Goodman Theatre 2024-25 Season - Chicago EPA Goodman Theatre | Chicago, IL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, May 6, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 12:30PM - 1:30PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1,151 weekly minimum (LORT B+) Albert Stage
$776 weekly minimum (LORT D) Owen Stage
Equity actors for Goodman Theatre's 2024-25 Season (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Goodman Theatre is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. It is the policy of Goodman Theatre to provide full and equal employment opportunities to all
artists without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.
Please prepare one to two monologues of your choice. Total time should not exceed 2 minutes. Please bring your resume and headshot stapled together.
Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Lauren Port, CSA - Casting Director Grace Dolezal-Ng- Casting Coordinator Sierra Reynolds- Casting Assistant Malkia Stampley- BOLD Artistic Producer Jamal Howard- Maggio Directing Fellow Danielle Roos- Northwestern Directing Fellow
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
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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.
NOTE: All dates and roles are subject to change.
DATES: 10/22/2024 – 12/30/2024
By Charles Dickens, Adapted by Tom Creamer
Directed by Jessica Thebus
EBENEZER SCROOGE- CAST.
NARRATOR- CAST.
BOB CRATCHIT- Male, 40s-60s, open ethnicity
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST/ENSEMBLE- CAST.
MRS.CRATCHIT- CAST.
MR. FEZZIWIG- CAST.
MRS.FEZZIWIG/CRUMB- CAST.
FRIDA- CAST.
MARLEY/OLD JOE- CAST.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT/CHARWOMAN/ ENSEMBLE- CAST.
MARTHA CRATCHIT/FAN/ CATHERINE- CAST.
YOUNG SCROOGE/ GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE- CAST.
ORTLE/ TREE SELLER/ SCHOOL OFFICIAL- CAST
BELLE/ FUTURE CROW- CAST
DICK WILKINS- CAST
EMILY CRATCHIT/ PRATT/ IGNORANCE- CAST.
BOY SCROOGE/PETER - Male, young performer, any ethnicity
TURKEY CHILD- Male, young performer, any ethnicity
BELINDA CRATCHIT- Female, young performer, any ethnicity
TINY TIM- Male, young performer, any ethnicity
HAT SELLER/YOUNG WOMAN- CAST.
YOUNG MARLEY- CAST.
(DATES: 1/7/2025-3/23/2025)
Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by Artistic Director Susan V Booth
EMMA- CAST.
JERRY- CAST.
ROBERT- CAST.
WAITER- Male, 60s, open ethnicity
(DATES: 4/8/2025-5/25/2025)
A Co-Production with Alliance Theatre (DATES: 1/14/2025-3/16/2025)
By Zora Howard
Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
RETTA-Female, late 50s, Black. A decades long resident of the Oakwood Hills Apartments & Townhomes.
REGGIE- Male, late 50s, Black. RETTA’s husband.
TRENT- Male, 18+ to play teens, Black. RETTA and REGGIE’s grandson
TOMLIN/JACK- Male, mid to late 40s, white.
TOMLIN- A recently demoted police officer in the Huntsville Police Department. JACK- School security. Menacing.
RAMIREZ- Male, mid to late 30s, Latino. A recent transfer to the Huntsville Police Department. BOOBIE- Male, 18+ to play teens, Black. TRENT’s best friend. Hotep in development. KRYSTAL- Female, 18+ to play teens, Black. Classmate of TRENT’s. Major crush. Very smart.
ZEKE- Male, 18+ to play teens, Black. Classmate of TRENT’s. Tries to be a bully, but really is a sweetie pie.
PAIGE- Female, 18+ to play teens, Black. Classmate of TRENT’s. KRYSTAL’s best friend. Life of the party.
MRS.PINTO/ NEWSCASTER- Female, 30s-40s, white. MRS.PINTO- Teaches American History at Lee High School.
MR.WOODS- Male, 60s, Black. Regal in stature. Looks like Louis Gossett Jr. and sounds like James Earl Jones.
OWEN STAGE (LORT D)
(DATES: 12/17/2024- 2/23/2025)
A Co-Production with Definition Theatre
By James Ijames
Directed by Tyrone Phillips
JUICY- Male, early 20s, Black. Thicc. He is beautiful. He is lonely. He is smart. A kind of Hamlet.
TEDRA- Female, mid 40s-early 50s, Black. JUICY’s mother. She is a good mother. A kind of Gertrude.
REV/PAP- Male, mid 40s-early 50s, Black . REV- TEDRA’s husband. Her dead ex-husband’s brother. Pig farmer and pit master. Electric. A kind of Claudius. Also plays PAP- the ghost of JUICY’s father. Was in prison for killing someone cause their breath stank, till he got shanked on the way to dinner. A kind of Hamlet’s father.
OPAL- Female, late teens- early 20s, Black. She loves JUICY and worries about him. A kind of Ophelia.
LARRY- Male, early to mid 20s, Black. A boy that is attracted to JUICY. A marine trying to heal from PTSD. Has a secret. Awkward. A kind of Laertes.
RABBY- Female, early to mid 40s, Black. LARRY and OPAL’s mother. TEDRA’s friend. Semi-churchy but honestly she just wanna drink and praise the Lord. A kind of Polonius.
TIO- Male, 20s to 40s, Black or Afro-Latinx. JUICY’s cousin and oldest friend. Clever. A kind of Horatio.
(DATES: 4/22/2025- 6/8/2025)
A Co-Production with Playwrights Horizons (DATES: 12/16/2024-3/23/2025)
Written by Jordan Harrison
Directed by David Cromer
W1- Female, open age, any ethnicity
W2- Female, open age, any ethnicity
W3- Female, open age, any ethnicity
W4- Female, open age, any ethnicity
M1- Male, open age, any ethnicity
M2- Male, open age, any ethnicity
M3- Male, open age, any ethnicity
M4- Male, open age, any ethnicity
THE CHILD- Male, 10, any ethnicity
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