Newsboy

Schedule · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 → Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027 End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16

Roles · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. Can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. Can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection; someone who could keep the audience engaged in his story. Can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: plays 9-12; actor age 12+ Skills: storytelling skills spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection; someone who could keep the audience engaged in his story. Can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege as he is thrown into the world around him. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: plays 13-15; actor age 16+ Skills: storytelling skills spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 21, 2026
Stipend: $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies. → Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies.

Eligibility · Sep 21, 2026
Younger Gary: actor age 12+, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, white presenting. → Actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 (Younger Gary, he/him, white presenting); actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 (Older Gary, he/him, white presenting)

How to apply · Sep 21, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video audition side one 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) video of audition text (Younger Gary) Method: email → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions, send headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Older Gary: submit a video of the audition side plus one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Younger Gary: send a video of the audition text, with the option to add any other audition material. Send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link. Materials: headshot resume video of audition side 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) Method: email

Schedule · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Video submissions due by December 15, 2026, sent as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link. End: 2026-12-15 Kind: audition Start: 2026-12-15 Description: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 → Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09

Roles · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection; able to tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood and the more serious moments. Would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 (actor age 12+) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection; can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. Would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 (actor age 16+) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. Can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. Can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 21, 2026
Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies. → Stipend: $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies.

Eligibility · Sep 21, 2026
Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play; Older Gary: seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Both roles: He/him, white presenting. → Younger Gary: actor age 12+, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, white presenting.

How to apply · Sep 21, 2026
Deadline text: December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions, send headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com; you'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for Older Gary submit a video of the audition side plus one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing; actors auditioning for Younger Gary send a video of the audition text with the option to add other audition material. Video submissions by Google Drive link or Unlisted YouTube link to the same email address by December 15, 2026. Callbacks: perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. Materials: headshot resume video of the audition side one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing (Older Gary) optional additional audition material (Younger Gary) Method: video → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video audition side one 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) video of audition text (Younger Gary) Method: email

Schedule · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 → Description: Video submissions due by December 15, 2026, sent as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link. End: 2026-12-15 Kind: audition Start: 2026-12-15 Description: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09

Roles · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. Can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. Can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection; able to tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood and the more serious moments. Would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 (actor age 12+) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection; can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. Would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 (actor age 16+) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 21, 2026
Stipend: $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies. → Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies.

Eligibility · Sep 21, 2026
Younger Gary: actor age 12+, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, white presenting. → Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play; Older Gary: seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Both roles: He/him, white presenting.

How to apply · Sep 21, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video audition side one 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) video of audition text (Younger Gary) Method: email → Deadline text: December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions, send headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com; you'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for Older Gary submit a video of the audition side plus one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing; actors auditioning for Younger Gary send a video of the audition text with the option to add other audition material. Video submissions by Google Drive link or Unlisted YouTube link to the same email address by December 15, 2026. Callbacks: perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. Materials: headshot resume video of the audition side one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing (Older Gary) optional additional audition material (Younger Gary) Method: video

Schedule · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 → Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09

Roles · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. We are seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. He's someone who could keep the audience engaged in his story. We're looking for an actor who can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 12+ (playing 9-12) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. We are seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. He's someone who could keep the audience engaged in his story. We're looking for an actor who can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege as he is thrown into the world around him. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 16+ (playing 13-15) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. Can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. Can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 21, 2026
Stipend → Stipend: $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies.

Eligibility · Sep 21, 2026
Actors age 12+ for Younger Gary and age 16+ for Older Gary; both roles He/him, white presenting. → Younger Gary: actor age 12+, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, white presenting.

How to apply · Sep 21, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link. Materials: headshot resume audition side video 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) Method: email → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video audition side one 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) video of audition text (Younger Gary) Method: email

Schedule · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 → Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09

Roles · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection; able to tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 12+; plays 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection; able to play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 16+; plays 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. We are seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. He's someone who could keep the audience engaged in his story. We're looking for an actor who can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 12+ (playing 9-12) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. We are seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. He's someone who could keep the audience engaged in his story. We're looking for an actor who can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege as he is thrown into the world around him. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 16+ (playing 13-15) Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 21, 2026
Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies. → Stipend

Eligibility · Sep 21, 2026
Actor age 12+ for Younger Gary (plays 9-12); actor age 16+ for Older Gary (plays 13-15); both roles he/him, white presenting. Non-Equity audition. → Actors age 12+ for Younger Gary and age 16+ for Older Gary; both roles He/him, white presenting.

How to apply · Sep 21, 2026
Deadline text: December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video of the audition side (Older Gary) 1-minute monologue of your choosing (Older Gary) video of the audition text (Younger Gary) optional additional audition material (Younger Gary) Method: email → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link. Materials: headshot resume audition side video 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) Method: email

Roles · Sep 21, 2026
Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection. Can tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. Can play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ who could play Gary from the ages of 9-12 in the first act of the play. Seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection; able to tackle both the humor in Gary's childhood as well as the more serious moments. This role would require memorizing about a third of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 12+; plays 9-12 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ who could play Gary from the ages of 13-15 in the second and third acts of the play. Seeking an actor who has excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection; able to play the range in the character's development as he handles the challenges of growing up and dismantling his own privilege. This role would require memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. He/him, white presenting. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 16+; plays 13-15 Skills: storytelling spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 21, 2026
Stipend: $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies. → Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies.

Eligibility · Sep 21, 2026
Younger Gary: actor age 12+, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, white presenting. → Actor age 12+ for Younger Gary (plays 9-12); actor age 16+ for Older Gary (plays 13-15); both roles he/him, white presenting. Non-Equity audition.

How to apply · Sep 21, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video audition side one 1-minute monologue (Older Gary) video of audition text (Younger Gary) Method: email → Deadline text: December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions: Please send your headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com. You'll be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for the role of Older Gary will be asked to submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing. Actors auditioning for the role of Younger Gary will be asked to send a video of the audition text and will have the option to add any other audition material. Please send video submissions to the same email address as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: headshot resume video of the audition side (Older Gary) 1-minute monologue of your choosing (Older Gary) video of the audition text (Younger Gary) optional additional audition material (Younger Gary) Method: email

Schedule · Sep 20, 2026
Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 → Description: Callbacks: If you are called back, you will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. End: 2027-01-16 Kind: callback Start: 2027-01-16 Description: Rehearsals: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays) Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: Tech: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027 End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: Performances: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. All performances at Piven Theatre, 927 Noyes St., Evanston. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09