Upcoming Auditions
We are thrilled to announce auditions for a special performance of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor!
Audition Deadline: January 31.
Rehearsal dates scheduled by actor availability over Skype
In Person Rehearsal Saturday May 25
Show Date: Sunday May 26, 2019
In Marconi Garden, Slater Park, Pawtucket RI
How to audition in two easy steps!
Step 1: Fill out this Google Form
Step 2: Record and send a video of your chosen monologue(s) from the list attached (below) to info@walkingshadowshakespeare.com by January 31. Each monologue will serve as an audition for several characters -- this is your chance to show us the big choices you can make with little rehearsal!
Keep in mind, this is a crazy format for production, we're throwing it all on its feet in one day.
Because of this, we need to stress that there will be a lot of independent work involved learning lines and working on character development.
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Available Roles
(there will be great flexibility in casting re: ages and genders)
Sir John Falstaff: ultimate partyboi. He's scummy and scoundrely and never quite sober, Shakespeare's best buffoon. He wants to get with Mistress Ford or Page so that he can snag some of their husband's money, but isn't expecting them to be so cunning and clever.
Mistress Ford and Mistress Page: more than just housewives, these two ladies are dope as heck. They're smart and sassy and completely in charge. They pull no punches when trying to get back at Falstaff, and the result is hilarious.
Anne Page: We're messing with age here, traditionally Anne is Mistress Page's daughter but we want to free up the Wives to be any age, so Anne is going to be a sister or niece or something like that! She's sweet and super in love with Fenton, even though her *parents* are trying to push her in two other different directions.
Ford and Page: the husbands. Ford is SUPER jealous and creates this elaborate disguise to 'catch' his wife with Falstaff which is pretty silly. Page trusts his wife completely, but their issues come from who they each want Anne to marry.
Mistress Quickly: The town gossip. She works for Doctor Caius, but she basically works for everyone -- setting up meetings and promising to talk up matches for Anne with the Pages. She's loud, a little lewd, and a lot of fun.
Host of the Garter Inn: We're going to be setting up the 'bar' that Falstaff and friends spend so much time in, serving refreshing nonalcoholic bevs to the audience, so this role may be doubled and will require a bit of split focus from the action of the play - we want the audience to feel free to hang out and come up to grab a drink whenever they want!
Fenton: pretty traditional Shakespeare sweetheart-poor in money but rich in love!
Shallow: A Country justice trying to get his cousin Slender to marry Anne.
Slender: Cousin to Shallow, suitor of Anne - super awkward around her, not very bright, just kind of along for the ride.
Sir Hugh Evans: a Welsh Parson*
Doctor Caius: a French Doctor -- suitor of Anne*
*These two roles must be able to produce an accent, as some of their scenes revolve around this
Bardolph, Nym, Pistol: Followers of Falstaff, general hooligans
William Page: Son to Page
Ensemble includes Robin, Simple, Rugby, other servants, fairies, woodland creatures
We can't wait to see your auditions!!
(there will be great flexibility in casting re: ages and genders)
Sir John Falstaff: ultimate partyboi. He's scummy and scoundrely and never quite sober, Shakespeare's best buffoon. He wants to get with Mistress Ford or Page so that he can snag some of their husband's money, but isn't expecting them to be so cunning and clever.
Mistress Ford and Mistress Page: more than just housewives, these two ladies are dope as heck. They're smart and sassy and completely in charge. They pull no punches when trying to get back at Falstaff, and the result is hilarious.
Anne Page: We're messing with age here, traditionally Anne is Mistress Page's daughter but we want to free up the Wives to be any age, so Anne is going to be a sister or niece or something like that! She's sweet and super in love with Fenton, even though her *parents* are trying to push her in two other different directions.
Ford and Page: the husbands. Ford is SUPER jealous and creates this elaborate disguise to 'catch' his wife with Falstaff which is pretty silly. Page trusts his wife completely, but their issues come from who they each want Anne to marry.
Mistress Quickly: The town gossip. She works for Doctor Caius, but she basically works for everyone -- setting up meetings and promising to talk up matches for Anne with the Pages. She's loud, a little lewd, and a lot of fun.
Host of the Garter Inn: We're going to be setting up the 'bar' that Falstaff and friends spend so much time in, serving refreshing nonalcoholic bevs to the audience, so this role may be doubled and will require a bit of split focus from the action of the play - we want the audience to feel free to hang out and come up to grab a drink whenever they want!
Fenton: pretty traditional Shakespeare sweetheart-poor in money but rich in love!
Shallow: A Country justice trying to get his cousin Slender to marry Anne.
Slender: Cousin to Shallow, suitor of Anne - super awkward around her, not very bright, just kind of along for the ride.
Sir Hugh Evans: a Welsh Parson*
Doctor Caius: a French Doctor -- suitor of Anne*
*These two roles must be able to produce an accent, as some of their scenes revolve around this
Bardolph, Nym, Pistol: Followers of Falstaff, general hooligans
William Page: Son to Page
Ensemble includes Robin, Simple, Rugby, other servants, fairies, woodland creatures
We can't wait to see your auditions!!