Illinois Shakespeare Festival 2025 Season Equity Principal Actors - Illinois Shakespeare Festival Auditions

ILLINOIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2025 SEASON - CHICAGO EPA

Illinois Shakespeare Festival | Normal, IL

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

CONTRACT

URTA
$796 weekly minimum (Tier II)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Illinois Shakespeare Festival's 2025 Season (See breakdown). Productions run in rotating repertory and most actors will be cast in all three productions.

PREPARATION

Please prepare 2 classical monologues, at least one Shakespeare. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661

PERSONNEL

Robert Quinlan, Artistic Director
Alejandra Luna, Casting Associate
John McCall, Jr, Casting Associate

Expected to attend:
Robert Quinlan, Artistic Director

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal, May 20, 2025
Season Opening, June 26, 2025
Season Closing, August 3, 2025

OTHER

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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

BREAKDOWN

Illinois Shakespeare Festival 2025 Season
A diverse group of performers for the 2025 Season

HAMLET

SEEKING:

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Male, 20s-30s)

Claudius, the King (Male, 40s+)

The Ghost/Player King (Male, 40s+)

Gertrude, the Queen (Female, 40s+)

Polonius, an advisor (Female, 40s+)

Laertes, a gentleman (Male, 20s)

Ophelia, a young woman in the court (Female, 20s)

Rosencrantz, a college friend of Hamlet (Male or Female, 20s)

Guildenstern, a college friend of Hamlet (Male or Female, 20s)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

SEEKING:

Titania/Hippolyta, Fairy Queen/Amazon Queen (Female, 20s-40s)

Oberon/Theseus, Fairy King/Duke of Athens (Male, 20s-40s)

Puck, a fairy (any age/gender)

Lysander, a young gentleman (Male, 20s)

Demetrius, a young gentleman (Male, 20s)

Hermia, a young woman (Female, 20s)

Helena, a young woman (Female, 20s)

Peter Quince, a carpenter (any age/gender)

Bottom, a weaver (Male, 20s-60s)

Egeus, Hermia's father (Male, 40s plus)

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

SEEKING:

Lady Bracknell (Female, 40s+)

Jack Worthing (Male, 20s)

Algernon Moncrieff (Male, 20s)

Gwendolyn Fairfax (Female, 20s)

Cecily Cardew (Female, 20s)

Miss Prism (Female, 40s+)

Rev. Canon Chasuble (Male, 40s+)

Lane (Male, 40s+)

Merriman (Male, 40s+)