The Book Club Play - Chicago EPA (11.16.26)

Production & casting team · Nov 6, 2026
Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel, Creative Producer Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 → Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel, Creative Producer Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54

Schedule · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C); break 4:00PM - 5:00PM End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13 → Description: Monday, November 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C) BREAK: 4:00PM - 5:00PM End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 End: 2027-01-18 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13

Roles · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled → Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: Alex Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Name: Ana Smith Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Name: Rob Smith Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Name: Will Nothnagel Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Name: Jen McClintock Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Name: Lily Louise Jackson Playing age: 20s Status: filled

Pay · Nov 6, 2026
Basis: unspecified Description: CAT pending negotiations. Status: unknown → Basis: unspecified Description: CAT; pending negotiations. Status: unknown

Pay · Nov 6, 2026
CAT; pending negotiations. → CAT; pending negotiations

Locations · Nov 6, 2026
Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605; Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS → Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605. Little Studio, 7th floor. Main entrance on Michigan Ave.; elevator to 7th floor. No onsite parking. City: Chicago Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS

Eligibility · Nov 6, 2026
Seeking Equity actors. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. The posting states the audition is open to all actors regardless of protected characteristic. → Seeking Equity actors for roles. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. The audition is open to all actors regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

How to apply · Nov 6, 2026
Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: For the in-person audition, prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring a headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend in person, submit a video audition through the form by the stated deadline. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: video Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt → Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: Please prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend the in-person auditions, submit a video audition through the form. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: in_person Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt

Production & casting team · Nov 6, 2026
Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel (Producer: The Read Through Series) Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 → Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel, Creative Producer Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54

Schedule · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Monday, November 16, 2026; 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C). Break: 4:00PM - 5:00PM. End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13 → Description: Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C); break 4:00PM - 5:00PM End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13

Roles · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Possible replacements only. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Possible replacements only. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Possible replacements only. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Possible replacements only. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Possible replacements only. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled → Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled

Pay · Nov 6, 2026
Basis: unspecified Description: CAT; pending negotiations. Status: unknown → Basis: unspecified Description: CAT pending negotiations. Status: unknown

Locations · Nov 6, 2026
Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605; Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago, IL Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS → Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605; Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS

Eligibility · Nov 6, 2026
Equity actors are sought. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. The audition is open to all actors regardless of protected characteristic. → Seeking Equity actors. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. The posting states the audition is open to all actors regardless of protected characteristic.

How to apply · Nov 6, 2026
Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: Attend the in-person audition. Prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total; bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend in person, submit a video audition through the linked form by the stated deadline. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: in_person Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt → Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: For the in-person audition, prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring a headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend in person, submit a video audition through the form by the stated deadline. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: video Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt

Schedule · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Monday, November 16, 2026; 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C). BREAK: 4:00PM - 5:00PM End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13 → Description: Monday, November 16, 2026; 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C). Break: 4:00PM - 5:00PM. End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13

Roles · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer; a brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled → Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Possible replacements only. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Possible replacements only. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Possible replacements only. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Possible replacements only. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Possible replacements only. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled

Locations · Nov 6, 2026
Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave City: Chicago, IL 60605 Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS, Little Studio, 7th floor → Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605; Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago, IL Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS

Eligibility · Nov 6, 2026
Equity actors are sought. The audition is open to all actors regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. → Equity actors are sought. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. The audition is open to all actors regardless of protected characteristic.

How to apply · Nov 6, 2026
Deadline text: 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: For the in-person audition, prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend the in-person auditions, submit a video audition through the form by the stated deadline. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: in_person Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt → Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: Attend the in-person audition. Prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total; bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend in person, submit a video audition through the linked form by the stated deadline. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: in_person Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt

Production & casting team · Nov 6, 2026
Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel, Creative Producer Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 → Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel (Producer: The Read Through Series) Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54

Roles · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled → Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer; a brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled

Locations · Nov 6, 2026
Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605; Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS → Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave City: Chicago, IL 60605 Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS, Little Studio, 7th floor

Eligibility · Nov 6, 2026
Equity actors are sought for roles. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply. The audition is open to all actors regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic. → Equity actors are sought. The audition is open to all actors regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic. Local actors and stage managers are encouraged to apply.

