Script Club NYC is gearing up for its 2nd show of its 2026 season! We are currently accepting online submissions for our production of Affecting Expression. Which is a new work written by Eliana Cohen-Orth and directed by Alysia Homminga. We are accepting online submissions through our audition form only. Online submissions will close at 11:59 PM EST, on April 18h, 2026.

• Perform one contemporary monologue and one classic monologue.

Callbacks will be in person on Thursday, April 23rd, from 6-9 pm, and Saturday, April 25th, from 6-9 pm. Please ensure you are available during one of these times should you be called back to read for a role.

Show Synopsis: Affecting Expression unearths queer history with humor, heart, and theatricality. Over a century and a half before same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States, before there were official words to describe their relationship, we had Charlotte and Matilda. It’s 1852, and beloved crossdressing Shakespearean actress Charlotte Cushman is retiring from the stage to move to Rome with her long-term partner, reserved writer Matilda Hays. Joining their party is an eccentric young sculptor named Harriet Hosmer. As they navigate their intersecting artistic paths and the complexities of their relationships, a tension builds that they may be unable to recover from. Contributing to this chaos is an enigmatic figure seen only by Charlotte - her stage persona haunting her as she copes with leaving her performance career behind. As success, jealousy, and regret overtake the women, the escape they build themselves in Rome crumbles, leaving ruins and heartbreak in its wake. Affecting Expression is a fantastical tragicomedy about figures of queer history that explores the social and emotional reality of these women and the thin line between finding and losing oneself in art.

In the Form you will find the following information:

• Rehearsal Schedule
• Affecting Expression Script