Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Montgomery, AL
LORT Non-Rep
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in SHERWOOD (See breakdown). There will be no understudies. Please Note: Actors cast in this production will also be cast in HAMLET.
Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration. Please put SHERWOOD in the subject line.
Deadline: 11/08/2024
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
Possible auditions - Week of November 11th.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
Travel/Housing: Provided by Alabama Shakespeare Festival
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 submit.
Ken Ludwig’s SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Playwright: Ken Ludwig
Director: Laura Kepley
Fight Direction: Paul Dennhardt
First Rehearsal: February 11, 2025
First Preview: March 12, 2025
Opening: March 14, 2025
Closing: May 3, 2025
***Please Note: Actors cast in this production will also be cast in HAMLET.***
ROBIN HOOD (Male Identifying, Any Ethnicity, 20s-early 30s). Must have excellent stage combat skills. Affable, charismatic, humorous, passionate. On a journey from entitled youth to altruistic man. Falls in love, loses his innocence, and discovers his calling to service. Will also play supporting role in HAMLET. Those roles are listed in the breakdown.
MAID MARIAN (Female Identifying, Any Ethnicity, 20s- Early 30s). Must have strong stage combat skills. Smart, confident, funny, bold. A fighter for truth and justice. On a journey from innocent, plucky girl to strong woman navigating a man’s world. Other roles as cast. Will also play supporting role in HAMLET. Those roles are listed in the breakdown.
LITTLE JOHN (Male Identifying, Any Ethnicity, Late 20s-30s). Must have excellent stage combat skills. Very tall/large fit build. Can be a gentle giant or an intimidating fierce foe. Not the brains of the group, but definitely the heart. Finds his people, falls in love with Deorwyn, and fights for justice. Other roles as cast. Will also play supporting role in HAMLET. Those roles are listed in the breakdown.
DEORWYN (pronounced “Deer-win”) (Female Identifying, Any Ethnicity, Early-Mid 20s). Must have strong combat skills. Young woman avenging the terrible treatment and eventual murder of her father. Tough, determined, and brave on the outside - very scared and lonely on the inside. Finds a new family while united in the fight for justice. Other roles as cast. Will also play supporting role in HAMLET. Those roles are listed in the breakdown.
SIR GUY OF GISBOURNE (Male Identifying, Any Ethnicity, 30s-40s). Must have excellent stage combat skills. Enforcer for Prince John. Ambitious, conniving, arrogant, cruel, dangerous, relentless. Has charisma and a wicked charm. On a mission to destroy Robin Hood, possess Marian, and be the right hand of Prince John. Other roles as cast. Will also play supporting role in HAMLET. Those roles are listed in the breakdown.
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Brian McEleney
First Rehearsal: March 18, 2025
First Preview: April 16, 2025
Opening: April 18, 2025
Closing: May 4, 2025
The following are speaking roles that will be cast in HAMLET from the SHERWOOD company (All actors will also play courtiers, servants, soldiers, and party guests.):
PLAYER KING: (Male Identifying) Experienced leader of a travelling acting troupe. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
PLAYER QUEEN: (Female Identifying) Female member of the acting troupe. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
LUCIANUS: (Male Identifying) An actor in the troupe. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
BARNARDO: (Male Identifying) A sentry. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
MARCELLUS: (Male Identifying) A sentry. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
SOLDIER: Actors who play an instrument a plus.
ORSIC: A courtier. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
GRAVEDIGGER 2: Comic sidekick of the First Gravedigger. Actors who play an instrument a plus.
PRIEST: Actors who play an instrument a plus.
NORWEGIAN CAPTAIN: Actors who play an instrument a plus.
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