MEET DAYS’S ABIGAIL KLEIN

DAYS sent Klein’s agents a new role with new sides, and she did an in-person audition for the show.

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After being introduced on BEYOND SALEM: CHAPTER 2, Abigail Klein makes her debut on August 17 on the main NBC soap as Stephanie Johnson. “It’s been the best ride ... a blast,” says Klein, who began filming in March, a couple of months before tackling the Peacock special. “We were shooting both of them simultaneously. That was fun because I’d already had a few episodes of DAYS under my belt before we did BEYOND SALEM, which was really cool.”

Klein, however, had to keep mum about her new full-time soap gig. “Because [we shoot] so many months ahead, I had to keep it under wraps,” she notes. “The only thing I ever shared [on social media] was being on BEYOND SALEM. I’m so stoked to finally be able to say, ‘Hey. I’m also on DAYS.’ ”

 

The road to all things Salem began in December of 2021. “I did a self-tape [audition],” recounts the actress. “There was a character name with fake sides. I sent it in and then I went on Christmas vacation and then it was New Year’s. I got a call from my agents in January saying I got a callback. I was like, ‘For what?’ They said, ‘For DAYS. They want you to go in and do a chemistry read.’ ”

DAYS sent Klein’s agents a new role with new sides, and she did an in-person audition for the show. “Then I waited in suspense for weeks,” recalls Klein, who eventually got a call from her team informing her she’d booked the gig, “but that it was for a completely different character than I had auditioned for. I was going to be playing Stephanie Johnson, the daughter of one of the main couples on the show.”