Jack Ludwig
Playing age: late 20s-mid 30s
He/him; Jewish army doctor stationed in Oregon during WWII, initially reserved and more comfortable with facts than feelings, later revealing warmth and wit.
Oil Lamp Theater
Dear Jack, Dear Louise
Audition · Glenview
Apply by
No deadline listed
How to audition
Online form
The role
Who they’re looking for
Local hires only.
Louise Rabiner
Playing age: mid 20s-early 30s
She/her; Jewish aspiring actress and dancer in NYC; bold, confident, funny, and deeply vulnerable.
- dancing
Playing age, Equity, understudy… what do these mean?
Playing age is how old a character appears, which may differ from your own age. Equity is the actors’ union; check each theatre’s eligibility rules. An understudy learns a role to perform when the main actor is unavailable.
The commitment
What does it pay?
Actor compensation is $1,200, including a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance for 35 performances. Understudy compensation is $530 including one guaranteed performance; each additional show performed pays $30.
Contract: Non-Equity
Dates & location
Auditions
Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026
Initial auditions will be invite-only at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview on Sunday, October 4, 2026 beginning at 7pm; the audition listing gives 7-10pm.
Callbacks
Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026
Callbacks are by invitation only and will be held in person on Sunday, October 11, 2026 beginning at 7pm.
Rehearsals
Dec 7, 2026
Rehearsals begin Monday, December 7 and are typically held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings from 7:00-10:00pm and Saturdays from 10:00am-1:00pm until tech. There will be no rehearsals 12/20/26-1/8/27.
Technical rehearsals
Feb 6, 2027
Tech begins on Saturday, February 6.
Performances
Feb 12, 2027 – Mar 21, 2027
Run: 2/12/27-3/21/2027. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30PM; Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm; select Wednesday performances at 11am and 3pm on February 17 and March 3, and at 7:30pm on February 24, March 10 and March 17.
Auditions location
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL 60025 Glenview
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Get ready
What to prepare
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Help with headshots, résumés, and self-tapes
A headshot is a clear photo of you. An acting résumé lists your performance experience and training. A self-tape is a recorded audition video. Sides are the short script excerpts the theatre asks you to perform. Follow this theatre’s specific instructions.
Your next step
How to apply
If interested and available, fill out the linked form. Oil Lamp Theater will contact you via email if interested in having you come in for an audition. Callbacks are by invitation only and in person.
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Before you apply
- The listing metadata gives the location as “Anywhere,” while the body identifies Glenview, IL as the audition location and says local hires only.
Full posting and updates
Elizabeth Mazur Levin, Oil Lamp Theater’s Artistic Director, will direct. The play follows WWII Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor in Oregon, and aspiring actress and dancer Louise Rabiner through their correspondence. Oil Lamp Theater does not provide housing. Understudies must attend a minimum of two rehearsals and one performance a week, as well as all tech rehearsals, dress rehearsals, and previews.
We last checked the posting on Sep 23, 2026. The theatre may have updated it since.
What changed?
Schedule · Sep 23, 2026
Description: Initial auditions will be INVITE ONLY and will be held at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview on Sunday, October 4, 2026 beginning at 7pm. (Posting field also states: Audition Date and Time: Sunday, October 4 from 7-10pm)
End: 2026-10-04
Kind: audition
Start: 2026-10-04
Description: Callbacks are by invitation only and will be held in person on Sunday, October 11, 2026 beginning at 7pm.
End: 2026-10-11
Kind: callback
Start: 2026-10-11
Description: Rehearsals will begin Monday, December 7 and are typically held from 7:00-10:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings and on Saturdays from 10:00am-1:00pm until tech which begins on Saturday, February 6. Note: There will be no rehearsals 12/20/26-1/8/27.
Kind: rehearsal
Start: 2026-12-07
Description: tech which begins on Saturday, February 6
Kind: tech
Start: 2027-02-06
Description: Run: 2/12/27-3/21/2027. Performances are: Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30PM; Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm; Select Wednesday performances: 11am and 3pm (February 17 and March 3); 7:30pm (February 24, March 10 and March 17).
End: 2027-03-21
Kind: performance
Start: 2027-02-12 → Description: Initial auditions will be invite-only at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview on Sunday, October 4, 2026 beginning at 7pm; the audition listing gives 7-10pm.
End: 2026-10-04
Kind: audition
Start: 2026-10-04
Description: Callbacks are by invitation only and will be held in person on Sunday, October 11, 2026 beginning at 7pm.
