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NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR

Bloomsday


Auditions: Monday, 11/9/26

Performances 2/12 - 3/7, 2027


Bloomsday, The Story

By Steven Dietz
Directed by Adrianne Cury

Thirty-five years after a brief but unforgettable encounter in Dublin, Robert returns to Ireland in search of Cait, the young woman who changed the course of his life.

Moving fluidly between past and present, Bloomsday brings Robert and Cait face-to-face with their younger selves, Robbie and Caithleen, as one day from long ago unfolds again. Inspired by James Joyce’s Ulysses, Steven Dietz’s time-bending love story explores memory, regret, missed chances, and the tantalizing question: If we could go back, would we choose differently?

Funny, romantic, and wistful, Bloomsday is a four-person play about the choices we make, and the lives that grow out of them.



Character Breakdown

Parker Players Theater Company welcomes and encourages artists of all races, ethnicities, abilities, faith/belief traditions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, gender identities, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, and nationalities to submit.

CAITHLEEN — 20s | Irish
High-spirited, mercurial, quick-witted, and alive to possibility. Caithleen wears a mask of certainty, even as she broils underneath with insecurity. She can be bold and impulsive one moment, vulnerable the next. Romantic without being sentimental, she has an adventurous spirit and an intensity that draws Robbie into her world.

CAIT — 50s–60s | Irish
Caithleen thirty-five years later. Cait has found some peace with herself and with the life she has lived—but she has not been quashed by it. The spark, humor, intelligence, and unpredictability of the young Caithleen are still very much present. Her younger self shines through in her eyes, her soul, and the way she sees the world. She carries both the wisdom of age and the lingering ache of what might have been.

ROBBIE — 20s | American
As high-spirited and adventurous as Caithleen, Robbie is eager, free, playful, and willing to follow where the day takes him. He is intelligent and curious, with an openness that makes his connection with Caithleen immediate and exhilarating. There are already hints of the more guarded, jaded man he will become—but at 20, possibility still outweighs regret.

ROBERT — 50s–60s | American — ROLE CAST
Robbie thirty-five years later. Wry, intelligent, guarded, and more than a little skeptical, Robert has spent decades constructing a version of his past—and perhaps himself—that he can live with. Returning to Dublin forces him to confront the distance between memory and truth, and between the young man he was and the man he became.

The role of Robert has been cast; however, we are seeking an understudy for this role.


Application

AUDITION APPLICATION DEADLINE

Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026
Midnight

AUDITION APPLICATION DETAILS

Please complete and submit the audition intent form and you will be contacted via email if you are selected to audition in person. 

Non-Equity Production


Auditions are by invitation only.

You will be contacted via email after you submit the audition form if asked to audition in person. 

Audition Process

FIRST-ROUND AUDITIONS

Monday, November 9, 2026
6:00–9:00 PM

CALLBACKS

Monday, November 16, 2026
6:30–9:30 PM

Auditions are by invitation only.

You will be contacted via email after you submit the audition form if asked to audition in person. 

AUDITION LOCATION

The Barrington
Parker Players Theater
540 W Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010

The theater is approximately 1.5 miles from the Barrington Metra Station.


Auditions & Callbacks

Please prepare a contemporary monologue of no more than two minutes that feels at home in the world of Bloomsday: natural, conversational, intelligent, and emotionally grounded. Material that balances humor with vulnerability, longing, regret, romance, or an awareness of time and memory is especially appropriate.

Playwrights whose work may provide a useful tonal fit include Conor McPherson, Brian Friel, David Hare, Simon Stephens, Kenneth Lonergan, Amy Herzog, Steven Dietz, or similar contemporary playwrights. These are suggestions only—we are happy to see any piece that allows us to see you at your best.

Actors auditioning for Cait or Caithleen: Please perform your monologue using your best Irish accent. We don’t expect perfection at this stage; we would simply like to hear your facility and comfort with the dialect


The online audition form asks applicants to provide a headshot, resume, availability and conflicts, as well as a brief video slate.

For the video slate, please tell us:

  • Your name

  • Your height

  • And, because we have to ask: Have you ever read James Joyce’s Ulysses? If yes, did you actually finish it?

No need to overthink the last question. We’re just curious.

If the video won’t upload through the form, applicants may email their slate to
jmchugh@ParkerPlayersTheater.org any shareable video format—YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, etc. 

What you need to submit


Production Schedule

FIRST READ-THROUGH

Monday, December 7, 2026
6:30–9:30 PM

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

January 6–February 11, 2027

Tuesdays & Thursdays: 7:00–10:00 PM
Saturdays: 11:00 AM–3:00 PM
Sundays: 4:00–8:00 PM

REHEARSAL LOCATION

The Barrington
Parker Players Theater
540 W Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010

The theater is approximately 1.5 miles from the Barrington Metra Station.


Tech Week

TECH WEEK DATES

February 7–11
6:00–10:00 PM.


Performance Schedule

Opening Night: Friday, February 12, 2027

Evenings at 7:30 PM:
February 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 & 27
March 5 & 6

Matinees at 2:00 PM:
February 14, 21 & 27
March 7

12 performances total

There will be two understudy evening performances:
Thursday, February 18
Thursday, March 4


Submit Application for Bloomsday Auditions Today!

Questions about auditions can be directed to jmchugh@ParkerPlayersTheater.org.