is a romantic comedy and explores the spectrum of queerness. We invite the humor alongside the pain and the grief.
Note: All roles require comfort with movement.
SEEKING:
VIRGO
Character is an early-30s, gay, dark-skinned Black American man. Teacher/Novelist. An anxious, attractive, hyper-vigilant intellectual who shields his deep vulnerability with sharp philosophy and biting humor while quietly panicking over perceived rejection. He walks the world HIV+ undetectable.
Note: This role will require comfort with simulated sex and intimacy with another man, and nudity above the waist.
REESE
Character is a mid-30s, gay, Black American man. School Psychologist. A goofy, handsome, emerging tastemaker who hides massive commitment panic behind deflective charm and power-tripping control tactics.
Note: This role will require comfort with simulated sex and intimacy with another man, and nudity above the waist.
MERC/LEO
Character is an early-30s, bi, Black American or Afro-Latiné man. Actor & Uber Driver. A physically uninhibited, handsome, chaotic disruptor who uses effortless charm and a laid-back facade to completely evade emotional accountability. Loves using his privilege to his advantage.
Note: This role will require comfort with simulated sex and intimacy with another man, and nudity above the waist.
SUMMER
Character is a mid-30s, brown-skinned Black American woman. Nurse. Virgo's hyper-competent force-of-nature sister who weaponizes rapid-fire cynicism and deadpan, unhinged logic to mask deep marital rage and grief.
THOMAS
Character is a mid-30s, Black American man. Doctor. Summer's twitchy, overcompensating, meddling fiancé who uses modern therapy-speak to perform an enlightened persona that his anxious behavior constantly betrays.
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