NON-UNION Audition Notice - La Botanica
Latiné Theater Lab is seeking South Florida-based performers and one acting intern to bring La Botánica to life. This production has two types of performances, a 15-minute reading of the play during MOCAFest on September 26, 2026 and our official production October 23-24, 2026. This is a bilingual show, where each character speaks in both English and Spanish.
The commitment runs September 21 through October 24. Rehearsals are tentatively scheduled from 4-9pm at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus. Performer compensation is $1,200, intern compensation is $750. This is a non-equity production.
Audition Information:
Please prepare a one minute dramatic monologue and answer to the question: What excites you about working on this material. Latiné and BIPOC artists strongly encouraged to apply!
Auditions will be held Saturday, July 25 from 10am-1pm at the Hampton Inn Miami Airport West (Doral) with callbacks the following Saturday, August 1st. Video submissions will be accepted for those who cannot make the July 25 date, please reach out to Alex at alex@latinetheaterlab.com for more information.
Below find more information about each role:
Carmen: 30s-40s, Cuban. A single mother unraveling at the seams. She loves her son Jesus with a ferocity that has turned into control. She is convinced that the person he is becoming is not her son at all, but something that has taken his place. She calls it a demon. She has made it her sole mission to banish it, no matter the cost. A devoted regular of La Botánica, Carmen carries her own secret spiritual practice close to her chest.
Esperanza: 40s-50s, Cuban. The owner of La Botánica. Esperanza inherited the shop from her parents and with it, a calling to help people peel back the shadows and traumas of their past so they can find their way back to their own truth. She is the steady, grounded force her clients cannot find in themselves. Carmen is one of her most complicated and fractured regulars.
Mysterious Man: 20s-30s, Cuban. A figure from Carmen's past she never fully left behind. He has a way of appearing when she is at her most vulnerable, wearing the faces of those who have hurt her, speaking in the voices of her deepest fears. Whether he is a man, a memory, or something else entirely is a question the audience will have to sit with.
Tour Guide (Intern role): 20s, Latin, any gender expression. Eager, a little green, and determined to prove they can run a tour as well as their parents. Their family owns and operates a tour company in Hialeah focused on cultural experiences for locals and tourists, and during summer break from school, they take the reins on the company's botanica tours. They've begged for the chance to run one solo, and this summer, they finally got it.
Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, July 25 from 10am-1pm
Callbacks are scheduled for Saturday, August 1 from 10am-1pm