WATER BY THE SPOONFUL Equity Principal Actors - Morningside Theater Co Auditions

WATER BY THE SPOONFUL - Submit for NYC Appointment

Morningside Theater Co. | New York, NY

Notice: Submission

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

Showcase-NY Playwright: Quiara Alegria Hudes

Director: Diego Alejandro Gonzalez

Producer: Susanna Frazer for Morningside Theater Co.

SEEKING

Set and Lighting design: Simeon Carpenter

Equity actors for roles in WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

Sound: German Martinez

Costumes/Props: Bridget Leicester

State Manager/Bd Operator: Rachel Mondschein

Assist. Stage Manager/Dramaturg: Andrew Donnelly - Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration. If we cannot see you for this production, we will keep your resume on file.

OTHER DATES

Auditions: April 9, 10, 13, 14 approximately 2-5 pm by appointment, with sides provided

Rehearsals: May 11-15, May 18-22, May 25-30 & June 2-5

Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026

Rehearsal schedule: usually 2-6:30 pm (possible added rehearsals in May 30 or 31)

Tech: June 6 & 7

Invited Dress & Preview: June 9 & 10

Performances:

• June 11 @ 7:30 pm
• June 12 @ 7:30 pm
• June 13 @ 5 pm
• June 14 @ 3 pm
• June 18 @ 7:30 pm
• June 19 @ 7:30 pm
• June 20 @ 5 pm
• June 21 @ 3 pm
• June 25 @ 7:30 pm
• June 26 @ 7:30 pm
• June 27 @ 5 pm
• June 28 @ 3 pm

12 performances. Please note there are options to add performances - up to 16 total - on Monday nights or a double (mat and eve) on weekends.

ALL to take place at our theater space 100 La Salle St – (back of building down the ramp) NY, NY 10027

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 submit.

Breakdown

WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

NOTES: This production practices identity-conscious casting. Actors who share the cultural backgrounds of the characters are encouraged to submit. Multilingual performers are encouraged to audition. Content includes themes of alcohol, drug addiction, recovery, and war trauma.

SEEKING:

• ODESSA ORTIZ (a.k.a. Haikumom): Late 30s, early 40s. Latina (Puerto Rican a plus). femme-presenting. Founder of
  www.recovertogether.com; works odd janitorial jobs, lives one notch above squalor. Mother of Elliot.
• ELLIOT ORTIZ: 20s. Latinx (Puerto Rican a plus). masc-presenting. An Iraq vet with a slight limp, works at Subway Hoagies, scores an occasional job as a model or actor. Yazmin’s cousin, Odessa’s birth son.
• YAZMIN ORTIZ: Late 20s–early 30s. Latina (Puerto Rican a plus). femme-presenting. Adjunct professor of music, Odessa’s niece and Elliot’s cousin.
• FOUNTAINHEAD (a.k.a. John): 30s–40s. White or white presenting. masc-presenting. A.k.a. John, a computer programmer and entrepreneur, lives on Philadelphia’s Main Line, white. Leads a secret life away from his family.
• CHUTES & LADDERS (Clayton “Buddy” Wilkie): 40s–60s. Black / African American. Lives in San Diego, has worked a low level job at the IRS since the Reagan years - his real name is Clayton “Buddy” Wilkie.
• ORANGUTAN (Madeleine Mays / Yoshiko Sakai): 20s–30s. Japanese / Japanese American. A recent community college graduate, Japanese by birth, her real name is Madeleine Mays and before that, Yoshiko Sakai.
• A GHOST: 30s–60s. Middle Eastern / North African (MENA). Haunts Elliot. Will double as PROFESSOR AMAN, an Arabic professor at Swarthmore and A POLICEMAN in Japan.