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Production & casting team · Oct 7, 2026
Name: Iris Sowlat Quote: directed by Iris Sowlat. Role: director Source url: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/grouprs.php?GroupID=2 → Name: Iris Sowlat Quote: directed by Iris Sowlat Role: director Source url: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382

Schedule · Oct 7, 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) End: 2027-09-08 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, 2027 End: 2027-09-12 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 Description: Performances: September 16-19, 2027 End: 2027-09-19 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-16 Description: Performances: September 23-26, 2027 End: 2027-09-26 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-23 Description: Performances: September 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027 End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-30 → 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: Tuesday, July 6, 2027 through tech (4-5 times per week, evenings and Saturdays). End: 2027-09-08 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-07-06 Description: September 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2027. End: 2027-09-08 Kind: tech Start: 2027-09-02 Description: September 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027. End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09

Pay · Oct 7, 2026
Basis: unspecified Currency: USD Description: Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies. Maximum: 2500 Minimum: 1000 Status: paid → Basis: total Currency: USD Description: $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies. Maximum: 2500 Minimum: 1000 Status: paid

Pay · Oct 7, 2026
Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary; $1000 for understudies. → Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies.

How to apply · Oct 7, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions, send a headshot and resume by email; a short script selection will be sent as an audition side. Older Gary submissions require a video of the side and one other 1-minute monologue of the applicant's choosing. Younger Gary submissions require a video of the audition text; other audition material is optional. Send videos as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link to the same email. Callback invitees are invited to perform a different script selection in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. Materials: Headshot Resume Older Gary: video of the audition side Older Gary: one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing Younger Gary: video of the audition text Younger Gary: optional other audition material Method: email Link: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382 → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: Send a headshot and resume by email. Actors will be sent a short selection of the script as an audition side. Actors auditioning for Older Gary should submit a video of the audition side and one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing. Actors auditioning for Younger Gary should send a video of the audition text; they may add other audition material. Send video submissions by email as either a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link. If called back, actors will be invited to perform a different selection from the script in person at Piven Theatre. Materials: Headshot Resume Older Gary: video of the audition side Older Gary: one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing Younger Gary: video of the audition text Method: email Link: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382

Production & casting team · Sep 26, 2026
Name: Iris Sowlat Quote: directed by Iris Sowlat. Role: director Source url: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382 → Name: Iris Sowlat Quote: directed by Iris Sowlat. Role: director Source url: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/grouprs.php?GroupID=2

Production & casting team · Sep 25, 2026
Not specified → Name: Iris Sowlat Quote: directed by Iris Sowlat. Role: director Source url: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382

Schedule · Sep 25, 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) End: 2027-09-08 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, 2027 End: 2027-09-12 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-09 Description: Performances: September 16-19, 2027 End: 2027-09-19 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-16 Description: Performances: September 23-26, 2027 End: 2027-09-26 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-23 Description: Performances: September 30, 2027; October 1-3, 2027 End: 2027-10-03 Kind: performance Start: 2027-09-30

Roles · Sep 25, 2026
Description: Portrays Gary from ages 9-12 in the first act; calls for storytelling, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection, and the ability to handle humorous and serious moments. Requires memorizing about a third of the play's text. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: excellent storytelling skills spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Portrays Gary from ages 13-15 in the second and third acts; calls for storytelling, spontaneity, imagination, a sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. The actor should play the range in the character's development as he handles growing up and dismantling his own privilege. Requires memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: excellent storytelling skills spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open → Description: Seeking an actor age 12+ to play Gary from ages 9-12 in the first act. He/him, white presenting. Requires excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection; the actor should keep the audience engaged and handle both humor and serious moments. Requires memorizing about a third of the play's text. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: excellent storytelling skills spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Seeking an actor age 16+ to play Gary from ages 13-15 in the second and third acts. He/him, white presenting. Requires excellent storytelling skills, spontaneity, imagination, sense of humor, and actor/audience connection; the actor should keep the audience engaged and play the character's development as he handles growing up and dismantling his own privilege. Requires memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: excellent storytelling skills spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 25, 2026
Stipend of $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 25, 2026
Younger Gary: actor age 12+, he/him, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, he/him, white presenting. → Younger Gary: actor age 12+; Older Gary: actor age 16+. Both roles are described as he/him, white presenting.

