Professional Casting for 2023 Season Shows

Presents as male. Burbage is a famous lion of the stage. Johnson is a rival of Shakespeare’s, a bear of a man, and emotional. Horatio is the character from Hamlet. One actor will play all three tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as female. Alice is Heminges’ daughter, well-loved, “one of the guys”. Susannah is Shakespeare’s daughter, dutiful. One actor will play both tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as female. Elizabeth is Condell’s wife, savvy and fun. Emilia is a fiery Italian feminist and poet. One actor will play both tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as female. Rebecca is Heminges’ wife, strong, busy, and pious. Anne is Shakespeare’s wife, ailing now, but strong-willed and dignified. One actor will play both tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as male. Ed is a stage manager, serious and particular. Isaac is William Jaggard’s son, sensitive and an artist at heart. One actor will play both tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as male. Ralph is a scrivener for The King’s Men, quiet, efficient, deft. The Barman is a ruffian. Compositor is in the employ of William Jaggard, young and earnest. Francisco is the character from Hamlet. One actor will play all four tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as male. Jaggard is a well-connected and somewhat shady publisher. Crude and willful, an as*. Barman 2 is a drunk. Sir Edward Dering is a lover of books and theatre. One actor will play all three tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as male. Marcus is an apprentice in Jaggard’s print house, nosy yet honest. Boy Hamlet is a young actor. Crier is a newsboy. Bernardo is the character from Hamlet. One actor will play all four tracks. "THE BOOK OF WILL"

Presents as female. Kate is the eldest of Baptiste’s two daughters. Extremely smart and willful, excellent with language. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW"

Presents as male. Petruchio is a soldier, extremely smart and willful, excellent with language. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW"

Presents as any gender identity. Tranio is Lucentio’s servant. Clever. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as any gender identity. Lucentio is a young man of wealth, naïve and impulsive. In love with Bianca. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as female. The younger of Baptiste’s two daughters. Bianca is clever, manipulative, and knows she is beautiful. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as any gender identity. A wealthy single parent. Good at business, not so good at parenting. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as male. Servant to Petruchio. Insightful, witty, excellent comic instincts. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as male. Extremely wealthy man. Lecherous, competitive, and greedy. A suitor to Bianca. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as male. A suitor to Bianca. Some skill with a musical instrument preferred. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as any gender identity. A servant to Petruchio, excellent with language. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as any gender identity. A schoolteacher who pretends to be Lucentio’s parent. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as any gender identity. Lucentio’s parent and man of wealth. Bold and commandeering. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as female. Sharp-tongued and not afraid to speak her mind or say what she wants. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "

Presents as female. Lear’s eldest daughter. Cruel and deceitful under a thin veneer of imperious decorum. "KING LEAR "

Presents as female. Lear’s second daughter. Competitive and ruthless. "KING LEAR "

Presents as female. Cordelia is Lear’s youngest daughter, dutiful, honest, and righteous. The Fool is Lear’s jester. Witty, sardonic, excellent with language. Some musical or singing talent ideal. One actor will play both roles. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. An earl of Lear’s kingdom. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. Eldest son to Gloucester. A good, if gullible, man. A convincing madman. Stage combat. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. Gloucester’s younger, illegitimate son. Treacherous and ambitious. Stage combat. "KING LEAR "

Presents as any gender identity. An earl of Lear’s kingdom. Honest and fiercely loyal to Lear. Stage combat. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. Regan’s husband. Hot-tempered and hard. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. Goneril’s husband. Starts the play meek and subservient to his wife, but develops both a conscience and a spine over the course of the play. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. The King of France. Generous and kind. Devoted to Cordelia. "KING LEAR "

Presents as male. The Duke of Burgundy, a suitor for Cordelia’s hand who rejects her when she is disinherited. "KING LEAR "

Presents as any gender identity. Devoted and sinister servant to Goneril. "KING LEAR "