Casting Call for "Shakespeare In The Wrong Hands"
The company is holding auditions for "Shakespeare In The Wrong Hands" and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: Cold readings from the script for 12 actors to play multiple roles. Four stories parodied from some of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. All levels of experience are invited to audition. All ethnicities, genders, LGTBQ. Rehearsals on Thursdays 5-7pm. Performances on Sundays, May 12th and the 26th. Please apply for script perusal.
11 roles
Master of Ceremonies. Introduces each story with a funny anecdote. (may be on-script)
Loud, sassy, opinionated, maybe a murderess
Girlfriend of Romeo and Detective Justin Thyme's sultry receptionist
Devoted wife, entertainer at the "Inn of the Three Witches", office worker
Head Witch and owner of the "Inn of the Three Witches", ghost of murdered king, must look good in a fitted sheet
Disgruntled, irreverent, Hamlets mother, entertainer at the "Inn of the Three Witches"
Young - admirer of Hamlet, entertainer at the "Inn of the Three Witches", patient in a doctors office
Young to middle age, son of the murdered King, Juliet's love interest
Brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude, Scotsman, eldest son of King Duncan
Hard boiled fictional detective (think Columbo), disembodied voice barking orders
Womanizer, bad boy, Thane of Fife, loyal to King Duncan