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The Yellow Rose Theatre
The Yellow Rose Theatre
Airport Time
Non-Equity Audition

YRT is seeking 6 non-union actors (two performers and 4 swings) for their upcoming performance of "Airport Time." This production is two acts of seven original scenes, performed in an immersive space. The scenes all revolve around traveling, from hotels to coffee shops and airports, with sprinklings of love, humor,.... Read More

Otherworld Theatre
Otherworld Theatre
The Lightning Thief
Non-Equity Audition

This dynamic musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's bestselling book opened on Broadway in 2019. When teenager Percy Jackson discovers their a demigod, an epic journey ensues to find Zeus' missing lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods.

PERCY JACKSON - (Lead) Child of Poseidon, a good kid with a.... Read More

Blue Demon Theatre
Blue Demon Theatre
The Strand That Beads You
Non-Equity Audition

DePaul's Blue Demon Theatre is presenting the 10-minute play "The Strand That Beads You" in their first ever Unladylike Play Festival.

"The Strand That Beads You" embraces inclusivity with sensitivity, creativity, and festivity. There are three roles available: 1 non-binary or genderqueer character, 1 cisgender female character, and 1 transgender.... Read More

Harmony Theatre
Harmony Theatre
Nunsense II: The Second Coming
Non-Equity Audition

Nunsense II: The Second Coming takes place six weeks after the sisters have staged their first benefit. The sisters are back presenting a "thank-you" show for all the people who supported them in the past. But now, they're a bit slicker, having been "bitten by the theater bug.".... Read More

Rhino Fest
Rhino Fest
Holy Inappropriate
Non-Equity Audition

Could radical fundamentalism be the gateway to radical feminism? In ultra-conservative religions, female followers' mission in life is submission, and womanhood is synonymous with motherhood. But what happens when Mom discovers that the family's values of freedom of religion and freedom of speech pale in comparison to the most desirable.... Read More

Kerfuffle Theatre
Kerfuffle Theatre
Toddler Hiking Club: An Imaginative Nature Walk
Non-Equity Audition

Kerfuffle is seeking four adventurous and enthusiastic performers for the world premiere of Toddler Hiking Club: An Imaginative Nature Walk, a promenade, interactive dramatic experience for very young children and their caregivers that takes place in and around nature play spaces and on short walking trails in the Chicago parks..... Read More

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre
Lighting Designer
Non-Equity Audition

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre is looking for a Lighting Designer for their upcoming Theater for Young Audiences festival Playground. There is Pay

Festival will consist of three short plays hosted by an Emcee/magician and will be presented at The Edge Off-Broadway space. It is a full LED grid that.... Read More

Summer Place Theatre
Summer Place Theatre
West Side Story
Non-Equity Audition

Summer Place Theatre in Naperville, IL is holding open auditions for actors 17 and up for their production of "West Side Story!"

From the first notes to the final breath, West Side Story is one of the most memorable musicals and greatest love stories of all time. Arthur Laurents' book remains.... Read More

Metal Petal
Metal Petal
Singers and Dancers
Non-Equity Audition

Metal Petal Entertainment is seeking singers and dancers for a professional and competitive kpop/jpop cover project. All ages 18+, genders, ethnicities ect are welcome to apply. A familiarity with Kpop is a must!.... Read More

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Million Dollar Quartet
Non-Equity Audition

Metropolis PAC is seeking submissions for the Johnny Cash understudy for Million Dollar Quartet, by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. Million Dollar Quartet will be directed by Michael Rader, Director (he/him). Artistic Director is Brendan Ragan (he/him). Seeking adult non-Equity musicians/ singers/ actors. All identities, races, and ethnicities are strongly encouraged to audition

Audition.... Read More

Annoyance Theatre
Annoyance Theatre
Steamworks the Musical
Non-Equity Audition

Annoyance Productions is currently casting this summer's reboot of Steamworks: the Musical. Set in the legendary gay bathhouse, the show follows Al, a recently-out Chicago newbie as he follows a mysterious dreamboy into Steamworks hoping they'll fall in love. But he has no idea what sexy, thrilling, disgusting, and dangerous.... Read More

Refracted Theatre Company
Refracted Theatre Company
Coronation
Non-Equity Audition

A collaboration years in the making, Refracted is thrilled to be producing CORONATION by Laura Winters. A femme-futurist political satire, this production will challenge all of your notions around storefront theater in Chicago, as you double over in laughter and tremble with fear. After another female candidate loses the presidency,.... Read More

The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol
The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol
2024-2025 Season Auditions
Equity/Non-Equity

The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol (a flexible black box space located in The Villages, Florida) will hold in-person auditions for our 2024-2025 Season in CHICAGO at Theater Wit, April 19th-21st, 2024.

NON-UNION RATE is $450/week + housing.
AEA* RATE is OAT Category 4, $493/week + Health and Pension + housing.

