Significant Productions at The SigPro Studio 2026-27 Season Open Call - Significant Productions, Inc. Auditions

SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTIONS AT THE SIGPRO STUDIO 2026-27 SEASON - CHICAGO OPEN CALL

Significant Productions, Inc. | The Villages, FL

Notice: Audition Call Type: Open Call

AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

Friday, April 24, 2026

Theater Wit
1229 W Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please check in with the (not Equity) audition monitor in the front lobby.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

For an audition time slot, please sign up at:
Auditions Manager

Artistic Director - Angel Creeks
Artistic Associate - Jordan Gregson
Director of People, Projects, & Culture - Leslie Becker
Production Manager - Stephanie Elliott

CONTRACT

Single Engagement Agreement
$565 weekly minimum (Cat. 4 - Orlando Addendum)

OTHER DATES

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Significant Productions at The SigPro Studio's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown).

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PREPARATION

Please prepare a 90 second monologue and a 16-bar cut musical theatre song in the style of shows. Have a second contrasting monologue ready if requested; bring your book/may be asked to sing another selection. To be considered for the plays only, please come prepared with two contrasting 90 second monologues.

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.

BREAKDOWN

CHICKEN & BISCUITS

Written by Douglas Lyons
Directed by Desiree Montes

Rehearsals Start: Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Opening: Friday, September 18th, 2026
Closing: Saturday, October 24th, 2026

SEEKING:

• BANEATTA MABRY (40s-50s, female-identifying, African American) - An upstanding and stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny and Simone, and wife to Reginald. She’s overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight and stubborn in her religious ways.
• REGINALD MABRY (50s, male-identifying, African American) - Baneatta’s faithful husband and the new pastor of their home church. He’s the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love with a side of corny dad jokes.
• KENNY MABRY (20s, male-identifying, African American) - Baneatta and Reginald’s youngest child. He’s proudly queer but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day he just wants to be loved.
• LOGAN LEIBOWITZ (20s, male-identifying, White) - Kenny’s neurotic and dramatic Jewish boyfriend of four years. He often spins himself into a tizzy but always wants to be there for Kenny. Logan’s weed pen is his crutch for tough times.
• BEVERLY JENKINS (Early 40s-50s, African American) - Baneatta’s younger sister. The “fun aunt” who’s always in a push-up bra. But don’t mistake her vibrance for incompetence. She’s a savage, “classy,” not so boujee, but definitely ratchet when necessary.
• LA’TRICE FRANKLIN (15, African American) - Beverly’s daughter. She’s nosy, loud, and in everyone’s business but her own. When not on her phone, she shows love – but in her own Gen Z way. Sarcasm is her love language.
• SIMONE MABRY (30s, African American) - Kenny’s older sister and Baneatta’s favorite. She followed the “right path.” Though pulled, she can be shady. While fierce on the exterior, Simone is internally wounded from a recent failed engagement.
• BRIANNA JENKINS (Early 40s-50s, African American) - Baneatta and Beverly’s half-sister through an affair. She didn’t know her father but has come to his funeral to gather more details on him. She’s sweet, vulnerable, and collected.

FAT MAN'S

Written by Matthew Webster
Directed by Dimitri Vogt Toscas

Rehearsals Start: Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
Opening: Friday, November 20th, 2026
Closing: Saturday, December 19th, 2026

SEEKING:

• FAT MAN (30s-50s, male-identifying) - A grumpy and independent tattoo parlor owner who is happy with things just the way they are – giving people their tattoos and sipping on his sour beer.
• WINNIE (30s-40s, female-identifying) - The new local minister of a small Presbyterian church in West Virginia who is eager to invigorate and inspire change in her community. Earthy, quirky and very pregnant. To her surprise, she becomes the landlord of Fat Man’s tattoo parlor.

COME FROM AWAY

Written by David Hein & Irene Sankoff
Directed by Nathaniel Niemi
Music Direction by Bert Rodriguez

Rehearsals Start: Tuesday, January 5th, 2027
Opening: Friday, February 5th, 2027
Closing: Saturday, March 20th, 2027

Please note: Strong singers are encouraged to audition. This production will also utilize movement/choreography, dialects, and ensemble work.

