Degenerates - NYC EPA (11.23.26)

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, November 23, 2026

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway

$1290 weekly minimum (cat. CC)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in DEGENERATES (see breakdown).

SYNOPSIS:

The boys are fucked. And they know it. In their own obscure corner of the internet, they offer each other proof that the game is rigged against men: it was over before it began, they will never be loved, better just to lay down and rot. When an unexpected relationship begins to form, the consequences of the boys’ fatalism are made painfully clear. Degenerates offers a telescopic, darkly funny view of one insular community, formed on the bedrock of shared and infinite miseries.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue of your choice. Please bring your headshot and resume, stapled together.

LOCATION

Playwrights Horizons

416 W 42nd St

New York, NY 10036-6809

Auditions: Rosen Rehearsal Room; Holding: Niarchos Rehearsal Room

PERSONNEL

Written by Else Went

Directed by Emma Rosa Went

Playwrights Horizons - Judith O. Rubin Theater

Artistic Director: Adam Greenfield

Managing Director: Casey York

General Manager: Noah Silva

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Casting Director: Claire Yenson, CSA

OTHER DATES

Rehearsal: Tuesday, December 8 - Thursday, December 10

Tech: Friday, December 11 - Sunday December 13

Performances: Tuesday December 15th - Sunday January 24th

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Breakdown

DEGENERATES

SEEKING:

UNDERSTUDY FOR MILLER. He/him. Late 20s, white. Terribly alone. In constant motion. Takes pleasure in lengthy pontifications to his online community. Stands 5’10” or under. NOTE: ROLE CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT AND ONE BRIEF MOMENT OF NUDITY (FROM BEHIND).

UNDERSTUDY FOR TARGET. He/they. Mid 20s, white. Terribly alone. In the very beginning stages of gender exploration. Quietly spiky, intelligent, wickedly funny. Stands 5’10” or under. NOTE: ROLE CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT.

UNDERSTUDY FOR KEMP AND SERGE/CHAD. He/him. Late 20s. Black or Afro-Latine.

KEMP. Terribly alone. A core of decency and kindness. You want to root for him;

SERGE. Terribly alone. Newcomer to the online community and it might not be his scene; and

CHAD. He’s just Chad.

THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE CAST:

MILLER (CAST) He/him. Late 20s, white. Terribly alone. In constant motion. Takes pleasure in lengthy pontifications to his online community. Stands 5’10” or under. NOTE: ROLE CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT AND ONE BRIEF MOMENT OF NUDITY (FROM BEHIND).

TARGET (CAST). He/they. Mid 20s, white. Terribly alone. In the very beginning stages of gender exploration. Quietly spiky, intelligent, wickedly funny. Stands 5’10” or under. NOTE: ROLE CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT.

KEMP (CAST). He/him. Late 20s, Black. Terribly alone. A core of decency and kindness. You want to root for him.

SERGE/CHAD (CAST). He/him. Early 30s, Latine or Afo-Latine. Will double in the roles of SERGE. Terribly alone. Newcomer to the online community and it might not be his scene; and CHAD. He’s just Chad.

STACY/ALL WOMEN. (CAST) She/her. Late 20s-early 30s, white. Onstage representative of all women.