Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 2025-26 Equity Principal Actors - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

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CONTRACT

SPT
$859 weekly minimum (SPT 9)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's 2025-26 season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting monologues of your choosing. Total audition should not exceed 3 minutes.

LOCATION

Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC
1529 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20036-1466

Please note that the EPA's will take place at Theater J, and NOT at WMTC.

PERSONNEL

THE GREAT PRIVATION (how to flip ten cents into a dollar)
By Nia Akilah Robinson
Directed by Mina Morita

THE WORLD TO COME
By Ali Viterbi
Directed by Howard Schalwitz

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Mina Morita, BOLD Resident Director & Creative Producer, Director of THE GREAT PRIVATION
Danica Rodriguez, Casting Director

OTHER DATES

THE GREAT PRIVATION (how to flip ten cents into a dollar)
By Nia Akilah Robinson
Directed by Mina Morita
Rehearsal begins: August 14, 2025
Tech begins: September 5, 2025
Previews begin: September 11, 2025
Opening: September 18, 2025
Closing: October 12, 2025

THE WORLD TO COME
Workshop: October 6th - 9th
Rehearsal begins: January 6, 2026
Tech begins: January 27, 2026
Previews begin: February 3, 2026
Opening: February 8, 2026
Closing: March 1, 2026

OTHER

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

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY 2025 - 2026 SEASON

THE GREAT PRIVATION (How to flip ten cents into a dollar)

By Nia Akilah Robinson
Directed by Mina Morita

Synopsis: Philadelphia’s African Baptist Church, 1832: a mother and daughter guard the grave of their husband and father to deter resurrectionists from pillaging it for science. Today, on the same grounds: another mother and daughter work as counselors at what is now a summer camp. Timelines collide, reminding us to find joy in our present even as we exhume our nation’s buried past.

Content Transparency: This play includes strong language, descriptions of racism, and depictions of death, grief, and grave robbing. It also has mentions of slavery and sexual activities.

Players all in both timelines (1832 and Modern Day)

Charity & Modern-Day Charity:
she. her. Black. 16. In 1832: funny, busy, intense. In Modern Day: very hyperactive and bubbly. Slightly hood-whimsical. A very physically comedic actor. Coming into her own political awareness and power.

Mother & Modern-Day Mother (Missy Freeman):
she. her. Black. 34. Six feet tall. In 1832: Private. In Control. Funny. In Modern Day: Seemingly Open and Older. Suspicious of Others. Loud.

Cuffee (Janitor) & Cuffee Modern-Day:
He. Him, Black. 32. In 1832: Loud. Unapologetic. Bold. Works as the Janitor at the Medical school. In Modern Day: Huggable. Lovable. Shy. Silly. Just wants everyone to have STRUCTURED FUN.

John & John “Modern Day”:
He. Him & They. Them. White. 25. In 1832: Outgoing. Lacks Empathy. Polite. Avoidant. In Modern Day: Gives Musical Theater energy. Actually hilarious. Is always in motion.

THE WORLD TO COME

By Ali Viterbi
Directed by Howard Shalwitz

Synopsis: The residents of the SeaBreeze Hebrew Home for the Aging carry on as usual: knitting, playing Scrabble, fighting, and falling in love. As the apocalyptic outside world threatens their way of life, Fanny, Barbara, Ruth, and Hal fight to protect the community they’ve built together. Even while battling armored nurses, a wild ostrich, strange prophecies, and their ailing bodies, they find joy in each other’s company. The World to Come is a surprising new epic that reveals how powerful friendship can be as a form of resistance.

Content Transparency: This play includes strong language, mentions of racism, ageism, suicide, and the Holocaust in addition to depictions of violence, death, natural disaster, and sexual content.

Barbara
Female, American, Ashkenazi Jewish, 80s, Fanny's bestie, when she can remember

Ruth
Female, Mexican, Sephardic Jewish, 70s, The New Girl and the others won't let her forget it

The Nurse(s)
Male, 20s-30s, All played by the same actor, Doubles as JERRY and SOLDIER

FANNY [CAST]
Female, Hungarian, Ashkenazi Jewish, 80s, speaks with a Hungarian accent, She's the Queen Bee, don't mess with her

HAL [CAST]
Male, American, Ashkenazi Jewish, 80s, Thinks he's a ladies man