Aurora Fox Arts Center | Aurora, CO
Aurora, CO

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Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Sunday, January 18, 2026

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (M)

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please contact Jen Orf, Production Manager at: [email protected] . By appointment only, no walk-ins. Please schedule at least 24 hours in advance. We are not accepting video submissions at this time.

CONTRACT

SPT

$400 weekly minimum (SPT 1) - 2025 rate

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in FAT HAM (See breakdown).

Local actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues of approximately 1-minute each which are appropriate to the play. Where applicable and if desired, monologues may be pulled from the play itself. Total audition less than 5-minutes.

LOCATION
Aurora Fox Arts Center
9900 E Colfax Ave
Aurora, CO 80010-5013

Please check in at Fox Box Office/Lobby 10 minutes ahead of your appt.

PERSONNEL
Written By James Ijames

Expected to attend:
Director: donnie l. betts
Production Manager: Jen Orf

OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal:2/23/26
Tech Begins:3/19/26
Opening:3/27/26
Closing: 4/19/26

Rehearsals generally run Sunday-Thursdays from 6-10, but designated days off will be set depending on cast availability and conflicts.

Performances: Fridays through Sundays 3/23-4/19. On Saturday 4/11 and 4/18 at 2PM. All other Fridays and Saturdays are at 7:30PM.
Sundays at 2PM. No performance on Sunday, April 5.

Industry Night - Monday April 6 at 7:30 Student Matinee - Thursday April 16 at 10AM.

OTHER

www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/fat-hamauditions-aea Alternate/questions: [email protected] or 303-739-1969 M-F 10AM-4PM MST
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.
Equity is committed to diversity and
encourages all its employers to engage in a
policy of equal employment opportunity
designed to promote a positive model of
inclusion. As such, Equity encourages
performers of all ethnicities, gender identities,
and ages, as well as performers with
disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

FAT HAM

SYNOPSIS: Playwright James Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece with his new drama, a delectable comic tragedy. Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. It feels like a familiar story to Juicy, well-versed in Hamlet’s woes. What’s different is Juicy himself, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man trying to break the cycles of trauma and violence in service of his own liberation. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy. Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this first-run production is a must-see.

SEEKING:

JUICY is thicc. 20-21, Black. He’s beautiful. He is lonely. He is smart. A kind of Hamlet.

TEDRA is Juicy’s mother. 45-50, Black. She is a good mother. A kind of Gertrude.

REV is Tedra's husband. 45-50, Black. Her dead ex-husband’s brother. Pig farmer and pitmaster. Electric. A kind of Claudius. Doubles as PAP.

OPAL is one of Juicy’s only friends. 19-20. Black. She loves Ham and worries about him. A kind of
Ophelia.

LARRY is a boy that is attracted to Juicy. 21-23. Black. A marine. Trying to heal from PTSD. Has a secret. Awkward. A kind of Laertes.

RABBY is Larry and Opal’s mother. 40-45. Black. Tedra’s friend. Semi-churchy but honestly, she just wanna drink and praise the Lord. A kind of Polonius.

PAP is the Ghost of Juicy’s father. 45ish. Black. Was in prison for killing someone cause their breath stank, til he got shanked on the way to dinner. A kind of Hamlet's Father. Doubles as REV.

TIO is clever. 20-40. Black or Afro-Latinx. Juicy’s cousin. Oldest friend. A kind of Horatio.

SALARY

SPT $400 weekly minimum (SPT 1) - 2025 rate

UNION

AEA