| Show | Yerma |
| Company | EastLine Theatre |
| Notes | A flat stipend of $200 will be provided for each performer. Actors who identify as Hispanic, Latine, or of mixed race are encouraged to audition. |
| Instructions | After you fill out this form: https://forms.gle/Q5Nugq4rWnxAgDfn9 we will be in touch with an appointment time and sides approximately a week before the audition dates. You do not need to prepare anything additional. |
| Rehearsal Dates | Rehearsals will be held in Babylon (a short walk from the Babylon LIRR station), with tech rehearsals and performances held at the BACCA Arts Center in Lindenhurst (a short walk from the Lindenhurst LIRR station). Currently scheduled tech rehearsals will be held dates between 9/6-9/18. Further rehearsals will be scheduled around cast conflicts. |
| Performance Dates | Saturday, Sep 19, 2026 - 7:30 PM Sunday, Sep 20, 2026 - 3:00 PM Friday, Sep 25, 2026 - 7:30 PM Saturday, Sep 26, 2026 - 7:30 PM Sunday, Sep 27, 2026 - 3:00 PM Friday, Oct 2, 2026 - 7:30 PM Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 - 7:30 PM Sunday, Oct 4, 2026 - 3:00 PM |
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| Show Info | Federico Garcia Lorca's aching portrait of one woman's longing to have a child finds fresh expression in Melinda Lopez's adaptation. Consumed by her dream of motherhood, Yerma defies her husband and confronts her community. In this darkly poetic fable, Yerma's obsessive desire propels her into a collision with the universe that is urgent and terrible in scope. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. |
| Type | Location | Date | Time |
| Appointment | EastLine Theatre 79 East Main Street Babylon | Jul 13 | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
| Appointment | EastLine Theatre 79 East Main Street Babylon | Jul 14 | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Roles
| Role | M/F | Age | Description | Yerma | F | 20-30 | Late 20s - Mid 30s: Passionate, intelligent, emotionally intense woman desperate to become a mother. Her longing for a child grows into obsession and tragedy. Seeking a Hispanic or Latine performer for this role. | Maria | F | 20-30 | chorus - Mid 20s - Early 30s: Yerma’s friend who becomes pregnant easily. Kind, maternal, and unintentionally painful for Yerma to be around. | Dolores | F | 40-50 | chorus - Early 40s: A mysterious older woman associated with folk healing, ritual, and fertility practices. Grounded, spiritual, and connected to the feminine wisdom of the community. | Marta | F | 18-25 | chorus - 18 - Early 20s: The daughter of Dolores. Shares polarizing values with Yerma. She disapproves of the duties imposed on her and resents being solely a wife and mother. Wishes to remain young and care-free. | Incarnacion | F | 50+ | chorus - 50+: Bold and outspoken. She challenges traditional morality and urges Yerma to embrace passion and desire rather than duty alone. | Veronica, Rosa Maria | F | 18-25 | chorus - 18 - Late 20s: Women of the village. They function as neighbors, laundresses, mothers, and villagers who comment on Yerma’s life through gossip, songs, ritual, and collective voice. | Victor | M | 20-30 | chorus - Late 20s - Mid 30s: A charismatic laborer and old friend of Yerma and Juan. Warm, vital, and emotionally open. He represents the life and passion Yerma feels missing from her marriage. | Juan | M | 20-30 | Late 20s - Mid 30s: Yerma’s husband. Practical, hardworking, emotionally reserved, and concerned with reputation and order. He loves stability more than intimacy, creating distance in the marriage. |