Open Call Auditions for Jane: Monologues from the Underground
A Staged Reading
Excerpted from the documentary play by Paula Kamen
Directed by Mary Ringstad-Gagliano
Jane was the code name for an underground service in Chicago, run by a collective
of housewives and students, that brought safe and affordable abortions to 11,000
women from 1969 to 1973. Based on interviews with the women who ran this
legendary organization before Roe v. Wade, Jane: Abortion and the Underground
tells the stories of the fight for freedom over their bodies that continues today.
Our reading presents monologues from the play.
Roles: 12 actors: 11 females and 1 male, ages 18 - 80
Audition and performance location: Footlik Theater (Parking Lot A entrance), Oakton College, Des Plaines campus
Performance dates: Wednesday, February 19 at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Please prepare a contemporary monologue (1-2 minutes in length) or be ready to do a cold reading from the script.
Contact Info:
Auditions: Thursday, January 16 and Friday, January 17, 6 - 9 p.m.
No appointment necessary.
For more information, contact Mary Ringstad-Gagliano at ringstad@oakton.edu.