San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company | San Francisco, CA
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th St
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (P)
San Francisco, CA 94114
To schedule an audition appointment beginning December 20th, please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48AEAE29AAFAC25-61182176-every#/. Slots from 2:00 PM–6:00 PM are for the EPA. Slots from 6:00 PM–7:00 PM are for the ECC Singers call. Once you have secured your audition appointment, the theater requests that you fill out their form to be added to their artists database:
https://www.sfbatco.org/audition. The deadline to schedule an audition appointment is January 6th, 2026, at 3:00 PM PT.
From an original idea by Danny Duncan. Book by Michael Gene Sullivan and Danny Duncan. Music and lyrics by Danny Duncan. Directed and choreographed by AeJay Antonis Marquis.
Expected to attend: AeJay Antonis Marquis – Director and Choreographer; Rodney Jackson – SFBATCO’s Artistic Director; Phaedra Tillery-Boughton – SFBATCO’s Casting Manager; Michael Gene Sullivan – Playwright.
Bay Area Theatre
$519 weekly minimum (Tier 2) – Until 7/12/26
$545 weekly minimum (Tier 2) – After 7/12/26
Developmental workshop: Possible 1-week workshop (Summer of 2026).
Rehearsals: Aug 31 – Oct 1
Tech/Dress Rehearsals: October 2 – 9
Preview: Oct 10 – 14
Runs: Oct 15 – Nov 1
Possible extension until Nov 8
Callback Dates & Times:
Sunday, Jan 25, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Monday, Jan 26, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Monday, Feb 2, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Please prepare one song in the style of gospel, jazz, or contemporary musical theatre that showcases vocal storytelling. This show centers the lineage of Black musical traditions. Additionally, prepare one active monologue (60–90 seconds) featuring a clear invisible other and a dynamic, specific relationship to that other. Please do not bring in narration or “once upon a time” monologues.
Any questions? Email:
phaedra@sfbatco.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Every Saturday Night is a vibrant, memory-saturated musical that bridges past and present inside a single Fillmore District home. In the present day, Donte — a lifelong resident preparing to leave San Francisco — meets a young Black family considering buying his house. As Donte and their teenage son Adarè slowly connect, the walls begin to reopen, revealing the after-hours jazz joint Donte’s mother Ardella once ran in the 1950s. Music, humor, grief, and resistance swirl together as the past bursts into the room — dancers, cooks, lovers, hustlers, and dreamers reclaiming their place in a neighborhood that was once called the “Harlem of the West.”
Through interwoven timelines, the piece explores Black joy under pressure, the cost of survival, gentrification’s relentless churn, and the quiet ache of becoming who your family needed you to be. It is both a love letter and a warning, a musical celebration of the people who carved out sanctuary in a world determined to erase them.
(Subject to change)
DONTE: A Black man, longtime homeowner in San Francisco's Western Addition. Age 60–70.
JOANELLE / ESTELLE: A Black woman, software engineer, married to Samuel. Mid 30s.
SAMUEL / WILLIE: A Black man, independent contractor, married to Joanelle. Mid 30s. WILLIE: A Black man, Ardella's customer. 40s–50s.
ADARÈ / ENSEMBLE: A Black teenager, a gamer, Joanelle and Samuel's son. Mid-teens.
CHRISTINE LAFONTAINE / MAXINE / SYLVIA / ENSEMBLE: A Black businesswoman, owner of Cafe Obsidian. Mid 30s–60s. MAXINE: A Black woman, Ardella's customer. 20s. SYLVIA: A Black woman, Ardella's customer. 30s–40s.
ARDELLA: A Black woman, owner of an after-hours joint. Late 30s.
YOUNG DONTE / ENSEMBLE: A Black teenager, Ardella's son. Mid-teen.
UNCLE BUB: A Black man, cook at Ardella's After Hours. 40s.
DORIS: A Black woman, friend and employee at Ardella's After Hours. 20s–30s.
SIR DON / ENSEMBLE: A Black man, Ardella's customer. 30s–40s.
ESTELLE: A Black woman, Ardella's customer. 30s–40s.
BOBBY JOE: A Black man, Ardella's estranged husband. 30s–50s.
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