SEEKING:

• CLAUDE & OTHERS (40s-60s, male-identifying) - The gregarious and well-liked Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland. Claude loves his work, the townspeople and his daily traditions, but he's never had to deal with a crisis of this magnitude before. Doubles as Derm and Brenda’s Brother, Eddie. Vocal Range: Baritone (top G4)
• BONNIE & OTHERS (30s-40s, female-identifying) - A no-nonsense mother of three, Bonnie is the head of the Gander area SPCA. When she discovers animals are trapped on the planes, she stops at nothing to ensure their safety - but in frustration, she often lashes out at those around her. Doubles as Martha. Vocal Range: Mezzo (top B4)
• BEULAH & OTHERS (40s-60s, female-identifying) - The head of the Gander Legion, with a firefighter son, who walks Hannah to her church and prays with her. Doubles as Delores. Vocal Range: Mezzo (top B4)
• OZ & OTHERS (30s-50s, male-identifying) - The quirky constable in the two-person Gander police force. When the town's population suddenly doubles, Oz helps out in unexpected ways. Doubles as Joey, Customs Officer, Mr. Michaels, Terry, Matty, Rabbi, and Head Cardiologist. Vocal Range: Tenor (top G4)
• JANICE & OTHERS (30s, female-identifying) - An eager new local TV reporter, Janice is thrown into the deep end on her first day. Initially naïve about the world, Janice must face the pain and confusion around her. Doubles as Britney and Flight Attendant. Vocal Range: Soprano (top E5)
• BEVERLY & OTHERS (50s-60s, female-identifying) - The first female captain for American Airlines Pilot, Beverly Bass has always loved flying, when her world suddenly changes. Doubles as Annette and Reporter. Vocal Range: Mezzo (top C#5)
• DIANE & OTHERS (50s-60s, female-identifying) - A traditional divorcee from Texas, who is terrified that her son may have been flying at the time of the attacks. When she finds out that he's safe, she's given a new lease on life and discovers a wilder more carefree side of herself. Doubles as Crystal and Brenda. Vocal Range: Soprano (top D)
• NICK & OTHERS (50s-60s, male-identifying) - An English oil engineer who is focused on his work, Nick's life is turned upside down when he falls for Diane. Doubles as Doug, Officer Stephenson, and Male Townsperson. Vocal Range: Baritone (top E4)
• KEVIN T. & OTHERS (30s-50s, male-identifying) - The head of an environmental energy company in Los Angeles, Kevin was on vacation with his boyfriend (and secretary, also named Kevin), when they are stranded in Gander. Inspired by the town's generosity, Kevin creates the Pay It Forward Foundation. Doubles as Garth and President Bush. Vocal Range: Tenor (top G4)
• KEVIN J. & OTHERS (30s-50s, male-identifying, Middle Eastern) - Kevin's boyfriend and secretary. Sarcastic and unhappy, he wants to leave as soon as possible. Doubles as Dwight and Ali. Vocal Range: Tenor or Baritone
• BOB & OTHERS (20s-40s, male-identifying, African American) - A hardened New Yorker, Bob is suspicious of where he's landed, fearing that it's World War 3, that someone is going to shoot him and steal his wallet - but instead, he ends up losing his New York jadedness. Doubles as Muhumuza and Captain Bristol. Vocal Range: Baritone
• HANNAH & OTHERS (40s-60s, female-identifying, African American) - The mother of a firefighter in Manhattan, Hannah waits for news about her son and is comforted by Beulah. Doubles as Margie and Mickey. Vocal Range: Soprano (top E5)

PRIMARY TRUST

Written by Eboni Booth
Directed by Jordan Gregson

Rehearsals Start: Tuesday, March 24th, 2027
Opening: Friday, April 16th, 2027
Closing: Saturday, May 15th, 2027

SEEKING:

