Lookingglass Theatre Co. | Chicago, IL
Thursday, July 31, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 12:30PM - 1:30PM
CAT
$718 weekly minimum (CAT 4)
Equity actors for roles in Lookingglass Theatre's WHITE ROOSTER (see breakdown).
Please prepare one (1) contemporary monologue no more than 2 minutes OR one (1) 2-minute movement piece. The movement piece can be improvised, but should contain narrative storytelling and feature your special skills. Please list musical, acrobatic, and circus skills.
Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661
Written & directed by Ensemble Member Matthew C. Yee
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Ensemble Member and Creative Producer: Kareem Bandealy
Ensemble Member and Artistic Director: Kasey Foster
(one or two Lookingglass interns might also be present in an observational capacity)
1st Rehearsal, Tue 3 Feb 2026
Tech begins, Tue 24 Feb 2026
1st Preview, Thu 5 Mar 2026
Opening, Sat 14 Mar 2026
Closing, Sun 26 Apr 2026
www.lookingglasstheatre.org
If you are unable to attend the in-person EPA you are welcome to submit your headshot and resume to
TeamArt@lookingglasstheatre.org for consideration.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
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.
White Rooster is a darkly funny tale of love, loss and the strange things we inherit. After a family tragedy, Mina is pulled into a world of restless spirits, old curses and mysterious traditions. Her fiancé won’t stay dead, her sister won’t stay buried and a rooster won’t be ignored. Blending spooky folklore with offbeat humor, White Rooster is a haunting tale of grief, family and the messiness of moving on.
MINA (20s)
A thoughtful and emotionally resilient young woman burdened by grief and ancestral trauma. Once tender and hopeful, she becomes haunted by the ghost of her dead fiancé, as she settles into her new life as a servant to her mourning in-laws.
PONG (20s)
Mina’s charismatic yet unstable fiancé, born of a ghost marriage. In life, he is magnetic but troubled, grappling with addiction, abandonment, and spiritual displacement. In death, he returns as a hideous rooster man, still struggling with the same problems he had when he was alive.
MOTHER (40s–60s)
Pragmatic, controlling, and steeped in superstition. Justifies cruelty through survivalism. She’s funny and sometimes terrifying.
JUNE (20s)
Mina’s ghostly sister. Ethereal and wounded, she is both innocent and vengeful. Rarely seen fully, her presence haunts the play.
Also looking for covers for:
GRANDMA
GRANDPA
FATHER
FANG
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