End: 2026-10-11
Kind: callback
Start: 2026-10-11
Description: Rehearsals begin Monday, December 7 and are typically held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings from 7:00-10:00pm and Saturdays from 10:00am-1:00pm until tech. There will be no rehearsals 12/20/26-1/8/27.
Kind: rehearsal
Start: 2026-12-07
Description: Tech begins on Saturday, February 6.
Kind: tech
Start: 2027-02-06
Description: Run: 2/12/27-3/21/2027. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30PM; Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm; select Wednesday performances at 11am and 3pm on February 17 and March 3, and at 7:30pm on February 24, March 10 and March 17.
End: 2027-03-21
Kind: performance
Start: 2027-02-12
Roles · Sep 23, 2026
Description: (he/him)- late 20s-mid 30s, Jewish, an army doctor stationed in Oregon during WWII. Jack is reserved and more comfortable initially with facts than feelings but later reveals warmth and wit.
Name: JACK LUDWIG
Playing age: late 20s-mid 30s
Status: open
Description: (she/her)-mid 20s-early 30s, Jewish, an aspiring actress and dancer in NYC. Louise is bold, confident, funny, and deeply vulnerable.
Name: LOUISE RABINER
Playing age: mid 20s-early 30s
Status: open → Description: He/him; Jewish army doctor stationed in Oregon during WWII, initially reserved and more comfortable with facts than feelings, later revealing warmth and wit.
Name: Jack Ludwig
Playing age: late 20s-mid 30s
Status: open
Description: She/her; Jewish aspiring actress and dancer in NYC; bold, confident, funny, and deeply vulnerable.
Name: Louise Rabiner
Playing age: mid 20s-early 30s
Skills: dancing
Status: open
Pay · Sep 23, 2026
Basis: total
Currency: USD
Description: $1,200 This includes a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance (35 performances total). Understudy compensation is $530 and includes one guaranteed performance, plus $30 per performance for each additional show performed.
Maximum: 1200
Minimum: 1200
Status: paid → Basis: total
Currency: USD
Description: Actor compensation is $1,200, including a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance for 35 performances. Understudy compensation is $530 including one guaranteed performance; each additional show performed pays $30.
Maximum: 1200
Minimum: 530
Status: paid
Pay · Sep 23, 2026
$1,200 total, which includes a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance (35 performances total). Understudy compensation is $530 including one guaranteed performance, plus $30 per performance for each additional show performed. → $1,200, including a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance for 35 performances; understudies receive $530 including one guaranteed performance, plus $30 for each additional show performed.
Locations · Sep 23, 2026
Address: 1723 Glenview Road
City: Glenview
Kind: audition
Name: Oil Lamp Theater → Address: 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL 60025
City: Glenview
Kind: audition
Name: Oil Lamp Theater
Eligibility · Sep 23, 2026
Initial auditions are invite only; interested and available actors fill out the form and the theatre contacts them by email if interested in having them come in for an audition. Callbacks are by invitation only. Local hires only; Oil Lamp Theater does not provide housing. → Local hires only.
How to apply · Sep 23, 2026
Instructions: If you are interested and available for this production, please fill out this form HERE. We will contact you via email if we are interested in having you come in for an audition.
Method: form
Link: https://airtable.com/appFvghCEh4ILI1ac/shrkm2xwRE8n0TkKU → Instructions: If interested and available, fill out the linked form. Oil Lamp Theater will contact you via email if interested in having you come in for an audition. Callbacks are by invitation only and in person.
Method: form
Link: https://airtable.com/appFvghCEh4ILI1ac/shrkm2xwRE8n0TkKU
Schedule · Sep 22, 2026
Description: Initial auditions will be INVITE ONLY and will be held at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview on Sunday, October 4, 2026 beginning at 7pm (Audition Date and Time: Sunday, October 4 from 7-10pm).
End: 2026-10-04
Kind: audition
Start: 2026-10-04
Description: Callbacks are by invitation only and will be held in person on Sunday, October 11, 2026 beginning at 7pm.
End: 2026-10-11
Kind: callback
Start: 2026-10-11
Description: Rehearsals will begin Monday, December 7 and are typically held from 7:00-10:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings and on Saturdays from 10:00am-1:00pm; no rehearsals 12/20/26-1/8/27.
