AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER 2027 SEASON — Principal Actors Auditions

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER 2027 SEASON - STAUNTON, VA EPA

American Shakespeare Center | Staunton, VA

Notice: Audition | Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, October 19, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4FAFA922A2FFC34-65504563-american#/. If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, you may submit a video submission by visiting:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelhV-HnAlW9eKa2JWwT1jTo9yFICaONPEZQAhO5IxtVZ_i6A/viewform. Video submissions will be accepted through Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET, or until 250 submissions have been received, whichever occurs first. Early submission is encouraged.

CONTRACT

LORT Rep
$889 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in American Shakespeare Center's 2027 Season (See

BREAKDOWN

).

PREPARATION

Please prepare one or two contrasting Shakespeare monologues, each no longer than 45 seconds. Please bring a headshot and résumé, stapled together. No singing or instrumental audition is requested for the EPA. Musical material may be requested at callbacks, which will be held virtually.

LOCATION

Mary Baldwin University - Shakespeare & Performance
19 South Market Street
Staunton, VA 24401
Located across the street from the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. Parking information will be provided with audition confirmation.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

• Peter Simon Hilton: ASC Casting Director
• Rhys McClelland: Director of Learning & Engagement
• Haley Fentriss Roberts: Intimacy Choreographer

OTHER DATES

See

BREAKDOWN

for production specific dates.

OTHER

Questions? Please Contact:
casting@americanshakespearecenter.com

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Equity's

CONTRACT

s 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.

BREAKDOWN

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER 2027 SEASON

ASC casts troupes of ensemble actors for each rotating repertory season, with actors playing a variety of roles, large and small. Under ASC's agreement with Actors' Equity Association, actors may be selected to participate in ASC's Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program during periods when they are not rehearsing or performing. AIR participation is voluntary, does not provide additional compensation beyond the actor's

CONTRACT

ed salary, and does not affect an actor's consideration for casting or employment.

Actors with strong classical training and experience are encouraged to audition. Musical ability is a plus.

Equity actors of all gender identities, races, ethnicities, abilities, and ages are encouraged to audition.

2027 SPRING REPERTORY SEASON

First Rehearsal: January 19, 2027
Closing: May 2, 2027

NOTES:

• The 2027 Spring Repertory acting troupe will be composed of 10 actors.
• All titles will run in rep.
• MUCH ADO and HENRY IV PART 1 will feature all 10 Actors.
• SEEDS OF BANQUO will have a core cast of 5 actors, with possible additional ensemble members as needed.
• Actors not appearing in SEEDS OF BANQUO may elect to participate in ASC's Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program during that portion of the repertory period.
• All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Written by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• DON PEDRO
• DON JOHN
• CLAUDIO
• BENEDICK
• LEONATO
• ANTONIO
• BALTHASAR
• BORACHIO
• CONRADE
• BEATRICE
• HERO
• MARGARET
• URSULA
• DOGBERRY
• VERGES
• FRIAR FRANCIS

HENRY IV PART 1

Written by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• KING HENRY IV
• PRINCE HAL
• PRINCE JOHN
• EARL OF WESTMORELAND
• SIR WALTER BLUNT
• HOTSPUR
• EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND
• EARL OF WORCESTER
• LADY PERCY
• LADY MORTIMER
• MORTIMER
• GLENDOWER
• FALSTAFF
• POINS
• BARDOLPH
• PETO
• GADSHILL
• MISTRESS QUICKLY
• FRANCIS

SEEDS OF BANQUO

Written by Angela Iannone (rights pending)

SEEKING:

EDWIN BOOTH: America's favorite Shakespearean, now approaching the height of his powers. Slim, lithe, dark, and haunted. Not very tall. Extremely graceful and handsome. 30s.

LAWRENCE BARRETT: Edwin's friend and co-star. Also, not very tall. Witty, polished, quick to feel an insult. 30s.

OWEN FAWCETT-ENGLISH: Popular character actor. A secret fan of Edwin. Personable and an excellent actor. 30s-50s.

MRS. D.P. BOWERS: A practiced and excellent actress, confident and not easily impressed. 30s-50s.

MISS MINNA GALE: A young aspiring actress, ambitious and emotional, among the first of the instinctual performers. Technically unsound, but very talented. 18-20s.

