Curious Theatre Company | Denver, CO
REVISED
Personnel updated. Josh Hartwell added.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
1:00 PM - 8:30 PM (M)
BREAK: 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please reach out to
auditons@curioustheatre.org to schedule a live, in-person appointment. Sorry, no video submissions.
SPT
$564 weekly minimum (SPT 4)
Equity actors for roles in Curious Theatre's 2025-2026 Season (see breakdown). Curious Theatre Company is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in casting. We welcome actors of all ages, races, ethnicities, body types, gender identities, sexual orientations, and physical abilities.
While many roles in our season were originally written with binary pronouns (he/him, she/her), we strongly encourage gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to audition for the roles that resonate most with them. Curious Theatre Company is dedicated to fostering a welcoming and thoughtful casting experience.
Please prepare 2 short, contrasting contemporary monologues, not to exceed 3 minutes in total.
Curious Theatre Company
1080 Acoma St
Denver, CO 80204-4035
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Jada S. Dixon, Producing Artistic Director
Christy Montour-Larson, Artistic Producer
Josh Hartwell, the director of JOB
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
www.curioustheatre.org
Season Auditions will be held live and in person. No video submissions will be accepted.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Christy Montour-Larson
First Rehearsal: August 11/12, 2025
Previews: September 4 – 5, 2025
Opening: September 6, 2025
Closing: October 5, 2025
DON: Early 60s. White. Head of school. A calming presence.
SUZANNE: Mid-50s. White. Warm and gracious.
CARINA: Early 40s, Black or biracial. A joiner.
MEIKO: Mid-30s, Biracial Japanese/White (describes herself as Hapa). Wry sense of humor.
ELI: Mid-30s, White. Jewish or half-Jewish. Oblivious but well-meaning.
by Max Wolf Friedlich
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: October 13/14, 2025
Previews: November 6 – 7, 2025
Opening: November 8, 2025
Closing: December 7, 2025
JANE: Female, 25-30, white, young professional living in the Bay Area, knows how to dress to fit in, “self-aware” to a fault, wouldn’t be out of place at SoulCycle.
LOYD: Male, 60’s or older, white, lived in the West Bay his whole life, rocks a hippie-adjacent sort of look, has a high opinion of himself, wouldn’t be out of place at a Grateful Dead show.
by Sharyn Rothstein
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: December 15/16, 2026
Previews: January 8-9, 2026
Opening: January 10, 2026
Closing: February 1, with possible extension to February 22, 2026
THE LIBRARIAN: female or female-identifying. Any age over 35. A person who might have lived in a city, or thought she'd live in a city, or did live in a city until life happened. Funny with a side of sly. Smart without question. A woman who loves what she does, most of the time.
THE MOTHER: female, late 30s - 50s. A Woman Who Cares. Who has lived a surprising amount of life. More layered than she appears, than she's allowed to be, or than she chooses to reveal. Genuinely religious. A woman who loves her children, all of the time.
THE MANAGER: played by the same actress as The Librarian. A middle manager on her way to the next level. Corporate Material. Compulsively inarticulate, often interrupting herself. Not a word person. Something surprising and almost violent dressed in management training. A woman who loves her job. And her fish.
THE EDITOR: played by the same actress as The Librarian and The Manager. Another mother. A different mother. A hugger. A woman who loves a good book. A woman who wants to help.
by L. M. Feldman
Directed by Christy Montour-Larson
First Rehearsal: February 9/10, 2026
Previews: March 5 - 6, 2026
Opening: March 7, 2026
Closing: April 4/5, 2026
NOTE: Deaf/hard of hearing actors, and CODA actors are encouraged to audition.
EVAN: A writer in her mid 30s-late 40s. Hearing – only speaks.
EVAN’S CHORUS: Might be Evan’s inspired writer-self. ASL-fluent – only signs.
CHAP: A visual artist & chef in her mid 30s-late 40s. Hard-of-hearing but doesn’t identify as it; ASL-proficient – both speaks and signs.
CHAP’S CHORUS: Might be Chap’s candor & instinct. ASL-fluent – both speaks and signs.
ANA: A café owner & chef in her late 30s-late 40s. Deaf – ASL-fluent – only signs.
ANA’S CHORUS: Might be Ana’s vulnerability or former/future self. Hearing – nearly always speaks.
PETER: A composer in his mid 30s-late 40s. Hearing – nearly always speaks.
PETER’S CHORUS: Might be Peter’s id, intuition, impulse. ASL-fluent – only signs.
by a.k. payne
Directed by Jada S. Dixon
First Rehearsal: April 13/14, 2026
Previews: April 30 – May 1, 2025
Opening: May 2, 2026
Closing: May 31, 2026
MINA: Whose name means ‘love,’ an only child, a cousin, born 1991, mid 20s-mid 30s, moves with the illusion of having everything under control, cares deeply, radical, yet to find her truest self (on the verge of this), the responsible one, grounded with expensive taste, has forgotten the sound of her own laugh, feels where she’s been under her skin but cannot show it, a Black girl becoming grown, perhaps a woman dreaming towards more true language.
SADE: Whose name means ‘honor earns a crown’ or ‘rain,’ Mina calls her ‘de,’ an only child, a cousin, born 1991, mid 20s-30s, quick-wit, infinite sense of humor and self, cares deeply for her communities, a dreamer, logical and calculating, has a very clear map to freedom, has grown up in prison, tough edges: seemingly unshakable, infinitely tender, rocked in instances of injustice. At the start of the play, she has convinced herself that by blood she has no family, feels where she’s been with every breath, has learned to be very loud when she can, a Black girl becoming grown, perhaps a woman dreaming towards more true language.
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