Third Avenue Playworks | Sturgeon Bay, WI
Date: Monday, January 12, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C) — Break: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center, 557 W Randolph St, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60661
Equity actors for roles in Third Avenue Playhouse's 2026 Season (see breakdown). Third Avenue PlayWorks encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition and to audition for roles they most identify with.
Please prepare two contrasting monologues. Please limit the total length of your material to 5 minutes. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Website:
thirdavenueplayworks.org
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
HENRI (male presenting, age range 60s–80s, any ethnicity) is a man of the people from a humble background. He’s intelligent and a natural leader. A man of reason and common sense but quite grumpy. He has a war wound injury which leaves him with a limp and he walks with a stick.
GUSTAVE (male presenting, age range 60s–80s, any ethnicity) is a blustering aristocrat. He sees himself as privileged and a leader because of his status rather than his skills. Rather full of his own importance. He is agoraphobic. This role requires some physical exertion as he carries another actor on his back.
PHILIPPE (male presenting, age range 60s–80s, any ethnicity) is a mild-mannered, gentle soul from a middle-class background. He has some shrapnel in his brain which causes him to “pass out” from time to time. At times he is understated and soft-spoken, that is until he takes command.
BEN HECHT (male presenting; late 20s–40s, any ethnicity): A screenwriter and playwright hired to rewrite the screenplay for Gone With The Wind, only he hasn’t read the novel the film is based on and is pretty sure the project is doomed to failure. As a former newspaperman, he struggles with applying his ideals of social justice to the story. Can be cynical or sarcastic, often at odds with Victor Fleming.
Victor Fleming (male presenting, age range 40s–50s, any ethnicity): A Hollywood director with a big personality, who Selznick has just pulled away from The Wizard of Oz to work on Gone With The Wind. Confident to a fault, known as a “man’s director.” A company man through and through, got his start getting his hands dirty as a mechanic and chauffeur.
David O. Selznick (male presenting, age range 30s–40s, any ethnicity): Gone With The Wind’s driven movie producer and son-in-law of the studio boss, Louis B. Mayer. Through questionable motives, he cares about getting the minutia of the movie exactly right. He will do anything to make Gone With The Wind a hit.
Miss Poppenghul (female presenting, age range 30s–50s, any ethnicity): The tireless, long-suffering and exceptionally efficient assistant of Mr. Selznick. She is constantly on-call and fulfills each request made during the men’s five-day confinement—but it does take its toll.
MAGGIE PELLETIER (female presenting, age range 30s–40s, any ethnicity): Hard-boiled Boston homicide detective. Sharp as a razor, keen wit. Always gets her man. Engaged to Frank. Strong comic timing and presence.
FRANK KELLER (male presenting, age range 30s–40s, any ethnicity): A ‘G’ man, Frank works for the FBI hunting spies and saboteurs. He is driven by his work, but wants more from life than work. In love with Maggie. Strong comic timing. Doubles as: Priest, Major Hartwell.
LYNN MCCARTHY (female presenting, age range 20s, any ethnicity): A young, naive, romantic idealist. Dating James. She is the daughter of the notorious Senator McCarthy. Strong comic timing. Doubles as: Clerk.
JAMES APPEL (male presenting, age range 20s, any ethnicity): A young nuclear physicist working in New Mexico on nuclear weapons. He is a peacenik idealist who ends up spying for the Soviets. In love with Lynn. Strong comic timing. Doubles as: Woody, Harry, Bartender.
MRS. KRAVITZ (female presenting, age range 40s–50s, any ethnicity): Working-class Boston landlady. In love with Andrei, will do anything for him. Strong comic timing. Doubles as: Mrs. McCarthy, Mrs. Van Nostrand.
ANDREI BORCHEVSKY (male presenting, age range 50s, any ethnicity): Soviet spy working under deep cover as a fisherman in Boston. In love with Mrs. Kravitz. Strong comic timing. Doubles as: Petey, Dr. Kasden, Herbert, Corpse.
SAM (female presenting, age 20s–30s, any ethnicity): A restless dreamer, anxious doodler, and professional wanderer in search of purpose. She is stuck in a job she does not love, wondering what should be next. She is smart, and maybe a little lost.
TRACK 1 (male presenting, age 50s–60s, any ethnicity): Character actor, can be gruff or lovable. Plays: Mr. Gower, Joseph, and others.
TRACK 2 (male presenting, age 40s, any ethnicity): Clean cut, charismatic, and good looking. Plays: George Bailey, and others.
TRACK 3 (male presenting, age mid 30s, any ethnicity): Character actor, good comic timing. Plays: Harry Bailey, Bert the Cop, and others.
TRACK 4 (female presenting, age 30s–40s, any ethnicity): Girl next door, all-American. Plays: Mary Bailey, and others.
TRACK 5 (female presenting, age 30s–40s, any ethnicity): Character actor, great comic timing. Plays: Violet, Matilda, and others.
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