WHERE WE STAND Equity Principal Actors - Allied Theatre Group Inc Auditions

WHERE WE STAND - Fort Worth, TX EPA

Allied Theatre Group Inc | Fort Worth, TX

LOCATION

Stage West Theatre
821 W Vickery Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76104-1144

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Director: Akin Babatunde
Music Supervisor: Sheilah Walker
Executive Producer: Dana Schultes
Associate Producer: Garret Storms
DTC Interim Artistic Director: Jonathan Norris

OTHER DATES

Callbacks - July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
See breakdown for further details regarding dates.

OTHER

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

AUDITION DATE

Friday, July 25, 2025
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (C)

APPOINTMENTS

To make an appointment, please sign up at
https://tinyurl.com/seafhwpz

CONTRACT

SPT
$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in WHERE WE STAND (see breakdown).
This is a co-production with Stage West and Dallas Theater Center.
Actors of all ethnicities and gender identities encouraged to submit. In reference to the character descriptions below — most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following descriptions. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. Let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide (Language developed by Kevin Kantor and Emily Tarquin from the Actors Theatre of Louisville).

PREPARATION

Provided sides/cuts can be found at
stagewest.org/auditions. Sides will be provided at the audition. Script is available at the Box Office at Stage West. Hours are Tues - Fri 10am-5PM, Sat 12-5PM. NOTE: Please bring a short song selection in the style of gospel, blues, or a hymn. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

BREAKDOWN

WHERE WE STAND

DATES:

Rehearsals at Stage West (821 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76104)
Begin Monday, January 5, 2026.
Rehearsal times at Stage West are Mondays through Fridays 6:30-10:30 PM, and Saturdays 1:00-9:30 PM and Sundays OFF.
Performances at Stage West (821 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76104)
Thursday, January 29, 2026 through Sunday, February 15, 2026 at Stage West
[Note: performances will be Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM, and Sundays at 2:00 PM].
[NOTE: It is possible that performances may be added, either within the run dates or via an extension through Saturday, February 21. If this were to occur, company members would be notified and compensated accordingly.]

Rehearsals at Dallas Theater Center (Bryant Hall, 3400 Blackburn St, Dallas, TX 75219)
Tech/Dress rehearsals February 20-26, 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Performances at Dallas Theater Center (Bryant Hall, 3400 Blackburn St, Dallas, TX 75219)
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 through Sunday March 15, with a possible extension through Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Dallas Theater Center/Bryant Hall.
Performances are Tuesdays-Sundays at 7:30 PM and Saturdays-Sundays at 2:00 PM

SYNOPSIS

Your town stands at a crossroads. A neighbor — desperate and out of options — has struck a dangerous bargain. Now, their fate lies in your hands. In this interactive play presented as a town hall gathering, the audience must choose: mercy or justice? Broadway actor and Dallas legend Liz Mikel plays a lone storyteller who weaves a world through music and magic - part fable, part call-and-response. The future of the town - and the fate of a soul - hang in the balance. This isn't a game. It’s your choice.

NOTE: Throughout the piece there are named townspeople (i.e Sarah, Davey, Doc Humphrey etc.). These are audience members meant to be cast by the MAN in real time. They aren’t required to do anything more than be present as the MAN inhabits their body/character in the storytelling. Others are nameless, but their language is quoted. They require the same level of real time audience casting and physical/vocal embodiment by the MAN.

SEEKING:

PLEASE NOTE: The role of MAN has been cast. Seeking UNDERSTUDY for the role of MAN.
UNDERSTUDY will have at least one guaranteed performance.

MAN (short for Everyman), (cast / seeking UNDERSTUDY) - Black; any gender, any age; A storyteller, host, and narrator. Honest and humble - astonishingly vulnerable, generous, and virtuosic - a warm gravitas. Shares their story (or conversation) directly with the audience, a community. At the end of a journey and at its very beginning. Able to own and amplify lyrical and poetic language. Able to lead in songs and call and response with the audience.

From the playwright: “Play MAN with your body and your complete self. Do not play the character as a masculine gendered person if that is not who you are. The play requires yourself to be the self that embodies the story. Invite your unique YOU-ness to the space and make no alterations or adjustments toward the idea of gender beyond the situation of the play.”