Casting Call for 500 Rats: A Love Story Position Available In New York, New York

CASTING CALL FOR 500 RATS

A

LOVE STORY

CATEGORY:

PERFORMER

Moxie Arts New York
New York, NY
US
JOB DETAILS
DESCRIPTION
500

Rats:

A Love Story
Written by BT Hayes
Directed by Em Hausmann
Produced by Beth Slade

Production Type:

Showcase (AEA Showcase Code) Pending Equity Approval

Union Status:

Non-Union & AEA

Pay:

$700 stipend

Location:

New York, NY

Rehearsals Begin:

Early August 2025

Performances:

September 11-14, 2025

Submission Instructions:

• Headshot & resume
• Please include a link to a contemporary audition video.

We encourage you to select material that reflects a heightened sense of reality. The world of this play is otherworldly and stylized, not strictly naturalistic. Comedic material is preferred.

This can take many forms:

Monologue, Scene work, Reel, Character work, Drag performance, Performance art, Stand-up, or any video you’re proud of that showcases youredic instincts and sensibility. We’re excited to see a wide range of interpretations and approaches. Have fun with it!

Rehearsal Schedule:

Weeknights and weekends in August and early September. Rehearsals will be scheduled flexibly based on actor availability.
Synopsis
Ibbi, an anxiety-ridden lesbian, has many problems. (1) Her French roommate has left her stranded in a shitty rat-infested apartment situation. (2) Her landlady doesn’t believe t are rats in the apartment and keeps telling Ibbi to stop putting rat-sized holes into the wall. (3) She doesn’t have enough money to cover rent herself and might have to leave without her security deposit (due to the repairs needed…for the rat-sized…holes in the wall.) It’s okay because the stress of these problems leads to Ibbi having a breakdown in front of a hot they/them named Jo. And Jo… now might be Ibbi’s new roommate? And help her figure out her rat problem? Along the way, they’ll deal with mushroom tea, pawn shops, the heart of the rat empire and its leader, Mother, and of course, the New York City Housing Authority.

CW // RATS, DEATH, DRUGS, VIOLENCE, MURDER, SWEARING, CLASSISM

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Character Descriptions:

IBBI

• 20s, libra.

anxious goody two shoes.

DAME ERICA DAMS

• an artist turned landlord. burdened by riches.
  YVETTE
• French. full of an unstoppable charisma that transcends oceans.
  BO
• 20s. hot, butch, troubled. works at a thrift shop.
  MOTHER
• a beautiful Rat Grizabella. immortal.
  NYTA
• “New York Tenant Authority”.

thick Jersey accent, doubles as MOTHER.

IBBI’S MOM

• kind and Midwestern.

leaves lots of voicemails.

MORGAN MANLEY

• corporate.

dry as a bone. perpetual grimace.

JIMMY STREETS

• he loves the rats & the rats love him.

Doubling in the Play Appears as:
IBBI, as cast

DAME ERICA DAMS

/ YVETTE, as cast
BO, as cast
MOTHER / NYTA, as cast

JIMMY STREETS / MORGAN MANLEY / PHOEBUS / IBBI’S

MOM, as cast

BY FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, USING THIS LINK

• forms.

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DURATION

Aug 3, 2025

• Sep 14, 2025
  SALARY
  $0.00
• $0.

00 per hour
UNION
Showcase (AEA Showcase Code)

Pending Equity Approval Union Status:

Non-Union & AEA