REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES Equity Principal Actors - Casa 0101, Inc. Auditions

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES - LA EPA

Casa 0101, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Casa 0101 (2102 E 1st)
2102 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90033
2:00 PM – 10:00 PM (P)
Break: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

PERSONNEL

Producer / Theatre Company: Emmanuel Deleage

SPT Artistic Director: Josefina Lopez

Executive Producer: Emmanuel Deleage
Writer: Josefina Lopez
Director: Corky Dominguez
Stage Manager: Angelica Ornelas

CONTRACT

Deleage / Casa 0101 Theater

$393.14 weekly minimum (SPT 1)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (see breakdown). Bilingual (Spanish/English) and local Los Angeles actors are encouraged to audition.

Expected to attend: Emmanuel Deleage (Executive Producer), Josefina Lopez (Writer), Corky Dominguez (Director), Angelica Ornelas (Stage Manager).

OTHER DATES

Rehearsal Dates: February 16, 2026 to March 25, 2026

Preview Date(s): March 26, 2026

Opening Date(s): March 27, 2026

Closing Date(s): May 3, 2026

Performances: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM; Sundays at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM

PREPARATION

Please prepare one contemporary monologue in English and one contemporary monologue in Spanish, each 1 to 2 minutes long. You may be asked to do cold readings from the script in the audition room. Also, please bring your headshot and resume.

OTHER

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.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

SYNOPSIS

Set in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A., this is the outrageously funny story of five full-figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny factory from going under. While they work, hiding from the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), they talk about their husbands and lovers, their children, and their dreams for the future. The story is told from the point of view of Ana, the youngest among them. Just graduated from high school, Ana dreams of getting out of the barrio and going off to college and becoming a famous writer. Although she needs the money, Ana doesn't like working at the factory and has little respect for the coworkers, who make fun of her ambitions and what they consider her idealistic feminist philosophies. However, Ana keeps coming to her job and chronicling her experiences in a journal. As the summer unfolds, she slowly gains an understanding and appreciation of the work and the women, eventually writing an essay that wins her a journalism fellowship which will take her to New York City. This play, a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience, celebrates real women's bodies, the power of women, and the incredible bond that happens when women work together.

SEEKING

ANA — 18. Plump and pretty, sister of Estela, daughter of Carmen. A recent high school graduate and a young feminist who wants to go to college but is stuck in the factory helping out her sister.

ESTELA — 34. Plump, plain-looking, owner of the Garcia Sewing Factory; a hopeless romantic at heart, but a hard worker.

CARMEN — 50. A short, large woman, mother of Ana and Estela. She has a talent for storytelling and gossip.

PANCHA — 32. A huge woman who is very mellow in her ways, but quick with her tongue; very Catholic and traditional at times.

ROSALI — 29. Thin, sweet and easygoing, but has a secret and is insecure about her sexual appeal.