Theatre Casting Call for "The Book of Will"
Audition for "The Book of Will" Play. Seeking performers. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Will Shakespeare is dead. But his plays? Scattered to the four winds, and his friends are determined to save them, preserving the words that shaped their lives. They’ll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done! Told with a skillful mixture of familiar Shakespeare lines and contemporary language, Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will tells the (mostly) true story of how we almost lost nearly half of Shakespeare’s plays. An unforgettable story of love, loss, and laughter, that sheds new light on a man you may think you know. Additional info: Show Dates: March 7 - 16, 2024. Auditions in December with rehearsals beginning after the first of the year. If interested, please apply.
26 roles
Feisty, hopeful friend and actor in the King's Men.
Reasonable friend and financial manager of the King's Men; owner of the Globe Tap House; a good man, a gentleman, if serious.
Seasoned lion of the stage, famous across England, loud and proud. (Henry, John, and Richard wear identical mourning rings for Will.)
John's daughter and alewife, knows every- one and hangs with the boys.
Young actor.
Ruffian.
Drunk.
Poet laureate of England, friend/rival of Shake- speare. Amazing drunk. A bear of a man. Surprisingly weepy.
Henry's wife, savvy and fun.
John's wife, a good wife. Strong, busy with their grocery business, a woman who has weathered much but loves her husband and sons and God.
"Stage manager" for the King's Men, self-serious and particular.
Humble scrivener of the King's Men. Quick, sure, quiet.
Successful if shady publisher of books, plays, and playbills. He is confident in his ability to get what he wants. Very experienced, very connected, willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. An ass.
William's son, will inherit the business. Sensitive, an artist at heart.
Printer's apprentice at the Jaggard print shop, nosy but honest.
Works for Jaggard, young.
Fiery Italian feminist and poet, independent woman, lover of life (and of Shakespeare).
Shakespeare's now ailing wife. Strong-willed, a classy lady, a survivor.
Good girl and daughter of Shakespeare.
Newsboy.
Book and theatre lover.
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