RULES FOR LIVING Equity Principal Actors - Round House Theatre Auditions

RULES FOR LIVING

Location: Round House Theatre | Bethesda, MD

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

Equity Members may sign up for appointments at the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/Round-House-Theatre.
Non-members will be seen on a walk-in basis, time permitting.

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in RULES FOR LIVING (see breakdown). All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Be prepared to show your Equity membership card upon arrival. Bring a HARD COPY of your picture & resume. Please prepare a contemporary monologue (2 minutes maximum).

LOCATION

Round House Theatre
4545 East-West Hwy
Bethesda, MD 20814-6519

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director & Director: Ryan Rilette
Playwright: Sam Holcroft
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Casting Director & Associate Producer: Sarah Cooney

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal - 10/28/25
Previews begin - 12/3/25
Opening - 12/8/25
Closing - 1/4/26

OTHER

www.roundhousetheatre.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

RULES FOR LIVING

NOTE: As a family navigates a tricky holiday season riddled with sibling rivalries, anxiety, and suppressed resentments, physical “rules” that the characters must follow are introduced one by one (ex: “Matthew must sit to tell a lie”). While physical comedy is important, performing each character truthfully is key.

SEEKING:

[MATTHEW] he/him, white, 30s. CARRIE’s boyfriend, ADAM’s brother, DEBORAH & FRANCIS’s son. The younger brother in the family and a lawyer who’s just made full partner; he’s doing all the right things to move up in the world, but what/who he really wants is always just out of reach. Once dreamed of becoming an actor, but his father had other plans for him.

[CARRIE] she/her, any ethnicity, 30s. MATTHEW’s girlfriend. A newcomer to the family’s Christmas celebrations, her anxiety to make the visit a success is palpable. An aspiring actor, she’s loud, baudy, and routinely tells jokes at the wrong time to ease tensions… it does not work.

[ADAM] he/him, white, 40s. NICOLE’s husband, EMMA’s father, MATTHEW’s brother, DEBORAH & FRANCIS’s son. A former baseball player who still longs for the life that might have been. The older brother, also a lawyer but trailing behind his younger brother in professional achievements. Has undiagnosed ADHD which creates problems in his relationship. He is doing his best to stay afloat.

[NICOLE] she/her, any ethnicity, 40s. ADAM’s wife and EMMA’s mother. The practical member of the family, she copes with the frustrations and anxieties of family life with a little too much drinking. Frustrated with her husband and fiercely protective of her daughter, she has read ALL the parenting articles.

[DEBORAH] she/her, white, 60s, FRANCIS’s wife and mother of ADAM and MATTHEW. Rigid and intense, she has planned family Christmas with military precision. An obsessive cleaner, she does her very best to hold her tongue – it does not always work. In her eyes her husband can do no wrong, and she will defend him to the ends of the earth.

[FRANCIS] he/him, white, 70s, DEBORAH’s husband, father of ADAM and MATTHEW. He is, and always has been, the head of this house. Recently suffered a stroke (under mysterious and somewhat seedy circumstances) and now struggles to speak and be understood. Ornery, demanding, and somewhat of a dirty old man.