Submissions for RED LIGHT WINTER now open

By Adam Rapp

Directed By Marti Gobel

Love, Obsession, and Betrayall

This is a non-union production. AEA may submit for a Single Engagement Contract as approved by AEA.

Red Light Winter by Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp is an unflinching exploration of desire, intimacy, and the fragility of human connection. The story begins with two friends—Matt, a struggling writer, and Davis, a charismatic ladies’ man—who escape to Amsterdam for a night of hedonistic adventure. There they meet Christina, a young woman whose presence shifts the balance of their friendship and ignites a triangle of passion, betrayal, and longing. What begins as a fleeting encounter in a red-light district hotel spirals into a meditation on loneliness, obsession, and the lingering power of memory. Bold, provocative, and heartbreakingly human, Red Light Winter asks: what do we risk in pursuit of love?

DAVIS - A book editor. Charming but also egotistical, cruel and invasive. He is a complex character who appears to hide his own feelings and struggles, sometimes masked by a veneer of intellectualism. 

Male presenting, 25-30.

Any ethnicity. 

Strong adult themes and content; applicant must be comfortable with physical intimacy choreographed for the stage. 

The Roles of MATT and CHRISTINA are cast.

Rehearsals will take place according to the expected schedule below. Director is subject to amend dates and times as needed in alignment with cast schedules. 

Rehearsals begin December 9th

Most weeknight rehearsals to take place from 6-10PM; weekend rehearsals to take place from 2-6PM.

Actors will be called as needed with exceptions made for designer runs and technical rehearsals. Actors should expect to remain the entirety of rehearsals when called, however, all rehearsals subject to early release as needed at the Director’s discretion. 

Jan 6-7  TECH

Jan 8  PREVIEW (PWYC)

Jan 9  OPENING

Jan 10  Performance 2 and 3

Jan 15-17   Performance 4, 5, 6, 7

Jan 22-24  Performance  8,9,10,11

Jan 25  Strike (AM)

All rehearsals and performances to take place at Light Box Theatre - 2590 Truxtun Rd #205, San Diego, CA 92106

Actors to be paid a competitive hourly rate; the role of DAVIS not to exceed 90 hours. 

The pay schedule will include payment at the first rehearsal (as an advance of expected hours worked for the first week of the rehearsal schedule), opening night, and the closing performance. All actors must return a signed contract accepting their role prior to receiving payment. 

Please complete the entire audition form as specifically as possible to be considered for Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp Directed by Marti Gobel.

Within the form, please upload or email a self-tape video less than 3 minutes in length (including your slated introduction) of two contrasting monologues, a recent headshot, and acting resume. Please send any questions or files you cannot upload to Info@OnWordTheatre.com

All audition materials, the form, headshot and resume, should be completed and sent by November 10, 2025.

All audition materials are subject to future consideration for the remaining season.