Kurt Kwan and Sara Ochs in we, the invisibles by Susan Soon He Stanton, PlayLabs 2016. Photo by Paula Keller.
Please read the following carefully before requesting an audition.
If you are interested in scheduling an audition, please email casting@pwcenter.org with your availability, headshot, and resume. (If you have been involved with a Playwrights' Center workshop or have auditioned in the last two years, there is no need to audition this year.)
The Playwrights' Center develops 50-60 new plays each year, and seeks actors to participate in development workshops. After our general auditions, we will update our database of actors to be considered for workshops. We contact actors throughout the year to cast individual workshops. Most workshops are between 10-25 hour contracts. Almost all workshops are held on weekdays in the morning and afternoon. Please do not request an audition if you do not have daytime availability.
Both equity and non-equity actors are encouraged to audition.
If you would like to read the play that the excerpt is taken from, please email Julia at juliab@pwcenter.org.
PLEASE NOTE: These sides are for audition purposes only. None of the plays represented below will be workshopped this season. You are welcome to choose any of the following sides, even if they don't necessarily match your age, race, or gender. We will have printed copies available for you. Please choose one side to read—if you would like to choose a backup as well you may, in rare cases we may ask for another one.
EXCERPTS
These cuttings and full scripts are made available only for the purposes of Playwrights' Center auditions. No copying, sharing, or distributing is permitted.
THE VIRTUOUS FALL OF THE GIRLS FROM OUR LADY OF SORROWS
by Gina Femia
Role: Imogene - Female, teens
TAR AND FEATHER
by Kristin Idaszak
Role: Claudia - Female, 20s
ROMEO & NAOMI RAMIREZ
by Kathryn Walat
Role: Anna - Female, 20s
THE CLIMB
by C.A. Johnson
Role: Tiffany - Female, 30s
Full script not available
BE MEAN TO ME
by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
Role: Jean - Female, 20-30s
THIS PARTY SUCKS
by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
Role: Cleo - Female, 30s
ADY
by Rhiana Yazzie
Role: Adrienne - Female, 30s
ROOM ENOUGH (FOR US ALL)
by Daaimah Mubashshir
Role: Fatimah - Female, 40+
4 WOMEN
by Ariel Stess
Role: Barbara - Female, 40+
TINY HOUSES
by Stefanie Zadravec
Role: Yevhenia - Female, 50+
UNSEEN
by Mona Mansour
Role: Jane - Female, 50+
YOU MUST WEAR A HAT
Selections 1 & 2
by Courtney Meaker
Role: Tuesday - Any gender, any age
ALLOND(R)A
by Gina Femia
Role: Spider - Male, teens
SOMEWHERE
by Marisela Treviño Orta
Role: Alexander - Male, 20s
(W)HOLENESS
by Liliana Padilla
Role: Matt - Male, 20+
DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI
by Carlyle Brown
Role: Jimmy - Male, 20s
EDEN PRAIRIE, 1971
by Mat Smart
Role: Pete - Male, 20s
THE BANDAGED PLACE
by Harrison David Rivers
Role: Sam - Male, 20s-30s
YOGA PLAY
by Dipika Guha
Role: Fred - Male, 30s
COST OF LIVING
by Martyna Majok
Role: Eddie Torres - Male, 40+
THE BEST WE COULD (A FAMILY TRAGEDY)
by Emily Feldman
Role: Lou - Male, 50+
DANCE OF THE HOLY GHOSTS
by Marcus Gardley
Role: Oscar Clifton - Male, 50s+