Shakespeare and Company 2025 SPT Season Equity Principal Actors - Shakespeare and Company Auditions

SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY 2025 SPT SEASON - LENNOX, MA EPA

Shakespeare & Company | Lenox, MA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, March 8, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:45 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
Signup Genius OR call 413-637-1199 x140, 11-2 weekdays with questions. Walk-ups will be seen time permitting.

CONTRACT

SPT
$685 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
$620 weekly minimum (SPT 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Shakespeare and Company's 2025 SPT Season (See breakdown). Shakespeare & Company is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to evolving its approach to diversity and inclusion to engender positive change toward equity in its employment and artistry. We practice identity-conscious casting and strongly encourage performers of all genders, ethnicities, body types, ages, and abilities to apply.

PREPARATION

Prepare 1 short monologue (Shakespearean, classical or contemporary); bring your resume and headshot stapled together to the audition as well as your Equity Card.

LOCATION

Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble St
Lenox, MA 01240-2813
Bear right upon arrival on site to Bernstein theatre lobby for check-in

PERSONNEL

General Manager: Stephen Ball
Expected to attend:
Producing Associate: Ariel Bock
Artistic Director: Allyn Burrows

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

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

BREAKDOWN

Shakespeare and Company 2025 SPT Season

THE VICTIM (World Premiere)

Written by Lawrence Goodman
1st Rehearsal 6/3
1st Preview 6/19
Close 7/20
SPT 6
Rehearsed and performed indoors in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

SEEKING:

Ruth – PRE-CAST. 70s, she/her, sophisticated, confused, white, Holocaust survivor
Daphne – PRE-CAST. 50s, she/her, capable, physician, white, Jewish
Maria - late 20s, she/her, Dominican immigrant, caring with a bit of a mean streak, Latina

THE PIANO LESSON

Written by August Wilson
1st Rehearsal 7/15
1st Preview 7/25
Close 8/24
SPT 7
Rehearsed and performed indoors in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
This production is CAST.
Boy Willie: PRE-CAST. 30s, he/him, Black impulsive, talkative, optimistic
Berneice: PRE-CAST. 35/40s, she/her, Black, mother, in mourning, skeptical
Doaker Charles: PRE-CAST. late 40s, he/him, Black, household owner, tall, thin, railroad worker
Lymon Jackson: PRE-CAST. 30s, he/him, Black, straightforward, friend, taciturn
Wining Boy: PRE-CAST. 40/50s, he/him, Black, washed-up musician, often broke, storyteller
Avery: PRE-CAST. 30s, Black, honest, ambitious, preacher

MOTHER PLAY

Written by Paula Vogel
1st Rehearsal 8/5
1st Preview 8/29
Close 10/5
SPT 6
Rehearsed and performed indoors in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre

SEEKING:

Phyllis Herman: PRE-CAST. she/her, The Mother, character ages 30s-80s
Carl Herman: he/him, the family genius, character ages 13-37
Martha Herman: she/her, the Daughter, character ages 11-50s