Actors Needed for "Anne of Green Gables" Stage Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Casting call for "Anne of Green Gables" Stage Play, looking for actors for multiple roles. See more details below. About the project: This dramatization of L.M. Montgomery’s classic follows the adventures of Anne Shirley, an imaginative orphan girl, from her first encounter with her austere guardians to her graduation from Queen’s Academy. The play brings to life all the memorable events and characters from the novel, including Anne’s friendship with Diana, her feuds with Gilbert, her adoration of Matthew, and key moments like the wine bottle mishap, the cake disaster, her broken leg, scholastic achievements, and the saving of Green Gables. Additional info: Rehearsals Begin: February 9, 2026 Monday–Thursday, 6:00–9:00 PM Performance Dates: March 14–22, 2026 Saturdays at 12:00 PM Sundays at 2:00 PM Please familiarize yourself with the script and characters in the attachments below. Cold reading from the script required. Review the 2026 Audition Guidelines attached below prior to the auditions. If interested, please sign up for an audition.
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An independent, private, no-nonsense unmarried woman who raises Anne with her brother Matthew at Green Gables in Avonlea. She struggles with Anne’s temper, dramatic tendencies, and wild imagination but over the years begins to care deeply for her.
Marilla’s brother. He is quiet and a man of few words. He is irresistibly drawn to Anne from the moment he meets her. He often helps Anne through some of her toughest moments and helps Marilla see the good in her.
Gilbert quickly becomes Anne’s adversary when he calls her “carrots”. Their rivalry extends to their schoolwork as well, but the two have a mutual admiration for each other which blossoms into love.
Long time neighbor of Matthew and Marilla. Rachel wants to know all the business of everyone in Avonlea. She loves to gossip and offers unsolicited advice freely.
Diana’s mother. She is wealthy and difficult to please. She is unsure of Anne, but eventually grows to love her just as the others do.
The Avonlea schoolmaster during Anne’s first year there. He flirts with Prissy Andrews. He is a rather inept teacher who scapegoats Anne unfairly on a couple of occasions.
Miss Stacy is the Avonlea schoolteacher who takes Mr. Phillips’s place and becomes Anne’s beloved mentor.
Diana’s father’s elderly, rich aunt, known to be very prim and proper.
Mrs. Allan is married to the Reverend Allan. Mrs. Allan, a “kindred spirit,” is the most significant person in Anne’s religious upbringing. Anne is immediately drawn to her because she is pretty.
Anne’s classmate and rival. Snobbish and comes from a wealthy family.
One of Anne’s classmates, she is often with Anne for parties and adventures.
One of Anne’s classmates, she is often with Anne for parties and adventures.
One of the boys in Anne’s class. He plans to be a minister.
Charlie is a classmate of Anne’s. He hopes to become a politician.
Prissy is a sixteen-year-old student with whom Mr. Phillips flirts.
Classmate of Anne’s.
Classmate of Anne’s and Charlie Sloane’s sister.
Classmate of Anne’s.
Mrs. Barry’s French-Canadian house maid.
A classmate of Anne’s.
Teen boy that Matthew hires to work the farm.
Mrs. Blewett is a sharp-tongued, stingy woman with a temper who offers to take Anne in order to help care for her children; this prompts Marilla to accept Anne instead.
Elderly minister who later retires.
Mr. Allan is the young minister of the Presbyterian Church in Avonlea. He is very much in love with his wife Mrs. Allan.
Neighbor of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert who offers to buy the Cuthbert farm after Matthew’s death.
The Sunday school teacher.
School Children, Girls at Sunday School, etc.
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