"As You Like It" Stage Play Casting Equity Actors
Equity actors for roles in the Shakespeare Tour of "As You Like It". See breakdown below. Rate: Off Broadway $1076 weekly minimum (Cat. BB) Additional info: Audition lunch: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PREPARATION: Please prepare one SHORT (no more than two-minutes in length) Shakespeare monologue. Bring picture and resume stapled together. 1st Rehearsal: on or about 4/27/26 1st Performance: on or about 5/25/26 Final Tour Performance: on or about 7/5/26 EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. NOTE FOR ALL ACTORS: Directors are seeking a company of collaborative, language-oriented actors/singers who enjoy working in a physical style. PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY on character descriptions where confident solo singing and/or musical skill is a component for the character. If you are interested, please apply.
10 role s
Femme or non-binary. Quicksilver, the engine that drives the story. She is full of complexities and contradictions. Capable of caddish behavior and passionate fidelity. Androgynous and romantic. Silly and wise. A color-wheel, a jester, a leader, a seeker. Her transformative experiences in Arden release her into a more expansive shape.
Male identifying. A bisexual dreamboat. He is the world's best listener. Decent, good, and capable from the start. A work in progress, Arden transforms him from a moody, flighty, inconstant version of a 'hero' or 'lover' into a true, grounded and dimensional person.
Female identifying. The Princess. She has serious “it-girl” energy. Despite her background of status and privilege, she is kind and down for an adventure. She forms deep attachments. A shrewd observer and loyal friend.
Male identifying. The clown. A quick witted, edgy rascal. A city boy who Rosalind has talked into going into the Forest of Arden with her. He imagines himself immune to the power of the woods but, in the end, he too is changed by them.
Male identifying. A role for a singer and HIGHLY proficient musician, with guitar as their primary instrument. Previous experience with Music Directing is a BIG plus. Oliver is highly-strung and competitive; a corporate schemer and striver with a slightly Draco Malfoy energy. Amiens is a sweet boy at a picnic with a guitar. He is extremely chilled.
Female identifying. A role for a HIGHLY proficient musician and singer. Please specify any hand carried instruments which are played at a high level. We are especially interested in brass and reeds. Phoebe has small-town beauty queen energy, bossy yet charming. The 'lord' is a young disciple of Duke Senior's. An idealist. William is an Arden lad who loves Audrey, not the brightest bulb.
Male-identifying. Silvius is an earnest young man of Arden, doggedly obsessed with Phoebe, but his obsession has surprising dignity. Charles is a gnarly court-wrestler who is built and looks like he might kill you. A bro.
Male identifying. The Dads. Duke Senior is an affable older-hippie Robin Hood, he’s creating a society in harmony with nature where everyone is welcome. His brother Duke Fred is the diametric opposite. He has a dark side and is power-hungry, but he is ultimately weak-willed and small-minded.
Femme or non-binary. Audrey is an excitable rustic young lady enamored of Touchstone. Adam is a loyal old man of the city, Corin is a shepherd. A gentle, serene old man of the woods. A role with range and humor.
The philosopher. Jaques is witty, laconic and elegant and morose. He likes to excavate the darker corners of the human mind. LeBeau is a courtier who is well-intentioned but uptight, nervous. A role with range and humor.
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