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For Actors

Season Auditions for 2020-2021 will be held at the Actors Equity office at 557 W Randolph, Chicago.
Audition dates are Feb. 6, 7, & 13 from 10:00-5:00. Audition appointments are only available through the Actors Equity Association website.
Actors should prepare 2 contrasting, modern monologues not to exceed 3 minutes total.

If unable to attend auditions, you may email your headshot and resume in a single PDF file with your name in the title as follows:

lastname, firstname.pdf

Subject line: Actor Application, to auditions@firstfolio.org

Only applications sent this way will be accepted. No phone calls please!

We hold Equity generals once yearly. These auditions are posted on the AEA website.

For Designers, Stage Managers and Technical Directors

Please email your resume in a single PDF file with your name in the title as follows:

lastname, firstname.pdf

Portfolios can be a separate PDF document.

Subject line: Design (area of specialty) Application OR Stage Manager Application OR Technician application tofirstfolio@firstfolio.org

Only applications sent this way will be accepted. No phone calls please!

We post these jobs on Chicagoplays.com,backstagejobs.com, and also our facebook page.

For Acting Interns

First Folio is not offering any internships for the upcoming season.

For Production Assistant Internships

First Folio is not offering any internships for the upcoming season.

Directors

Please note that we have four in-house directors amongst our Artistic Associates, so directing opportunities are few and far between. Please follow the above guidelines if you would like to be placed on file for future consideration, with the Subject Line: Directing Application, using the email address firstfolio@firstfolio.org.

Playwrights

Please note that most of our productions are of a classical nature or new works with a literary basis.  The reality is that we rarely produce shows requiring a cast larger than 6. You may email scripts to us at firstfolio@firstfolio.org.Please write Play Submission in the subject line.

First Folio does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to, or employment in, its programs and activities.