Elm Shakespeare Company | New Haven, CT
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment, please email:
audition@elmshakespeare.org - no phone calls.
LOA
$640 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT) - 2024 rates
Equity actors for roles in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (See breakdown). Elm Shakespeare Company is dedicated to representing the diverse community of New Haven on stage and encourages actors of all races, cultures (including newly immigrated and refugee performers) as well as those of all gender expressions to audition. As an ADA compliant theatre, we welcome performers of all abilities and will make all reasonable accommodations in order to cast performers, regardless of disability, in any role possible. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
Please prepare two 60-90 second monologues (no more than 20 lines) from Shakespeare with both totaling no more than 2 1/2 minutes. If you have a portable instrument which you play at professional performance level, bring it and be prepared to play 30 seconds of a song.
Gateway Community College
20 Church St
New Haven, CT 06510
Curran Room N100 - Free shuttle from commuter train available, parking garage on Temple.
Expected to attend:
Rebecca Goodheart: Artistic Director
Allen McGeever: Casting Associate
Sarah Bowles: Education Director
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Preview: Thursday, August 14
Opening: Friday, August 15
Closing: Sunday, August 31
www.ElmShakespeare.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Theater artists who would like to join a strong existing ensemble company, with a deep commitment to mentorship. This is the 30th season of Free Shakespeare in the Park.
Puck - A mischievous fairy who delights in playing pranks on mortals; they are Oberon’s servant. They have a connection not only to the fairy and human worlds of the play, but also to the world of the audience. NOTE: Extremely physical on a large outdoor stage. Experience/understanding of Persian, Indian, Afghani or Eritrean cultures a plus.
Philostrate - Theseus’s Master of the Revels (party planner) who is responsible for organizing the entertainment for the Duke’s marriage celebration.
Peter Quince - The community theatre director/stage manager who can't quite keep all the details or actors sorted out. A visionary without a clue.
Francis Flute - The bellows-mender chosen to play Thisbe in the play. A grown man forced to play a young girl in love.
Helena/Helanus - Young (18-25) noble person (male, female or non-binary presenting), tall, slightly awkward, perhaps untraditionally attractive. Former beloved of Demetrius, now rejected. We encourage gender non-conforming actors to audition. NOTE: May be asked to kiss in performance, very physical comic fight choreography likely.
Lysander/Lysandra - Young (18-25) person (male or female or non-binary presenting) in love but forbidden to marry Hermia. We encourage gender non-conforming actors to audition. NOTE: May be asked to kiss in performance, very physical comic fight choreography likely.
Hermia - Young (18-25) noble woman (female presenting), small of stature, feisty, traditionally attractive female presenting, in love with Lysander, but being forced to marry Demetrius. NOTE: may be asked to kiss in performance, very physical fight choreography likely.
Demetrius - Young (18-25) noble man (male presenting) formerly in love with Helena/Helanus, but now in love with Hermia and preferred by Father-in-law. Ambitious, slightly arrogant. NOTE: May be asked to kiss in performance, very physical comic fight choreography likely.
Oberon/Theseus
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Titania/Hippolyta
Egeus/Snout
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