I'M CONNECTICUT Equity Principal Actors - Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation, Inc. Auditions

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Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation, Inc. | Ivoryton, CT

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018-6504

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

Lunch: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Holding room: Studio 305.

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

SPT Executive Producer: Ben Hope
$784 weekly minimum (SPT 8)

Managing Director: Krista May
Executive Director/Director: Jacqueline Hubbard

SEEKING

Expected to attend: Equity actors for roles in I'M CONNECTICUT (see breakdown).

Ivoryton Playhouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Ivoryton Playhouse aims to ensure that our productions and production teams reflect a multi-racial society that includes actors and stage managers with disabilities. Our casting process includes a flexible, inclusive policy to increase employment for actors and stage managers of color, women, seniors, and actors and stage managers with disabilities. We encourage actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to audition. Ivoryton Playhouse is committed to diversity and encourages actors from underrepresented communities to apply.

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal – March 10, 2026
First Preview – March 26, 2026
Opening – March 27, 2026
Closing – April 19, 2026

Performance Schedule: Wednesdays 2:00 PM; Thursdays 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM; Fridays 7:30 PM; Saturdays 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM; Sundays 2:00 PM.

PREPARATION

Please prepare the sides for the role you are interested in. The sides are available at:
https://www.ivorytonplayhouse.org/25605-2.

Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

EPA procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

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.

OTHER

ivorytonplayhouse.org

BREAKDOWN

Marc – Male, Jewish, 25–35, born and raised in Connecticut. The central theme of the play is that Connecticut is boring, and Marc reflects this. Not particularly attractive, but not unattractive. Marc has great comic timing and the ability to engage an audience and win them over.

Diane – Female, 25–35, born and raised in Georgia with a strong Southern accent. Diane is a romantic. Kind and generous, she has an upbeat personality and also a great sense of humor. Able to sing (just a little).

Judith / Polly – Female, over 60. Judith appears briefly in a flashback as Marc’s Jewish grandmother at the end of her life – feisty and funny. Polly is Diane’s mother, also from Georgia – feisty and funny. Able to sing (just a little).

Manager – Male, 35–45. Fast-talking New Yorker, cynical and hard-edged but with a vulnerable side and a sense of humor. Able to sing (just a little).

Kyle – CAST. Male, 35–45. Scientist, Boston accent.

Grandpa – CAST. Male, over 65. Jewish grandfather.

Ensemble Woman 1 – CAST. Age 25–40. Woman at a speed dating event; schoolteacher; the state of New Hampshire.

Ensemble Woman 2 – CAST. Age 25–40. Woman at a speed dating event; the state of Vermont and the state of West Virginia.

Ensemble Male 1 – CAST. Age 45–65. Mark Twain in a dream and the country of Canada.

Ensemble Male 2 – CAST. Age 25–40. The state of Florida and the state of Virginia.