Chain Theatre
New York, NY

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, February 26, 2026

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

LOA-NYC

$612 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in THE PUSHOVER (See breakdown).

World Premiere

All Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue no more than two minutes in length and bring along a hard copy of your resume with a photo.

LOCATION

Chain Theatre

312 W 36th St Fl 4

New York, NY 10018

Holding room - 3rd Floor, Lobby

PERSONNEL

Written by John Patrick Shanley

Expected to attend:

Director: Kirk Gostkowski, Artistic Director and Founder of the Chain Theatre

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals Begin March 9th, 2026

Tech: March 26th - April 1st ,2026

Previews: April 3rd & 4th, 2026

Opening: April 6th, 2026

Closing: May 3rd, 2026

Performances Wednesday - Saturday at 7PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2PM

OTHER

www.ChainTheatre.org

Venue: 99-seat Off-Broadway at the Chain Theatre located at 312 W. 36th Street, 3rd Fl. New York City, New York 10018

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

THE PUSHOVER

JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY's (Playwright/ Director) plays include PRODIGAL SON, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR (Tony Award nomination), DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, SAVAGE IN LIMBO, ITALIAN-AMERICAN RECONCILIATION, WELCOME TO THE MOON, FOUR DOGS AND A BONE, DIRTY STORY, DEFIANCE, BEGGARS IN THE HOUSE OF PLENTY, and BROOKLYN LAUNDRY. His theatrical work is performed extensively across the United States and around the world. For his play DOUBT, he received both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In the arena of screenwriting, he has ten films to his credit, most recently WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, with Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, and Christopher Walken. His film of DOUBT, which he also directed and which starred Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. Other screen credits include FIVE CORNERS (Special Jury Prize, Barcelona Film Festival), ALIVE, JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (which he also directed), and LIVE FROM BAGHDAD for HBO (Emmy nomination). For his script of MOONSTRUCK, he received both the Writers Guild of America Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2009, the Writers Guild of America honored Mr. Shanley with the Lifetime Achievement in Writing Award.

About the Chain Theatre: CHAIN THEATRE always seeks to reflect and react to the world around us. Culturally. Politically. Socially. Audiences can find investment in the work at the Chain because it's about them, no matter the topic. It’s a place where artists and audiences can expand their perspectives.

The critically acclaimed Chain Theatre is a premier Off-Broadway producing organization in midtown Manhattan. Most recently the Chain Theatre collaborated with Eric Bogosian on the NYC Premiere of HUMPTY DUMPTY, World Premiere of GARBAGEMAN by Emmy-nominated Keith Huff (A STEADY RAIN, MAD MEN, HOUSE OF CARDS) and has also collaborated with Tony Award-winner David Rabe (HURLYBURLY, IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM). Most recent hit World Premiere productions include: THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE (ScreenCraft Grand Prize Winner), A WILL TO LIVE, WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY, and MACBITCHES (NYT Critic's pick).

SYNOPSIS: A play about three bad-ass women who collide and collude at a spa in New Mexico, and a bare-bones Chinese restaurant in Queens. Dangerous and hungry, their weapons and their passions bleed into each other. They speak the language of the outcast, rough and sexual, and fight to survive, and to love.

SEEKING:

Pearl Penny Chen - Female presenting. Around 40 years old, Chinese-American. Very much a New Yorker. A chef and self-made businesswoman. Fierce, yet vulnerable. This character participates in same-sex kissing during the play.

Therapist - Male presenting. A middled aged guy. A little tough. A little rumpled. Actors of any ethnicity are encouraged to apply.

Evelyn - Female presenting. Any ethnicity. Around 40 or 50. There is something quietly ferocious about her. Boss vibes. This character participates in same-sex kissing during the play.

Soochi - Female presenting. 20s-30s. A hustler, attractive, and a touch feral. Actors of any ethnicity are encouraged to apply. This character appears in one scene in a bra onstage.

SALARY

LOA-NYC $612 weekly minimum

UNION

AEA