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AUDITION NOTICE:EUREKA DAY by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Kevin Cochran
OPEN CALL
Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
CALLBACKS (by invitation only): Monday, June 1, 2026
All auditions will take place at TheatreWorks at the Square
2085 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104
WHAT TO PREPARE
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Sides are posted at newmoontheatre.org/auditions
PRODUCTION DATES
October 16 - November 1, 2026
REHEARSAL DATES
Rehearsals will start early September 2026, rehearsing 4 days a week, then shifting to 5 days a week in October.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. In weekly meetings Eureka Day’s five board members develop and update policy to preserve this culture of inclusivity, reaching decisions only by consensus. But when a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka community, facts become subjective and every solution divisive, leaving the school’s leadership to confront the central question of our time: How do you build consensus when no one can agree on truth?
CASTING - 6 ROLES plus UNDERSTUDIES/STANDBYS
All roles are open - No roles have been precast.
DON - Male, white, 50s-60s | Head of school. A serene presence, but with real gravitas. He's very good at his job and his equivocating language is an intentional way to make everyone feel comfortable and never appear to be pushing things in any one direction, even while gently guiding them. He has worked hard to become the man that he is. No kids.
SUZANNE - Female, white, 50s | Warm and gracious. Raising her family and nurturing the school are her life's work and fully entwined. Has a home worth four million dollars (though she'll tell you it was much much cheaper when they bought it), but thinks of herself as "comfortable" rather than "wealthy". Mother of Sebastian, Arlo, Izzy, Juniper, Tompkins, and Walden.
CARINA - Female, black or biracial, 40s | Skilled at landing in a new environment, figuring out the rules, and putting other people at ease. Moved from the East Coast to Berkeley nine months ago with her wife. Isn't sure how much she loves living here, but is working hard to convince herself she does, because her wife never wants to leave. She's worked for nonprofits her whole professional life, so has spent a LOT of time in board meetings, and dealing with well-intentioned white people. Mother of Victor.
MEIKO - Female, east Asian descent or biracial, 30s | Wry sense of humor. A Berkeley native, went to UC Berkeley and has never lived anywhere else or wanted to. A year after the end of a tortured on-again off-again eight-year relationship, she became a single mother by choice. Would like to have another child, but feels she's too old to think about doing it alone again. Mother of Olivia.
ELI - Male, white, 30s | Oblivious but well-meaning. Went to Stanford and then straight into working at a tech start-up. Cashed out three years ago and has been in search of how to occupy his time and exercise his mind. When he and his wife first decided to open up their marriage, they spent many hours in therapy making sure they were approaching it in a thoughtful and intentional way, but that was a long time ago. Father of Tobias.
WINTER - Female, 30s-50s, any race or ethnicity | A parent. Does not appear until final scene. Will also be cast as an understudy for Carina, Meiko, and/or Suzanne.
Sides available at newmoontheatre.org/box-office
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO [email protected] OR CALL 901-484-3467.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Kevin Cochran is a Memphis-based theatre director, producer, and actor who serves on the Board of Directors and as Director of PHASES - A Staged Reading Series for New Moon Theatre Company. He received his BFA in Theatre from the University of Memphis, and has had the opportunity to work with theatre organizations around the country, and with the Orpheum Theatre Group, Playhouse on the Square, Theatre Memphis, and Germantown Community Theatre, locally. Previous New Moon Theatre Company directing credits include The Squirrels, Shockheaded Peter (Ostrander Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical), The Pillowman, and Killer Joe.
COMPANY HISTORY
New Moon Theatre Company was formed in 2004. During that time it has produced many challenging works such as: The Drowning Girls, The Minutes, A Monster Calls, Evil Dead the Musical, Shockheaded Peter, Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Rock Musical, Eurydice, Buried Child, Hamlet, Killer Joe, Lettuce and Lovage, The Woman In Black, Haint, Frankenstein, The Rainmaker, Bug, King Lear, and Death of a Salesman. Over the past decade, New Moon Theatre Company has garnered over 50 nominations for Memphis' Ostrander Awards, and 15 wins.
MISSION STATEMENT
To entertain with challenging and provocative works, classic and contemporary, which are not often produced on the main stages of Memphis.
CONTACT
Gene Elliott
Executive Director, New Moon Theatre Company
2085 Monroe Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
901-484-3467
www.newmoontheatre.org
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