VERY LIKE A WHALE Equity Principal Actors - Salt Lake Acting Company Auditions

VERY LIKE A WHALE - Salt Lake City, UT EPA

Salt Lake Acting Company | Salt Lake City, UT

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AUDITION DATE

LOCATION

NO BREAK SCHEDULED. Please park on the street or in the lot. You may check-in in the lobby.

APPOINTMENTS

PERSONNEL

Contact Salt Lake Acting Company at (801) 363-7522 between 11am and 5pm MST for questions, more information, and to request audition accommodations.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Artistic Director Cynthia Fleming
Director - Andra Harbold
Production Manager: Bridgette Lehman / Tahra Veasley

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract
$623 weekly minimum

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: August 31st, 2026
Tech: September 22nd, 2026
1st Preview: September 30th, 2026
Opening: October 2nd, 2026
Closing: October 25th, 2026

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in VERY LIKE A WHALE (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Auditioners will be provided with sides and have the option to read the play prior. 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

VERY LIKE A WHALE

SYNOPSIS: An outcropping of rock overlooking the Great Salt Lake and the salt-beaten house beneath it. There is water, but it’s far-off, and to get there you need to pass through a zone of flies and decay.

The Great Salt Lake is disappearing—and so is this family’s sanity. When the eccentric Sharp family reunites to sell their late father’s lakeside home, chaos erupts as they’re forced to confront their legacy and the truth that lies beneath the salty water just outside their window. Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC), in partnership with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, will present the world premiere of VERY LIKE A WHALE, a new play by Troy Deutsch, as the opening production of SLAC’s 2026–2027 season.

VERY LIKE A WHALE is a farcical family comedy that grapples with climate change and the rapidly disappearing Great Salt Lake, blending sharp humor with urgent ecological stakes. The world premiere will be directed by Alexandra Harbold, Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory. Robert Scott Smith, Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat, will appear in the production. This marks Flying Bobcat’s second mainstage collaboration with SLAC; both projects are new works by New York City-based playwright Troy Deutsch.

SEEKING:

• OLD WOMAN, callused and salt-beaten.
• OLD MAN (CAST), callused and salt-beaten.
• MEGAN (CAST), 40s, high-strung, relatively conservative, pragmatic, voice of responsibility. She struggles to keep it all together.
• GREG (CAST), late 40s to early 50s, Megan’s older brother, gay, a free-spirited dancer and choreographer. Life didn’t turn out quite how he had hoped.
• CHESTER, 40s, Megan’s husband, works in middle management, a pushover with a huge heart who is resigned to stay in his stagnant marriage.
• MAX, late teens, Megan’s daughter, queer, an idealistic environmentalist. She hates being called “Maxine.”
• SOPHIA, late teens to early 20s, Max’s partner, queer, a bit vapid, and a great support system for Max.
• MISS PENELOPE DICKINSON (CAST), 50s to 60s, a British emissary sent by the Wickham Family, stuffy and uptight, but with a mischievous side and a magical twinkle in her eye.