Seven Guitars

AUDITION DATE: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E) Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
LOCATION: Pearl Studios (500) 500 8th Ave New York, NY 10018-6504 Holding room - Studio 1204. Must have photo ID to enter building
Please prepare the Sides for the role of your choice. A link to the Sides will be added to this notice by July 2nd. Hardcopies of the Sides will be available through the Equity monitor beginning on the morning of the audition. A reader will be provided.
SEEKING:
[Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 30s - 50s. The protagonist of the play, a blues musician, down on his luck. The play opens with his funeral then flashes back to reveal what happened a few weeks prior. He has a hit record and hopes to make it in Chicago. However, in the past year, he has squandered the money he made for the record, cheated on his girlfriend (who then broke up with him), been deserted by the other woman, pawned his guitar to buy flowers for his mother’s grave, been arrested for vagrancy while walking home from his mother’s funeral, and spent 90 days in the workhouse.
[Hedley]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s - 60s. The antagonist of the play. A Caribbean immigrant who is older than Floyd and his friends, he rents a room from Louise and makes some money from the chickens he raises in the yard. He loathes white America and believes in spirits and ghosts.
[Canewell]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 30s - 50s. A musician and friend to Floyd. Edgy and quick-tempered. Canewell loves Vera and may have had a relationship with her when Floyd was gone.
[Red Carter]: Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s - 60s. A musician, and friend of Floyd. Laid-back in demeanor.
[Vera]: Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s-50s. Floyd’s ex-girlfriend who Floyd tries to reunite with. He also tries to convince her to go back to Chicago with him. She hesitates to trust Floyd, because he cheated on her.
[Ruby]: Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 20s-30s. Louise’s niece who is in town from Alabama. She comes to stay with Louise because of trouble back home. She is pregnant, and her boyfriend is in jail for killing her possible lover.
[Louise]: Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Black. 40s-50s. Vera’s neighbor, a no-nonsense woman who describes herself as “48 going on 60.”
SALARY: LORT Non-Rep $1213 weekly minimum (LORT B). UNION: AEA

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