Kind: rehearsal
Start: 2026-12-07
Description: tech which begins on Saturday, February 6
Kind: tech
Start: 2027-02-06
Description: Run: 2/12/27-3/21/2027. Performances are: Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30PM; Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm; Select Wednesday performances: 11am and 3pm (February 17 and March 3), 7:30pm (February 24, March 10 and March 17).
End: 2027-03-21
Kind: performance
Start: 2027-02-12 → Description: Initial auditions will be INVITE ONLY and will be held at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview on Sunday, October 4, 2026 beginning at 7pm. (Posting field also states: Audition Date and Time: Sunday, October 4 from 7-10pm)
End: 2026-10-04
Kind: audition
Start: 2026-10-04
Description: Callbacks are by invitation only and will be held in person on Sunday, October 11, 2026 beginning at 7pm.
End: 2026-10-11
Kind: callback
Start: 2026-10-11
Description: Rehearsals will begin Monday, December 7 and are typically held from 7:00-10:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings and on Saturdays from 10:00am-1:00pm until tech which begins on Saturday, February 6. Note: There will be no rehearsals 12/20/26-1/8/27.
Kind: rehearsal
Start: 2026-12-07
Description: tech which begins on Saturday, February 6
Kind: tech
Start: 2027-02-06
Description: Run: 2/12/27-3/21/2027. Performances are: Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30PM; Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm; Select Wednesday performances: 11am and 3pm (February 17 and March 3); 7:30pm (February 24, March 10 and March 17).
End: 2027-03-21
Kind: performance
Start: 2027-02-12
Roles · Sep 22, 2026
Description: (he/him) late 20s-mid 30s, Jewish, an army doctor stationed in Oregon during WWII. Jack is reserved and more comfortable initially with facts than feelings but later reveals warmth and wit.
Name: JACK LUDWIG
Playing age: late 20s-mid 30s
Status: open
Description: (she/her) mid 20s-early 30s, Jewish, an aspiring actress and dancer in NYC. Louise is bold, confident, funny, and deeply vulnerable.
Name: LOUISE RABINER
Playing age: mid 20s-early 30s
Status: open → Description: (he/him)- late 20s-mid 30s, Jewish, an army doctor stationed in Oregon during WWII. Jack is reserved and more comfortable initially with facts than feelings but later reveals warmth and wit.
Name: JACK LUDWIG
Playing age: late 20s-mid 30s
Status: open
Description: (she/her)-mid 20s-early 30s, Jewish, an aspiring actress and dancer in NYC. Louise is bold, confident, funny, and deeply vulnerable.
Name: LOUISE RABINER
Playing age: mid 20s-early 30s
Status: open
Pay · Sep 22, 2026
Basis: total
Currency: USD
Description: $1,200 total compensation, including a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance (35 performances total). Understudy compensation is $530 and includes one guaranteed performance; understudies are paid $30 per performance for each additional show performed.
Maximum: 1200
Minimum: 1200
Status: paid → Basis: total
Currency: USD
Description: $1,200 This includes a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance (35 performances total). Understudy compensation is $530 and includes one guaranteed performance, plus $30 per performance for each additional show performed.
Maximum: 1200
Minimum: 1200
Status: paid
Pay · Sep 22, 2026
$1,200 This includes a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance (35 performances total). Understudy compensation is $530 and includes one guaranteed performance, plus $30 per performance for each additional show performed. → $1,200 total, which includes a $150 rehearsal stipend and $30 per performance (35 performances total). Understudy compensation is $530 including one guaranteed performance, plus $30 per performance for each additional show performed.
Eligibility · Sep 22, 2026
Local hires only; Oil Lamp Theater does not provide housing. Initial auditions are invite only and callbacks are by invitation only. → Initial auditions are invite only; interested and available actors fill out the form and the theatre contacts them by email if interested in having them come in for an audition. Callbacks are by invitation only. Local hires only; Oil Lamp Theater does not provide housing.
How to apply · Sep 22, 2026
Instructions: If you are interested and available for this production, fill out the linked Airtable form. Oil Lamp Theater will contact you via email if they are interested in having you come in for an audition. Initial auditions and callbacks are by invitation only.
Method: form
Link: https://airtable.com/appFvghCEh4ILI1ac/shrkm2xwRE8n0TkKU → Instructions: If you are interested and available for this production, please fill out this form HERE. We will contact you via email if we are interested in having you come in for an audition.
Method: form
Link: https://airtable.com/appFvghCEh4ILI1ac/shrkm2xwRE8n0TkKU