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LOCAL EQUITY AUDITIONS — SEASON 53
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Alabama Shakespeare Festival 2024-25 Season (See breakdown). Auditions by appointment only.
PREPARATION
Please prepare EITHER two contrasting monologues OR one monologue and one song not exceeding four minutes in total length. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring sheet music. Singers & Non-Singers on Sunday, April 21st and Non-Singers on Monday, April 22nd.
Please also bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
No video submissions at this time.
LOCATION
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
1 Festival Drive
Montgomery, Alabama 36117
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend: Madeleine Lambert, Associate Artistic Director; Cameron Williams, Artistic Coordinator
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is committed to diversity; we encourage 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.
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.
BREAKDOWN
Alabama Shakespeare Festival 2024-25 Season
DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE
Written by Ken Ludwig
Director: Risa Brainin
Octagon Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: August 27, 2024
- 1st Preview: September 25, 2024
- Opening: September 27, 2024
- Closing: October 13, 2024
SEEKING:
- Jack -is in his early to mid-thirties. He is reserved and wears khakis to suggest that he is in the Army.
- Louise -who is in her mid-twenties to early thirties, is outgoing and stylish.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Charles Dickens, adapted by Rick Dildine
Director: Rick Dildine
Festival Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: October 29, 2024
- 1st Preview: November 19, 2024
- Opening: November 22, 2024
- Closing: December 29, 2024
SEEKING:
- Scrooge
- Bob Cratchit
- Mrs. Cratchit
- Christmas Present
- Belle
- Fezziwig
- Mrs. Fezziwig
- Young Scrooge
- Lucy
- Fred
- Ghost of Christmas Past
- Marley
- Old Joe
- Ensemble (3)
THE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM
Based off the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
Director: Chistopher Windom
Octagon Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: January 7, 2025
- 1st Preview: February 4, 2025
- Opening: February 7, 2025
- Closing: February 23, 2025
SEEKING:
- Narrator Kenny & Other Broadcast Voices (early 50s)-African-American. Dee jay at the first black-
- owned FM station WDZZ in Flint, Michigan
- Kenneth “Kenny” Bernard Watson (10)-African-American. A fourth grader at Clark Elementary
- Byron Watson (13)-Kenny’s juvenile delinquent older brother who’s also a bully but knows how to
- stick up for his younger brother when he needs to.
- Joetta “Joey” Watson (5)-African-American. She is the younger sister to Kenny and Byron.
- Daniel Watson (40s)-African American. He is husband to Wilona and father to Kenny, Byron, and
- Joetta.
- Wilona Watson (40s)-African-American. Wife of Daniel and mother to Kenny, Byron, and Joetta. A native Alabamian who is an outsider in her own family-she is the only one in the Watson clan not to be born and raised in Flint, MI.
- Grandma Sands (60s)-African-American. A widow. Mother to Wilona, Mother-in-law to Daniel, grandmother to Kenny, Byron, an Joetta.
SHERWOOD
Written by Ken Ludwig
Director: Laura Kepley
Festival Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: February 11, 2025
- 1st Preview: March 12, 2025
- Opening: March 14, 2025
- Closing (rep weekend with Hamlet): May 3, 2025
SEEKING:
- Prince John
- The Sheriff of Nottingham
- Sir Guy of Gisbourne
- Maid Marian
- Friar Tuck
- Doerwynn
- Robin Hood
- Little John
***Please Note: Actors cast in this production will also be cast in Hamlet.***
HAMLET
Written by William Shakespeare
Director: Brian McEleney
Festival Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: May 6, 2025
- 1st Preview: May 29, 2025
- Opening: May 30, 2025
- Closing: June 15, 2025
SEEKING:
- Hamlet
- Claudius
- Gerturde
- Polonius
- Opehlia
- Laertes
- The Ghost
- Horatio
- Fortibras
- Rosencrantz
- Guildenstern
- Osric
- Voltimand
- Cornelius
- Marcellus
- Bernardo
- Francisco
- Reynaldo
***Please Note: Actors cast in this production will also be cast in Sherwood.***
KUDZU CALLING — BLACK. SOUTHERN. LOVE. STORIES
By Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Director: Kevin R. Free
Octagon Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: May 6, 2025
- 1st Preview: May 29, 2025
- Opening: May 30, 2025
- Closing: June 15, 2025
SEEKING:
- Oak: The oldest and wisest among them. (Black Woman-An Elder)
- Magnolia: Feminine and strong. (Black Woman-Middle Aged)
- Dogwood: A stubborn hard-earned beauty. (Black Man-Middle Aged)
- Pine: A prickly one, but curious. (Black Man-Young Adult)
- Weeping Willow: A feeler. (Black Trans Male Identified-Young Adult)
- The Wanderer: A lost soul, returned. (Black Masculine Woman-Middle Aged)
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company
L. Frank Baum
Music & Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stothart
Director: TBD
Festival Stage
- 1st Rehearsal: June 10, 2025
- 1st Preview: July 9, 2025
- Opening: July 11, 2025
- Closing: August 17, 2025
SEEKING:
- Dorothy Gale
- Aunt Em-Emily Gale/Glinda-The Good Witch of the North
- Uncle Henry-Henry Gale /Emerald City Guard
- Zeke-Farmhand/Cowardly Lion
- Hickory-Farmhand/Tinman
- Hunk-Farmhand/Scarecrow
- Miss Almira Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West
- Professor Chester Marvel/The Wizard of Oz
- Citizens of Munchkinland-Chorus: Mayor, Coroner, Barrister, 3 City Fathers, 3 Tough Guys, Fiddler,
- Braggart, 2 School Teachers, 3 Tots
- 3 crows
- 3 trees
- poppies & snowmen
- Ozians-Chorus: Beauticians, Polishers, Manicurists
- 2 Oz Men
- 2 Oz Women
- Winkies-Chorus
- Winkie General
- Nikko
- Jitterbug
- Jitterbugs & Ghosts
REGISTER FOR YOUR AUDITION
Auditionees will be notified if they are requested at callbacks.
