Location: Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, IA
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (C)
By appointment only. To schedule an audition appointment, please go to:
Google Forms OR you may call Irena Sarić at 319-887-1360 during Riverside office hours M-F 10am-4pm CT.
Video submissions are also accepted: please send the video as a private link to
artistic@riversidetheatre.org.
LOA
$519 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT)
Equity actors for roles in ROMEO AND JULIET (See breakdown). All roles will be understudied. Riverside Theatre encourages actors of all races, all ethnicities, and all gender identities, as well as performers of differing abilities to audition for ALL roles.
Please prepare two monologues of no more than 2 minutes each for the role(s) you wish to be considered for. These can be speeches from ROMEO AND JULIET or from another Shakespeare play. Please bring two copies of your headshot and resume to the audition.
Riverside Theatre
119 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240
Please proceed to the 3rd floor via elevator or stairs. Third floor.
Expected to attend:
Adam Knight, Director and Producing Artistic Director
Irena Saric, Managing Director
1st Rehearsal: 5/20/2025
Opening: 6/13/2025
Closing: 6/29/2025
www.riversidetheatre.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.
ROMEO AND JULIET
FRIAR LAWRENCE (track) – Male-identifying, any ethnicity, 40s-60s. Confidant and mentor to Romeo, encouraging in his impulsive protégé more reflection and patience. He marries the couple and attempts to help them in their escape, with fateful consequences.
NURSE (track) – Female-identifying, any ethnicity, 40s-60s. Caretaker and confidant to Juliet, whom she has raised from infancy. She initially supports the romance with Romeo but advocates for a marriage to Paris after the death of Tybalt.
MERCUTIO (track) – Any gender or ethnicity, 20s-30s. Kinsman to the prince and dear friend to Romeo. Enjoys carousing and fighting and is cynical about love. Has a dark streak.
LORD CAPULET (track) – Male-identifying, any ethnicity, 40s-60s. Head of the Capulet household and hater of the Montagues. A passionate man with his affections and his anger. He wants the best for his daughter but is unbending when she questions his will.
LADY CAPULET (track) – Female-identifying, any ethnicity, 30s-50s. Co-head of the Capulet household. She has helped build the Capulet name into the height of culture in Verona and is willing to fight to keep its status high in future generations. Loves her daughter, but has never been entirely comfortable being a caregiver.
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