Casting Performers for "Land of the Dead" Play
Talent wanted for "William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead: A True and Accurate Account of the 1599 Zombie Plague" with the Utah Shakespeare Festival. See the breakdown below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Rate: LORT B: $1,213 weekly minimum. Additional info: Contract Dates: May 3 – October 2, 2027. All roles will be understudied. Performers will appear in more than one show. Non-singers: prepare either a 1½-minute Shakespeare monologue (no sonnets) or a 1½-minute contemporary monologue. Singers: prepare a 1½-minute Shakespeare monologue (no sonnets) and 16 bars of a Broadway-style song showing range and vocal prowess. Equity membership card required. An Equity monitor will not be provided; the producer will run all aspects of the audition. If interested, please apply.
3 roles
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (male-identifying, age 30s-40s). Playwright, player, company member. RICHARD BURBAGE (male-identifying, age 30s-40s). Player and theatre manager. WILL KEMP (male-identifying, age 30s-40s). Player, clown, and Morris dancer. JOHN RICE (male-identifying, age 20s). An apprentice player. KATE BRAITHWAITE (female-identifying, age 30s-40s). The attiring woman. JOHN SINKLO (male-identifying, age 30s-40s). A hired player.
FRANCIS BACON (male-identifying, age 30s-40s). Lawyer, courier, philosopher. SIR ROBERT CECIL (male-identifying, age 30s-40s). The Queen’s spymaster. QUEEN ELIZABETH (female-identifying, age 40s-60s). The Queen of England. DOCTOR JOHN DEE (male-identifying, age 50s-70s). An astrologer and mathematician. SOLDIER 1 (male-identifying, any age). A recruiting officer. SOLDIER 2 (male-identifying, any age). A soldier of the Queen’s guard.
Play additional players, soldiers, and the afflicted.
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