Audition - Shakespeare by the Sea

We’re now accepting submissions for 2020 – click here to view the CASTING NOTICE

2026 Auditions

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
SBTS is seeking non-Equity actors for our summer festival. We strongly encourage actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to audition.

Initial auditions will all be video auditions. Please submit your auditions by April 1, 2026 through this form: (CLICK TO VIEW OR SUBMIT)

VIDEO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please prepare and submit contrasting Shakespeare monologues by uploading your video to the above link. (the auditions must be speeches from Shakespeare) You are welcome to submit monologues from Macbeth. Submit your audition videos through the audition form.

CALLBACKS:
Callbacks will held in person on Sunday, April 12 by invitation only

IMPORTANT DATES:
May 20: Rehearsals begin

Rehearsals before tech are evenings M-Th; and daytimes Sat. & Sun. Rehearsals will be in Redondo Beach.

June 23-June 25: Tech/Dress Rehearsals/Load In

Touring Performances
June 26- July 25 (Wednesdays through Sundays)
Actor call times for tour performances are 5 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start time

We tour parks throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties. All actors self-drive to location

Call times:

Call times for touring performances are 5 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start

OUTDOOR FESTIVAL:
All tech/dress rehearsals and performances are outdoors.

COMPENSATION:

Actors are paid at a rate of $18.00 per hour for time in rehearsal and performances.

ABOUT SBTS:
Macbeth will be cast with a company of 12 so there is a great deal of doubling. Remember when submitting your audition that we are an outdoor Shakespeare festival.

SBTS Experience

Shakespeare by the Sea is an outdoor Shakespeare festival. The show will open at Recreation Park in Long Beach, and then tour to parks throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties. All of our performances are admission-free and open to call. Generally, between 10,000 and 15,000 people witness a SBTS performance each summer.

Shakespeare by the Sea is a hands-on production. In true Shakespeare style, Actors (along with volunteers and staff) set up and strike the set every night. Each performance is a company effort and each cast member is an integral part of the process. Rehearsal hours are limited, so the ability to be a quick study is very important.

As actors self-drive to each park location, we can only consider actors who are based in or have their own housing/transportation in Southern California.

ABOUT THE PLAYS:

Macbeth

Translation by Migdalia Cruz
Adapted & Directed by Stephanie Coltrin

Few plays capture the dangers of ambition and power as vividly as Macbeth. It reveals what happens when grief hardens into ambition, when fear overtakes wisdom, and when those in power silence the voices that speak difficult truths. As prophecy ignites a dangerous desire for the crown, Macbeth and his formidable wife set in motion a chain of violence that will consume a kingdom.