EUREKA DAY — Principal Actors Auditions
Pioneer Theatre Company
EUREKA DAY - SALT LAKE CITY, UT EPA
Pioneer Theatre Company | Salt Lake City, UT
Notice: Audition | Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Thursday, October 22, 2026
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM (M)
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://form.jotform.com/262597247348167. The Sign-ups will go live on October 14th, 2026, at 9am (MT). Auditions are exclusively for Equity members from 11am-1pm.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$889 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in EUREKA DAY (See
BREAKDOWN
).Local actors are encouraged to audition.
Pioneer Theatre Company is
SEEKING
all races, ethnicities, body types, gender identities, actors with disabilities, and actors of all ages for roles in this production.PREPARATION
Please prepare sides which will be found at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wVqFcVHhNrx2VRouQ0Ucu3cBowlXYfsr?usp=sharing. Sides will be available by October 14th, 2026.
LOCATION
Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre
300 S 1400 E Lower Level
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0660
Room 245
PERSONNEL
Written by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Karen Azenberg
Expected to attend:
Karen Azenberg (Director)
Joey Dippel (Associate Artistic & Outreach Director)
OTHER DATES
Callback by invitation only: Saturday, October 24, 2026
Rehearsals: February 15 – March 12, 2027
Performances: March 12 – March 27, 2027
Rehearsal schedule: Monday – Saturday: Up to eight hours daily (with a break) between the hours of 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Additional hours will be added for Technical Rehearsals beginning March 5, 2027.
OTHER
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
EUREKA DAY
SYNOPSIS: When a mumps outbreak hits Eureka Day, a small, fiercely progressive Berkeley private school, its parent executive committee — a body built entirely on consensus and everyone-has-a-voice process — has to decide whether to make vaccination mandatory. What starts as a policy question turns into a referendum on who gets to be right, who gets to be heard, and what community actually means when it's tested.
In reference to the character descriptions below — gender and ethnicity are noted where specified by the playwright. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible, and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.
SEEKING:
SUZANNE (Female, White, Late 40s-early-50s) Moved to Berkeley after college when her boyfriend now-husband started graduate school. Raising her family and nurturing the school are her life's work, and fully entwined. Once her youngest was in school she started working part-time as a life coach after being encouraged to do so by many friends who she'd helped through difficult times. She thinks of herself as comfortable rather than wealthy. Mother of six.
DON (Male, White, Late 50s–Early 60s) Head of School. A serene presence with real gravitas. He's very good at his job and his equivocating language is an intentional way to make everyone feel comfortable and never appear to be pushing things in one direction, even while gently guiding them. He worked hard to become the man he is. Came to Berkeley in the mid-'80s chasing the last of the counterculture; started as a music teacher and still thinks about going back some days. Has lived with his partner for 25 years — they do silent meditation retreats at Esalen three times a year. No kids.
CARINA (Female, Black or biracial, Early 40s) A joiner, and good at it — a Foreign Service childhood spent moving between eight schools made her skilled at landing in a new environment, figuring out the rules, and putting people at ease. Moved to Berkeley nine months ago for her wife; still working out how she feels about it, but her wife never wants to leave. She's worked in non-profits her whole professional life, so has spent A LOT of time in board meetings — and dealing with well-intentioned white people. Mother of Victor.
MEIKO (Female, Biracial Japanese/White — identifies as Hapa, Mid-30s) Berkeley native, lifer, wry sense of humor. A landscape architect who's good at her job and a little bored by it. Became a single mother by choice a year after an on-and-off eight-year relationship ended. When her daughter was young, Meiko's mother was effectively a co-parent, but less so now. Would like to have another child, but feels she's too old to think about doing it alone, again. Mother of Olivia.
ELI (Male, White, Jewish or half-Jewish, Mid-30s) Oblivious but well-meaning. From Southern California, went to Stanford, then a tech start-up he cashed out of three years ago and hasn't quite known what to do with himself since. Rock climber, pickler, manager of the family's money — and still carrying some shame from an Ayn Rand phase in college he's never fully shaken. When he and his wife first decided to open up their marriage, they spent many hours in therapy making sure they were approaching it thoughtfully and intentionally — but that was a long time ago. Father of Tobias.
WINTER (30s–50s) A parent.
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