PlayPenn 2025 Season Equity Principal Actors - PlayPenn Auditions

PLAYPENN 2025 SEASON - PHILADELPHIA, PA EPA

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, April 1, 2025
11:30 AM - 8:30 PM (E)
Break 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS

Auditions will be held on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign-ups will begin at 10:30 AM at the theater. If you have any questions, you may email
casting@PlayPenn.org.

CONTRACT

LOA
2024 rates (Ref. to LORT Per Performance):
$100 per performance
$13 per hour for all other calls with a 2-hour minimum on non-show days.
At least $225 weekly minimum based on the 2024 LOA-PP

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in PlayPenn's 2025 Season New Play Development Conference (See breakdown). Local Philadelphia area actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one 2-minute contemporary monologue or up to 2 one-minute contrasting contemporary monologues. Also, please bring a copy of your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Philadelphia Theatre Company
480 S Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Suzanne Roberts Theatre.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Casting Director - Brenna Geffers

OTHER DATES

PlayPenn's 2025 New Play Development Conference takes place between July 8th and July 20th, 2025. 12.5 hours of rehearsal a week for two weeks with 1 public reading per week.

OTHER

For more information, visit
https://www.playpenn.org/
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

AMAS. EGG. OYÁ. BY LORI FELIPE-BARKIN

SYNOPSIS: Ama. Egg. Oyá. blends Santería, modern-day Miami, and Cuban rhythms in a powerful exploration of infertility, motherhood, and the fierce determination to have a child.

SEEKING:

Ama: 30s. Cuban-American. Serious, intense. Some Spanish.
Yanislet / Mary: 50s-60s, Cuban. Bilingual with native proficiency in Spanish. Maternal, loving, high-energy.
Oli / Doctor: late teens-early 20s, Cuban-American. Some Spanish. Sassy, cheeky, knows how to get hers but deeply hurt deep down.
Babalao / Go / Baby / Hunter: any age, Latino. Bilingual. High proficiency in Spanish. Swaggy, virile, but also kind of a dunce.

HAND FOOT HAND BY L M FELDMAN

SYNOPSIS: Hand Foot Hand is an intimate and raw portrait of three aging aerialists navigating love, loss, and the uncertainty of mid-career artistry when their bodies and futures are no longer defined by their past feats.

SEEKING:

Airo (Ari): A Duo Trapeze Flyer (F Or Nb*), Queer, 40s. Airo is headier, more contemplative, and more anxious than Bo, their previous romantic and work partner.
Bo (Bess): A Duo Trapeze Base (F Or Nb*), Queer, 40s. Bo is more direct and more intuitive than Airo, their previous romantic and work partner.
Jamie (James) And Others: An Acrobat (M Or Nb*), Queer, 40s. Jaime usually takes up space, but he’s not his full size or glory right now because of an injury.

HARLEM CANARY/TOKYA CROW BY ANDREW SAITO

SYNOPSIS: Harlem Canary/ Tokyo Crow is a satirical comedy about WWII’s “Negro Propaganda Operations,” in which captured African American POWs were forced to record radio plays contrasting Japan’s supposed racial freedoms with the brutal realities of racism in the U.S.

SEEKING:

Chauncey Bliss: African American, male, just shy of 20. From Texas. A private in the US Army during WWII.
Kazumaro “Buddy” Uno: Japanese, male, around 30. A prison guard. Carries a katana. Doubles as KEMPEITAI OFFICER.
Bizmark Whittico: African American, male, around 40. From Detroit. A sergeant in the US Army and a veteran of World War I. Doubles as CHAUNCEY’S MOTHER.
Yasuichi Hikida: Japanese, male, around 50. Director of Negro Propaganda Operations. Wears a white suit.