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CLYDE’S Auditions

CLYDE’S

Casting Opportunity

SEASON 36: 2026/2027

CLYDE’S by Lynn Nottage

Directed by Ti Ames (she/they)

About the Play:

A comedy about work, appetite, second chances, and the outrageous business of making something good when the world has already decided what you’re worth. It’s right that we begin our SECOND ACT of Season 36 here: in a workplace, around a table, with people trying to make a sandwich and a life better than the one they inherited. This is funny, generous, exacting theater.

Nominee: Five 2022 Tony Awards, including Best Play
Winner! Four 2022 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Nominee: Four 2022 Drama League Awards

“A poignant story about worker solidarity and the meaning of second chances, loaded with laugh-out-loud funny jokes.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“We are living in Greek times. The systems that control our lives – institutional racism, predatory capitalism, the prison-industrial complex – seem as powerful and implacable as gods. What can humans do about fate, [other] playwrights suggest, but submit to it and hope to preserve the story? Nottage’s delightful play, Clyde’s, dares to flip the paradigm. Though it’s still about dark things, including prison, drugs, homelessness and poverty, it somehow turns them into bright comedy.” – The New York Times

“At Clyde’s, sandwiches aren’t just convenient meals served at lunch and dinner; they tell stories, hold truths and nourish dreams. The drama blossoms into a poignant story about worker solidarity and the meaning of second chances, loaded with laugh-out-loud funny jokes.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“A flavor-bomb of a comedy about survival, second chances and digesting whatever life serves up. A subversion of familiar genres, including drawing room comedy and workplace drama, and the value judgments conventionally inherent to them. By nature of her composition, Nottage also questions which sorts of rooms and people have previously been considered worthy of sustained attention.” – Variety

Auditions: 

Saturday, October 31, 1-5pm

Sunday, November 1, 1-5pm

Callbacks: 

Monday, November 2, 630-10pm

To Audition: 

Please email [email protected] to request an audition and secure your time. Auditions will be held 10-15 minute windows.

What to Prepare: 

Actors should prepare:

1. A monologue by a Black playwright of no more than 2 minutes. Prepare does not mean memorize, but familiarity and ownership of delivery are expected. When selecting works by Black playwrights, actors should choose characters that correspond to their own racial identity. 
2. A 1-2 minute story in a format of your choice: song, poem, dance, joke, sharing of artwork, or similar. 

Materials will be provided for actors invited to call-backs. No invitation is not a communication that actors will not be cast. 

Accessibility:

We welcome actors of all abilities and are happy to make accommodations for those with mobility or physical access needs. If you need support to participate in auditions, please contact us in advance so that we can make the appropriate arrangements for you.

We are a community theater on purpose. We welcome actors of all levels and encourage you to audition regardless of experience. 

Please see character breakdowns for specifics about character age ranges, race, ethnicity, and more. We will consider actors 18 and older. All gender identities are welcome and encouraged. If you wish to be considered only for characters of a certain gender, please let us know on your audition form. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you are unavailable on the audition dates listed, please let us know. We may accept video auditions under certain circumstances. Callbacks will be held in person.

Rehearsals:
Rehearsals for CLYDE’S will use a workshop model and require weekend-day availability. Additionally, this production rehearses throughout the winter and across major holiday seasons.

Please read carefully.

Fridays, 7-10pm: November 13 and 20, 2026; December 18, 2026; January 15 and 22, 2027.

Saturdays, 1-6pm: November 14, 21, and 28, 2026; December 19, 2026; January 2, 9, and 16, 2027.

Sundays, 1-6pm: November 22 and 29, 2026; December 13 and 27, 2026; January 3 and 10, 2027.

Weekdays, 7-10pm: Monday, December 28–Wednesday, December 30, 2026.

Tech Rehearsals, 7-10pm: Monday, January 25–Wednesday, January 27, 2027.

A conflict calendar will be sent to you when you confirm your audition slot. Please bring a list of any conflicts for the rehearsal dates above. 

Performances:  

Free Preview Night: Thursday, January 28, 2027

Opening Weekend: Friday, January 29, 2027 and Saturday, January 30, 2027

Performances continue: Thursday–Sunday 

February 4-7, 2027; February 11-14, 2027; February 18-21, 2027

Role Descriptions:

CLYDE (40s): Fierce and sexy. The gravel in her voice betrays a life of cigarettes and whiskey, lived with gusto and no apology. She’s the owner of Clyde’s, a truck-stop sandwich shop. A Black woman. 

MONTRELLOUS (40s): Zen-like, wise, talented, and cool as hell. He’s the John Coltrane of sandwich making. Black or Brown man. 

LETITIA (20s): Direct, self-possessed, and perhaps too quick to offer an opinion. A mother. She is a sandwich maker at Clyde’s. A Black woman. 

RAFAEL (20s): A recovering addict who wears his emotions on his sleeve. He is a sandwich maker at Clyde’s. A Latino man.

JASON (late 20s): Moody, with white supremacist tats on his face. He is the newest sandwich-maker at Clyde’s. A white man. 

Content Advisory:

CLYDE’s contains racialized and adult language, allusions to harassment, violence, and drug use, as well as discussions of incarceration and hardships due to incarceration and recidivism. 

A Note from the Director:

CLYDE’S is a show for dreamers and storytellers who want to think and play outside the box of Western theater. At its core, it is both gritty and heartfelt, but there are also several moments of fanciful wonder that will be explored onstage through music, dance, and spoken word. If this speaks to you, please reach out for an audition slot! 

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