How to apply · Sep 25, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026. Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: Send a headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com for general auditions; a short selection of the script will be sent as an audition side. Older Gary applicants should submit a video of the side and one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing. Younger Gary applicants should submit a video of the audition text; additional audition material is optional. Send video submissions to the same email as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: Headshot Resume Video of the audition side (Older Gary) One other 1-minute monologue of the applicant's choosing (Older Gary) Video of the audition text (Younger Gary) Additional audition material (optional, Younger Gary) Method: email Link: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382 → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026 Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: For general auditions, send a headshot and resume by email; a short script selection will be sent as an audition side. Older Gary submissions require a video of the side and one other 1-minute monologue of the applicant's choosing. Younger Gary submissions require a video of the audition text; other audition material is optional. Send videos as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link to the same email. Callback invitees are invited to perform a different script selection in person at Piven Theatre on January 16, 2027. Materials: Headshot Resume Older Gary: video of the audition side Older Gary: one other 1-minute monologue of your choosing Younger Gary: video of the audition text Younger Gary: optional other audition material Method: email Link: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382

Merged source · Sep 25, 2026
5db7ea1a-f9f9-4156-aa0e-721f96d7fc65 → Same unique publisher posting or dated index-to-detail link; title, compatible company and session, and all known audition dates agree.

Production & casting team · Sep 25, 2026
Not specified →

How to apply · Sep 25, 2026
Deadline text: by December 15, 2026. Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: Send a headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com for general auditions; a short selection of the script will be sent as an audition side. Older Gary applicants should submit a video of the side and one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing. Younger Gary applicants should submit a video of the audition text; additional audition material is optional. Send video submissions to the same email as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: Headshot Resume Video of the audition side (Older Gary) One other 1-minute monologue of the applicant's choosing (Older Gary) Video of the audition text (Younger Gary) Additional audition material (optional, Younger Gary) Method: email → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026. Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: Send a headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com for general auditions; a short selection of the script will be sent as an audition side. Older Gary applicants should submit a video of the side and one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing. Younger Gary applicants should submit a video of the audition text; additional audition material is optional. Send video submissions to the same email as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: Headshot Resume Video of the audition side (Older Gary) One other 1-minute monologue of the applicant's choosing (Older Gary) Video of the audition text (Younger Gary) Additional audition material (optional, Younger Gary) Method: email Link: https://www.theatreinchicago.com/auditions/industrydetail.php?AuditionID=11382

Schedule · Sep 23, 2026
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: 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

Roles · Sep 23, 2026
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 → Description: Portrays Gary from ages 9-12 in the first act; calls for storytelling, spontaneity, imagination, comic timing, and actor/audience connection, and the ability to handle humorous and serious moments. Requires memorizing about a third of the play's text. Name: Younger Gary Playing age: 9-12 Skills: excellent storytelling skills spontaneity imagination comic timing actor/audience connection Status: open Description: Portrays Gary from ages 13-15 in the second and third acts; calls for storytelling, spontaneity, imagination, a sense of humor, and actor/audience connection. The actor should play the range in the character's development as he handles growing up and dismantling his own privilege. Requires memorizing about two-thirds of the play's text. Name: Older Gary Playing age: 13-15 Skills: excellent storytelling skills spontaneity imagination sense of humor actor/audience connection Status: open

Pay · Sep 23, 2026
Basis: unspecified Currency: USD Description: Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies. Maximum: 2500 Minimum: 1000 Status: paid → Basis: unspecified Currency: USD Description: Stipend of $2500 each for Younger Gary and Older Gary. $1000 for understudies. Maximum: 2500 Minimum: 1000 Status: paid

Pay · Sep 23, 2026
Stipend of $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 23, 2026
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) → Younger Gary: actor age 12+, he/him, white presenting; Older Gary: actor age 16+, he/him, white presenting.

How to apply · Sep 23, 2026
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 → Deadline text: by December 15, 2026. Email: iris.sowlat@gmail.com Instructions: Send a headshot and resume to iris.sowlat@gmail.com for general auditions; a short selection of the script will be sent as an audition side. Older Gary applicants should submit a video of the side and one other 1-minute monologue of their choosing. Younger Gary applicants should submit a video of the audition text; additional audition material is optional. Send video submissions to the same email as a Google Drive link or an Unlisted YouTube link by December 15, 2026. Materials: Headshot Resume Video of the audition side (Older Gary) One other 1-minute monologue of the applicant's choosing (Older Gary) Video of the audition text (Younger Gary) Additional audition material (optional, 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: 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.