Auditions

2025-26 Season General Auditions

Equity/Non-Union

IN PERSON AUDITIONS
June 11 – 13, 2025
9:00a to 5:00p
(Lunch 1:00p to 2:00p)
at
Actors’ Equity Association
557 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60661 

DIGITAL AUDITION SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE: Midnight the evening of June 14, 2025
See INSTRUCTIONS Section below for submission details. 

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in A Red Orchid Theatre’s 2025 – 2026 Season (see breakdown).
Actors of all ages, identities, ethnicities, and genders, as well as artists with disabilities for A Red Orchid Theatre’s 2025/26 Season. See BREAKDOWNS section below for specific roles and dates. All roles will be understudied, and submissions may also be considered for understudy roles.

CONTRACT TYPE

Union: CAT $389 weekly minimum (tier 2) – increase to $398 weekly minimum on 10/6/2025
Non-Union: $218 weekly

INSTRUCTIONS/PREPARATION FOR IN-PERSON AUDITION

Please prepare one (1) contemporary monologue no more than two (2) minutes in length. We may or may not ask you for 2nd monologue if needed or as time permits. Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together.

INSTRUCTIONS/PREPARATION FOR DIGITAL AUDITION SUBMISSION FOR THOSE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON

Please prepare and self-tape one (1) contemporary monologue no more than two (2) minutes in length. Self-tapes should be submitted as links. YouTube Unlisted Links or Vimeo Links are preferred. Please make sure anyone with the link may view. Self-tapes submitted with passwords or other restrictions may not be considered.

Submit self-tapes via this Google Form (copy and paste the link to access): https://forms.gle/W5sEPxNmhhidQtcEA

No emailed self-tapes, please.

The DEADLINE for self-tapes is: Midnight the evening of June 14, 2025 

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director, Kirsten Fitzgerald
Associate Artistic Director, Travis A. Knight
Casting, Kyle Stoffers
Director of VEAL/Ensemble Member, dado

BREAKDOWNS

VEAL – World Premiere
Written by Jojo Jones
Directed by Ensemble Member dado
October 2 – November 9, 2025
SYNOPSIS: Following a violent coup, a young woman named Chelsea becomes Queen of North America. Into her new palace walk three friends from middle school with whom she hasn’t spoken in years. They’ve come to ask Chelsea for a big favor, but before she grants it, she’s going to make them revisit their shared friendship.

SEEKING:

  • FRANNY: Late 20s/ Early 30s, tall, any ethnicity
  • LULU: Late 20s/ Early 30s, short, any ethnicity
  • NOA: Late 20s/ Early 30s, in the middle, any ethnicity
  • CHELSEA: Late 20s/ Early 30s, current Queen of North America, any ethnicity
  • UNNAMED MALE CONCUBINE: Late 20s/ Early 30s, always around, any ethnicity

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA – Chicago Premiere
Written by Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by Artistic Director and Ensemble Member Kirsten Fitzgerald
January 15 – February 22, 2026
SYNOPSIS: John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Relationships begin and end. Children grow up and parents age. The climate and the world change in small and vast ways. BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA takes a close look at the relationship of a father and daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.
SEEKING:
  • JOHN: ALREADY CAST, SEEKING UNDERSTUDY, 50s, A scientist and avid birder. Ages throughout the play from his late 50s to late 60s. White, probably.
  • CAITLYN: 30s to 40s, A copy editor for a conservative news outlet. Ages throughout the play from her late 20s to her late 30s. John’s daughter. White or multi-ethnic.

 

THE TARGETED – World Premiere

Written by Hanna Kime
Directed by Grace Dolezal-Ng
April 23 – May 31, 2026
SYNOPSIS: Welcome to the Unity and Hope Conference. A gathering of the most persecuted, tortured, and misunderstood people in the entire world. The call themselves Targeted Individuals and they are the victims of a vast and covert program of systemic torture, surveillance, and harassment by global intergovernmental powers. Over the course of this weekend in the woods, they will discuss strategies to take down the deep state, bring awareness to their plight, and, despite their suffering, stay human.
SEEKING:
  • MIA: Intense in a Type-A way, BIPOC, 20s to 30s, she/her
  • ERIC: The youngest, Sweet, Gullible, BIPOC, 20s to 30s, he/him
  • JEFF: ALREADY CAST, SEEKING UNDERSTUDY, Earnest, Terrifying, White, 50s, he/him
  • RHONDA: ALREADY CAST, SEEKING UNDERSTUDY, Intense in a concerning way, any race, 40s to 50s, she/her
  • SHERRY: ALREADY CAST, SEEKING UNDERSTUDY, Minivan mom, Lilly Pulitzer, Chardonnay, any race, 30s to 40s, she/her
  • DIDI: ALREADY CAST, SEEKING UNDERSTUDY, The oldest, The Kindest, any race, 50+, she/her

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NOTES: 

An Equity monitor will be provided.
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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.

If you have difficulty filling out the Google Form, please email casting@aredorchidtheatre.org for assistance. Otherwise, no emails or calls, please.