Ohio Shakespeare Festival
2017 Outdoor Summer Season
Ohio Shakes, located in Akron, will cast a summer company to perform in both productions of AS YOU LIKE IT and WINTER’S TALE.
The below information can also be found on our website here: http://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/news/2017/2/16/auditions-for-outdoor-summer-season
Auditions will be held at Greystone Hall (103 S High Street, Akron) on Friday March 24, 6:00-10:00 and Saturday March 25, 12:00-5:00.
Actors may request an audition by submitting a headshot and resume to tess@ohioshakespeare.com, and please include in the subject line:OSF Summer season auditions. Actors may request a particular time frame, and will be scheduled in the closest avaliable slot. Video auditions, though not encouraged, may be submitted to tess@ohioshakespeare.com.
Prepare 2 contrasting Shakespeare monologues, no longer than 3 minutes in total length OR a scene to read from AS YOU LIKE IT or WINTER’S TALE. (Reader provided.)
Invited callbacks will be held March 30 & 31.
Ohio Shakespeare company members who have worked for the Festival within the last two summers do not need to come to open auditions. All said company members must submit their interest to tess@ohioshakespeare.com, including roles they wish to read for. You must email to be invited to callbacks, no exceptions.
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
Performed outdoors at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. Will's beloved story of betrayal, love, and marriage kindled in the woods, join us for this classic romantic comedy in our very own Forest of Arden.
Performing outdoors Thursday-Sunday evenings, June 30-July 16
Rehearsals begin June 6 (Sat afternoons, Sunday and weekday evenings, all Mondays off)
Some special appearance AEA contracts avaliable.
All actors paid.
AVALIABLE ROLES:
Adam, (male or female, 40+, any ethnicity) servant to Oliver
Amiens, (male or female, 18+, any ethnicity) lord attending on the banished Duke
Audrey, (female, 25-40, any ethnicity) a country wench
Celia, (female, 18+, any ethnicity) daughter to Frederick
Charles, (male or female, 20+, any ethnicity) wrestler to Frederick
Corin, (male, 40+, any ethnicity) shepherd
Dennis, (male or female, 16+, any ethnicity) shepherd
Duke, (male or female, 40+, any ethnicity) living in exile
Frederick, (male, 35+, any ethnicity) the Duke's brother, and usurper of his dominions
Hymen, (male or female, all ages, any ethnicity) the god of marriage
Jaques the lord, (male or female, 35+, any ethnicity) the Duke's brother, and usurper of his dominions
Jaques the son, (male, 18-30, any ethnicity) the Duke's brother, and usurper of his dominion
Le Beau, (male, 20+, any ethnicity) a courtier attending upon Frederick
Oliver, (male, 20-45, any ethnicity) son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Orlando, (male, 20-40, any ethnicity) son of Sir Rowland de Boys
Phebe, (female, 18-35, any ethnicity) a shepherdess
Sir Oliver Martext, (male or female, 30+, any ethnicity) a vicar
Touchstone, (female or male, 30+, any ethnicity) the court jester
William, (male, 20-40, any ethnicity) a country fellow, in love with Audrey
Ensemble—(all ages, males and females, all ethnicities) various speaking Lords, Ladies, Messengers, etc.
The role of ROSALIND is not avaliable.
THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare
Performed outdoors at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. An exotic tale set in Sicily and Bohemia, A Winter's Tale defies Will's classic genres by belonging to both the comic and tragic worlds as it unfolds a story of royal love, revenge, injustice, and family.
Performing outdoors Thursday-Sunday evenings, July 20-August 13
Rehearsals begin July 1 (Sat & Sun afternoons, weekday evenings, Mondays off)
Some special appearance AEA contract avaliable.
All actors paid.
AVALIABLE ROLES
Antigonus, (male, 40-55, any race/ethnicity) a lord of Sicilia
Archidamus, (male or female, 30-60, any race/ethnicity) a lord of Bohemia
Autolycus, (male or female, 25-55, any race/ethnicity) a rogue
Clown, (male or female, 20+, any race/ethnicity) son of the old Shepherd
Dorcas, (female, 16-35, any race/ethnicity) a shepherdess
Florizel, (female, 20-30, any race/ethnicity) prince of Bohemia
Hermione, (female, 20-40, any race/ethnicity) queen to Leontes
Leontes (male, 25-45, any race/ethnicity) king of Sicilia
Maximillius, (male or female, 5-8, any race/ethnicity) young prince of Sicilia
Mopsa, (female, 16-35, any race/ethnicity) a shepherdess
Old Shepherd, (male or female, 40+, any race/ethnicity) reputed father of Perdita
Paulina, (female, 30-45, any race/ethnicity) wife to Antigonus
Perdita, (female, 18-25, any race/ethnicity) daughter to Leontes and Hermione
Polixenes, (male, 25-45, any race/ethnicity) king of Bohemia
Time, (male or female, any age, any race/ethnicity) as the chorus
Ensemble: (all ages, males and females, all ethnicities) various speaking/named lords, ladies, and messengers.
The role of Emelia is not avaliable.