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Invictus Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for A Winter’s Tale directed by Charles Askenaizer. This is a non-union production.
Material to Prepare:
To request an audition, please email your headshot and resume and the role you’d like to be considered for with subject line “Winter’s Tale Audition Request” to Becca Holloway at: invictustheatrecasting@gmail.com.
Auditions will consist of reading sides from the script. Please prepare 1 minute of an uptempo folk song for anyone considered for the musician tracks.
Time Commitment:
Rehearsals: February 1 - March 5 (Sat/Sun 10-4pm, MTW 6-10pm)
Understudy Rehearsals: March 1st 4-8pm, March 12th 6-10pm, March 19th 6-10pm, March 23rd 9-11:30am, March 30th 9-11:30am, April 6th 9-11:30am, April 13th 9-11:30am
Tech: March 7-10 (Fri./Mon 6-11pm, Sat/Sun 10-6pm)
Previews: March 11, 14-16 (Tues 7pm, Fri 7pm, Sat 1pm/7pm, Sun 1pm)
Opening: March 17 7pm
Run: March 21 - April 20 (Fri/Mon 7pm, Sat 1pm/7pm, Sun 1pm)
Please note there is a performance on Easter Sunday, April 20th.
Rehearsals and performances will take place at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60618
Character Type/Restrictions:
CHARACTERS - All characters are open to any ethnicity or gender; the gender listed is representative of the character only.
Actor 1 Leontes (30’s- early 40’s) Male identifying. King of Sicilia who is driven to madness after deluding himself of his wife’s infidelity with his best friend Polixenes.
Actor 2 Hermione/ Bohemian Ensemble- (30’s-early 40’s) Female identifying. Queen of Sicilia, wife to Leontes who is falsely accused of having an affair with Polixenes.
Actor 3 Polixenes- (30’s- early 40’s) Male identifying. King of Bohemia who is best friends with Leontes and falsely accused of having an affair with Hermione.
Actor 4 Perdita/Mamillius (20’s) Female identifying. The children of Leontes and Hermione.
Actor 5 Camillo (30’s-50’s) Male identifying. A lord in service to Leontes who abandons Sicilia when commanded to murder Polixenes.
Actor 6 Paulina/ Bohemian Ensemble- (30’s-50’s) Female identifying. Wife of Antigonus and lady in the Sicilian court who speaks against Leontes’ madness.
Actor 7 Antigonus/Bohemia Ensemble (40’s-60’s) Male identifying. Husband to Paulina who exits pursued by bear.
Actor 8 Emilia/Mopsa/Lord (20’s-30’s) Female identifying. Lady-in-waiting to Hermione.
Actor 9 Florizel/Officer/Jailer (20’s) Male identifying. Son of Polixenes who is in love with Perdita against his father’s wishes.
Actor 10 Autolycus/Lord/Musician (20’s-50’s) Male identifying. Must be able to sing and play a hand-held instrument (guitar, accordion, etc.) A rogue who cons innocents out of their money.
Actor 11- Shepherd/Lord (50+) Male identifying. Kindly old man who finds the infant Perdita and raises her as his own.
Actor 12- Clown/Lord (20’s-40’s) Male identifying. The bumbling son of the shepherd.
Actor 13- Lady 2/Lord/Servant/Dorcas (20’s-40’s) Female identifying. Musical instrument experience preferred.
Actor 14- Ensemble/ Officer/ Lord/Time (open age) Male identifying. Musical instrument experience preferred.
Actor 15- Ensemble/ Lady 3/ Shepherdess (open age) Female identifying. Musical instrument experience preferred.
Actor 16- Mariner/ Lord/ Bohemian Ensemble (20’s-30’s) Male identifying. Musical instrument experience preferred.
Invictus Theatre does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or productions.
To apply for this job email your details to invictustheatrecasting@gmail.com