Last night was the first night for As You Like It auditions (and man, did we see some great performers), and tonight is your last chance to try out for the play…
For those needing more info…
I’m looking for…
4 female actors, 5 male actors, 5 actors of any gender
7 single-character roles, 4 2-character roles, 2 3-character role, 1 5-character role
ALL ROLES = ANY ETHNICITY
Single-character roles:
- ROSALIND (female): daughter to “DUKE” SENIOR, the banished and usurped duke; cousin to CELIA; takes on the male(ish) role of Ganymede in the Forest of Arden; in love with ORLANDO… only the biggest female role in all of Shakespeare (and in my opinion the best) [download sides]
- CELIA (female): daughter to DUKE FREDERICK, the usurping duke; cousin to ROSALIND; takes on the role of Aliena in the Forest of Arden; will later fall in love with OLIVER [download sides]
- ORLANDO (male): the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys; much put upon (hell, conspired against) by his eldest brother OLIVER; head-over-heels in love with ROSALIND; escapes with his aging servant ADAM to the Forest of Arden, where he meets “Ganymede” (unaware that “he” is ROSALIND) [stage combat-ready; off-key singing possibilities, guitar player a plus] [download sides]
- FOOL/TOUCHSTONE (any gender): a fool/jester from the court of DUKE FREDERICK, accompanies ROSALIND and CELIA in their escape to the Forest of Arden, falling in “love” with AUDREY and marrying her…a GREAT comic role [download sides]
- OLIVER (male): the eldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys; conspires against his youngest brother ORLANDO, but finds redemption in the Forest of Arden, where he escapes from “the Bigger Bad,” DUKE FREDERICK; will later fall in love with Aliena/CELIA [stage combat-ready] [download sides]
- PHOEBE (female): a shepherdess in the Forest of Arden; loved by SILVIUS, but falls in love with Ganymede (unaware that “he” is ROSALIND); will also appear as the “ring card girl” during the Act One wrestling match [download sides]
- SECOND BROTHER (any gender): the middle sibling of the de Boys boys; this role also is the SOUND OPPS for the show (which will be run from the “island” stage); must be willing to provide the pre-show speech and hype the crowd throughout the show [technologically adept] [no sides available…audition may include an improv]
Dual-character roles:
- AMIENS / CHARLES (male): AMIENS is an attendant lord for “DUKE” SENIOR in the Forest of ARDEN [ability to sing a must, guitar player a plus] || CHARLES is the wrestler in DUKE FREDERICK’s court; think WWE or “luchador” [stage combat-ready, may go shirtless] || HYMEN is Amiens playing the god of marriage at the play’s final wedding [must be willing to dress in flamboyant drag] [download sides]
- JAQUES / LE BEAU (any gender): JAQUES is an attendant courtier in the court of exiled “DUKE” SENIOR; melancholy–ridiculously so; gets arguably one of the greatest speeches from Shakespeare (“All the world’s a stage…”) [singer a decided plus] || LE BEAU is a courtier in the court of DUKE FREDERICK; helpful to others [download sides]
- “DUKE” SENIOR / CORIN (any gender): “DUKE” SENIOR is the rightful but exiled duke; sibling to DUKE FREDERICK; parent to ROSALIND; leader of the extra-societal band of misfits || CORIN is a shepherd; mentor to SILVIUS; helpful to Ganymede (ROSALIND), Aliena (CELIA), and TOUCHSTONE [download sides]
- AUDREY / FIRST LORD [to DUKE F.] (female): AUDREY is a not-too-smart wench in the Forest of Arden; though courted by WILLIAM, she becomes the intended and wife of TOUCHSTONE || FIRST LORD [to DUKE F.] is an attendant lord–and thug-muscle–in the court of DUKE FREDERICK [download sides]
Three-character roles:
- ADAM / SIR OLIVER MARTEXT / 2ND PAGE [to “DUKE” S.] (any gender): ADAM is the aging servant to the de Boys; friend and ally to ORLANDO, accompanying him into the Forest of Arden || SIR OLIVER MARTEXT is the parish priest who is called upon to marry TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY || 2ND PAGE [to “DUKE” S.] is a page in the court of exiled “DUKE” SENIOR [singer a must (though could be off-key); musician a plus] [download sides]
- DUKE FREDERICK / SILVIUS / 2ND LORD [to “DUKE” S.] (male): DUKE FREDERICK is the usurping duke, brother to “DUKE” SENIOR; father to CELIA; the closest thing to a villain in the piece, he exiles ROSALIND, then attempts to hunt down ORLANDO || SILVIUS is a shepherd in the Forest of ARDEN, hopelessly in love with PHOEBE || 2ND LORD [to “DUKE” S.] is an attendant lord in the court of exiled “DUKE” SENIOR [singer a decided plus] [download Duke Frederick and Silvius sides]
Five-character role:
- DENNIS / WILLIAM / 1ST LORD [to “DUKE” S.] / SECOND LORD [to DUKE F.] / 1ST PAGE [to “DUKE” S.] (male): DENNIS is a courtier in the court of DUKE FREDERICK || WILLIAM is a country youth in love with AUDREY, taunted and ridiculed by TOUCHSTONE || 1ST LORD [to “DUKE” S.] is an attendant lord in the court of exiled “DUKE” SENIOR [singer a decided plus] || SECOND LORD [to DUKE F.] is an attendant lord in the court of DUKE FREDERICK || 1ST PAGE [to “DUKE” S.] is a page in the court of exiled “DUKE” SENIOR [singer (though could be off-key); musician a plus] [no sides available; “extra” role to be called back after auditions]
If you’d like the above casting breakdown in a single PDF, then here you go:
As You Like It casting needs (PDF)
If you’d like ALL the sides, here they are in one, handy-dandy file…
All AYL audition sides in a single file
or–again–there are individual PDFs
- Rosalind (three scenes)
- Celia (two scenes)
- Phoebe (two scenes)
- Touchstone (two scenes)
- Orlando (two scenes)
- Oliver (one scene)
- Amiens (one scene)
- Jaques (THE speech)
- Duke Senior (one scene)
- Audrey (one scene)
- Adam (one scene)
- Duke Frederick (one scene)
- Silvius (one scene)
Sides for the callbacks will be personally emailed to those actors specifically called back.
Break a leg!
oh…. and here’s the tentative script!