RUMORS — Principal Actors Auditions

RUMORS - NYC EPA

The Real Housewives Of Off-Broadway LLC | New York, NY

Notice: Audition

Call Type: EPA

REVISED — Show title,

PERSONNEL

PREPARATION

BREAKDOWN

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway (Cat. B)

The minimum base weekly salary for the positions being auditioned for is established by a collective bargaining agreement between The Off-Broadway League Inc., on behalf of the above-named producer, and Actors' Equity Association. It is anticipated that the base weekly salary for each of the below-listed roles will be a minimum of $1,006 per week (which equals an annualized base salary of $52,312).

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in RUMORS (See

BREAKDOWN

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short comedic monologue in the style of Neil Simon. Also, please bring your Picture and Resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
Holding room - Studio 17H

PERSONNEL

Producer: Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO)
Director: Zhailon Levingston
Writer: Neil Simon
Casting Director: Jason Thinger, CSA

Expected to attend: Casting Director Jason Thinger, CSA

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: on or about December 7, 2026
First Preview: on or about January 9, 2027
Opening: on or about January 25, 2027
Closing: on or about April 21, 2027

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

Equity's

CONTRACT

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

RUMORS

SEEKING:

OFFICER WELCH – (Male, 40s-50s) A city police officer having a rough night. Does not tolerate lying. Sees through the classy façade that these high-society types put up. This track will cover Ken, Lenny, Ernie and/or Ernie. Exact coverage TBD.

OFFICER PUDNEY – (Female, 40s-50s) Welch's partner. A strong but silent type. This track will cover Chris, Claire, Cookie, and/or Cassie. Exact coverage TBD.

CREW 1 – (Male, mid 30s-50s) A camera crew filming a reality show. Good with physical comedy and movement. This track will cover Ken, Lenny, Ernie and/or Ernie. Exact coverage TBD.

CREW 2 – (Female, mid 30s-50s) A camera crew filming a reality show. Good with physical comedy and movement. This track will cover Chris, Claire, Cookie, and/or Cassie. Exact coverage TBD.

OFFSTAGE COVER 1 – (Male, mid 30s-50s) This track will cover Officer Welch, Ken, Lenny, Ernie and/or Ernie. Exact coverage TBD.

OFFSTAGE COVER 2 – (Female, mid 30s-50s) This track will cover Officer Pudney, Chris, Claire, Cookie, and/or Cassie. Exact coverage TBD.

THE FOLLOWING ROLES HAVE BEEN CAST:

TBA - KEN GORMAN – (Male, 40s-50s) A well-to-do lawyer. Wealthy, but by no means pretentious. Takes charge of the situation. Married to Chris. Halfway through the show, a gunshot causes his temporary deafness.

Lisa Rinna/Cynthia Bailey - CHRIS GORMAN – (Female, 40s-50s) Another lawyer, married to Ken. Beautiful, easily flustered. Frantically tries to maintain normalcy at the party. Has recently quit smoking, which drives her to drink a bit more.

TBA - LENNY GANZ – (Male, 40s-50s) A wealthy accountant, distraught over the recent destruction of his new car. Starts the show with an extreme case of whiplash. Intolerant of the gossipy lifestyle that he is often involved in.

Phaedra Parks/Eileen Davidson - CLAIRE GANZ – (Female, 40s-50s) Lenny's wife. Very concerned with appearances (hers and others'). Starts the play with a swollen lip. Likes to gossip.

TBA - ERNIE CUSACK – (Male, 40s-50s) A psychiatrist. Affable, smokes a pipe. Loves his wife very much. Tries to be as helpful as possible cooking the evening's dinner.

Stacey Rusch/Carole Radziwill - COOKIE CUSACK – (Female, 40s-50s) Has her own cooking show. Suffers from extreme back spasms. Loves her husband very much. A bit absent-minded at times.

TBA - GLENN COOPER – (Male, 40s-50s) A handsome man running for State Senate. Worried about his own reputation. Struggles with placating his wife, who is convinced he is having an affair (which he may or may not be).

Dolores Catania/Candiace Dillard Bassett - CASSIE COOPER – (Female, 40s-50s) Glenn's beautiful wife. Obsesses over her husband's relationships with other women. Quick to anger. Must rub her quartz crystal to calm herself down.