No phone calls regarding auditions, please.
For additional questions, please visit our Auditions Frequently Asked Questions page or email [email protected].
CHILDREN/YOUTH LOCAL EQUITY & NON-EQUITY GENERAL AUDITIONS — SEASON 52
Children/Youth Auditions (Rising Grades 1–12)
Children’s Chorus — Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Montgomery, AL
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Joseph and the Amazing Tehnicolor Dreamcoat is one of the most enduring musicals of all time. This humorous retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, his father Jacob, and the coat of many colors, is a delightful and merry musical that embraces country-western, calypso, and Elvis-style rock. More about this upcoming production.
KEY PRODUCTION & REHEARSAL DATES
- First Rehearsal: June 11, 2024
- First Preview: July 11, 2024
- Opening: July 12, 2024
- Closing: August 11, 2024
WHAT TO PREPARE:
Auditioners will have five-minute slots and should prepare the following to fit within the time limit:
- A song to be sung a cappella. Strong singers are encouraged to audition.
- A short poem or story (to be memorized) — something you love!
OTHER important INFORMATION
- When you arrive for the audition, you will be asked to fill out an audition form/conflict sheet. Make plans to arrive early! Once the audition form is completed, your child will be called in to audition individually. Parents/Guardians are required to wait outside or on our grounds while their child auditions. Please do not leave your child unaccompanied during the audition.
- Please note on the audition form if you have experience with gymnastics/acrobatics/tumbling/dance.
- Wear comfortable clothes and shoes that you can move around in.
Auditions begin at 10:00am. You must register (link below) for a time slot.
REGISTER FOR YOUR AUDITION
Callbacks will take place on Sunday, February 25, 2024. Auditionees will be notified if they are requested at callbacks.
No phone calls regarding auditions, please.
For additional questions, please visit our Auditions Frequently Asked Questions page or email [email protected].
ADULT LOCAL EQUITY & NON-EQUITY GENERAL AUDITIONS — SEASON 52
Local Equity Adult Auditions
Montgomery, AL
Friday, December 1, and Saturday, December 2, 2023
SEE THE SEASON 52 CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
NOTE: Auditions are called for the following productions: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Zelda in the Backyard, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
WHAT TO PREPARE:
Local, Equity Auditions to be held on December 1st, 2023 and December 2nd, 2023 form 10 AM-6 PM each day. Auditions on December 1st will be held in the Rehearsal Studio at ASF and auditions on December 2nd will be held in the Patrons’ Room. ASF address is 1 Festival Drive Montgomery, AL 36117
To request an audition slot, please email [email protected].
Please include your Equity member number in the subject line Please email by noon on November 29th, 2023.
Please prepare two contrasting monologues or one monologue and a song. Accompanist will be provided, if need be. Please bring sheet music. Audition should not exceed 5 minutes in length. Please bring a copy of your headshot and resume.
Auditionees will be notified if they are requested at callbacks.
No phone calls regarding auditions, please.
For additional questions, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page or email [email protected].
NEW YORK EPA & AGENT AUDITIONS (ADULT)— SEASON 52
New York EPA & Agent Auditions (Adult)
SEE CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS FOR NEW YORK EQUITY AUDITIONS
To audition in New York, please contact Karie Koppel with Koppel Casting: [email protected].
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No phone calls regarding auditions, please.
For additional questions, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page or email [email protected].
If you have further questions, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Anti-Racism Statement
ASF commits to anti-racism in its systems, practices, and theatre-making. As a storytelling institution charged with building community, we believe our civic, not-for-profit mission cannot be achieved with racist policies, ideals, or thinking in place. We commit to a conscious decision to make frequent, consistent, equitable choices daily. These choices require ongoing self-awareness and self-reflection as we move through life. We commit to combating discriminatory treatments, unfair policies, or biased practices based on race that result in inequitable outcomes for whites over Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and extend considerably beyond prejudice.