Auditions for EUREKA DAY and INFINITE LIFE at Stray Cat Theatre announced for August 17

 

EUREKA DAY

by Jonathan Spector

directed by Louis Farber

Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre

October 9 - 17, 2026

TWO WEEKEND ENGAGEMENT ONLY

AND

INFINITE LIFE

by Annie Baker

directed by Jodie Weiss

Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre

December 11 - 19, 2026

TWO WEEKEND ENGAGEMENT ONLY

WHEN/WHERE:

Monday, August 17th, 2026 - 6pm - 10pm

MAIN STREET CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

933 E Main St

Mesa, AZ 85203

Callbacks will be on Tuesday the 18th in the evening for EUREKA DAY and on Wednesday the 19th in the evening for INFINITE LIFE

ROLES AVAILABLE:

EUREKA DAY

2-3M, 3-4F

DON: Late 50s, early 60s. White. Head of the school. A calming presence.

SUZANNE: Mid 50s. White. Warm and gracious.

CARINA: Early 40s. Black or biracial. A joiner. Grew up overseas. 

MEIKO: Mid 30s. Asian or biracial. Berkley native. Wry sense of humor.

ELI: Mid 30s. White. Jewish. Oblivious but well-meaning.

WINTER: Open age, Black or biracial. A parent. New to the school.

NOTE: All ages and ethnicities are suggested by the script to reflect the diversity that defines the school.

INFINITE LIFE

5F, 1M

SOFI: 40s, lives in Los Angeles, California. The play's fulcrum. She is separated, extraordinarily vulnerable, and highly neurotic.

EILEEN: 70s, lives in Wichita, Kansas. A deeply warm and somewhat supernatural presence. Provides moments of physical comfort and spiritual healing to the other characters. 

ELAINE: 60s, lives in Dublin, New Hampshire. A veteran of the clinic who navigates the agonizing reality of the physical body. 

GINNIE: 60s, lives in Rio Vista, California. Witty and outspoken, she actively engages in the philosophical debates about physical trauma and relationships.

YVETTE: 60s, 70s, lives in Midland, Michigan. A poised and grounding figure who provides wisdom to the younger Sofi and balances the group's discussions. 

NELSON: 40s, lives in San Francisco., California. The sole man in the group. A finance bro with colon cancer. In an open marriage. Acts as a confessor and object of desire.

PLEASE PREPARE: 

Prepared sides from the script - will be emailed to you upon scheduling your audition.

TO SCHEDULE AN AUDITION:

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO rmay@straycattheatre.org WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. NAME 

2. PHONE NUMBER

3. CHARACTER(S) YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR

4. A WINDOW OF TIME YOU WOULD PREFER. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND ALL AUDITIONS ARE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SCHEDULED BASIS IN 5 MINUTE INCREMENTS. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ADHERE TO YOUR WISHES.

YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL WITH:

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION

2. SIDE(S) TO PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITION

3. A LINK TO AN AUDITION FORM TO COMPLETE BEFORE ARRIVAL

4. AN AUDITION TIME SLOT 

ANY QUESTIONS: rmay@straycattheatre.org

PAY: There is a stipend for all actors cast as well as for understudies.

ABOUT THE SHOWS:

EUREKA DAY

Winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play! 

The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. But when a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka community, facts become subjective and every solution divisive, leaving the school’s leadership to confront the central question of our time: How do you build consensus when no one can agree on truth?

“…Critic’s Pick! “[A] lively portrait... The perfect play for our age of disagreement.” – The New York Times

INFINITE LIFE

The newest play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Stray Cat favorites THE FLICK, JOHN, and THE ANTIPODES. 

INFINITE LIFE focuses on five women – four of them in their 60s, one 47 – and one middle aged man - staying at a health retreat in northern California. This surprisingly funny new play is an inquiry into the complex experience of pain - our own and each other’s - and how we collectively and independently navigate suffering.

“An undeniably important and timely work... often mesmerizing and undeniably audacious.” – The Guardian See less