Audition
We’re now accepting submissions for 2020 – click here to view the CASTING NOTICE
Our 2024 Season Submissions have been closed. Thank you to all who auditioned!
ANNOUNCING THE 2024 CAST:
Cylan Brown
Demarcus Brooks
Caleb Feitsam
Chris Fine
Jonathan Fisher
Amanda Godoy
Peter Green
Trevor Guyton
Jane Hink
Savannah Moffat
Will Mueller
Melissa Ortiz
Alejandro Posada
Megan Ruble
Mario Silva
Ryon Thomas
Roberto Williams
Alec Yamartino
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In addition to our summer season, we also do winter projects and casting will be announced on this page.
For any casting inquiries, please email the Artistic Directors, Suzanne Dean and Stephanie Coltrin at pad@shakespearebythesea.org
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
SBTS is seeking non-Equity actors for our summer festival.
Please prepare and submit contrasting Shakespeare monologues by uploading your video to the above link. (the auditions must be speeches from Shakespeare)- Please limit your audition to 2 minutes for your entire submission.
IMPORTANT DATES:
May 18: First Company Meeting/Rehearsals begin
June 20-22- Opening Performances-Cardenio
June 24-26- Tech/Dress Rehearsals for Henry IV
July 5- August 1 (Wednesdays through Sundays)
Actor call times for tour performances are 5 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start time
Closing Performances in San Pedro (Park TBA)
August 2- Closing Performance of Cardenio
All rehearsals and performances are outdoors.
Actors are paid at a rate of $16.90 per hour for time in rehearsal and performances, increasing to $17.27 per hour on July 1.
Each play will be cast with roles doubled. You may submit for either one show or both shows. Remember when submitting your audition that we are an outdoor Shakespeare festival. Because we are Southern California based, and all actors self-drive to location, we can only consider actors who are based in Southern California or have their own housing/transportation in the area.
Cardenio: Double Falsehood
A lost play by John Fletcher & William Shakespeare. Directed & Adapted by Jonathan Fisher.
London, 1613: After an unprecedented streak of theatrical hits, William Shakespeare is retiring to Stratford for good, leaving the playwriting of the King’s Men in the capable hands of his protégé John Fletcher. But one piece of unfinished writing stands in his way: Cardenio, a rollicking tale of chivalry ripped from the pages of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, replete with maidens in disguise, villainous plots and biting cultural critiques. But even with these classic Shakespearean hallmarks at his disposal, the Bard’s decades at the quill have taken their toll, and he’ll need all the help Fletcher can give him to put a successful capstone on his storied career. Will this last play stand the test of time, or be lost to anonymity? Join us for this original and spirited look at a lost classic and decide for yourself if Shakespeare even had anything to do with Cardenio!
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Henry IV: Falstaff & the Boy Who Would Be King
A new adaptation combining both parts of Henry IV. Directed and adapted by Stephanie Coltrin.
Before St. Crispin’s day and the man who would be Henry V, was young Prince Hal, the reluctant heir to the throne, who spends more time drinking and playing tricks on Falstaff than he does navigating the intrigues of court. But with England itself at stake, Hal embraces his destiny, becoming the king who will lead his country to victory at Agincourt.