Michigan Shakespeare Festival 2025 Season Equity Principal Actors - Michigan Shakespeare Festival Auditions

MICHIGAN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2025 SEASON - CHICAGO EPA

Michigan Shakespeare Festival | Jackson, MI

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, February 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

LOA
$490 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2023 rate/2025 rate in negotiation.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Michigan Shakespeare Festival's 2025 Season (See breakdown). This is a rotating repertory company - actors are hired for the full season in 2 or 3 productions: 11-week contract. Adult actors of all ages and all types are encouraged to audition. We practice inclusive casting.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues together totaling 3 minutes or less. Also, please bring 2 copies of your headshot and resume - one for each director.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St, 1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Janice L Blixt - Artistic Director, Director: RICHARD III & MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Robert Kauzlaric - Director: THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM: A COMEDY OF BAD MANNERS

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: May 27, 2025
1st Performance - RICHARD III: July 1
1st Performance - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: July 2
1st Performance - THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM: July 10
Closing performance: August 10, 2025
Shows run in repertory

OTHER

www.michiganshakespearefestival.com
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

MICHIGAN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2025 SEASON

RICHARD III

Janice L Blixt, Director

SEEKING:

• Richard III - CAST.
• Edward IV
• Clarence
• Buckingham
• Hastings
• Dorsett
• Rivers
• Stanley
• Ratcliffe
• Catesby
• Y. Stanley
• Elizabeth
• Anne
• Margaret
• Duchesse
• Princess Elizabeth
• Edward V
• Yorke

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Janice L Blixt, Director

SEEKING:

• Beatrice - CAST.
• Benedick - CAST.
• Leonato
• Don Pedro
• Francis
• Dogberry
• Claudio
• Don John
• Soldier
• Borachio
• Conrade
• Verges
• Margaret
• Hero
• Ursula
• Watch

THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM: A COMEDY OF BAD MANNERS

Robert Kauzlaric, Director

SEEKING:

• Scrub
• Boniface
• Foigard
• Archer
• Aimwell
• Bagshot
• Sullen
• Gibbet
• Hounslow
• Molly
• Kate
• Lady Bountiful
• Cherry
• Dorinda