Actors for "The Winter's Tale" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Casting call for "The Winter's Tale" play, looking for male and female talent. See more details below. Rate: $1122.15 weekly minimum (Tier 6) - until 10/4/26 $1167.05 weekly minimum (Tier 6) - after 10/5/26 Additional info: Dates: BEGINS: 8/24/2026 Equity actors for roles in FIRST PREVIEW: 10/13/2026 OPENING: 10/18/2026 CLOSING: 12/12/2026 All roles will be understudied. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM REHEARSAL BEGINS: 9/8/2026 FIRST PREVIEW: 11/11/2026 OPENING: 11/15/2026 CLOSING: 1/3/2027 PREPARATION: Please prepare one Shakespeare monologue of your choice from any play, not to exceed two minutes. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. Directors are looking forward to seeing you!
14 role s
Male-identifying. King of Sicilia. A rational man seized by an irrational and wild thought that his wife is unfaithful, destroying everyone in his oath until it is too late.
Female-identifying. Queen of Sicilia. A woman of great honor, integrity, and grace, who is undone by her husband's mad fit of jealousy.
Male-identifying. King of Bohemia. Leontes’ childhood friend. A well-loved and well-respected ruler falsely accused by Leontes. Can be strict and volatile when it comes to his crown and his son.
Male-identifying. A Sicilian Lord. Warns Polixines of Leontes' harm and flees with him to Bohemia. A man of true soul and morals.
Female-identifying. Fierce and righteous. Shows unyielding loyalty to the Queen.
Male-identifying. A Sicilian Lord and Paulina’s husband. Rescues Perdita from infanticide, only to be pursued and eaten by a bear. A good man.
Female-identifying. Leontes and Hermione’s abandoned daughter. Even though she has been raised in the country amongst shepherds and shepherdesses, her demeanor indicates her royal birth. Wise beyond her years. Elegant and lovely.
Male-identifying. Polixenes’ son. A chip off the old block. A good-natured man who is also impulsive and rebellious.
Male-identifying. An entertaining con man with no scruples. Slippery as an eel.
Male-identifying. A kind-hearted simple man who raises Perdita as his own.
Male-identifying. The Old Shepherd’s son. Sweet and simple, with a warm heart.
Male-identifying. Sicilian Lords.
Female-identifying. Shepherdesses. Earthy and bursting with life. They fire on all cylinders.
Female-identifying. 18+ to play 8 years old. Leontes and Hermione’s son, doomed by Leontes' rejection of the Oracle.