2027 SUMMER REPERTORY SEASON

First Rehearsal: May 11, 2027
Closing: July 25, 2027

NOTES:

• The 2027 Summer Repertory acting troupe will be composed of 9 actors.
• Both titles will run in rep.
• All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

OTHELLO

Written by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• DUKE OF VENICE
• BRABANTIO
• GRATIANO
• LODOVICO
• OTHELLO
• CASSIO
• IAGO
• RODERIGO
• MONTANO
• DESDEMONA
• EMILIA
• BIANCA

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Written by Alexandre Dumas
Adapted by Catherine Bush (rights pending)

SEEKING:

• TRACK 1: D'ARTAGNAN
• TRACK 2: ATHOS / BUCKINGHAM / CRIMINAL / SOLDIER
• TRACK 3: PORTHOS / CARDINAL RICHELIEU / MOB
• TRACK 4: ARAMIS / KING LOUIS XIII / ABBESS / MOB
• TRACK 5: MILADY DE WINTER / JUSSAC / MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
• TRACK 6: CONSTANCE / PLANCHET / CAHUSAC / MOB
• TRACK 7: QUEEN ANNE / MONSIEUR DE TREVILLE / LEMIEUX / MOB
• TRACK 8: ROCHEFORT / KITTY / INNKEEPER / BICARAT / GUARD
• TRACK 9: FELTON / JUSSAC'S GUARDS / DRUNK / FISHERMAN

2027 FALL REPERTORY SEASON

First Rehearsal: August 3, 2027
Closing: November 14, 2027

NOTES:

• The 2027 FALL Repertory acting troupe will be composed of 10 actors.
• All titles will run in rep.
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & RICHARD III will feature all 10 actors.
• DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE will have a cast of 6 actors.
• Actors not appearing in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE may elect to participate in ASC's Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program during that portion of the repertory period.
• All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Written by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• THESEUS
• HIPPOLYTA
• EGEUS
• HERMIA
• HELENA
• LYSANDER
• DEMETRIUS
• OBERON
• TITANIA
• PUCK
• BOTTOM
• QUINCE
• FLUTE
• SNUG
• SNOUT
• STARVELING

RICHARD III

Written by William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

• RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
• KING EDWARD IV
• GEORGE, DUKE OF CLARENCE
• QUEEN ELIZABETH
• QUEEN MARGARET
• DUCHESS OF YORK
• LADY ANNE
• DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
• EARL OF RICHMOND
• LORD HASTINGS
• LORD STANLEY
• EARL RIVERS
• MARQUESS OF DORSET
• LORD GREY
• CATESBY
• RATCLIFFE
• EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES
• RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK
• TYRREL

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

Written by Thomas Russell Sullivan
Based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

SEEKING:

RICHARD MANSFIELD / DR. JEKYLL / MR. HYDE: Mansfield is the celebrated Victorian actor presenting the evening's entertainment; Jekyll is brilliant, cultivated, and increasingly desperate; Hyde is dangerous, mercurial, and disturbingly alive. Requires exceptional physical and vocal transformation and a strong relationship with the audience. 30s–50s.

AGNES / ENSEMBLE: Jekyll's fiancée and Sir Danvers Carew's daughter. Intelligent, compassionate, and determined; her love for Jekyll is tested by mounting evidence connecting him to her father's murderer. 20s–40s.

UTTERSON / NEWCOME / ENSEMBLE: Utterson is Jekyll's friend and lawyer: rational, observant, persistent, and deeply loyal. Newcome is a Scotland Yard inspector: shrewd, energetic, and comic without being a fool. 30s–60s.

LANYON / ENSEMBLE: Jekyll's physician and old friend. Intelligent, skeptical, humane, and firmly conventional in his science; his certainty is shattered when he is forced to witness the impossible. 30s–60s.

CAREW / POOLE / ENSEMBLE: Carew is Agnes's father: a warm, bluff, spirited old soldier with a quick temper and great affection for his daughter. Poole is Jekyll's devoted servant: practical, watchful, loyal, and increasingly alarmed by what is happening to his master. 40s–60s.

MRS. JARVIS / REBECCA / MRS. LANYON / ENSEMBLE: Three sharply differentiated women. Mrs. Jarvis is Carew's capable and knowing housekeeper; Rebecca is Hyde's hard-bitten Soho landlady, suspicious, acquisitive, and nobody's fool; Mrs. Lanyon is socially conventional, outspoken, and formidable. 30s–60s.

2027 HOLIDAY SEASON

First Rehearsal: November 16, 2027
Closing: December 26, 2027

NOTES:

• The 2027 Holiday acting troupe will be composed of 11 Actors.
• All Role(s) / Track(s) will have doubling, TBD pending casting.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Written by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Jay McClure (rights pending)

SEEKING:

• EBENEZER SCROOGE [This Role Has Been Cast]
• BOB CRATCHIT
• MRS. CRATCHIT
• TINY TIM
• FRED
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
• GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE
• JACOB MARLEY
• YOUNG SCROOGE
• FAN
• BELL
• MRS. FEZZIWIG
• MR. FEZZIWIG
• DICK WILKINS
• FUNDRAISERS
• MARTHA CRATCHIT
• PETER CRATCHIT
• OLD JOE
• CHARWOMAN
• FRED'S WIFE