Great River Shakespeare Festival 2026 Season Equity Principal Actors - Great River Shakespeare Festival Auditions

Great River Shakespeare Festival 2026 Season - Winona, MN EPA

Great River Shakespeare Festival | Winona, MN

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

LOCATION

The ARC
255 Main Street
Winona, MN 55987

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Doug Scholz-Carlson, Artistic Director

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: May 19, 2026
Productions open: June 26/27, 2026
Final performance: July 26, 2026

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.

AUDITION DATE

Sunday, December 28, 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/WnDWkuhKHVmscBqj7
If you can’t access the form, you may send an email to:
dougsc@grsf.org requesting a time.

CONTRACT

LOA

$845 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Great River Shakespeare Festival's 2026 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 3 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.

BREAKDOWN

We will cast a total of 8 actors. Each actor will have a track for each production that will include two or three roles. The tracks may change from this breakdown, but they will not change once we make offers to actors. We will cast some roles from previous company members.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

• Demetrius / Flute / Fairy
• Lysander / Snout / Fairy
• Helena / Snug / Fairy
• Hermia / Starveling / Fairy
• Bottom
• Puck / Quince / Egeus / Philostrate
• Oberon / Theseus
• Titania / Hippolyta

PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE

8 tracks will be constructed from the following characters:

• Gower, fourteenth-century poet and Chorus of the play
• Pericles, prince of Tyre
• Thaisa, princess of Pentapolis and wife to Pericles
• Marina, daughter of Pericles and Thaisa
• Helicanus
• Escanes
• Antiochus, king of Antioch
• Daughter, princess of Antioch
• Thaliard, nobleman of Antioch
• Cleon, governor of Tarsus
• Dionyza, wife to Cleon
• Leonine, servant to Dionyza
• A Lord of Tarsus
• Three Pirates
• Simonides, king of Pentapolis
• Three Fishermen
• Marshal
• Five Knights, suitors for the hand of Thaisa
• Lychorida, attendant to Thaisa and, later, to Marina
• Lord Cerimon, a wise man/physician in Ephesus
• Philemon, servant to Cerimon
• Two Suppliants
• Diana, goddess of chastity
• Lysimachus, governor of Mytilene
• Pander, owner of brothel
• Bawd, mistress of brothel and wife to Pander
• Bolt, servant to Pander and Bawd
• Gentlemen, Servants, Lords and Sailors