Lookingglass Theatre Company 2026-27 Season Equity Stage Managers - Lookingglass Theatre Company Auditions

LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY 2026-27 SEASON - STAGE MANAGER SUBMISSIONS

Lookingglass Theatre Co. | Chicago, IL

NOTICE: STAGE MANAGER

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Tier 6 (KOWALSKI):

• Stage manager: $1346.60 weekly minimum - until 10/4/26
• Stage manager: $1400.45 weekly minimum - after 10/5/26
• Assistant stage manager: $1234.40 weekly minimum - until 10/4/26
• Assistant stage manager: $1283.75 weekly minimum - after 10/5/26

Tier 4 (THE YEARLING & PRINCE HAL):

• Stage manager: $896.05 weekly minimum
• Assistant stage manager: $821.40 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity stage managers for Lookingglass Theatre Company's 2026-27 Season. Stage managers have been hired for KOWALSKI. Still

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SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your resume for consideration to Nikolaj Sorensen, Director of Production.

Deadline: Saturday, August 15, 2026

SUBMIT TO

casting@lookingglasstheatre.org

Lookingglass Theatre Company c/o Nikolaj Sorensen, Director of Production
3320 W Foster Avenue, #102
Chicago, IL - Illinois 60625

PERSONNEL

• Ensemble Member and Artistic Director: Kasey Foster
• Managing Producer: Kate Sullivan Coombs
• Director of Production: Nikolaj Sorensen

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LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY 2026-27 SEASON

KOWALSKI

Written By Gregg Ostrin
Directed by Colin Hanlon

• 1st Rehearsal: 8/17/2026
• Understudies begin: 8/31/2026
• Opening: 9/19/2026
• Closing: 10/25/2026

SYNOPSIS: Set over one pivotal evening in Provincetown in 1947, Kowalski imagines the first meeting between Tennessee Williams and a young Marlon Brando as Williams searches for the actor who would redefine the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blending historical events with theatrical imagination, the play explores ambition, artistry and the creative collaboration behind one of the most influential works in American theater.

THE YEARLING

Directed by Mary Zimmerman

• 1st Rehearsal: 4/26/2027
• Opening: 6/5/2027
• Closing: 7/5/2027

SYNOPSIS: A new puppetry-infused adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' classic American novel.

PRINCE HAL

Written and Directed by J Nicole Brooks

• 1st Rehearsal: 8/30/2027
• Opening: 10/2/2027
• Closing: 10/18/2027

SYNOPSIS: Harold Washington, a pioneering politician, and lawyer finds himself a reluctant candidate answering the call to become Chicago's first Black mayor. Once the nomination is accepted the storied politician doesn’t rely on the usual political stomping grounds for votes. Instead, he makes deep connections with everyday Chicagoans including an unlikely group of regulars at a local West Side tavern.