San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company | San Francisco, CA
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th St
6:00 PM (P)
San Francisco, CA 94114
To schedule an audition appointment beginning December 20th, please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48AE29AAFAC25-61182176-every#/. Slots from 2pm–6pm are for the EPA. Slots from 6pm–7pm are for the ECC Singers call. Once you have secured your audition appointment the theater would like you to fill out their form which will add you to their artists database:
https://www.sfbatco.org/audition.
The deadline to schedule an audition appointment is January 6th, 2026, at 3pm PT.
Creative Team / Expected to attend:
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 at auditions:
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
Callback Dates & Times:
Developmental Workshop: Possible 1-week developmental 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)
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.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Any questions? Email:
phaedra@sfbatco.org.
Please 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.
Equity chorus singers for EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT (see breakdown).
Roles (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. Age: mid 30s.
SAMUEL / WILLIE: A Black man, independent contractor, married to Joanelle. Age: mid 30s. WILLIE: A Black man, Ardella's customer. Age: 40s–50s.
ADARÈ / ENSEMBLE: A Black teenager, a gamer, Joanelle and Samuel's son. Age: mid-teens.
CHRISTINE LAFONTAINE / MAXINE / SYLVIA / ENSEMBLE: A Black businesswoman, owner of Cafe Obsidian. Age range: mid 30s–60s. MAXINE: A Black woman, Ardella's customer. Age: 20s. SYLVIA: A Black woman, Ardella's customer. Age: 30s–40s.
ARDELLA: A Black woman, owner of an after-hours joint. Age: late 30s.
YOUNG DONTE / ENSEMBLE: A Black teenager, Ardella's son. Age: mid-teen.
UNCLE BUB: A Black man, cook at Ardella's After Hours. Age: 40s.
DORIS: A Black woman, friend and employee at Ardella's After Hours. Age: 20s–30s.
SIR DON / ENSEMBLE: A Black man, Ardella's customer. Age: 30s–40s.
ESTELLE: A Black woman, Ardella's customer. Age: 30s–40s.
BOBBY JOE: A Black man, Ardella's estranged husband. Age: 30s–50s.
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.
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