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Jussie Smollett auditioned for a role in a play that shares eerie similarities to his alleged attack — and he may have used Instagram to tip off the brothers to his whereabouts the night of the beat-down, according to a report on Monday.

In the hours before the violent Jan. 29 assault in Chicago, the “Empire” star was in New York City for a day of readings for a possible revival of “Take Me Out,” sources told the Daily Mail.

The Tony-winning production follows a biracial baseball player who is attacked by a pitcher — and called a “n—-r” and “f—-t” — after coming out. The characters compete on a team called the New York Empires.

Smollett was among actors, including Zachary Quinto, to perform two readings that day, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.

Afterward, he popped to La Guardia Airport to fly back to Chicago to film the final episodes of the fourth season of “Empire.”

But when the flight got delayed, Smollett began posting Instagram stories — which cops now believe were meant for brothers Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo to see ahead of the attack, a source told the Mail.

One story had the airport tagged as a location and the caption, “Guess who is still on this [motherf–king] runway after two hours?”

Another two hours later said “Hey it’s me again … think i took off yet? Naaaaah…”

Smollett allegedly made a third post when the plane finally took off.

The Osundairos told cops that the attack was supposed to happen earlier than Jan. 29, CBS Chicago reported on Sunday.