Chanticleer Shakespeare Company
Fresno, CA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, January 31, 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)

BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please email: [email protected] . We will respond with a time slot within 48 hours.

CONTRACT

LOA

$495 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in THE TEMPEST (see breakdown).

Local actors are encouraged to audition. All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one Shakespearean piece, preferably in verse and no more than 2 minutes in length. Be prepared to stay and read sides if asked. Bring headshot/resume stapled together.

LOCATION

The Historic Warnors Theatre

1400 Fulton St

Fresno, CA 93721

Metered street parking. Enter through lobby.

PERSONNEL

Blake Ellis (Artistic Director) (Director)

Brandon Weis (Executive Director)

Brandi Martin (Technical Director)

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Blake Ellis (Artistic Director) (Director)

Brandon Weis (Executive Director)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal - 3/31/2026

Open - 4/24/2026

Close - 5/3/2026

OTHER

If you are unable to attend in person, video submissions will be accepted through January 31, 2026 (see breakdown for details).

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

THE TEMPEST

VIDEO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please prepare one Shakespearean piece, preferably in verse and no more than 2 minutes in length. Please email submissions in the form of a Youtube link to [email protected].

SEEKING:

PROSPERO - [CAST] (Female) After living in exile with her daughter for the last 12 years, she's about to get revenge against her backstabbing brother.

ARIEL - (Male or Female) Ariel is a magical spirit who serves Prospero. Ariel can travel instantaneously, shapeshift, create beautiful music, etc. Although Ariel loves Prospero, the desire to be free is always beneath the surface.

MIRANDA - (Female) Miranda is Prospero's daughter. Raised for the last 12 years in isolation, she's about to encounter a whole new world.

CALIBAN - (Male) Caliban is a half-human, half-demon creature, born from the unholy union of Sycorax (his mother) and the demonic entity she served. He was taken in by Prospero, but after a failed sexual assault on Miranda, he lives as a slave to Prospero, doomed to perform manual labor.

FERDINAND - (Male) The son of the King of Naples, he washes ashore alone, believing his father to be drowned. When he encounters Miranda, his whole world changes.

ALONSO - (Male) Alonso is the King of Naples whose ship was wrecked in the tempest. He washes up on Prospero's island, and believes his son has drowned.

GONZALO - (Male) Gonzalo is a wise, fatherly advisor to Alonso, and would follow him to the bitter end. Shipwrecked with Alonso and the other lords, he tries to find hope in their situation.

SEBASTIAN - (Male) Sebastian is Alonso's treacherous, ambitious, and easily manipulated brother. With Ferdinand presumed drowned, Sebastian would be next in line for the throne of Naples, should the King perish.

ANTONIO - (Male, or possibly Female) Antonio (or perhaps Antonia) supplanted Prospero's dukedom in Milan 12 years ago, exiling Prospero and Miranda, leaving them for dead. It worked so well that a new plan is hatching to kill the King of Naples, and allow Sebastian to do the same thing to Alonso.

STEPHANO - [CAST] (Male) A drunken butler to the King of Naples, Stephano is the epitome of an opportunist.

TRINCULO - (Male) Trinculo is King Alonso's jester, washed ashore apart from the others. He's cowardly, gullible, and easily led by Stephano into a plot to kill Prospero and take the island for themselves.

ENSEMBLE - (Male or Female) A diverse ensemble of 3-4 actors playing various male and female roles. All may sing and/or dance. Some have named character minor supporting speaking roles, including Boatswain, other Mariners, ghostly Apparitions, and other roles.

SALARY

LOA $495 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)

UNION

AEA