SCS 2025 Season Auditions

Santa Cruz Shakespeare is now accepting video auditions for the 2025 Season, which includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Into the Woods, Pericles, Master Harold”…and the Boys, and A Christmas Carol.  For a list of available roles, please see our official call at actorsequity.org.

Live auditions are preferred if possible. (Scroll down for live audition info.)

Contract dates for the summer repertory season:

  • Midsummer and Pericles: June 10 - August 31

  • Into the Woods: June 10 - September 7

  • Master Harold: June 10 - September 28

  • Contract dates for Carol  TBD (November - December)

To accept a contract, you must be available for all dates in that contract.

Live Audition Info:

Live auditions in Santa Cruz, CA will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 9am to 5pm (lunch 1 - 2pm) at the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Santa Cruz (846 Front St.).  Day-of signups at the location; everyone will be seen; it’s often slow after lunch.

Live auditions in Los Angeles, CA will take place on Thursday, January 30, 2025 from 9am to 5pm (lunch 1 - 2pm) at the Actors’ Equity Building in North Hollywood. AEA actors can sign up ahead of time at actorsequity.org; non-union actors can get on a waiting list day-of. We will try very hard to see everyone; last year we managed to do so.

For live auditions, please prepare UNDER TWO MINUTES TOTAL, consisting of:

  • One Shakespeare monologue OR

  • One Shakespeare monologue + one contrasting monologue (Shakespeare or not) OR

  • One Shakespeare monologue + thirty seconds of a cappella song

Recorded Auditions:

Please record two contrasting pieces, at least one of them Shakespeare…

(Yes, both can be Shakespeare.)

…and a 30 second song if you want to be considered for the musical…

(Live music, tracks, and a cappella all are okay.)

…and upload them as a single video under 3 minutes to YouTube.

(If it’s over 3 minutes or not a YouTube link, we will not watch your video.)

(A brief slate is welcome but not necessary.)

Please email auditions@santacruzshakespeare.org with your YouTube link, headshot & resume attached, and the following questions answered in the body of the email:

  • Are you a member of Actors’ Equity?

  • If you’re a student or have recently graduated, are you interested in our apprenticeship program?

  • Do you have local housing?

  • Do you play any instruments?

Video deadline is February 1, 2025. Break a leg!

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