Steppenwolf Theatre Company
CONTRACT
CAT $1045 weekly minimum (CAT 6) $969 weekly minimum (CAT 5)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue. Please slate your name, pronouns (if you wish to share), the name of your audition piece, and any specific roles in which you are interested. Please email a link to your audition (unlisted YouTube or Vimeo). Attached files cannot be accepted.
Deadline: Mon, Jan 24, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
JC Clementz, CSA | Casting Director
OTHER DATES
See specific production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.steppenwolf.org
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
Subscription Series Play 1 – Downstairs Theatre (CAT 6)
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Design Run – Thursday, August 25, 2022
First Preview – Thursday, September 1, 2022
Opening – Sunday, September 11, 2022
Closing – Sunday, October 9, 2022
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, October 30, 2022
Martha Washington: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] 70 years old, White Female, George Washington's widow. Mother of America. Slaveowner.
Ann Dandridge: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] Black Female, Half Sister of Martha Washington. Enslaved person.
Davy: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] Black Male, Enslaved person, Part backup singer/part storyteller. Also: George Washington, Mad King George- King of England, Jacky Custis- Martha's Son from a previous marriage, and Southern Planter.
Pricilla: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] Black Female, Enslaved person, Part backup singer/part storyteller. Also: Abigail Adams, the new First Lady.
Sucky Boy: Black Male, Enslaved person, Part backup singer/part storyteller. Also: Mr. Lawyer Man, Thomas Jefferson, and Southern Belle.
Doll: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] Black female, Enslaved person, Part backup singer/part storyteller. Also: Queen Charlotte- Queen of England (Game show spokesmodel type. Think Barkers Beauties), Betsy Ross (Harlot and Flag Maker), and Sista Lawyer Girl.
William: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] Black, Adult actor to play 10–12-year-old boy, Son of Ann. Enslaved person.
Subscription Series Play 2– Ensemble Theatre (CAT 5)
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, November 2, 2022
Design Run – Tuesday, November 23, 2022
First Preview – Thursday, December 1, 2022
Opening – Sunday, December 11, 2022
Closing – Sunday, January 8, 2023
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, January 29, 2023
Ma: mother (60s) / Cambodian. Feisty. Has a great sense of humor. Survived the Khmer Rouge and escaped to America to raise her two daughters.
Him: daughter of MA (40s) / Cambodian-American. Has stayed with MA during her illness and now battles her own rounds of chemotherapy. Married to Nate.
Sophea: Sister to HIM and daughter of MA (30s) / Cambodian-American. A free spirit whose life is kind of a mess. After her mother’s death she has arrived with a shaved head and a pledge to go into the monkhood as Cambodian Theravada Buddhists funeral rituals encourage children of the deceased to commit to.
Nate: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] HIM’s husband (40s) / Caucasian.
Seth: MA’s friend and confidant (20s) / Syrian.
Subscription Series Play 3 – Ensemble Theatre (CAT 5)
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Design Run – Thursday, February 23, 2023
First Preview – Thursday, March 2, 2023
Opening – Sunday, March 12, 2023
Closing – Sunday, April 9, 2023
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, April 30, 2023
HIRST: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] a man in his sixties.
SPOONER: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] a man in his sixties.
FOSTER: a man in his thirties.
BRIGGS: a man in his forties.
Subscription Series Play 4 – Downstairs Theatre (CAT 6)
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Design Run – Thursday, March 30, 2023
First Preview – Thursday, April 6, 2023
Opening – Sunday, April 16, 2023
Closing – Sunday, May 14, 2023
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, June 4, 2023
Sam: A 10-year old Black girl. Smart. Sharp. Inquisitive. Dark. Loving.
Monique: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] SAM’s mother. Black woman. Early-mid 20s. A poet. A lost soul. Loving.
Reggie: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] SAM’s father. Black male. Early-mid 20s. Loving to a fault. Charming. Boyish. Unfaltering.
Rachel: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] SAM’s aunt. Black woman. MONIQUE’s sister. Mid-30s. Warm-hearted. Steely but with cracks. Guilty-ridden. Loving.
Nadima: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] RACHEL’s girlfriend. Black Woman. Mid-30s. Playful. Charming. Funny. Fiercely protective. Loving.
Subscription Series Play 5 – Ensemble Theatre (CAT 5)
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Design Run – Thursday, June 1, 2023
First Preview – Thursday, June 8, 2023
Opening – Sunday, June 18, 2023
Closing – Sunday, July 16, 2023
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, August 6, 2023
Sunny: female; white. Ages 18-53 and on. An aspiring writer. A mother.
Nick: male; white. Ages 18-53 and on. Comes from a wealthy and affluent family. Also a writer (he’s found success because of his privilege). A father.
MacCassidy: woman in her mid 20’s-early 30s.
Josephine: 10-year-old girl. Daughter of Sunny and Nick.
Subscription Series Play 6 – Downstairs Theatre (CAT 6)
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Design Run – Thursday, June 29, 2023
First Preview – Thursday, July 16, 2023
Opening – Sunday, June 18, 2023
Closing – Sunday, August 13 2023
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, August 27, 2023
L/D: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] White Female 40-50, multiple characters.
R/R: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] White Male 40-50, multiple characters.
T/T: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ALREADY CAST] White Male 40-50, multiple characters.
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 submit.
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