WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL Equity Principal Actors - Naughty Playwright LLC Auditions

WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL (Broadway) - NYC EPA

Naughty Playwright LLC | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

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LOCATION

Thursday, January 29, 2026
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St, 16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

PERSONNEL

CONTRACT

Playwright: Matthew Lombardo

Production (League) Director: Noah Himmelstein

Producers: Naughty Playwright LLC with Bryan McCaffrey, Laura Barket and Alan Seales

Weekly minimum: $2717

CASTING
Casting Director: Nick Peciaro, CSA

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL.

Expected to attend: Casting Director Nick Peciaro, CSA

All stage managerial positions are currently filled.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a comedic monologue approximately 1 minute in length. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal (Studio): March 9, 2026 (New York City)
1st Rehearsal (Tech): March 28, 2026 (Boston)
1st Performance: April 3, 2026
Final Performance: April 18, 2026

OTHER

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.

SYNOPSIS

A zany, backstage comedy about what happens when a writer's dream of bringing his Broadway play to life is maligned by a very difficult leading lady.

SEEKING

• (UNDERSTUDY: THE PLAYWRIGHT) — Male, mid-30s, white. Has excellent, fast-paced comic timing.
• (UNDERSTUDY: THE ACTRESS/THE STAGE MANAGER) — Female, 40s–50s, white. Has excellent, fast-paced comic timing.
• (UNDERSTUDY: THE DIRECTOR/THE PRODUCER) — Male, 50s–60s, white. Has excellent, fast-paced comic timing.
• (UNDERSTUDY: THE PROMPTER) — Male, 30s, BIPOC. Has excellent, fast-paced comic timing.

THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE CAST

(THE PLAYWRIGHT) — ROLE CAST. Can play the role of male, mid-30s, white. ‘Jack Hawkins’. A witty, well-groomed and charming storyteller. Terrific sense of humor, slightly neurotic, and somewhat naïve. With excellent, fast-paced comic timing.

(THE ACTRESS) — ROLE CAST. Female, 50s+, white. ‘Brooke Remington’. Age unknown. Once a huge movie star. Now a has-been. Notoriously impossible. Certifiably insane.

(THE DIRECTOR) — ROLE CAST. Male, 60s, white. ‘Oliver Kendall-Walker’. A proper gentleman. Pretentious yet endearing. Although grandiose, he provides calm and comfort.

(THE PRODUCER) — ROLE CAST. Male, 50s, white. ‘Freddie Carlton’. A down-on-his-luck opportunist and fast-talking salesman lacking a moral compass. Though miserly, shady and manipulative, there’s a glimmer of the dream still alive deep down. With excellent, fast-paced comic timing.

(THE PROMPTER) — ROLE CAST. Male, 30s, BIPOC. ‘Tobias Deschanel’. Flamboyant, ferocious, and clever cross-dressing “entrepreneur”. Quippy and blasé but direct. Will do anything to make a buck and suffers no fools while doing so. You want it done—he’s your guy… or gal. With excellent, fast-paced comic timing.

(THE STAGE MANAGER) — ROLE CAST. Female, mid-30s–40s, white. ‘Liz Jennings’. A well-organized, level-headed, unflappable professional. No funny business here. Dry, deadpan and used to wrangling rooms of crazies—aka Artists. With excellent, fast-paced comic timing.