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Actors’ Shakespeare Project holds auditions annually in the Spring, Summer, and by appointment for upcoming productions and projects.

Actors are always welcome to submit a letter of interest, headshot, and resume to casting@actorsshakespeareproject.org.

STAY TUNED FOR OUR 2024-25 SEASON AUDITIONS!!

Actors’ Shakespeare Project 2023-24 Season Auditions

AEA: Thursday, May 4 and Friday May 12 – details below

Non-AEA: Thursday May 11 and Saturday May 13 – details below 

Please be patient for a response, since we are managing many emails at once. Please do not email twice.

If you have an immoveable time conflict, do include that in your initial email, and we will do our best to accommodate you. We cannot make changes to your appointment time once it is made. If for some reason you cannot make your appointment, let us know ASAP. We look forward to seeing you!

Equity Principal Auditions:

Thursday, May 4 and Friday May 12, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (with a one-hour lunch break)

Auditions will be at Charlestown Working Theater: 442 Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown MA

ASP is NEAT category 6, current salary $579.00/week 

  • Equity appointments are scheduled in five-minute intervals and each Equity member has a maximum of three minutes to audition.
  • Please bring your AEA membership card.
  • Please bring one copy of your photo attached to your resume.
  • Please prepare material of your choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season).
  • For those who wish to perform a scene from the season, a reader will be available.
  • Please be prepared to state your starting and stopping places.

Attended by Christopher V. Edwards, Artistic Director and Regine Vital, Casting.

Non-Equity Auditions:

Thursday, May 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (with a one-hour lunch break.)

Saturday, May 15 12 p.m.-6p.m.

  • Please prepare one monologue less than two minutes in length from Shakespeare’s canon, including from our upcoming season.
  • Please bring one copy of your photo and resume.

Attended by Christopher V. Edwards, Artistic Director and Regine Vital, Casting.

About ASP, Casting, and Rehearsals:

Artistic Director: Christopher V. Edwards

 Typical Rehearsal Schedule: Tuesday-Friday evenings, plus Saturday and Sunday days.

  • No understudies are being cast.
  • All  roles are available for any and all actors, regardless of race, heritage, or gender identification.
  • Appointments will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • We seek actors who are able to and enjoy playing multiple roles in a production, who are physically engaged in the work and with other ensemble members.
  • Each production schedule includes at least two weekday morning student matinees, for which actors must be available.
  • Please note that ASP does not supply housing. Actors must have Boston-area housing in order to work with ASP.

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