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Non-Traditional Casting: The Denver Center does not believe in discrimination based on color, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disabilities, gender, or otherwise. All performers, including those of color, seniors, women, and performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
Actors unable to attend this EPA may submit headshot/resume to:
Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company
Attn: Casting
1101 13th Street
Denver, CO 80204
All roles are available. Some roles in some productions will be understudied. Character descriptions for new plays are included.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE By Tennessee Williams, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 8/16/2016
Opening: 9/16/2016
Closing: 10/16/2016
FRANKENSTEIN By Nick Dear, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 8/23/2016
Opening: 10/7/2016
Closing: 10/30/2016
A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Charles Dickens, Adapted by Richard Hellesen, Music by David de Berry, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 11/1/2016
Opening: 12/2/2016
Closing: 12/24/2016
THE BOOK OF WILL By Lauren Gunderson, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 12/6/2016
Opening: 1/20/2017
Closing: 2/26/2017
NOTE: All characters have British accents that correspond with their class.
HENRY CONDELL: 40s, a feisty, loyal friend and devoted husband, an actor in The King’s Men, should be experienced with Shakespeare text and have facility with language. Any ethnicity.
RICHARD BURBAGE: 50s, seasoned lion of the stage, physically imposing, loud and proud, a showoff who takes himself seriously. /BEN JONSON: poet laurate of England, highly intelligent and gifted with words, friend and rival of Shakespeare, always drunk but hides it well, surprisingly weepy, feels generally superior to others. Any ethnicity.
HORATIO: friend of Hamlet, no court status, attended university at Wittenburg. Any ethnicity.
REBECCA HEMINGES: mid to late 40s, John Heminges wife, a strong, wise and constant woman who has weathered much but loves her husband, sons and god, wifely and domestic. / ANNE HATHAWAY SHAKESPEARE: 60, Shakespeare’s now ailing wife, strong willed and classy, a survivor. Any ethnicity.
ELIZABETH CONDELL: mid to late 40s, Henry Condell’s wife, savvy and fun, understands actors, loves her husband, and is a good friend to Rebecca. /EMILIA BASSANO LANIER: Fiery Italian feminist poet, independent woman, lover of life and former lover of Shakespeare, dark hair and gorgeous, of the nobility, of another world, does not confine herself to the rules of society, free and open.
RALPH CRANE: younger, no older than 40, humble scribe of The King’s Men, quick, sure, quiet, lower status, comic relief. / BARMAN: ruffian / COMPOSITOR: works for William Jaggard / FRANCISCO: a soldier and guardsman of Elsinore. Any ethnicity.
JOHN HEMINGES: 50, the financial manager of The King’s Men and tapster of the Old Globe Tap House, reasonable friend, a good man if serious, heartfelt, devoted to his wife. Any ethnicity.
ALICE: 35, John Heminges daughter and alewife, knows everyone, hangs out with the boys, adventurous. / SUSANNAH SHAKESPEARE: 30, daughter of Shakespeare, a good girl if somewhat resentful of her father’s absence growing up. Any ethnicity.
ED KNIGHT: 30s, stage manager for The King’s Men, a sincere, heartfelt, self-serious, particular young man, not quite married, redeemable, has a moral compass. / ISAAC JAGGARD: William’s son, sensitive, artist at heart. / BERNARDO: the soldier who first witnesses the ghost of Old Hamlet. Any ethnicity.
MARCUS: no younger than 20, a printer’s apprentice at Jaggard’s print house, nosy but honest, young in talent, comic relief. / BOY HAMLET: young actor, scrawny / CRIER: newsboy. Any ethnicity.
WILLIAM JAGGARD: 60, Scrooge type, successful if shady publisher of books, plays and playbills, confident in getting what he wants, very experienced and well connected, willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done, an ass, walks with a cane, doesn’t see well. / BARMAN 2: a drunk
SIR EDWARD DERING: an upper class book and theatre lover, very rich. Any ethnicity.
THE CHRISTIANS By Lucas Hnath, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 12/27/2016
Opening: 2/3/2016
Closing: 2/26/2016
TWO DEGREES By Tira Palmquist, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 12/27/2016
Opening: 2/10/2016
Closing: 3/12/2016
EMMA PHELPS: 50, smart climate scientist, who studies ice, thin, fiery, bluntrecent widow, grief compounding itself emotionally, grappling with grief, sexy, sexual being
CLAY SIMPSON: 40, lobbyist for a multinational mining company, savysmart, charming as shit, has a good heart (not slimy or evil). Audience should want to root for relationship
LOUISE ALLEN: 50, Senator from Colorado, old college classmate of Emma'snot thin, wears a powersuit and moves swiftly, politcally saavy, sterotypical politician, up and coming, powerful, stong, fire brand
JEFFREY PHELPS: 50, Emma's late husband, high school teacher. / ERIC WILSON: Senator Allen's Chief of Staff. / MALIK PETERSON: extreme weather carpenter at Summit Station, speaks with a Greenlander accent
DISGRACED By Ayad Akhtar, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 2/28/2016
Opening: 4/7/2016
Closing: 5/7/2016
THE SECRET GARDEN Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman, Music by Lucy Simon, Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, directed by TBA
1st rehearsal: 3/14/2017
Opening: 4/28/2017
Closing: 5/28/2017
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