American Blues Theater
Chicago, IL

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
EPA

CONTRACT
CAT
$540 weekly minimum (Tier 2)

AUDITION DATE
Friday, May 17, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm

LOCATION
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60659
Free parking available in adjacent lot

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Elyse Dolan – Associate Artistic Director
Manny Buckley – Assistant Producer
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.

OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.

If actors prefer to submit an audition tape instead of auditioning in person, actors may submit tapes by emailing them to [email protected]. All tapes must be received by 5:00 PM CT on Saturday, May 18.

OTHER
AmericanBluesTheater.com

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.

SEEKING
Equity actors for available roles in American Blues Theater 2024-2025 season, including understudies for all roles in the season (see breakdown).

American Blues Theater is committed to diverse and inclusive casting.

PREPARATION
Please prepare one monologue of your choice. The monologue should be between 1 - 2 minutes. If you play a musical instrument, you are welcome to bring it and play a short (1 – 2 minute) selection to demonstrate your skill. We have a piano on-site that you may use. There is no accompanist provided.

BREAKDOWN

Misery
By William Goldman
Based on the novel by Stephen King
Directed by Halena Kays
First rehearsal: August 28, 2024
First preview: September 20, 2024
Opening: September 26, 2024
Contemplated closing: October 26, 2024

Pre-cast. No roles available.

Characters:
Annie Wilkes: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Female. 40s-60s.
Paul Sheldon: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]. Male. 40s-60s.
Buster: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Male. 30s-50s.

It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
Directed by Gwendolyn Whiteside
Music Directed by Michael Mahler
First rehearsal: TBD
First preview: November 29, 2024
Opening: December 1, 2024
Contemplated closing: December 22, 2024

Pre-cast remount. No roles available.

Characters:
George Bailey: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Male. 30s-40s.
Mary Bailey: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Female. 30s-40s.
Harry Bailey: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Male. 20s-30s.
Violet: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Female. 20s-30s.
Mr. Potter / Clarence: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Male. 50s-60s.
Joseph: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Male. 40s-50s.
Announcer: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Any gender. Any age.
Foley: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] Any gender. Any age.

Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues
By Charles Smith
Directed by Chuck Smith
First rehearsal: TBD
First preview: May 23, 2025
Opening: May 29, 2025
Contemplated closing: June 29, 2025

Characters:
Pompey: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] White male, early 80s. Retired vaudevillian who was marginally successful before the advent of the talking picture show. He now lives in a small studio and is dependent on social security. His independence and his friendship with Ollie, his partner for the past sixty-five years, are the only two things important to him.

Ollie: White male, early 80s. Recently deceased, retired vaudevillian who played the circuit with Pompey but never took comedy very seriously. He appears in this story, not as an apparition, but as a man, as he was before he died.

Marsha: [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST] White woman, early to mid 40s. Pompey's daughter, a social worker who has taken on the quixotic task of trying to control an uncontrollable world.

J’Taurius: Also known as Jet, African American male, mid-teens. His life has taught him to be suspicious of everyone and everything. All he wants is to be a kid, but he already carries far more responsibility than any person in his age should be asked to shoulder.

SALARY

CAT $540 weekly minimum (Tier 2)

UNION

AEA