Great River Shakespeare Festival 2025 Season Equity Principal Actors - Great River Shakespeare Festival Auditions

GREAT RIVER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2025 SEASON - WINONA, MN EPA

Great River Shakespeare Festival | Winona, MN

LOCATION

Great River Shakespeare Festival - Office
163 E 2nd Street
Winona, MN 55987

PERSONNEL

Playwright: William Shakespeare
ROMEO AND JULIET Director: H Adam Harris
Expected to attend: Artistic Director and COMEDY OF ERRORS Director: Doug Scholz-Carlson

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: May 20, 2025
Opening: June 28 and 29, 2025
Closing: July 27, 2025

Individuals of interest will be contacted directly via email regarding callbacks, which will be held via video submission.

OTHER

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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

Saturday, January 4, 2025
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please fill out this form and we will contact you with a specific appointment time:
https://forms.gle/LBFWT7ZCbUEHCuQK6. If you can’t access the form, you may send an email to:
dougsc@grsf.org. If you are unable to attend these auditions in person, see the form for video submission options.

CONTRACT

LOA
$820 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024 rate

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Great River Shakespeare Festival's 2025 Season (See breakdown). Please note that we are a repertory company, which means that all actors will be cast in two productions and may have understudy assignments. All roles will be understudied.
GRSF is committed to inclusive casting. We encourage all performers to participate regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender-identity, sexual orientation, or disability. For productions where race or ethnicity is central to the show’s plot or themes, casting will reflect those requirements.

PREPARATION

Please present two contrasting monologues totaling 4 minutes or less. Please include at least one Shakespeare monologue. The second piece may be Shakespeare or a contemporary piece. We encourage modern heightened language pieces including spoken word. Please perform in the vernacular that is most natural for you - we do not believe in “standard American” speech and value expressive use of language in every form. If you play an instrument, please bring it and present a sample of you playing. If you sing well, please present 32-bars in any style acapella.

BREAKDOWN

Great River Shakespeare Festival 2025 Season

Note: We are a repertory company, which means that actors will be cast in both productions. The roles will be combined into a total of 9 tracks for each production. Some roles may be eliminated. Actors may play characters whose gender as written does not match the gender of the actor, and we encourage actors to audition for any role that interests them. Some roles will be cast from past company members. Some roles may be understudied.

COMEDY OF ERRORS

ALREADY CAST:

• Antipholus of Syracuse
• Antipholus of Ephesus
• Dromio of Syracuse
• Dromio of Ephesus

SEEKING:

• Adriana
• Luciana
• Solinus
• Egeon
• Abbess
• Balthasar
• Angelo
• Merchant
• Second Merchant
• Doctor Pinch
• Luce
• Courtesan

ROMEO AND JULIET

ALREADY CAST:

• Romeo
• Juliet

SEEKING:

• Friar Lawrence
• Lord Capulet
• Mercutio
• Benvolio
• Prince Escalus
• Paris
• Lord Montague
• Tybalt
• Balthasar
• Nurse
• Lady Capulet
• Peter
• Sampson
• Gregory
• Friar John
• Apothecary
• Abram
• Servants, Watch