Auditions
TheatreFor…
… is a paid, non-Equity theatre company committed to creating a healthy and inclusive space for artists of all races, cultures, ages and backgrounds. Artists are paid on a per performance basis
General Information:
Auditions are held at TheatreFor (unless otherwise noted): located in the Sunset Square Shopping Center, at the corner of Sunset Point and Highland Ave., 1863 N Highland Ave, Clearwater, FL 33755
Unless specified, auditions will be cold readings from the script, often with multiple auditioners being evaluated together in combined readings. Any given audition may be for a single show or may be conducted by directors of multiple shows.
At each director’s discretion, video auditions and requests for dates other than the published ones may be arranged. Email auditions@theatrefor.com with your request. Audition reservations, headshots, and resumes are suggested but not required.
Current Audition Schedule
Our current audition schedule is posted below.
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AUDITION NOTICE - THE CLEAN HOUSE
By Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Graham Jones
TheatreFor and director Graham Jones are excited to announce auditions for the role of Matilde in the upcoming production of The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl.
AUDITION DATES
Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Monday, October 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
1863 N. Highland Ave., Clearwater, FL
CASTING
Matilde is a young Brazilian woman hired as a housekeeper, though she hates cleaning and dreams of becoming a comedian. She is intelligent, emotionally perceptive, imaginative, and quietly rebellious, with a refined deadpan wit. Beneath her humor, she carries profound grief over the deaths of her parents.
It's a leading role with a rich balance of comedy and pathos. The actor needs excellent comic timing, especially the ability to make stillness and understatement funny, along with the emotional depth to handle grief, intimacy, and mortality. Matilde is the play's poetic center: an outsider who gradually becomes deeply connected to everyone around her.
The role is specifically written as Brazilian, and Matilde speaks both Portuguese and English.
In addition to the usual stipend, TheatreFor will pay for subscriptions to one or more apps to help the actor learn Portuguese.
This is a PAID ROLE.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Please prepare a one-minute contemporary comic monologue. Auditions will also include cold readings from the script.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House is a funny, tender play about the messiness of love and the ways we live with loss. Lane, a doctor, hires Matilde to clean her home, but Matilde would rather invent the perfect joke. When Lane's sister secretly takes over the housework and Lane's husband falls in love with a patient, their orderly world unravels. Everyday life gives way to unexpected connections and moments of magic, with laughter never far from grief.
PERFORMANCE DATES
Nine performances on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, April 16 through May 2, 2027.
For additional information or questions, email player.for@theatrefor.com and put Attn: Graham in your message.