Northlight Theatre
Skokie, IL

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

REVISED

Updated Personnel.

AUDITION DATE

Monday, April 28, 2025

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

AND

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

Breaks: 11:00-11:30pm, lunch break 2:00-3:00pm, 4:00-4:30pm

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$800 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for all shows in 2025-26 season (see breakdown).

NOTES: Northlight Theatre is interested in seeing all actors at this EPA: actors of any race, gender, age and ability are encouraged to audition, regardless of the character descriptions for the plays in our upcoming season.

It is the intention of Northlight Theatre to understudy all Equity roles with non-union actors.

PREPARATION

Northlight would like to see actors perform a monologue of their choice that is no more than two minutes in length.

LOCATION

Northlight Theatre

9501 Skokie Blvd

Skokie, IL 60077-1314

Location is accessible. Limited parking available on site.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Associate Artistic Director/Northlight Casting

Associate: Georgette Verdin

Casting Director: Claire Simon, CSA

See production-specific personnel in breakdown.

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown.

OTHER

northlight.org

This EPA will service all shows for our 2025-26 season. Scripts will be available at Northlight.

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

NORTHLIGHT THEATRE BREAKDOWNS:

THE FIRST LADY OF TELEVISION by James Sherman (World Premiere) - Character descriptions as detailed by the playwright

Directed by BJ Jones

1st Rehearsal-on or about 8/12/25

1st Preview-9/4/25

Opening-9/11/25

Closing-10/5/25

Extension Closing-10/12/25

GERTRUDE BERG (Also plays Molly) Female, 50ish, Jewish-PRECAST

ELI MINTZ (Also plays David) Male, 40s, Jewish-PRECAST

ARLENE McQUADE (Also plays Rosalie) Female, early 20s, Christian-PRECAST

LARRY ROBINSON (Also plays Sammy) Male, early 20s, Christian-PRECAST

PHILIP LOEB (Also plays Jake) Male, 50ish, Jewish-PRECAST

WALTER HART (The Director) Male, 40s, Christian-PRECAST

GASLIGHT by Steven Dietz, based on the original play by Patrick Hamilton - character descriptions as detailed by playwright

Directed by Jessica Thebus

1st Rehearsal- 11/4/25

1st Preview-11/28/25

Opening-12/4/25

Closing-12/28/25

Extension Closing-1/4/26

MRS. MANNINGHAM (BELLA) – Thirty-five, attractive, attentive, unsettled-PRECAST

MR. MANNINGHAM (JACK) – Forty-five, charming, handsome, secretive-PRECAST

ELIZABETH – Fifties, the senior maid, stout, direct, loyal.

NANCY – Nineteen, the young maid, pretty, sassy, bold.

SERGEANT ROUGH – Sixties, British accent, buoyant, clever, relentless-PRECAST

TWO POLICE OFFICERS-SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRAS / PAID HOURLY

MARY JANE by Amy Herzog - character descriptions as detailed by playwright

Directed by Georgette Verdin

1st Rehearsal-12/30/25

1st Preview-1/22/26

Opening-1/29/26

Closing-2/22/26

Extension Closing-N/A

MARY JANE – a woman in her thirties

RUTHIE/TENKEI-A building Superintendent, A Buddhist Nun, sixties or seventies

SHERRY/DR. TOROS-A nurse, A Pediatric Intensivist, forties or fifties

BRIANNE/CHAYA- A Facebook friend, A Hasidic Woman, thirties or early forties

AMELIA/CAT -Sherry's niece, A music therapist, twenties

THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR by Paul Slade Smith - character descriptions as detailed by playwright

Directed by Linda Fortunato

1st Rehearsal-On or about 3/17/26

1st Preview-4/9/26

Opening-4/16/26

Closing-5/10/26

Extension Closing-5/17/26

CHARLOTTE SANDERS, a successful Broadway playwright: quick-witted; resourceful; optimistic; the engine of our play, female, 50s to early 70s-DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS

OLIVER ADAMS, a young novelist: naive; sincere; a romantic, with both the brilliant mind and unwary heart of a poet male, early- to mid-20s-DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS

ARTHUR SANDERS, Charlotte's husband and co-playwright: a pessimist to her optimist, who delights in being her foil; a skilled writer of quips, both on the page and in life, male, 50s to early 70s-DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS

OLGA, the Housekeeper: a nebulous Eastern European accent, from the Old Country; a proudly uncaring, unhelpful servant; intimidating, if not frightening, female, 40s to 70s-DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS

MARGOT BELL, a Broadway singer and actress: easily cast as the sweet and beautiful ingenue, but realizing she's wiser and stronger than the characters she plays, female, mid-20s to early 30s-DIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS

VICTOR PRATT, a Broadway leading man - and an idiot: impressively self-involved; the handsomest, sexiest, manliest man on Broadway, according to him; always a beat behind, male, mid-30s to 40sDIRECT OFFER IN PROCESS

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep $800 weekly minimum (LORT D)

UNION

AEA