The Theater Lab, a D214 Community Education program, is holding auditions for the roles of Don Browning, Younger Don, and Dad for the final production of its 2025-2026 season, “Leaving Iowa” by Tim Clue and Spike Manton.
The critically-acclaimed, hilarious, family-friendly play about a journalist, Don Browning, who decides to finally return to Winterset, Iowa, to take his late father’s ashes to his childhood home, as requested, only to find his childhood home is not quite the same as it was when he left it.
The Theater Lab is a friendly, collaborative-minded company that encourages performers of all backgrounds and experience to audition. For these specific roles of Don Browning, Younger Don, and Dad, we are seeking male-identifying actors.
Auditions for these roles in “Leaving Iowa” will take place on Friday, June 20, 2025, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at the Forest View Education Center:
2121 S Goebbert Rd
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
To ensure a smooth audition experience, auditions will be scheduled in 10-minute time slots. Your time slot will be provided via email after completing our online audition form at
https://forms.gle/GR1px2retckjp2s88. You will be required to provide your name and contact information. You'll also have the opportunity to share your resume, headshot, and any other information you'd like us to know. For your audition, please prepare a 1-2 minute modern monologue. You may also be asked to do some cold readings from the script.
After submitting your completed audition form, you will receive an email no later than Thursday, June 19, 2025, confirming your time slot for your audition at Forest View Education Center.
Time Commitment:
Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will take place at
Forest View Education Center
2121 S Goebbert Rd
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Please note: We are asking about your conflicts for a wider range of availability than may be used for rehearsals, so we can try to work around actors' schedules as much as possible.
Rehearsals are scheduled to begin as soon as casting decisions are made and run up to and including the week of the production, August 15-17, 2025. There will NOT be rehearsals from June 30 through July 13 to honor the 4th of July holiday.
While we will do our best to work around actors' schedules, conflicts will be taken into consideration for casting, with preference given to those with fewer conflicts, if necessary. Rehearsals will be held two (2) or three (3) evenings a week and chosen from the following times: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, with Wednesdays added as needed, especially closer to performance dates.
***ATTENDANCE AT ALL TECHNICAL REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES, AUGUST 11-17, 2025, IS REQUIRED BY ALL ACTORS, WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE DO NOT AUDITION IF YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THESE DATES.***
Performances:
August, 2025
Friday, August 15 (7:30 p.m.), Saturday, August 16 (3:00 & 7:30 p.m.), and Sunday, August 17 (3:00 p.m.).
Material To Prepare:
Please prepare a 1-2 minute modern monologue.
Contact Info:
Audition Form
https://forms.gle/GR1px2retckjp2s88
Please email
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