TimeLine Theatre Company 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - Timeline Theatre Company Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, July 3, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

CAT
$936.05 weekly minimum (Tier 5)
$519.65 weekly minimum (Tier 3) - Will pay $600 weekly

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in TimeLine Theatre Company's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown).
We encourage all actors, regardless of identity, to apply for roles for which they view themselves as most fit.
All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one 2-minute monologue or two 1-minute monologues. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Nick Bowling: Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

www.timelinetheatre.com
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

TimeLine Theatre Company 2025-26 Season

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF STARS

Written by Sandra Delgado
Directed by Kimberly Senior
CAT Tier 3

First Rehearsal: 9/9/2025
First Preview: 10/8/25
Closing: 11/9/25
Possible Extension: 11/16/25

SEEKING:

• Clara, Latina, in her forties, Stella's mother
• Ruben, Afro-Latine, in his twenties, a friend, but also Clara’s, you know, “cousin”
• David, White, in his forties, Clara’s ex and Stella’s father
• Papi, Latino, in his seventies, Clara's father and Stella's abuelito
• Stella, Latina/White, a tween, Clara and David’s daughter
• Vega, Latina, in her fifties, an immigration attorney. Doubles as Chava, Latina, in her, Ruben’s neighbor

EUREKA DAY

Written by Jonathon Spector
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown
CAT Tier 5

First Rehearsal: 12/18/25
First Preview: 1/13/26
Closing: 2/22/26
Possible Extension: 3/8/26

SEEKING:

SUZANNE: Mid-50s. White. Warm and Gracious. Moved to Berkeley after college when her then-boyfriend now-husband started graduate school at UC Berkeley. Raising her family and nurturing the school are her life’s work, and fully entwined. Once her youngest was in school she started working part-time as a life-coach, after being encouraged to it by so many friends who she’d helped through difficult times. Has a home worth four million dollars (though she’ll tell you it was much much much cheaper when they bought), but thinks of herself as “comfortable” rather than “wealthy.” Mother of Sebastian, Arlo, Izzy, Juniper, Tompkins, and Walden.

DON: Early 60s. White. Head of school. A calming presence. Has worked hard to become the man he is. From New England, moved to Berkeley in the mid-80s chasing the last gasp of hippiedom. Started in education as a music teacher, and on difficult days fantasizes about going back to it. Has lived with his partner in the same rented In-Law unit for 25 years. She makes pottery. They do silent meditation retreats at Esalen three times a year. No kids.

CARINA: Early 40s, Black or biracial. A joiner. Her parents were in the Foreign Service. She grew up overseas and had gone to eight different schools by the time she graduated from high school. This made her skilled at landing in a new environment, figuring out the rules, and putting other people at ease. Her wife is from Berkeley and always wanted to come back, so they moved nine months ago from the East Coast. Isn't sure how much she loves living here, but is working hard to convince herself she does, because her wife never wants to leave. She’s worked for non-profits her whole professional life, so has spent A LOT of time in board meetings. And dealing with well-intentioned white people. Mother of Victor.

MEIKO: Mid-30s, Biracial Japanese/White (describes herself as Hapa). Berkeley native. Wry sense of humor. Went to UC Berkeley and has never lived anywhere else, or wanted to. A landscape architect, which she’s good at but a little bored by. A year after the end of a tortured on-again off-again eight-year relationship, became a single mother by choice, of Olivia. When her daughter was young, Meiko’s mother was effectively a co-parent, but less so now. Would like to have another child but feels like she’s too old to think about doing it alone, again.

ELI: Mid-30s, White. Jewish or half-Jewish. Oblivious but well-meaning. From Southern California, went to Stanford and then straight into working at a tech start-up. Cashed out three years ago, and has been in search of how to occupy his time and exercise his mind. An expert pickler, competitive rock climber, manager of family wealth. Went through an intense Ayn Rand phase in college, which now fills him with shame, but which he has also never fully shaken. When he and his wife first decided to open up their marriage, they spent many hours in therapy making sure they were approaching it in a thoughtful and intentional way. But that was a long time ago. Father of Tobias.

WINTER: Mid-40s New parent who enters in the final few minutes of the show. Typically, will understudy one of the other folks in the show.

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

Adapted by Amy Herzog
Directed by Ron OJ Parson
CAT Tier 3

First Rehearsal: 4/6/26
First Preview: 5/6/26
Closing: 6/14/26
Possible Extension: 6/28/26

SEEKING:

• DR. THOMAS STOCKMANN – 40s. Medical Director of the Baths.
• PETRA STOCKMANN – Early 20s. Thomas’s daughter, a schoolteacher.
• PETER STOCKMANN – 40s or 50s. Thomas’s brother, the town Mayor.
• HOVSTAD – 30s. Editor of the People’s Messenger.
• BILLING – 20s. Works for Hovstad.
• ASLAKSEN – 50s or 60s. Chair of the Property Owners’ Association.
• CAPTAIN HORSTER – 20s. A ship’s captain.
• MORTEN KIIL – 60s or 70s. Thomas’s father-in-law, owner of a tannery.