• KENNETH (30s, male-identifying, African American) - Kenneth has lived in a small town his whole life. He is smart and sensitive, with an active imagination. Kenneth has a desire for a life bigger than the one he’s living, but fear of the unknown has kept him sheltered. He spends his days working at the local bookstore, and his evenings at happy hour with his only friend, Bert. When Kenneth loses his job, he finds himself forced to confront his own loneliness and move past his comfort zone.
• BERT (30s-40s, male-identifying, African American) - Bert is Kenneth’s best friend. Solid and steady, Bert has a practical way of looking at the world. But he’s also sensitive and highly attuned to people’s needs. Bert’s warmth and lack of judgment is a comfort to Kenneth. When Kenneth is pushed to try something new, it is Bert who encourages him along the way.
• CORRINA / WALLY’S WAITER / BANK CUSTOMERS (30s-40s, female-identifying, African American) - This multiple-role track includes a variety of waiters, including CORRINA, at the local tiki bar, ranging in age and ethnicity. CORRINA: a sensitive waitress who befriends Kenneth, Corrina is smart and not terribly concerned with other people’s opinions. She has a sense of humor and marches to the beat of her own drum. Corrina’s openness and willingness to try new things helps Kenneth as he tries to find his way.
• CLAY / SAM / LE POUSSELET BARTENDER (50s-60s, male-identifying) - SAM: gruff owner of the town’s only bookstore. Sam chain-smokes and yells at customers, but beneath his grizzly surface is a tender side. Sam wants to do right by Kenneth. CLAY: a former college football champion, Clay worries that his best days are behind him. A jock with a sensitive side, Clay’s existential curiosity makes him an unexpected ally to Kenneth.

XANADU

Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music & Lyrics by John Farrar & Jeff Lynne
Directed by Nathaniel Niemi
Music Direction by Justin Adams

Rehearsals Start: Tuesday, June 1st, 2027
Opening: Friday, July 2nd, 2027
Closing: Saturday, July 24th, 2027

Please note: This production will utilize gender bending, movement/choreography, skating, and ensemble work.

SEEKING:

• KIRA (20s, female-identifying) - Youngest of Zeus's daughters and the muses. Falls in love with Sonny. Pretty, adventurous, honest and determined. Muse of history and the leader of the muses. Vocal Range: G3-A5
• SONNY MALONE (20s-30s, male-identifying) - A self-critical and depressed mortal, chalk artist who falls in love with Kira. Handsome, but not particularly smart. He embodies 1980s pop culture and is very much a California dreamer. Vocal Range: B3-C6
• DANNY MAGUIRE (50s-70s, male-identifying) - The hard-nosed all work and no play businessman who owns the theater he once built for his love, Kira. Used to be a budding artist like Sonny but has since let money and greed consume him. Vocal Range: A3-C6
• CALLIOPE (30s-60s, female-identifying) - Kira's older sister and fellow muse. She is jealous of Kira and as Melpomene's sidekick, plots with her for Kira's downfall. The Muse of epics. Vocal Range: G3-A5
• MELPOMENE (40s-60s, female-identifying) - Kira's oldest sister. Mother of the Sirens. She is jealous that Kira is the leader of the muses rather than herself and therefore creates the plot for her downfall. Muse of tragedy. Vocal Range: G3-A5
• THALIA (20s-30s, male-identifying) - One of Kira's older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of comedy. Doublings include: Siren, Young Danny, Tubes Singer, and Cyclops. Vocal Range: C4-C6
• EUTERPE (20s-30s, female-identifying) - One of Kira's older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of music. Doublings include: Siren, Andrews Sister, and Thetis. Vocal Range: G3-A5
• ERATO (20s-40s, female-identifying) - One of Kira's older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of lyrics and erotica. As Eros, she is responsible for shooting Kira with the arrow of love brought on by Melpomene and Calliope's spell. Doublings include: Siren, Andrews Sister, Eros, and Hera. Vocal Range: G3-C6
• TERPSICORE (20s-40s, male-identifying) - One of Kira's older sisters and fellow muse. Muse of dance. As Hermes, the messenger of the gods, he is deeply masculine in voice but sassy and flippant in attitude. Doublings include: Siren, Tubes Singer, Hermes, and Centaur. Vocal Range: C4-C6
• ENSEMBLE (20s) - Heavily featured throughout. The ensemble plays multiple characters throughout. Strong singers and movers. Skating experience is a plus but not required. Vocal Range: Open

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