American Shakespeare Center 2025 Season Equity Principal Actors - American Shakespeare Center Auditions

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER 2025 SEASON - STAUNTON, VA EPA

American Shakespeare Center | Staunton, VA

LOCATION

Blackfriars Playhouse
10 S Market St
Staunton, VA 24401

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Vanessa Morosco, Executive Director
Natasia Reinhardt, Intimacy Choreographer/Associate Artistic Director
Jay McClure, Casting Director
Thomas J. Coppola, Production Manager
See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

americanshakespearecenter.com
If you have any questions, please contact:
natasia.reinhardt@americanshakespearecenter.com.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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

AUDITION DATE

Monday, September 16, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
signupgenius.com.

CONTRACT

LORT Rep
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D) until 6/30/25
$839 weekly minimum (LORT D) after 6/30/25

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in American Shakespeare Center's 2025 Season (See breakdown). The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) casts troupes of ensemble actors. All actors will be cast in each of the plays in a season of rotating repertory and each actor will play a variety of roles, large and small. Musical ability is a plus. Actors of any gender identity, all races, ethnicities, ability and ages are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one Early Modern monologue, Shakespeare preferred. A brief showcase of musical ability is welcomed (and encouraged). If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, you may submit a video submission to:
artistic@americanshakespearecenter.com. Please put in the subject line: “[LAST NAME, FIRST NAME] - 2025 EPA SUBMISSION”. Please indicate which season you are auditioning for (Spring, Summer, Fall, or Holiday) or if you have open availability. Video submissions will be collected through Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM Eastern.

BREAKDOWN

2025 SPRING REPERTORY SEASON

First Rehearsal: January 07, 2025
Closing: April 20, 2025
NOTE(S): The 2025 Spring Repertory acting troupe will be composed of Nine (9) actors. All titles will run in rep. All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

KING LEAR

By William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• KING LEAR
• CORDELIA
• GONERIL
• REGAN
• GLOUCESTER
• EDMUND
• EDGAR
• KENT
• ALBANY
• CORNWALL
• FOOL

LITTLE WOMEN

by Louisa May Alcott, (new adaptation, rights pending)

SEEKING:

• JO MARCH: is the hero of the play. A passionate, often wild, and non-conforming young woman who desperately wants to be a professional writer.
• MEG MARCH: is the oldest sister of the March family. She is even-tempered, well-mannered, and kind. An “Angel in the House.”
• BETH MARCH: Jo’s dearest confidant and the “heart” of the March family. Painfully shy, but pure of heart. A musician.
• AMY MARCH: the baby of the family who grows from a vain, yet loveable little girl into a worldly, lovely, young woman. An artist.
• ABIGAIL “MARMEE” MARCH: the mother of the March children. She is patience and love personified, but often with wicked glimmers of humor.
• HANNAH: the housekeeper at Orchard House. She is often portrayed as Irish or Scottish and is a second mother and valued family member.
• AUNT MARCH: the haughty, grouchy, great-aunt of the March siblings who really is a generous soul hidden underneath the grumps.
• THEODORE “LAURIE” LAURENCE: the orphaned young man who lives next door to Orchard House. He is a surrogate brother, partner-in-crime, and lovably infuriating.
• MR. JOHN BROOKE: is Laurie’s tutor and a good-natured, polite, resourceful sort of person.
• MR. MARCH: the father of the March children who has gone off to war to be a chaplain. He is a local Reverend in Concord.
• MR. LAURENCE: the grandfather of Laurie and special friend of the March siblings. He is also grumpy with a heart of gold.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
• ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
• DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
• DROMIO OF EPHESUS
• ADRIANA
• LUCIANA
• EGEON
• ABBESS (EMILIA)
• ANGELO
• COURTESAN
• DOCTOR PINCH

2025 SUMMER REPERTORY SEASON

First Rehearsal: April 09, 2025
Closing: August 03, 2025
NOTE(S): The 2025 Summer Repertory acting troupe will be composed of Nine (9) actors. Both titles will run in rep. All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

SENSE & SENSIBILITY

by Jane Austen (rights pending)

SEEKING:

• JOHN DASHWOOD
• MR. DASHWOOD
• ELINOR DASHWOOD
• MARIANNE DASHWOOD
• MRS. DASHWOOD
• FANNY DASHWOOD
• EDWARD FERRARS
• SIR JOHN MIDDLETON
• MRS. JENNINGS
• COLONEL BRANDON
• JOHN WILLOUGHBY
• LUCY STEELE

THE WINTER’S TALE

by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• LEONTES
• HERMIONE
• PERDITA
• POLIXENES
• FLORIZEL
• CAMILLO
• PAULINA
• AUTOLYCUS
• SHEPHERD
• ANTIGONUS
• CLOWN

2025 FALL REPERTORY SEASON

First Rehearsal: August 06, 2025
Closing: November 16, 2025
NOTE(S): The 2025 Fall Repertory acting troupe will be composed of Eight (8) Actors. All titles will run in rep. All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

ROMEO AND JULIET

by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• PRINCE ESCALUS
• PARIS
• LORD MONTAGUE
• LADY MONTAGUE
• LORD CAPULET
• LADY CAPULET
• ROMEO
• JULIET
• NURSE
• MERCUTIO
• BENVOLIO
• TYBALT
• FRIAR LAURENCE
• BALTHASAR
• SAMPSON
• GREGORY
• PETER
• ABRAM
• APOTHECARY

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• VALENTINE
• SPEED
• PROTEUS
• LANCE
• ANTONIO
• PANTINO
• JULIA
• LUCETTA
• SYLVIA
• DUKE
• THURIO
• EGLAMOUR

THE TRUTHFUL BALLAD OF BONNY & READ

(working title) by Peter Simon Hilton

2025 HOLIDAY SEASON

First Rehearsal: November 18, 2025
Closing: December 28, 2025
NOTE(S): The 2025 Holiday acting troupe will be composed of Ten (10) Actors. All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by Charles Dickens (rights pending)

SEEKING:

• EBENEZER SCROOGE
• JACOB MARLEY
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE
• BOB CRATCHIT
• MRS. CRATCHIT
• MARTHA
• PETER
• TINY TIM
• BELINDA
• FRED
• MRS. FRED
• FEZZIWIG
• MRS. FEZZIWIG
• DICK WILKINS
• BELLE
• FAN
• CHARWOMAN
• OLD JOE