NORTHLIGHT THEATRE 2025-26 SEASON
Northlight Theatre | Skokie, IL
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
Breaks: 11:00-11:30 PM, lunch break 2:00-3:00 PM, 4:00-4:30 PM
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$800 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for all shows in the 2025-26 season (see breakdown).
NOTES: Northlight Theatre is interested in seeing all actors at this EPA: actors of any race, gender, age, and ability are encouraged to audition, regardless of the character descriptions for the plays in our upcoming season.
It is the intention of Northlight Theatre to understudy all Equity roles with non-union actors.
PREPARATION
Northlight would like to see actors perform a monologue of their choice that is no more than two minutes in length.
LOCATION
Northlight Theatre
9501 Skokie Blvd
Skokie, IL 60077-1314
Location is accessible. Limited parking available on site.
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Northlight Casting Associate: Georgette Verdin
Casting Director: Claire Simon, CSA
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
northlight.org
This EPA will service all shows for our 2025-26 season. Scripts will be available at Northlight.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity 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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
BREAKDOWN
NORTHLIGHT THEATRE
BREAKDOWN
S:
THE FIRST LADY OF TELEVISION by James Sherman (World Premiere)
Directed by BJ Jones
1st Rehearsal: on or about 8/12/25
1st Preview: 9/4/25
Opening: 9/11/25
Closing: 10/5/25
Extension Closing: 10/12/25
- GERTRUDE BERG (Also plays Molly) - Female, 50ish, Jewish - PRECAST
- ELI MINTZ (Also plays David) - Male, 40s, Jewish - PRECAST
- ARLENE McQUADE (Also plays Rosalie) - Female, early 20s, Christian - PRECAST
- LARRY ROBINSON (Also plays Sammy) - Male, early 20s, Christian - PRECAST
- PHILIP LOEB (Also plays Jake) - Male, 50ish, Jewish - PRECAST
- WALTER HART (The Director) - Male, 40s, Christian - PRECAST
GASLIGHT by Steven Dietz
Based on the original play by Patrick Hamilton - character descriptions as detailed by playwright
Directed by Jessica Thebus
1st Rehearsal: 11/4/25
1st Preview: 11/28/25
Opening: 12/4/25
Closing: 12/28/25
Extension Closing: 1/4/26
- MRS. MANNINGHAM (BELLA) - Thirty-five, attractive, attentive, unsettled - PRECAST
- MR. MANNINGHAM (JACK) - Forty-five, charming, handsome, secretive - PRECAST
- ELIZABETH - Fifties, the senior maid, stout, direct, loyal.
- NANCY - Nineteen, the young maid, pretty, sassy, bold.
- SERGEANT ROUGH - Sixties, British accent, buoyant, clever, relentless - PRECAST
- TWO POLICE OFFICERS - SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRAS / PAID HOURLY
MARY JANE by Amy Herzog
Character descriptions as detailed by playwright
Directed by Georgette Verdin
1st Rehearsal: 12/30/25
1st Preview: 1/22/26
Opening: 1/29/26
Closing: 2/22/26
Extension Closing: N/A
- MARY JANE - A woman in her thirties
- RUTHIE/TENKEI - A building Superintendent, A Buddhist Nun, sixties or seventies
- SHERRY/DR. TOROS - A nurse, A Pediatric Intensivist, forties or fifties
- BRIANNE/CHAYA - A Facebook friend, A Hasidic Woman, thirties or early forties
- AMELIA/CAT - Sherry's niece, A music therapist, twenties
THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR by Paul Slade Smith
Character descriptions as detailed by playwright
Directed by Linda Fortunato
1st Rehearsal: On or about 3/17/26
1st Preview: 4/9/26
Opening: 4/16/26
Closing: 5/10/26
Extension Closing: 5/17/26
- CHARLOTTE SANDERS - A successful Broadway playwright: quick-witted; resourceful; optimistic; the engine of our play female, 50s to early 70s - DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS
- OLIVER ADAMS - A young novelist: naive; sincere; a romantic, with both the brilliant mind and unwary heart of a poet male, early- to mid-20s - DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS
- ARTHUR SANDERS - Charlotte's husband and co-playwright: a pessimist to her optimist, who delights in being her foil; a skilled writer of quips, both on the page and in life male, 50s to early 70s - DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS
- OLGA - The Housekeeper: a nebulous Eastern European accent, from the Old Country; a proudly uncaring, unhelpful servant; intimidating, if not frightening female, 40s to 70s - DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS
- MARGOT BELL - A Broadway singer and actress: easily cast as the sweet and beautiful ingenue, but realizing she's wiser and stronger than the characters she plays female, mid-20s to early 30s - DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS
- VICTOR PRATT - A Broadway leading man - and an idiot: impressively self-involved; the handsomest, sexiest, manliest man on Broadway, according to him; always a beat behind male, mid-30s to 40s - DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS
