Shakesperience Productions, Inc
Waterbury, CT

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, May 4, 2026

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (E)

AND

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS

Please email [email protected] to schedule an auditions appointment.

CONTRACT

Independent Theatre Contract

$450 weekly minimum - negotiations pending.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in HAMLET (see breakdown).

Shakesperience Productions educates and inspires students, families, and theater professionals through the arts in order to explore social constructs and foster mutual respect for all people. Shakesperience creates innovative, interactive, thought-provoking live theatre programs rooted in classical literature by focusing on the dynamic relationship between the artist and the audience. Find more information at www.Shakesperience.org/Summer.

Actively seeking all ethnicities, nationalities, and gender identities.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a one-minute monologue from HAMLET.

LOCATION

Shakesperience Production

117 Bank Street

Waterbury, CT 06702

PERSONNEL

Director: Emily Mattina

Producer: Jeff Lapham

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Emily Mattina, director and Shakesperience Artistic Director

Jessica Gaddis, Program Manager of Arts and Education

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: July 20

Show run: August 5-9

OTHER

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.

Breakdown

HAMLET

SEEKING:

The Danish Royal Court

Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark, son of Gertrude and the recently deceased king of Denmark, contemplative, in love with Ophelia, believed by others to be fraught with madness

King Claudius: recently crowned King of Denmark, Hamlet’s Uncle, married to Gertrude

Ghost: resembling the late king, Hamlet’s father,

Queen Gertrude: Hamlet’s mother, now wife of Claudius

Courtiers and Others of the Court

Polonius: right-hand man to Claudius, Laertes and Ophelia’s father

Laertes: Polonius’ son, Ophelia’s brother

Ophelia: Polonius’ daughter, believes Hamlet is “mad for her love “

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: Courtiers, former schoolfellows of Hamlet

Horatio: A close friend and confidant of Hamlet

Bernardo and Francisco: members of the King’s guard and the first people to see the Ghost

Osric: A foppish and foolish courtier

Others

Players: The actors in The Mousetrap Play or The Murder of Gonzago, the play presented to the court by Hamlet

Gentlemen: of the court

Gravedigger: Digs a grave for the recently deceased Ophelia after she drowns

SALARY

Independent Theatre Contract $450 weekly minimum - negotiations pending.

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