upcoming season
by Austin Playhouse
Jul. 02 - Jul. 06
Austin Playhouse is seeking local actors for the upcoming productions of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde and THE HEART SELLERS by Lloyd Suh.
Audition Notice!
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Austin Playhouse is seeking local actors for the upcoming productions of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde and THE HEART SELLERS by Lloyd Suh.
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Rehearsals for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST will begin the week of August 25, 2025. Performances are September 19 - October 19 at Austin Playhouse West Campus (Main Stage). The play is directed by Lara Toner Haddock. Rehearsals for THE HEART SELLERS will begin the week of September 8, 2025. Performances are October 3 - October 19 at Austin Playhouse West Campus (Studio Stage). The play is directed by Ben Wolfe.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST ROLES TO BE CAST:
Algernon Moncrief (20s-30s) - must be proficient at Standard British RP dialect
Jack Worthington (20s-30s) - must be proficient at Standard British RP dialect
Cecily Cardew (20s) - must be proficient at Standard British RP dialect
Gwendolen Fairfax (20s) - must be proficient at Standard British RP dialect
About the play: Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people” opens Austin Playhouse’s 26th season. Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff are two dapper Edwardian gents who shamelessly invent people in order to shirk their responsibilities and follow their whims. For country-dwelling Jack, his fictitious brother Ernest creates a perfect excuse to visit London and swoon over Gwendolen, Algernon’s cousin and daughter of the formidable Lady Bracknell. For city-dwelling Algernon, his imaginary (and sickly) friend Bunbury frequently calls him away to the country, where he meets and falls for Jack’s ward Cecily. This masterful comedy showcases Wilde’s razor-sharp wit as it skewers social conventions and turns Victorian etiquette into pure comedic chaos.
Actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, and sexual orientations are encouraged to submit.
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THE HEART SELLERS ROLES TO BE CAST:
Luna/Luningning Ignacia Mangahas de la Rosario Bustos (23) - Filipina, to be performed by an actor of Asian or Pacific Island descent, must have specific understanding and lived or inherited experience with the Filipino dialect
About the play: The Heart Sellers follows two young immigrant women, Luna and Jane, who arrive in the United States in the early 1970s as part of the Hart-Celler Immigration Act wave. Both women are the wives of professionals who came for the "American Dream," but they find themselves isolated, without work or community, as their husbands work long hours. Over a shared Thanksgiving dinner, Luna and Jane form an unexpected bond, navigating their cultural displacement, language barriers, and personal dreams. The play is a heartfelt and often humorous exploration of friendship, identity, and the unseen emotional lives of immigrant women in a transformative era of American history.
Invited auditions will take place at Austin Playhouse on July 2 and 6. To request an audition slot, please fill out this audition request form by Thursday, June 26: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeTjqVr46x.../viewform...
Non-Equity and Equity members will be considered.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is being produced under a SPT Tier 1 Equity agreement ($323/week salary for Equity actors.) All roles for both productions are paid.
All Equity members will be seen. Local hires only.
