Theater J | Washington, DC
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://airtable.com/appeLTlNArZID0mcQ/shrvnGpXPJsu3qwRA. If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition using the same link.
SPT
$784 weekly minimum (SPT 8) - Paying $925 weekly
Equity actors for roles in EUREKA DAY (See breakdown).
Understudies are not sought at this time.
This show replaces BIRTHRIGHT in Theater J's Season.
Please prepare one monologue or two contrasting monologues of no more than 3 minutes total. Also, please bring your picture and resume stapled together.
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC
1529 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20036-1466
Kay Community Hall. See breakdown for location note.
Artistic Director / Play Director: Hayley Finn
Expected to attend:
Interim Associate Producer: Grace Carter
Performance Schedule: Wednesday at 12 pm or 7 pm, Thursday at 7 pm, Friday 12 pm or 7 pm, Saturday at 1 pm and 7 pm, Sunday at 1 pm and 7 pm (and one Tuesday to accommodate Passover, March 31)
www.theaterj.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
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.
Audition location note: Like many other Jewish institutions, the EDCJCC has an enhanced security presence due to ongoing threats to the Jewish community. Upon entering the building, you’ll be greeted by a security guard and asked to pass through a metal detector, may be asked to sign-in with a government-issued ID, and may at times see security personnel throughout the public areas of the building.
The Edlavitch DCJCC serves a wide range of Jewish and non-Jewish clients. As part of our goal of being an inclusive place for everyone, including observant Jewish people who use our building, the Edlavitch DCJCC follows the practice of not allowing the consumption of visibly non-Kosher foods (i.e. shellfish, pork, foods that mix meat and dairy — such as a cheeseburger) in public spaces within the building.
SUZANNE: Mid-50s. White. Warm and Gracious. Moved to Berkeley after college when her then boyfriend now-husband started graduate school at UC Berkeley. 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 it by so many friends who she’d helped through difficult times. Has a home worth four million dollars (though she’ll tell you it was much much much cheaper when they bought), but thinks of herself as “comfortable” rather than “wealthy.” Mother of Sebastian, Arlo, Izzy, Juniper, Tompkins, and Walden.
DON: Early 60s. White. Head of school. A calming presence. Has worked hard to become the man he is. From New England, moved to Berkeley in the mid-80s chasing the last gasp of hippie-dom. Started in education as a music teacher, and on difficult days fantasizes about going back to it. Has lived with his partner in the same rented In-Law unit for 25 years. She makes pottery. They do silent meditation retreats at Esalen three times a year. No kids.
CARINA: Early 40s, Black or biracial. A joiner. Her parents were in the Foreign Service. She grew up overseas and had gone to eight different schools by the time she graduated from high school. This made her skilled at landing in a new environment, figuring out the rules, and putting other people at ease. Her wife is from Berkeley and always wanted to come back, so they moved nine months ago from the East Coast. Isn't sure how much she loves living here, but is working hard to convince herself she does, because her wife never wants to leave. She’s worked for 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: Mid-30s, Biracial Japanese/White (describes herself as Hapa). Berkeley native. Wry sense of humor. Went to UC Berkeley and has never lived anywhere else, or wanted to. A landscape architect, which she’s good at but a little bored by. A year after the end of a tortured on-again off-again eight-year relationship, became a single mother by choice, of Olivia. 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 like she’s too old to think about doing it alone, again.
ELI: Mid-30s, White. Jewish or half-Jewish. Oblivious but well-meaning. From Southern California, went to Stanford and then straight into working at a tech start-up. Cashed out three years ago, and has been in search of how to occupy his time and exercise his mind. An expert pickler, competitive rock climber, manager of family wealth. Went through an intense Ayn Rand phase in college, which now fills him with shame, but which he has also 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 in a thoughtful and intentional way. But that was a long time ago. Father of Tobias.
WINTER: 30s-50s, a parent.
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