Auditions
Writers Theatre is always looking for new talent for our stages and we accept headshot/résumé submissions throughout the year. While auditions for specific productions throughout the season are by invitation only, we hold general auditions twice a year.
How to Submit Your Materials to WT
All submissions of headshots/résumé should be sent to the attention of Geoff Button, Associate Artistic Director. Select only one method of submitting.
Email Submissions (recommended method)
Send all materials to casting@writerstheatre.org
Materials should be attached as a single .PDF file; no more than one attachment please.
Mail Submissions
Writers Theatre
Attn.: Casting
321 Park Ave.
Glencoe, IL 60022
Updating Your Information
Any time you change your contact information or union status, send us an updated headshot/résumé including your name, address, telephone number, and email address. No phone calls please.
General Auditions
Equity Actors (members of Actors' Equity Association)
Equity auditions are typically held each spring in Chicago and announced via the AEA website. Once Equity general audition dates are announced, you can either make an appointment in person at the Equity office or call the Chicago Equity audition hotline.
Note: Writers Theatre does not schedule appointments; all appointments are scheduled through the Equity office.
Non-Equity Actors (non-members of Actors' Equity Association)
Non-Equity General Auditions
Writers Theatre is planning to have a digital submission period for Non-AEA performers for the 2020/21 Season. More information on this process will be posted to this page when details for this process are finalized.
Production/Role-Specific Submissions
Local Actors
If you are interested in a particular production, let us know by submitting your headshot/résumé and a letter of interest. Be sure to specify the show and the role that interests you.
Out of Town Actors
The need for actors not based in Chicagoland depends specifically upon the demands of each individual production. Auditions are held in Chicago and are also by invitation only. If you are an Actors' Equity member and are interested in a particular production, let us know by submitting your headshot/résumé and a letter of interest.
Steve Haggard, Actor
"One of Writers' biggest strengths and, I believe, one reason it has been so successful is its people. The staff, the artists, the management, the box office, everyone is great at their jobs. There is a kindness, a cohesion and a professionalism that permeates everyone, and it makes me feel part of a team and very well taken care of as an artist. We are all working to put up a great piece of theatre, and that takes an awful lot of trust. It's so nice to feel trusted."
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