We are.... Read More

Parker Players
Parker Players
Amadeus
Non-Equity Audition

Parker Players Theater Co. is excited to announce auditions for Amadeus by Peter Shaffer. Directors Chris Causer and Jenilee Houghton are bringing a rebellious new take on this classic story. It's a tale of two artists and how their ego-driven battle for fame and glory ultimately leads to their respective.... Read More

Theatre On The Hill
Theatre On The Hill
Murder On The Orient Express
Non-Equity Audition

Theatre-on-the-Hill & Moonlight Repertory announce open auditions for AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Ken Ludwig

Ken Ludwig's clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic boasts all the glamour, intrigue and suspense of Dame Agatha's celebrated novel, with a healthy dose of humor to quicken the pace.

Just after.... Read More

Explore Theater
Explore Theater
Explore Storytelling School Assemblies
Non-Equity Audition

Explore Theater is seeking submissions to fill ensemble roles for school assembly performances this spring. The project is Explore Storytelling, actors performing student-written stories in hour long performances. Think stories about bunnies, princesses, mysteries, shipwrecks, etc.

Looking for energetic, creative, clever actors with improv skills to work together to bring student.... Read More

BYOT Productions
BYOT Productions
April 2024 24-Hour Show
Non-Equity Audition

Bring Your Own Theatre (BYOT) is a platform for anyone and everyone to come and create live theater with a supportive and collaborative group of talent, regardless of experience level. Our company found its roots in the living rooms of its members and has expanded to perform at venues throughout.... Read More

The Factory Theater
The Factory Theater
Stabbed in the Heart
Non-Equity Audition

The Factory Theater in co-production with Lindley and Hall Productions are seeking actors for both main cast and understudy roles for Stabbed in the Heart, a musical with book & lyrics by Nate Hall and Cody Lindley, music by Nate Hall, directed by Braxton Crewell, and music directed by Evan.... Read More

Oakton Community College
Oakton Community College
No Exit: A Staged Reading
Non-Equity Audition

In this absurdist classic, first performed in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one hideous room in Hell. The characters slowly come to realize that their torture does not involve fire and brimstone. Instead, their misery comes from an unanticipated.... Read More

Bump In The Night Theatre Company
Bump In The Night Theatre Company
Medea
Non-Equity Audition

We are excited to announce Bump in the Night's first production! The classic tragedy of betrayal, grief, murder, and revenge, Euripides' Medea.

Medea, a powerful sorceress and wife of the mythic hero Jason, finds her life beginning to crumble when her husband abandons her to marry the young princess of Corinth..... Read More

Independent Players
Independent Players
The Underground
Non-Equity Audition

The Underground is a two-part play about a group of musicians who start a music school in an attempt to revive their dying artform. In spite of constant threats to stop from government agents, they remain determined to succeed. This is a show about the potential and the value.... Read More

Otherworld Theatre
Otherworld Theatre
Garters
Non-Equity Audition

Casting "Garters," a play by Natalie Zutter. Synopsis: Once, two girls disguised themselves as boys to train to become knights. Seven years later, an unconventional knight and a worldly whore fallen on hard times meet at a brothel in the middle of nowhere and embark on an epic quest. Inspired.... Read More

Westmont Performing Arts
Westmont Performing Arts
Disney’s Descendants, The Musical
Non-Equity Audition

Are you Rotten to the Core?
Westmont Performing Arts is seeking a large cast of ADULTS AND YOUTH (third grade and up) for Disney's Descendants, The Musical. Have you ever dreamed of being onstage with your family? Now is your chance. Veteran director Cheryl Newman welcomes performers with all levels.... Read More

microChicago
microChicago
Red Line microplay series
Non-Equity Audition

microChicago is excited to open calls for the "Red Line" paper festival, our first in what will be a series of microplay collections dedicated to each of the Chicago 'L' lines. Interested playwrights are encouraged to submit:

1. 1 microplay dedicated to one of the 33 stops on Red Line
2. Brief.... Read More

Towle Theater
Towle Theater
Pippin
Non-Equity Audition

Towle Theater seeks strong singers, actors, and dancers 18 and up for its upcoming musical Pippin. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz & Book by Roger O. Hirson. Pippin will be directed by Jeff Casey and Jim LaPietra, Music/Vocal Direction by Ron Attreau, and Choreography by Nikki Dizon..... Read More

Theatre L'Acadie
Theatre L'Acadie
The Swan
Non-Equity Audition

Theatre L'Acadie is seeking 3 Understudies for their upcoming production of The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff, directed by co-artistic director Erin Sheets. Understudy time commitment includes an open rehearsal policy, and two scheduled rehearsals per week. Understudies will have a guaranteed performance.

How do you get people to talk about the.... Read More

Summer Place Theatre
Summer Place Theatre
All Shook Up!
Non-Equity Audition

It's 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy will have you jumpin' out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as.... Read More

Natural Talent Productions
Natural Talent Productions
Anastasia: The Musical
Non-Equity Audition

Natural Talent Productions is proud to announce auditions for "Anastasia: The Musical", with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Terrence McNally. Our production will be Produced and Directed by Jacqueline Warner, Music Directed by Kayla Lollar, Costumed by Tenleigh Wells, and Choreographed by Jacqueline.... Read More