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Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago 2026-27 Season - Chicago EPA

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Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago | Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 3 weeks ago (Updated 2 weeks ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/24/2026

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PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE CHICAGO 2026-27 SEASON
  • CHICAGO EPA (06.
08.26), (06.09.26) & (06.10.26)
CATEGORY
PERFORMER Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago | Chicago, IL Chicago, IL JOB DETAILS DESCRIPTION
Notice:
Audition Call Type:
EPA AUDITION DATE Monday, June 8, 2026 11:30 AM
  • 7:30 PM (C) Break 3:30 PM
  • 4:30 PM Tuesday, June 9, 2026 11:30 AM
  • 7:30 PM (C) Break 3:30 PM
  • 4:30 PM And Wednesday, June 10, 2026 11:30 AM
  • 7:30 PM (C) Break 3:30 PM
  • 4:30 PM CONTRACT CAT $540.45 weekly minimum (Tier 3)
  • LITTLE SHOP & DEAD OUTLAW
    $450 weekly minimum (Tier 2)
•
ANN MILLER
SEEKING Equity actors for roles in Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago's 2026-27 Season (See breakdown) All roles in
LITTLE SHOP OF
HORRORS and
DEAD OUTLAW
will be understudied. Productions will not consider out-of-town actors as the production budgets do not provide for travel, housing, or per diem expenses.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a cut of a music selection appropriate to the production not to exceed 2-minutes. Have a second selection ready in the style of the productions. Bring sheet music, your book and a headshot/resume. An apanist will be provided. No recordings, please. If you play advanced guitar, banjo or mandolin, you may bring it to demonstrate your skill.
LOCATION
Porchlight Music Theatre (Rehearsal Space) 4200 W Diversey Ave Chicago, IL 60639 Holding room
  • West Studio.
#76 Bus to Tripp Ave. Free parking in fenced lot and on the street. Enter black door off of the parking lot.
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend: Michael Weber; Artistic Director
Nataki Rennie:
Choreographer (LITTLE
SHOP OF HORRORS
)
Jeremy Wechsler:
Director (DEAD OUTLAW) See breakdown for production specific personnel.
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates. OTHER porchlightmusictheatre EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Equity's contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity ismitted 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 Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago 2026-27 Season
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Director, Michael Weber Choreographer, Nataki Rennie Music Director, David Fiorello 1st
Rehearsal:
week of Mon, Oct 5, 2026
Opening:
Sun, Nov 8, 2026 Anticipated closing: Sun, Dec 13, 2026
SEEKING:
Seymour Krelborn:
An insecure, put-upon florist's clerk and eventual hero. He is a genuine, wellmeaning person whom others take for granted because of his clumsy ways and poor social skills.
Character Gender:
male.
Vocal range top:
G4.
Vocal range bottom:
A2
Audrey:
Billie-Dawn-like and Seymour's secret love. She has low self-worth and limited education,but is incredibly attractive with a sweet naive and vulnerable demeanor.
Character Gender:
female.
Vocal range top:
D5.
Vocal range bottom:
G#3 Mr.
Mushnik:
The seasoned owner of the failing East Side flower shop and Seymour's nosy boss. He is profit-driven, greedy, and manipulative.
Character Gender:
male.
Vocal range top:
F4.
Vocal range bottom:
G2
Orin Scrivello:
An egotistical dentist with a passion for leather and sadistic tendencies. Audrey's abusive boyfriend, whom Seymour targets.
Character Gender:
male.
Vocal range top:
G4.
Vocal range bottom:
G2 The Plant (Audrey II): Puppet. An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado, the plant has an appetite for human flesh that Seymour appeases. Puppeteer doubles as other sizes of the plant.
Voice Of The Plant:
A vocalist located offstage. The voice is that of a conniving, street-smart 'villain.' A funky Rhythm and Blues voice is best.
Vocal range top:
G4.
Vocal range bottom:
G2
Crystal, Ronnette and Chiffon:
Young women of color. 1960s "street urchins," they act as the occasional Greek Chorus. Young, hip, and smart, these girls are the only ones who have a grip on reality.
Crystal:
Character Gender:
female.
Vocal range top:
F5.
Vocal range bottom:
Ab3.
Ronnette:
Character Gender:
female.
Vocal range top:
F5.
Vocal range bottom:
Ab3.
Chiffon:
Character Gender:
female.
Vocal range top:
F5.
Vocal range bottom:
Ab3 DEAD OUTLAW Director, Jeremy Wechsler 1st
Rehearsal:
week of Mon, Jan 11, 2027
Opening:
Sun, Feb 14, 2027 Anticipated closing: Sun, Mar 21, 2027
SEEKING:
Track 1: Male presenting, 20-30 yrs, any ethnicity.
Elmer McCurdy:
The "dead outlaw" of the title. McCurdy was a train robber whose body was put on display for paying gawkers cross-country after he died. Track 2: Any gender/any ethnicity.
Band Leader:
An otherwise unnamed character who narrates McCurdy's story and performs many of the show's songs live with an onstage band.
Jarrett:
The leader of the Jarrett gang, a group of robber brothers. He meets Elmer in jail and teaches him the tools of the trade. Track 3: Any gender/any ethnicity.
Coroner Johnson:
A coroner in Pawhuska County, Oklahoma, who is the first to show off Elmer's corpse for money when no familyes forth to claim it. This track doubles as other characters. Track 4: Any gender/any ethnicity.
Louis:
Elmer's bumbling coworker at a plumbing business in Kansas.
Charles Patterson:
A man who poses, along with his brother James, as Elmer's brothers in order to claim his corpse and use it in their traveling carnival. This track doubles as other characters. Track 5: Female presenting, 20-30 yrs, any ethnicity.
Helen:
Elmer's adoptive mother.
Maggie:
A girl with whom Elmer has a brief romance while living in Iola, Kansas. This track doubles as other characters. Track 6: Any gender/ any ethnicity.
Ge:
Elmer's adoptive father, who dies when Elmer is fairly young. This track doubles as other characters. Track 7: Any gender/Asian.
Coroner Noguchi:
A coroner in Los Angeles who oversees the final autopsy and burial of Elmer's body in 1976. This track doubles as other characters. Track 8: Any gender/native American.
Andy Payne:
The winner of a cross-country footrace, which is apanied by a traveling sideshow at which Elmer's body is being displayed. This track doubles as other characters.
SHAKE IT AWAY
THE
ANN MILLER STORY
Director, Michael Weber Choreographer, Tammy Mader Music Director, Linda Madonia 1st
Rehearsal:
week of Mon, Mar 29, 2027
Opening:
Sun, Apr 4, 2027 Anticipated closing: Sun, Apr 25, 2027 This is a one-person show. This specialty production will not utilize an understudy.
ANN MIILLER
  • CAST. SALARY CAT $540.45 weekly minimum (Tier 3)
  • LITTLE SHOP & DEAD OUTLAW
    $450 weekly minimum (Tier 2)
•
ANN MILLER
NON-UNION