PRODUCTION THREE TBA Equity Principal Actors - Chicago Shakespeare Theater Auditions

PRODUCTION THREE TBA - Chicago EPA

Chicago Shakespeare Theater | Chicago, IL

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Thursday, April 30, 2026
Chicago Shakespeare
800 E Grand Ave
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Chicago, IL 60611-5436

BREAK: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
4th floor Rehearsal Room -- see monitor in lobby

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

CAT Artistic Director: Edward Hall
$1167.05 weekly minimum (CAT 6)

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Casting Director: Bob Mason
Casting Associate: Alexis Taylor

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in PRODUCTION THREE TBA (see breakdown).

OTHER DATES

CONTRACT

OTHER

Chicago Shakespeare Theater is deeply committed to welcoming artists, audience members, and staff of broadly diverse and intersectional identities, including (but not limited to) race, ethnicity, ability, faith/belief tradition, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, socio-economic background, and nationality. Acknowledging the entrenched structural inequities around race in the American theater, we are especially focused on addressing equity and inclusion for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals within our IDEA efforts.

As theater-makers, we are charged with engaging honestly and deeply in conversations about our humanity, and our inhumanity. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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.

PREPARATION

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. Prepare one Shakespeare monologue of choice not to exceed two minutes. If Spanish-speaking, please prepare one monologue, contemporary or Shakespeare, in Spanish or Spanglish.

Breakdown

PRODUCTION THREE TBA

NOTE: No roles in this production have been budgeted for possible out-of-town contracts with housing and travel.

SEEKING

TRACK 1. Female. Late teens to early 20s. Her family are Cuban elite who were able to leave Cuba with some of their wealth. Awakens to her first true love, she takes a journey from naivete to being wise beyond her years. Must speak Spanish and English and be strong with verse.

TRACK 2. Male. Late teens to early 20s. From a Cuban anti-Batista refugee family who are landscapers for the better off. Darker skin tone or bi-racial Cuban/Latino. He is intelligent and sensitive but also impetuous and passionate, which leads him to act before thinking. In the throes of his first true love and uninterested in the violence that surrounds him. Must speak Spanish and English and be strong with verse.

TRACK 3. Male. Late 20s to 30s. White. American. Young activist priest. Well-intentioned, trying to mend animosity. Perhaps story is being written from his point-of-view. Some English, some Spanish speaking (Spanglish).

TRACK 4. Female. 40s to 60s. Cuban. Caretaker of the girl of the house. Motherly. A chatterbox. Spanish speaker.

TRACK 5. Female. 40s to 50s. Cuban. Lady of the upper society household. Spanish speaker.

TRACK 6. Male. Lord of the upper society household. Controlling. Not as well off as he appears.

TRACK 7. Male or Female. Mid to late 20s. Black American. Not Cuban but sympathetic to those anti-Batista. Speaks English or Spanglish -- not bi-lingual. Has a dark imagination, fueled by their PTSD as a Vietnam vet. May double.

TRACK 8. Male. Cuban. White Latino. Nephew to Lord and Lady. Cuban. Quick to fury. Excellent Spanish. May double.

TRACK 9. Male. 30s. Figurehead of the city (perhaps Mayor). A politician. Will double.

TRACK 10. Male. 20s. A handsome young nobleman. Perhaps a feeling of entitlement. Will double.

TRACK 11. Male or Female. 30s. Black Cuban/Cuban spiritual healer/Santera/o using herbs and rituals. Spanish/Spanglish speaking. Will double and may understudy.

TRACK 12. Male. 30s to 50s. Cuban. Working class. Landscaper. Anti-Batista. Spanish or Spanglish.

TRACK 13. Female. 30s to 50s. Black Cuban/Cuban. Works for her husband's landscaping business. Will double and understudy.

TRACK 14. Male Latine. 20s. Servant to the girl's caretaker. Will double. Plays Cuban or Spanish guitar (gres) or piano.

TRACK 15. Male Latino 20s to 30s. Latino. Working class. Will double and understudy.