Thursday, January 29, 2026
Woodruff Arts Center
1280 Peachtree St NE
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Atlanta, GA 30309-3502
BREAK: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Hamacher Studio (3rd Floor)
Please visit the following link to sign up for an audition slot:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ACA72CA6F58-61668339-like#/
Tinashe Kajese-Bolden (Director)
Jacob Ryan Smith (Music & Lyrics, Book)
Caroline Pernick (Music & Lyrics, Book)
Jody Feldman (Producer and Casting Director, Alliance Theatre)
Brant Adams (Producing and Casting Assistant, Alliance Theatre)
$900 weekly minimums (LORT D). LORT Non-Rep.
Equity actors for roles in LIKE FATHER (see breakdown). All roles will be understudied.
Auditioning performers should prepare:
*Subject to change based on final season calendar*
First Rehearsal: 09/01/26
First Day Onstage: 09/24/26
First Preview: 10/08/26
Opening: 10/16/26
Closing: 11/15/26
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.
(She/Her, E3–E5) White, 16-year-old girl in crisis. She’s our guide through the narrative’s emotional minefield, caught in between the life she thought she had and the life she has been dropped into. She is terrified that she will turn out like her father, but scared to let go of him completely. Her journey is one of wrestling inherited identity, rage, grief, and guilt. The arrest of her father unleashed a storm of questions. Chris’ humor is her armor—and occasionally her weapon. We’re drawn to her because underneath it all, she is a scrappy fighter and survivor with wit and humor.
(He/Him, A3–F4) White, 45. Chris’ father. John is charming, with an easy grin and restless eyes, pulse thrumming just beneath the surface. Magnetic and effortlessly persuasive. At his core John is a man who wants to be understood and is overwhelmingly charismatic despite what everyone knows about him.
(She/Her, Gb3–F5) White, 36. Chris's mother. A woman fleeing her own shame. Her drive is survival and reparation, though she's unsure how to mother the child she abandoned. She’s not cold; she’s careful, cracking open in private moments you’re lucky to witness. A battleground of guilt, fear, and ferocious untapped maternal love. She carries the shame of choices made—and not made. Michelle is both a refuge and a mystery. She is someone who has survived the unimaginable by refusing to let anyone see the full cost. In her, the audience should see both the ache of the past and the aching hope that the next generation might be spared. Looking for an actor who can break your heart with a single glance, who can play stillness as power, and who knows how to live in the spaces between love, regret, and survival. After John’s arrest and Chris’ arrival to live with her, she is finally forced to face her darkest secrets. She runs a flower shop out of her house with her partner, Ben.
(He/Him, B3–G#4) Black, 40. Michelle’s partner and step-father to Chris. Ben wears his tenderness openly but not loudly, having found peace within a world that can often disappoint. His love is unconditional, but he’s human. Warm, grounded. He’s the emotional opposite of John—where John intoxicates, Ben stabilizes. Looking for an actor with natural emotional gravity—someone who can break our hearts simply by not leaving the room. Ben will hold space for everyone else’s storms, and by doing so, remind us that love isn’t always loud. Sometimes it just stays.
(He/They, C3–Bb5) Open Ethnicity, 16. Chris’s nonbinary classmate and neighbor. Funny, compassionate, vulnerable. At the very start of their gender identity journey and striving to find an outward expression that feels authentic. Charismatic and extremely caring, Trevor makes it their mission to embrace the underdogs and make them feel seen; they hope that someone can do the same for them.
(She/Her, G3–F5) Open Ethnicity, 30–60. Lillian Clarke is the charismatic, razorâsmart host of the trueâcrime podcast Bloody Good. Her comedic precision is sharp, fast, and intoxicating. She embodies a media culture that confuses exposure with healing and equates “being heard” with being saved. Her British accent, branding savvy, and performative warmth are part of the allure; when the accent drops, so does the mask to reveal a journalist who knows exactly how power works and intends to keep hers. Lillian must feel seductive, funny, frightening, and credible—all at once. She moves with confidence and authority; her power comes from control, momentum, and an unshakeable belief in her own narrative.
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