EXPIRES: May 8, 2025

Theater Casting Call for “The Front Page: Scooped” Play

Theater
Paying up to $1,144/week
Description

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Searching for performers to play roles in
“The Front Page: Scooped” production. More details are beelow.

About the play:
The Front Page: SCOOPED – a fresh, fun and fast-paced take on the classic comedy, where tough newsmen and crooked politicians collide! But this time, drectors are flipping the script — roles written for men will be played as men… but not necessarily by men.

Additional information:
Performance Dates: September 24 – October 5, 2025.
Callbacks: Tuesday, May 13 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM.
What to Prepare: A short, 2-minute monologue that showcases your comedic or dramatic chops.
Who Can Audition? Everyone! All roles are open to actors of all backgrounds, identities and abilities.

If you’re interested, please apply.

16 Project roles
WILSON
20
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49.
Newsmen. Eager, smartest of the bunch.
Application deadline closed.
ENDICOTT
30
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69.
Newsmen. Wise guy, hard boiled.
Application deadline closed.
MURPHY
30
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69.
Newsmen. The hardest boiled.
Application deadline closed.
McCUE
20
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49.
Newsmen. Hard worker, relative newcomer.
Application deadline closed.
KRUGER
30
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69.
Newsmen. He’s just tired of it all.
Application deadline closed.
BENSINGER
30
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69.
Newsmen. Fastidious, a poet.
Application deadline closed.
HILDY JOHNSON
30
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59.
Newsmen. Charming, jaunty, and in love.
Application deadline closed.
MOLLIE MALLOY
30
-
59.
A cheap tart.
Application deadline closed.
PEGGY GRANT
20
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49.
Hildy’s sweetheart.
Application deadline closed.
MRS. GRANT
40
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69.
Hildy’s sweetheart’s mother.
Application deadline closed.
LOUIE
20
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49.
A punk, gangster.
Application deadline closed.
SHERIFF HARTMAN
40
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59.
A blow-hard.
Application deadline closed.
THE MAYOR
40
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59.
A bigger blowhard.
Application deadline closed.
MR. PINCUS
30
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59.
A simple civil servant.
Application deadline closed.
EARL WILLIAMS
20
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59.
Condemned man, actually harmless.s
Application deadline closed.
WALTER BURNS
40
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69.
Hildy’s boss, the biggest blow-hard, somewhat ruthless.
Application deadline closed.