PREDICTOR (OBway) Equity Principal Actors - A Dollar for Meg LLC Auditions

PREDICTOR (OBway) - NYC EPA

A Dollar For Meg LLC | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway
$835 weekly minimum (Cat. A)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in PREDICTOR (see breakdown). Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
All Stage Managerial positions are currently filled.
PREDICTOR is the real-life story of Margaret Crane who, in 1967, defied all odds and expectations to become the inventor of the first home pregnancy test. Energetic and theatrical, PREDICTOR illuminates Meg Crane's lost contributions to both science and design, celebrating her persistence, her relentless positivity, and her desire to make the world a better place-- for everyone.
Launched by the NYTimes Opinion article in 2016 - Could Women By Trusted With Their Own Pregnancy Tests?.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one of the sides available at the following link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KXrME97tmWSASk8rByzct80kPGZlLjd
Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Writer: Jennifer Blackmer
Director: Alex Keegan
Producer: Brian Nitzkin
GM: Mott/Fischer Productions
Casting: Eisenberg Casting (Daryl Eisenberg, CSA)

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Casting Director: Daryl Eisenberg, CSA
or
Casting Assistant: Joey Bermudez

OTHER DATES

Start Rehearsals: November 4, 2025
Tech: November 23, 2025
First Preview: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Opening: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Scheduled Closing: Sunday, January 18, 2026

NOTE: Actors are off from November 26th to December 2nd.

OTHER

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.

BREAKDOWN

PREDICTOR

SEEKING:

MARGARET (MEG) CRANE: White Female, 26. A freelance graphic designer at Organon Pharmaceuticals. Has the idea and creates the prototype for the first at home pregnancy test. Sold her rights away for a $1 contract. Observant and smart, Meg thinks quickly on her feet, and her wicked sense of humor underscores an earnestness and unwavering desire to do the right thing. Not afraid to make sacrifices for the greater good…but she never did get the dollar.

CHORUS #1 - 20s female. Doubles JODY - Meg’s roommate and rebellious friend, she motivates and challenges Meg, LILLIAN - Meg’s co-worker who tries to volunteer to use the test, and others.

CHORUS #2 - 30s-40s female. Doubles MARY - Meg’s sarcastic co-worker, MEG'S MOTHER - traditional and conservative, and others.

CHORUS #3 - 40s+ female. Doubles MEG'S GRANDMOTHER - compassionate, SISTER BERNADETTE - Meg’s former teacher, stern but proud of her, and others.

CHORUS #4 - 40s+ male. Doubles MARTIN - Meg’s supportive but clueless boss at Organon Pharmaceuticals who appropriates her idea, MEG'S FATHER - kind and supportive, and others.

CHORUS #5 - 30s-40s male. Doubles JACK - the antagonistic project manager hired to develop the pregnancy test who disregards Meg - and others.

CHORUS #6 - 30-40s male. Doubles BERTIE - a lab tech that informed Meg’s invention, IRA - an ad man hired to help with marketing the pregnancy test who listens and supports Meg, and others.