Signature Theatre Company Inc. | New York, NY
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Off Broadway
$1299 weekly minimum (Cat. CC)
Equity actors for roles in MOTHER RUSSIA (See breakdown).
Please prepare a brief monologue. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Artistic Director: Emily Shooltz
Executive Director: Tim McClimon
General Manager: Kenneth Naanep
Written by Lauren Yee
Directed by Teddy Bergman
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting – Dave Caparelliotis, Joe Gery, Elena Sgouros
Expected to attend:
Artistic Producer: Jeremy Ehlinger
Casting Director: Joe Gery
Casting Assistant: Elena Sgouros
First Rehearsal: January 6, 2026
Previews begin: February 3, 2026
Opening: February 23, 2026
End of guaranteed run: March 15, 2026
Possible extension through: March 29, 2026
Venue: Signature Theatre, The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
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.
EDIA Statement: Signature Theatre is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages performers of all ethnicities, genders, abilities, ages, and other ways of identifying, to audition. Please note that unless otherwise specified in the breakdown, for all roles we are actively seeking and welcoming of actors of any ethnicity, race, gender/gender identification/gender expression, age, and physical and neurological ability.
St. Petersburg, 1992: the Soviet Union has collapsed, McDonald’s has risen, and Evgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working surveillance with his old friend Dmitri. Their target: Katya, a former pop singer with questionable allegiances and a mysterious past. As their lives riotously intertwine, Evgeny finds himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while grappling with the taste of freedom (and fast food) along the way. Lauren Yee’s (Cambodian Rock Band, The Great Leap) savvy, off-kilter tale of identity, espionage, and the cost of capitalism makes its New York premiere in this razor-sharp dark comedy.
Note: The characters in this play are Russian. The actors portraying these characters may not be. Age is very flexible, especially for Evgeny, Dmitri, and Mother Russia. Feel free to embrace the heightened spirit of the show.
Within the frame of the play, Evgeny, Dmitri, and Katya speak in standard American accents (to signify they are speaking Russian). Mother Russia (who exists outside this frame) speaks with a Russian accent.
EVGENY: Male [25]. Russian. Sheltered, hapless son of the Soviet privilege machine, now left to fend for himself in post-USSR St. Petersburg. Desperate for his powerful father’s approval.
DMITRI: Male [25]. Russian. Wannabe alpha male with a hidden sensitive side. All bark, very little bite. Former aspiring KGB agent who’s now pivoted to starting his own surveillance company. Thinks capitalism will be his big shot.
KATYA: Female [30s]. Russian. Former rebel and activist searching for purpose and meaning. A famous singer who defected to the U.S. Now back in Russia and working as a schoolteacher.
MOTHER RUSSIA: Female [50+/ageless]. No-bullshit, effortlessly charming, seen-it-all energy. The embodiment of the soul of Russia.
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