How to apply · Nov 6, 2026
Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: For the in-person audition, prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend the in-person auditions, submit a video audition through the form. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot Resume Method: video Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt → Deadline text: 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: For the in-person audition, prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend the in-person auditions, submit a video audition through the form by the stated deadline. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: in_person Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt

Roles · Nov 6, 2026
Description: The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled → Description: Any gender, any ethnicity. The newcomer. A brilliant, well-read professor of comparative literature who has recently lost his moorings and is looking for real connection. Unvetted by Ana and unapologetic about loving popular fiction, he upends the club's rules. Name: ALEX Playing age: 30s-40s Status: open Description: Founder and self-appointed queen bee of the book club, and a columnist for the local daily paper. Charming, accomplished, organized and gracious, with a need for control that sits just under the polish. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: ANA SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's spouse and the group's golden child: handsome, charismatic, from money, and a self-aware underachiever who never finishes the book, until one novel cracks him open. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: ROB SMITH Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Rob's college roommate and Ana's former flame. Conservative, impeccably dressed and fiercely well read; a museum curator who defends the classics against all comers. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: WILL NOTHNAGEL Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Ana's longtime friend, a scattered paralegal. Shy, smart and prone to blurting out awkward truths; the grounding center of the group. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: JEN McCLINTOCK Playing age: 30s-40s Status: filled Description: Black. Ana's protégée at the paper and the club's newest member. A go-getter who reads on her phone, says what she thinks and sometimes puts her foot in her mouth. Seeking possible replacements only. Name: LILY LOUISE JACKSON Playing age: 20s Status: filled

Locations · Nov 6, 2026
Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS, Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago, IL 60605 Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS → Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605; Little Studio, 7th floor City: Chicago Kind: audition Name: Fine Arts Buildings STUDIOS

How to apply · Nov 6, 2026
Deadline text: 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: Prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend the in-person auditions, submit a video audition through the form by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot and resume stapled together Method: in_person Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt → Deadline text: by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Instructions: For the in-person audition, prepare two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If unable to attend the in-person auditions, submit a video audition through the form. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Materials: Two contrasting pieces, one comic and one dramatic, no more than three minutes total Headshot Resume Method: video Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1ZCeu0pyEAppt

Production & casting team · Nov 6, 2026
Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel (Producer: The Read Through Series) Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 → Name: Salome Mergia Quote: Salome Mergia (Casting Director) Role: casting_director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira Quote: Leanna Gianoutsos Oliveira (Director) Role: director Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Mary Grace Seigel Quote: Mary Grace Seigel, Creative Producer Role: producer Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54 Name: Karen Zacarías Quote: Written by Karen Zacarías Role: playwright Source url: https://playbill.com/job/the-book-club-play-chicago-epa-11-16-26/6badd9a1-81a2-467c-990f-ad54e462af54

Schedule · Nov 6, 2026
Description: Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C); break 4:00PM - 5:00PM End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13 → Description: Monday, November 16, 2026; 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C). BREAK: 4:00PM - 5:00PM End: 2026-11-16 Kind: audition Start: 2026-11-16 Description: Callbacks: Monday, November 30, 2026, beginning at 6:30 p.m. End: 2026-11-30 Kind: callback Start: 2026-11-30 Description: First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 End: 2027-01-05 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-05 Description: Tech: Begins Monday, January 18, 2027 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-18 Description: Final Dress: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 End: 2027-01-27 Kind: tech Start: 2027-01-27 Description: First Preview: Thursday, January 28, 2027 End: 2027-01-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-28 Description: Opening: Friday, January 29, 2027 End: 2027-01-29 Kind: performance Start: 2027-01-29 Description: Closing: Saturday, February 13, 2027 End: 2027-02-13 Kind: performance Start: 2027-02-13