Auditions

Speakeasy holds auditions by appointment for upcoming projects.

Our 2025 EPAs (Equity Principal Auditions) will be held
June 18, 2025 – 10am-6pm – PLAYS
June 19, 2025 – 10am-3pm – MUSICALS
June 20, 2025 – 10am-6pm – MUSICALS

Show-specific callbacks will follow.

Auditions will take place in person. Auditions should be no longer than 5 minutes. Actors may perform one or two monologues, 1-2 short cuts of contrasting contemporary songs, a piece from the season’s plays, or any combination of the performer’s choice (that fits within the designated time). A reader will not be provided at the EPA.

While Artistic Director Dawn M. Simmons and Director of Artistic Programs Alex Lonati will be present at all dates, there will be a focus on the season plays on June 18th and a focus on the season musicals June 19-20th. An accompanist will be available for the latter two dates.

To request an appointment, please email auditions@speakeasystage.com with your full name, pronouns, Equity status, and contact information. Please also include your complete availability during the entire audition window.

Please note – only members of AEA will be guaranteed a slot. Non-union actors will be placed on a waitlist.

Auditions will take place in Studio 204, which is located on the second floor of the Artists’ Studios Building and does not have an elevator. All efforts were made to book an accessible location for this audition.

If the inaccessibility of this location prevents you from attending, we will happily accept a video submission.

If you have any other questions, please email auditions@speakeasystage.com.

SpeakEasy Stage Company seeks to foster an environment of communication, safety, respect, accountability, and the health, safety, and well- being of institutions and its
participants.

Actors of all identities are encouraged to audition, particularly actors of color and actors of all gender identities. SpeakEasy Stage Company shall conduct all auditions/interviews in a manner that promotes fair consideration to persons of all races, ethnicities, national origins, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and ability statuses. SpeakEasy Stage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.

2025-26 SEASON

PRIMARY TRUST
By Eboni Booth
Directed by Dawn Meredith Simmons
Rehearsals begin August 18, 2025
Performances: September 12 – October 11, 2025

LIZARD BOY
By Justin Huertas
Director TBA
Rehearsals begin September 29, 2025
Performances: October 24 – November 22, 2025 (possible ext. through 11/30)

JOB
By Max Wolf Friedlich
Directed by Marianna Bassham
Rehearsals begin December 26, 2025
Performances: January 16 – February 7, 2026

THE ANTIQUITIES
By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Alex Lonati
Rehearsals begin February 9, 2026
Performances: March 6 – 28, 2026

SWEPT AWAY
Book by John Logan, Music & Lyrics by the Avett Brothers
Director TBA
Rehearsals begin March 30, 2026
Performances: April 24 – May 23, 2026

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CASTING BREAKDOWN BY SHOW

PRIMARY TRUST

KENNETH: Male. Late 30s. Black. A gentle soul with a vivid imagination. Has a desire for a life bigger than the one he’s living, but a fear of the unknown keeps him sheltered.

BERT. Male. Late 30s to early 40s. Black. Kenneth’s best friend. Solid and steady, has a practical way of looking at the world. 

CORRINA. Female. 30s to 40s. Black. A waitress who befriends Kenneth. Smart and not concerned with other people’s opinions, she has a sense of humor and marches to the beat of her own drum. Will double in the roles of WALLY’S WAITER, and BANK CUSTOMERS.

CLAY / SAM / LE POUSSELET BARTENDER. Male. 50s to 60s. Any race. CLAY: A former college football champion who worries that his best days are behind him. SAM: Gruff owner of the town bookstore.

LIZARD BOY

TREVOR. Male. 25. Non-White. Reclusive and neurotic singer-songwriter and sketch artist whose youthful, sometimes naive optimism masks his pain. Has green lizard skin. Tenor. Plays cello, guitar, ukulele.

CARY. Male. Late 20s. White. Charismatic and confident singer-songwriter whose goofiness makes him charming and whose emotional literacy makes him sexy AF. Baritenor. Plays advanced guitar, ukulele, piano, glockenspiel, also able to beatbox.

SIREN. Female. 25. Any race. Magnetic and weird singer-songwriter, first jaded and resigned, but below the surface, a terrifying drive is simmering. Mezzo soprano / rock belter. Plays basic piano, basic guitar, ukulele, melodica, various percussion instruments.

JOB

*JANE. Female. 25-30. White. A 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. 60s or older. White. Has lived in the East 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.

*This role has been cast.

THE ANTIQUITIES

W1. Female. 30s-40s. ​​Cerebral, charismatic. A wide range of characters from a 19th century aristocrat to a working-class mom in the ‘80s.

W2. Female. 30s-40s. Comedic. A wide range of characters, from a 19th century young woman in one scene to a very modern, ambitious LA novelist in another scene.

W3. Female. 30s-50. Poised, funny, capable of being severe.

W4. Female. 25-35. Has a youthful quality but also some grit/edge. A high school student in one scene and a fearless resistance fighter in another scene.

M1. Male. 30-40. A wide range of characters, from a 21st century tech bro to a 19th century Romantic poet. Able to bring a playful, modern sensibility to the 19th century scenes. 

M2. Male. 30-40. A wide range of characters, from a 21st century tech bro to a 19th century Romantic poet. Able to bring a playful, modern sensibility to the 19th century scenes.

M3. Male. Late 30 to late 50s. Paternal, warm, dignified. Has a serious, upright quality but able to find dry humor in unusual places.

M4. Male. 30-40. His most important role is Stuart — A quirky, visionary, endearing young engineer, damaged but open-hearted.

BOY. 10-14. Plays a range of pre-adolescent boys, from 1910 to the future. Quick, sharp, sensitive, funny, and above all real.

Note: Despite character descriptions existing on the binary, actors of all genders encouraged to audition.

SWEPT AWAY

LITTLE BROTHER. A country boy, he runs off to the whaler ship to escape the mundane routine of living on a farm. A young man in search of adventure.

BIG BROTHER. A responsible man, who follows his little brother to the sea to keep him focused on God and away from trouble on the ship. A man of faith determined to protect his younger sibling.

MATE. Accustomed to life on a ship, he is second-mate to the captain and has a troubled history. A sailor with a ne’er-do-well charm.

CAPTAIN. Angry and mysterious, he understands a captain must be ready to go down with his ship. A seasoned, no-nonsense seafarer.

ENSEMBLE: Male, 30s-late 40s. Sailors on a whaling ship in the late 1800s.