Casting Call for "Women Playing Hamlet" Play
Looking to cast performers for the "Women Playing Hamlet" show. For further information, see the details below. About the project: Hamlet's a challenge for any actor, but when Jessica is cast as the titular character in a New York production, it sends her into an existential tailspin. It doesn't help that her acting coach is borderline abusive, or that every Starbucks barista with an MFA tells her she's too young for the role. Or that she's somehow managed to make Sir Patrick Stewart her nemesis. Not to mention the fact that she's a woman. How can Jessica figure out "to be or not to be," when she can't even figure out herself? Featuring an all-female cast performing multiple roles, Woman Playing Hamlet is rip-roaring fun for Shakespeare fans and haters alike. Additional info: Auditions will consist of cold reads from the provided sides, as well as theatre and movement exercises. If interested, please apply.
4 roles
An actress, attractive, quirky, smart
Gwen - female, an acting coach. Humanities Professor - male, overconfident Ghost - male, Hamlet’s father
Starbuck Actress - female, works at Starbucks Priest - male, Catholic, celibate Bicycle Messenger - male, streetwise and hip Emily Ostergaard - female, Jessica’s computer-geek niece Barfly - female, alcoholic Home Shopping Network Model - female, bubbly Rosie - female, a young soap-opera starlet
Lord Derby - male, English Shakespeare scholar Minnesota Mother - female, Jessica’s mother Male Psychiatrist - male, a Jewish Freudian psychiatrist Bartender - male, rough, tough, and tattooed Home Shopping Network Hostess - female, bubbly Gilda - female, grand dame soap-opera star and stroke victim Gravedigger - male, a Cockney pun-master Stage Manager - female
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