TRADE & THE HUMAN VOICE AND THE GAP YEAR — Principal Actors Auditions

TRADE & THE HUMAN VOICE AND THE GAP YEAR - NYC EPA

Irish Repertory Theatre | New York, NY

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AUDITION DATE

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

CONTRACT

Off Broadway
$988 weekly minimum (Cat. 4) - Paying $1186 weekly
Plus - Health & Pension

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in TRADE & THE HUMAN VOICE and THE GAP YEAR (See

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PREPARATION

Please prepare a short contemporary monologue.

LOCATION

Ripley-Grier Studios (305)
305 W 38th St
New York, NY 10018-2902
Holding room - Studio 308

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

• Nicola Murphy Dubey: Director of Audience and Play Development
• Colm Summers: Director of TRADE & THE HUMAN VOICE

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

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Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

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TRADE & THE HUMAN VOICE

Written by Mark O'Halloran and Darren Murphy
Directed by Colm Summers

Rehearsals begin: December 8, 2026
Performances begin: January 13, 2027
Closing Performance: February 21, 2027
Performances at W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre

TRADE

SYNOPSIS: In a shabby B&B in Dublin's North Inner City, a married man in his late forties meets an eighteen-year-old male sex worker. What begins as a paid encounter becomes a searching conversation about fatherhood, desire, shame and the need to be known. Both men are fathers, but their divergent circumstances expose the difference between buying intimacy and finding true connection.

SEEKING:

OLDER MAN: Male, late 40s. Working-class/lower-middle class Dubliner; a Dublin dialect is required. A married father recently made redundant from a lifelong job in the port. Awkward, funny and emotionally guarded, he is struggling to articulate his desire and his fear of living a life of concealment. Older Man's need for tenderness can become controlling. Trade includes scenes of male sexual intimacy.

YOUNG MAN: Male, 18. Working-class Dubliner; a Dublin dialect is required. A young father who earns money through sex work and is staying with a friend after leaving home and his girlfriend's household. Watchful, dryly funny and guarded, with a practical understanding of the transaction. Young Man's detachment protects his vulnerability. The role of Young Man includes partial nudity.

THE HUMAN VOICE

SYNOPSIS: Alone in her Belfast apartment, social worker Rachel Malley speaks by phone to the lover who is leaving her. Interrupted by calls from work, she moves between humour, seduction, anger and devastating honesty as the conversation in her desperate attempts to hold on to love. Darren Murphy's contemporary response to Cocteau explores love, dependency and the demands of caring for others.

SEEKING:

RACHEL MALLEY: Female, mid-30s – mid-40s. Belfast social worker; a Belfast dialect is required. Intelligent, quick-witted, sensuous and professionally capable, she struggles to retain composure as a five-year relationship ends. Requires precise listening, and emotional range for this extended solo performance. The script includes unaccompanied singing and a passage spoken in Irish.

THE GAP YEAR

Written by Clare McMahon
Directed by Benjamin Gould

Rehearsals begin: January 4, 2027
Performances begin: February 5, 2027
Closing Performance: March 29, 2027
Performances at Frances J. Greenburger Mainstage

SYNOPSIS: Three lifelong friends in their 60s embark on a hilarious, soul-searching Gap Year across all 32 counties of Ireland, rediscovering their independence, identities, and the power of female friendship.

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KATE: Female, 55 – 70. Northern Irish. Stubborn, strong willed and extremely loyal but with a tendency to argue. Kate has been recently widowed and has not processed her grief. Piece by piece she is unpicking her pain and discovering a new identity. Each interaction on the trip moves her grief forward until she can ultimately reconcile with herself and her daughter.

OONAGH: Female, 55-70. Northern Irish. Warm, funny and caring with a tendency to rub Kate up the wrong way. Has never been able to move on from her husband's affair and their separation. She is running away from their looming divorce. Having hidden herself away for so long she is trying to rediscover her sense of self and what it means to be single at 60. Gradually she's able to live again and stop caring what other people think.

ROISIN: Female, 55-70. Northern Irish. The glue that holds the trio together. Mother and grandmother who has struggled to take anything for herself. She is hiding a recent diagnosis of Alzheimer's which is progressing. While running away from her problems she becomes determined that she can still make a life for herself.

TRACK 1: Female, 30s. Multiple characters and different Irish accents, including: Caoimhe – Sligo, exasperated mother to a toddler who won't stop sticking things up his nose; Sister Tomaasina – Mayo, headstrong, unrelenting nun; Josie – Sligo, nurse, salt of the earth, single mother and caring for her father (Pat) as he recovers from a stroke; Alison – Tipperary, recently dumped by her boyfriend and isn't coping with it well / has had far too much to drink; Tourist – obnoxious and condescending tourist in a Dublin bar; Catherine – Belfast, daughter to Kate and far too similar to get on well. Lawyer. Struggling with the grief of her father dying and projecting the blame onto her mother.

TRACK 2: Male, 55-65. Multiple characters and different Irish accents, including: Father Donnelly – Northern Irish, local priest presiding over the funeral of a good friend; Pat – Sligo, Stroke survivor, still recovering his speech and has limited physical ability. Gentle and caring with a good sense of humour, trying to make life better for his daughter who he sees is struggling; Eddie – Belfast, husband of Oonagh. A retired accountant who had an affair with a younger woman. Not good at sharing emotion. Still cares for Oonagh even after separation; Paul – Belfast, Roisin's husband. A man's man. Loves his wife very much but has been too set in his ways to recognize her needs.

TRACK 3: Male, 30s to early 40s. Multiple characters and different Irish accents, including: Kieran – rural Donegal campsite attendant. Other than one trip abroad as a teenager has lived in the same place his whole life. Recently lost his mother and is still dealing with the grief; Campervan Man – Sligo, small town salesman, rough round the edges and thinks he's got an easy sale with Kate; Fionntan – Dublin, cool, relaxed and happy to take what life throws at him. Akin to an American hobo. Falls for Oonagh, wants her as much as he wants her to see the beauty in herself; Ethan – Cavan, performer in a Dublin gay bar. Has had to work through a lot of adversary and is all the better for coming out the other side. Loves the challenge and surprises that meeting Kate brings. Performs with Kate and Oonagh. Singing or dancing ability a bonus.