Seattle Shakespeare Company 2024-25 Season - Seattle, WA EPA Seattle Shakespeare Festival | Seattle, WA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, February 15, 2024
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM (P)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
To set up an audition appointment please fill out the form at:
SPT
$725 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
Equity actors for roles in Seattle Shakespeare Company's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
Artists from all backgrounds, identities and experiences are encouraged to audition.
At Seattle Shakespeare we believe it is important to fully represent our community onstage so that these classic texts can speak to everyone. To do so, we strive to bring together diverse performers working from their full, authentic selves and operating at the top of their craft. As a Seattle-based company, we encourage the local cultural ecology and local artists in our work. We are happy to take submissions from Equity members located anywhere.
Please prepare 2 contrasting classical monologues. 1 should be Shakepeare; the other may be any piece that falls within the classical genre (contemporary adaptations welcome). Total material should not exceed 2 minutes-30 seconds.
Seattle Center House
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109-4623
4th Floor
Expected to attend:
Makaela Milburn (she/her), Interim Artistic Director
Pilar O'Connell (they/them), Artist
Relations/Casting Coordinator
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
By William Shakespeare
September-November 2024 TBD
RICHARD II
By William Shakespeare
December 2024-February 2025 TBD
TBD- Commissioned New Work
February-April 2025 TBD
KING LEAR
By William Shakespeare
March-May 2025 TBD
OTHER
www.seattleshakespeare.org
We will be rehearsing in person in Seattle, WA. We will be performing at our home indoor venue, The Center Theatre at The Armory at Seattle Center.
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.
(Doubling TBD)
Ferdinand - The King
Berowne - His Lord
Longaville - His Lord
Dumaine - His Lord
The Princess of France - A princess
Rosaline - Her Lady
Maria - Her Lady
Katherine - Her Lady
Boyet - A lord attending the princess
Armado, the Braggart, also known as Don Adriano de Armado
Boy, Armado’s Page, also known as Mote
Jaquenetta, the Wench
Costard, the Clown or Swain
Dull, the Constable
Holofernes, the Pedant, or schoolmaster
Nathaniel, the Curate
Monsieur Marcade, a messenger from France
(Doubling TBD, Femme/Non-Binary actors are encouraged to audition)
King Richard II - the King
Sir John Bushy- a favorite of Richard
Sir John Bagot - a favorite of Richard
Sir Henry Green - a favorite of Richard
Richard’s Queen - Richard’s wife
Queen’s Ladies-in-waiting - the ladies in waiting for the queen
John of Gaunt - Duke of Lancaster, Richard’s Uncle
Henry Bolingbroke - Duke of Hereford, son to John of Gaunt, and later King Henry IV Duchess of Gloucester - widow to Thomas, Duke of Gloucester
Edmund - Duke of York
Duchess of York - wife of Edmund
Duke of Aumerle - Earl of Rutland, son to Duke and Duchess of York
York’s Servingmen - Servingman to York
Thomas Mowbray - Duke of Norfolk
Lord Marshal - a hereditary royal official
First Herald - An officer of arms
Second Herald - An officer of arms
Earl of Salisbury - An ally of Richard
Bishop of Carlisle - A priest, ally to Richard
Sir Stephen Scroop - A loyal and trusted ally to Richard
Lord Berkeley - An ally of Richard
Abbot of Westminster - The Abbot of Westminster Abbey
Welsh Captain - A captain from Wales
Henry Percy - Earl of Northumberland
Lord Ross - A Rebel
Lord Willoughby - A Rebel
Harry Percy - son of Northumberland, later known as “Hotspur”
Lord Fitzwater - A Rebel
Duke of Surrey - An ally of Richard
Keeper of prison at Pomfret Castle - The jailer
Sir Pierce of Exton - A Rebel
New Commissioned Work - Auditions to be held at a later date.
Characters TBD
(Doubling TBD)
Lear, king of Britain (PRE-CAST)
Goneril, Lear’s eldest daughter
Duke of Albany, her husband
Oswald, her steward
Regan, Lear’s second daughter
Duke of Cornwall, her husband
Cordelia, Lear’s youngest daughter
King of France, her suitor and then husband
Duke of Burgundy, her suitor
Earl of Kent, A loyal follower of the king
Fool, the king’s fool
Earl of Gloucester, a foolish old man with loyalty to the king
Edgar, his elder son
Edmund, his younger and illegitimate son
Curan, gentleman of Gloucester’s household
Old Man, a tenant of Gloucester’s
Knights, serving Lear
Doctor, A doctor
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