Casting Performers for "The Book of Will" Play
"The Book of Will" is looking for actors. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: One Christmas Eve… is a set of 10 individual “playlets” written by four rising voices in American Theater, each designed to focus on a specific aspect of the Christmas Season. Together, they lead the audience through the highs and lows of the holidays with humor and sensitivity and send them out with the warm feelings of the season. Additional info: Plays August 9-25, 2024. Reading the script prior to the audition is strongly recommended. Auditions will consist of readings from the script and possibly some movement games. No preparation is necessary. See the attachment for details. If interested, please apply.
17 roles
Feisty and hopeful, Henry is forty years old, Shakespeare’s friend, and actor in the King’s Men.
Reasonable and serious, John is fifty years old, Shakespeare’s friend, and financial manager of the King’s Men. He is a good man, a gentleman, and owner of the Globe Tap House.
A seasoned lion of the stage, loud and proud, Richard is in his fifties and famous across England.
Savvy and fun, Elizabeth is Condell’s wife.
John’s daughter and alewife, Alice is thirty years old, knows everyone, and hangs with the boys.
John’s wife, Rebecca is strong, busy with their grocery business, and a woman who has weathered much but loves her husband, her sons, and God. She is a good wife.
Poet laureate of England and friend/rival of Shakespeare, Ben is an amazing drunk, a bear of a man, and surprisingly weepy.
“Stage manager” for the King’s Men, Ed is self-serious and particular.
Humble scrivener of the King’s Men, Ralph is quick, sure, and quiet.
Successful if shady publisher of books, plays, and playbills, William is confident in his ability to get what he wants. He is very experienced, very connected, willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done, but an ass.
William’s son, Isaac will inherit the business. He is sensitive, an artist at heart.
Printer’s apprentice at the Jaggard print shop, twenty-year-old Marcus is nosy but honest.
Works for Jaggard, young.
A fiery Italian feminist and poet, Emilia is fifty years old, an independent woman, and a lover of life (and of Shakespeare).
A book and theatre lover, Edward is sixty years old and the first customer of The First Folio.
Shakespeare’s now ailing sixty-year-old wife, Anne is strong-willed, a classy lady, a survivor.
A good girl and daughter of Shakespeare, Susannah is thirty years old.
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