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Steppenwolf Theatre Company 2023-24 Season - Chicago EPA
Steppenwolf Theatre Company | Chicago, IL
AUDITION DATE
Thursday, February 9, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Break: 1:00 - 2:00pm
CONTRACT
CAT
$1017 weekly minimum (Tier 6)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2023-24 Season (see breakdown). Steppenwolf Theatre Company is committed to creating an organization that deeply values and draws strength from the various stories and storytellers that make up our society.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 60-90 second contemporary monologue.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661
PERSONNEL
JC Clementz, Casting Director
Bryar Barborka, Casting Associate
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal of Season: August 15, 2023
Last Closing of Season: July 21, 2024.
See full production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.steppenwolf.org
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.
BREAKDOWN
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical
mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas
are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the
extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and
dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 45 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 35 individuals at a time.
ALL ROLES IN THE SEASON WILL BE UNDERSTUDIED.
Subscription Series Play 1 & Steppenwolf for Young Adults Play 1
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Design Run – Thursday, September 7, 2023
Preview – Thursday, September 14, 2023
Opening – Saturday, September 23, 2023
Closing – Sunday, November 11, 2023
Pos. Ext. – Saturday, December 18, 2023
Characters:
G: 18+ female to play high school age; Brought to the United States as a young child; Americanized
mouth; Youthful vulnerability without sentimentality; Working class; Relationship with B feels like
siblings, and someone she needs, but eventually shifts; Country of origin is unknown, but character
identifies as non-white; could be Black, Latinx (Mexican or Central American), Asian, Filipina, South
Asian – someone who does not benefit from white privilege.
B: 18+ male to play high school age; Brought to the United States as a young child; Americanized
mouth; youthful vulnerability without sentimentality; Working class; Relationship to G” feels like
siblings; he's a protector but has a softness. The country of origin is unknown, but the character
identifies as non-white; could be Black, Latinx (Mexican or Central American), Asian, Filipino, or South
Asian – someone who does not benefit from white privilege.
Henry: 19-25 male; A first-generation American born to immigrant parents; Loves B” and is fiercely
protective of him; Distrusts G”; As he is slightly older, he brings stability, but he still has a youthful
nature. The country of origin is unknown, but the character identifies as non-white; could be Black,
Latinx (Mexican or Central American), Asian, Filipino, South Asian, – someone who does not benefit
from white privilege.
Subscription Series Play 2
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Design Run – Thursday, October 19, 2023
First Preview – Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Opening – Sunday, November 5, 2023
Closing – Sunday, December 3, 2023
Pos. Ext. – Saturday, December 23, 2023
Characters:
HARRIET – The President’s chief of staff. Any ethnicity, 30s-60s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking
hilarious.
JEAN – The President’s press secretary. Any ethnicity, 30s-60s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking
hilarious.
STEPHANIE – The President’s secretary. Any ethnicity, 30s-70s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking
hilarious.
DUSTY – The President’s dalliance. Any ethnicity, 20s-30s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking hilarious.
BERNADETTE – The President’s sister. White, 30s-60s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking hilarious.
CHRIS – A journalist. Black 20s-60s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking hilarious.
MARGARET – The President’s wife. The First Lady Black 30s-60s Female. Fast, fierce, and fucking
hilarious.
Subscription Series Play 3
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Design Run – Thursday, March 7, 2024
First Preview – Thursday, March 14, 2024
Opening – Sunday, March 24, 2024
Closing – Sunday, April 21, 2024
Pos. Ext. - Sunday, May 12, 2024
Characters:
Solomon “Sunny” Jasper: [THIS ROLE IS CAST] Black male, 60s, patriarch, a key figure in the student
protest wing of the American civil rights movement who went on to become a highly visible politician, spokesman, and religious leader during the latter half of the twentieth century.
Claudine Jasper: Black female, 60s, Wife of Sunny.
Solomon “Junior” Jasper Jr.: [THIS ROLE IS CAST] Black male, 40s, Sunny and Claudine’s eldest son
and Sunny’s namesake, also a politician, has returned from prison, where he was serving time for
white-collar crimes.
Nazareth “Naz” Jasper: [THIS ROLE IS CAST] Black male, 30s, Sunny and Claudine’s youngest son,
who lives in Seattle and works in tech, has dropped in to participate in the homecoming of his brother
Morgan Jasper: [THIS ROLE IS CAST] Black female, 40s, Married to Junior. About to go to prison for
the white-collar crimes of which her husband was also convicted
Angela Houston: [THIS ROLE IS CAST] Black female, 30s, friend of Naz’s who gave him a ride. And
who may be something more to him.
Steppenwolf for Young Adults Play 1
First Rehearsal – Monday, January 8, 2024
Design Run – Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Preview – Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Opening – Saturday, February 10, 2024
Closing – Saturday, March 2, 2024
Pos. Ext. - Saturday, March 9, 2024
Characters:
Soledad: 20s, Mexican American, Character identifies as female
Manuel Vargas late 30s - 40s, Mexican American, Character identifies as male, Soledad’s father.
Abrana Vargas late 30s - 40s, Mexican American, Character identifies as female, Soledad’s mother.
Frank/Male Conductor: 30s - 70s, white, Character identifies as male
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Coyotl/Syera Loma: Any Age, Latinx, Character identifies as female or non-binary
Subscription Series Play 4
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Design Run – Thursday, April 18, 2024
First Preview – Thursday, April 25, 2024
Opening – Sunday, May 5, 2024
Closing – Sunday, June 2, 2024
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, June 23, 2024
Characters:
Logan: Female, 30s-40s. Caucasian looking, the director as well as an actor. Earnest about theater
and doing the right thing, but wants everyone to feel part of the collaboration so much that it derails
the actual play.
Caden: Male, 30s-50s. Caucasian looking, the academic. Teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School
System with dramatic aspirations but no clue how things work on stage.
Jaxton: Male, 30-40s. Caucasian looking, the LA surfer actor. Politically correct to a fault, a big one. He’s that guy everyone loves, but his logical PC thinking takes weird turns.
Alicia: Female, 20s-early 30s. brunette Caucasian but has looks that would have been cast as ethnic
in 1950’s movies. Looks like she’s from Los Angeles. Not bright. That actress whose every script note
ends with her being allocated more lines.
Subscription Series Play 5
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Design Run – Thursday, June 6, 2024
First Preview – Thursday, June 13, 2024
Opening – Sunday, June 23, 2024
Closing – Sunday, July 21, 2024
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, July 28, 2024
Characters:
Seeking diverse actors (age/gender/ethnicity) for a new play that is currently being written.
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