COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2027 SEASON — Principal Actors Auditions

COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2027 SEASON - BOULDER, CO EPA

Colorado Shakespeare Festival | Boulder, CO

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AUDITION DATE

Saturday, November 7, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please fill out the following audition form:
https://forms.gle/EcUZuW6kTGwsT1QH6. If you are unable to attend these in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition. The deadline to apply is Monday, November 2, 2026 by 5pm MDT.

Audition Information:
https://cupresents.org/2027-colorado-shakespeare-festival-auditions

CONTRACT

LOA

The Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: $862 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2026 rate

The Roe Green Theatre (Indoors): $837 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2026 rate

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Colorado Shakespeare Festival's 2027 Season (See

BREAKDOWN

As a unit within the University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival is committed to building a culturally diverse community dedicated to contributing to an inclusive environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer.

• All roles will be understudied.
• Actors must be willing to engage in non-traditional settings.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two (2) contrasting classical monologues, no more than two (2) minutes in total length (1-minute each). We request that one (1) be comedic and one (1) be dramatic.

LOCATION

University of Colorado - Department of Theatre & Dance
1595 Pleasant Street
University Theatre Building
Boulder, CO 80309

University campus (be prepared for associated congestion). Holding/Check-in room (waiting room) is C342. Audition room is C370 (the Loft Theatre).

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

• Timothy Orr: Producing Artistic Director
• Wendy Franz: Managing Director

OTHER DATES

See

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coloradoshakes.org

Questions may be directed to the CSF Operations Manager, Kurt Mehlenbacher (kume5547exc@colorado.edu).

• All rehearsals held indoors on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
• 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

2-show

CONTRACT

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Written by William Shakespeare
Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre

First Rehearsal: 05/11/27
Opening: 06/05/27
Closing: 08/01/27

SEEKING:

• Hermia
• Lysander
• Helena
• Demetrius
• Egeus, father to Hermia
• Philostrate, master of the revels to Theseus
• Nick Bottom, weaver
• Peter Quince, carpenter
• Francis Flute, bellows-mender
• Tom Snout, tinker
• Snug, joiner
• Robin Starveling, tailor
• Robin Goodfellow, a puck, or hobgoblin, in Oberon's service
• A Fairy, in the service of Titania
• Peaseblossom
• Cobweb
• Mote
• Mustardseed
• Lords and Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta
• Other Fairies in the trains of Titania and Oberon
• Oberon - CAST
• Titania - CAST

HENRY IV, PART 1

Written by William Shakespeare
Roe Green Theatre (indoors)

First Rehearsal: 05/18/27
Opening: 06/13/27
Closing: 07/31/27

SEEKING:

• King Henry IV, formerly Henry Bolingbroke
• Prince Hal, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne (also called Harry and Harry Monmouth)
• Lord John of Lancaster, younger son of King Henry
• Earl of Westmoreland
• Sir Walter Blunt
• Hotspur (Sir Henry, or Harry, Percy)
• Lady Percy (also called Kate)
• Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy, Hotspur's father
• Earl of Worcester, Thomas Percy, Hotspur's uncle
• Edmund Mortimer, earl of March
• Lady Mortimer (also called the Welsh lady)
• Owen Glendower, a Welsh lord, father of Lady Mortimer
• Douglas (Archibald, earl of Douglas)
• Archbishop (Richard Scroop, archbishop of York)
• Sir Michael, a priest or knight associated with the archbishop
• Sir Richard Vernon, an English knight
• Sir John Falstaff
• Poins (also called Edward, Yedward, and Ned)
• Bardolph
• Peto
• Gadshill, setter for the robbers
• Hostess of the tavern (also called Mistress Quickly)
• Vintner, or keeper of the tavern
• Francis, an apprentice tapster
• Carriers, Ostlers, Chamberlain, Travelers, Sheriff, Servants, Lords, Attendants, Messengers, Soldiers

HAMLET

Written by William Shakespeare
Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre

First Rehearsal: 06/01/27
Opening: 06/27/27
Closing: 07/31/27

SEEKING:

• The Ghost
• Queen Gertrude, widow of King Hamlet, now married to Claudius
• King Claudius, brother to the late King Hamlet
• Laertes, her brother
• Polonius, father of Ophelia and Laertes, councilor to King Claudius
• Reynaldo, servant to Polonius
• Horatio, Hamlet's friend and confidant
• Voltemand
• Cornelius
• Rosencrantz
• Guildenster
• Osric
• Gentlemen
• A Lord
• Francisco
• Barnardo
• Marcellus
• Fortinbras, Prince of Norway
• A Captain in Fortinbras's army
• Ambassadors to Denmark from England
• Players, who take the roles of Prologue, Player King, Player Queen, and Lucianus in The Murder of Gonzago
• Two Messengers
• Sailors
• Gravedigger
• Gravedigger's companion
• Doctor of Divinity
• Attendants, Lords, Guards, Musicians, Laertes's Followers, Soldiers, Officers
• Hamlet - CAST
• Ophelia - CAST

HENRY IV, PART 2

Written by William Shakespeare
Roe Green Theatre (indoors)

First Rehearsal: 06/15/27
Opening: 07/11/27
Closing: 08/01/27

SEEKING:

• Rumor, Presenter of the Induction
• King Henry IV, formerly Henry Bolingbroke
• Prince Hal, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, later King Henry V
• John of Lancaster
• Thomas of Clarence
• Humphrey of Gloucester
• Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy
• Northumberland's wife
• Lady Percy, widow of Hotspur
• Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York
• Lord Mowbray
• Lord Hastings
• Lord Bardolph
• Travers
• Morton
• Sir John Colevile
• Earl of Westmoreland
• Earl of Warwick
• Earl of Surrey
• Sir John Blunt
• Gower
• Harcourt
• Lord Chief Justice
• Sir John Falstaff
• Poins
• Bardolph
• Peto
• Pistol
• Falstaff's Page
• Hostess of the tavern (also called Mistress Quickly)
• Doll Tearsheet
• Justice Robert Shallow
• Justice Silence
• Davy, servant to Shallow
• Mouldy
• Shadow
• Wart
• Feeble
• Bullcalf
• Fang
• Snare
• Epilogue
• Drawers, Musicians, Beadles, Grooms, Messenger, Soldiers, Lords, Attendants, Page, Porter, Servants, Officers