Austin Latino New Play Festival
by Teatro Vivo
Mar. 28 - Mar. 29
Four one-hour Latinx new plays to be staged at UT Austin's Lab Theatre May 1 - 3, 2025. Thirty actors needed; some roles require Spanish fluency.
Auditions For 2025 Austin Latinx New Play Festival
Teatro Vivo is honored to announce a call for actors for our annual Austin Latinx New Play Festival!!
Auditions will be held in person on March 28th from 7 to 10 p.m. at East Austin College Prep Academy and March 29th from 1 to 4 p.m. at the University of Texas at Austin
General:
Each play is approximately one hour in length being performed at UT Austin in the Lab Theatre
Show dates are May 1, 2, & 3, 2025
What to bring to auditions:
1-2 minute dramatic or comedic monologue
PrintedrResume and headshot (If you are unavailable for these audition times, please reach out to teatrovivoaustin@gmail.com)
Where are auditions?
Friday, March 28, 2025: East Austin College Prep
5800 E. Martin Luther King Jr.
Austin, TX
Saturday: University of Texas At Austin
300 E 23rd St
Austin, TX
Shows:
Fracturados by Norma Sánchez Varela
Fluency in Spanish is required for this show.
La apacible vida de Eva y Gustavo se ve alterada ante la llegada de su amigo de la infancia. La presencia de Mario trae el ensueño de tiempos pasados, pero también remueve sentimientos que los convierte en seres fracturados por el abandono.
Eva and Gustavo’s peaceful life is altered by the arrival of their childhood friend. Mario’s presence brings the reverie of times gone by, but also stirs up feelings that turn them into beings fractured by abandonment.
La liga de la decencia by Jessica Peña Torres
It’s 1945 and Mexico is traversing a time of relative political stability. A teatro de revista welcomes audiences from all walks of life to enjoy a night out in vice capital, Mexico City. Leading the troupe is a nameless EMCEE who presents a variety of acts on a dusty wooden stage. Among the characters he introduces are the rumbera María Antonieta Pons, Blanca Nieves and her siete hermanos, ballerina Anna Pavlova, two Aztec Eagle pilots of the Mexican Air Force, and Xiadani, an Indigenous woman. One night, as the theatre is booming with a lively audience, the EMCEE begins hearing and seeing strange images and sounds. The show turns into a search to find whoever is causing the interruptions.
ZEQ by Ramón Esquivel
Ezequiel “ZEQ” Zapata is annoyed to be spending their 17th birthday working at The Pop, a burger joint in a rural town. Coworkers LOLO, JC, and bestie PANCHITA try to cheer up ZEQ, but The Pop is slammed. Then a bus carrying a school choir pulls up, and ZEQ spots dreamy DANILO for the first time. Time moves slowly. Music plays. Fingers touch in a bag of tater tots. Electricity. ZEQ and Danilo share dreams of pop stardom. Danilo writes songs, so he and ZEQ exchange TikToks and make plans to duet later. ZEQ is certain that fame, fortune, and love are within reach. But there is one problem: ZEQ doesn’t sing or dance well. Like, at all. What happens when dreams meet reality?
Frijolebeans by Raúl Garza
Friolebeans is a play about the indescribable joys and heartaches of growing up in two cultures. It’s about realizing you’re not different–you’re you. In the play, when Gabriela dies suddenly, her grown children Rita, Lucía, and Georgy battle for ownership of her final pot of frijoles. As the siblings quarrel, a series of frijol-guides manifests from the humble Country Crock container, provoking the siblings to re-examine their identity, privilege, and Latinidad. In the end, Rita, Lucía, and Georgy discover the richness of familia where they least expect it.
