Red Theater
Audition · Chicago
Adult actors of any gender and race interested in portraying adolescent boys onstage.
Playing age: Adult actors portraying adolescent boys
An ensemble of athletic, movement-forward performers portraying adolescent boys onstage; performers should be ready to get sweaty, dirty, and (fake) bloody.
Playing age is how old a character appears, which may differ from your own age. Equity is the actors’ union; check each theatre’s eligibility rules. An understudy learns a role to perform when the main actor is unavailable.
$400 for actors; $200 for understudies (guaranteed performance)
Contract: Non-union production
Dec 6, 2026 – Dec 8, 2026
In-person callbacks will be Sunday, December 6, Monday, December 7, and Tuesday, December 8 @ 6P - 10:30P.
Dec 13, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026
~15 hours between December 13 - 31, 2026, depending on cast availability.
Jan 3, 2027 – Feb 7, 2027
January 3 - February 7, 2027 (Monday - Thursday evenings, Sunday afternoons).
Feb 11, 2027 – Feb 16, 2027
Tech: February 11 - 16, 2027
Feb 17, 2027 – Feb 19, 2027
Previews: February 17 - 19, 2027
Feb 20, 2027
Opening: Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 7:30P
Feb 20, 2027 – Mar 20, 2027
Run: February 20 - March 20, 2027 (Thursdays - Saturdays & Mondays @ 7:30pm, Sundays @ 3pm)
Open the download in your calendar app to add the dates and a reminder the day before.
A headshot is a clear photo of you. An acting résumé lists your performance experience and training. A self-tape is a recorded audition video. Sides are the short script excerpts the theatre asks you to perform. Follow this theatre’s specific instructions.
Submit a headshot and resume and a 60-90 second contemporary monologue of your choice through the Google Form. Natural cadence is preferred; no accent work is requested.
Open application form →Opens another website. You’ll complete your application with the theatre.
Contact: Cailyn Murray, casting@redtheater.org
Listed contact: Cailyn Murray, casting@redtheater.org
We last checked the posting on Nov 07, 2026. The theatre may have updated it since.