SEVEN GUITARS Equity Principal Actors - Lincoln Center Theater Auditions

SEVEN GUITARS - NYC EPA

Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, July 8, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1213 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in SEVEN GUITARS (See

BREAKDOWN

). Local NYC actors are encouraged to audition. All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare the Sides for the role of your choice. A link to the Sides will be added to this notice by July 2nd. Hardcopies of the Sides will be available through the Equity monitor beginning on the morning of the audition. A reader will be provided.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 1204. Must have photo ID to enter building.

PERSONNEL

Written by August Wilson
Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Artistic Director: Lear deBessonet
Casting: The Telsey Office/ Karyn Casl, CSA; Rashad Naylor, CSA; Cesar Mendoza

Expected to attend:
Karyn Casl (Casting Director)
Rashad Naylor (Casting Associate)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: September 28, 2026
First Preview: November 5, 2026
Opening: November 23, 2026
Scheduled Closing: January 10, 2027

OTHER

Venue: Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s

CONTRACT

s 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

SEVEN GUITARS

SEEKING:

• [Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 30s - 50s. The protagonist of the play, a blues musician, down on his luck. The play opens with his funeral then flashes back to reveal what happened a few weeks prior. He has a hit record and hopes to make it in Chicago. However, in the past year, he has squandered the money he made for the record, cheated on his girlfriend (who then broke up with him), been deserted by the other woman, pawned his guitar to buy flowers for his mother’s grave, been arrested for vagrancy while walking home from his mother’s funeral, and spent 90 days in the workhouse.
• [Hedley]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s - 60s. The antagonist of the play. A Caribbean immigrant who is older than Floyd and his friends, he rents a room from Louise and makes some money from the chickens he raises in the yard. He loathes white America and believes in spirits and ghosts.
• [Canewell]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 30s - 50s. A musician and friend to Floyd. Edgy and quick-tempered. Canewell loves Vera and may have had a relationship with her when Floyd was gone.
• [Red Carter]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s - 60s. A musician, and friend of Floyd. Laid-back in demeanor.
• [Vera]: Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s-50s. Floyd’s ex-girlfriend who Floyd tries to reunite with. He also tries to convince her to go back to Chicago with him. She hesitates to trust Floyd, because he cheated on her.
• [Ruby]: Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 20s-30s. Louise’s niece who is in town from Alabama. She comes to stay with Louise because of trouble back home. She is pregnant, and her boyfriend is in jail for killing her possible lover.
• [Louise]: Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s-50s. Vera’s neighbor, a no-nonsense woman who describes herself as “48 going on 60.”