🎭 CASTING NOTICE
William Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET
📍 Rockaway Beach Amphitheater, Queens, NY
Presented by: Shakespeare on the Rocks
Website: www.shakespeareontherocks.org
We are seeking a diverse, inclusive, and community-minded ensemble of actors for a vibrant, modern outdoor staging of Romeo and Juliet. This production embraces a spirit of creative risk, physical storytelling, and bold re-imaginings. All levels of experience are welcome.
🎭 ROLES AVAILABLE:
ROMEO – Male-identifying, 18–30. Romantic, idealistic, emotional. A dreamer driven by love and passion.
JULIET – Female-identifying, 16–25. Intelligent, courageous, and independent. Juliet defies expectations with grace and fire.
MERCUTIO – Any gender, 18–35. Charismatic, provocative, unpredictable. A deeply original soul with a sharp tongue.
BENVOLIO – Any gender, 18–30. Romeo’s loyal cousin. Empathetic, peace-making, and thoughtful.
TYBALT – Any gender, 18–35. Fierce and proud, burning with loyalty to family and tradition.
NURSE – Female-identifying, 40+. Warm, earthy, and comic. Juliet’s confidant with a big heart and a tragic arc.
FRIAR LAURENCE – Any gender, 30+. A spiritual guide caught between hope and misjudgment. Deeply human.
PARIS – Male-identifying, 20–35. Noble and earnest. A suitor to Juliet who cannot see the truth.
PRINCE ESCALUS – Any gender, 30+. A weary leader trying to hold a fractured city together.
LORD CAPULET – Any gender, 40+. Controlling, status-obsessed, but emotionally conflicted.
LADY CAPULET – Any gender, 40+. Reserved, elegant, emotionally distant from Juliet.
LORD MONTAGUE – Any gender, 40+. Romeo’s parent. Concerned, loving, but disconnected.
LADY MONTAGUE – Any gender, 40+. Gentle and protective of her son.
ABRAM – Any gender, 18–30. Montague servant. Loyal and ready to fight for honor.
SAMPSON – Any gender, 18–30. Capulet servant. Loud, impulsive, eager for confrontation.
GREGORY – Any gender, 18–30. Capulet servant. Quick-witted and sharp-tongued.
PETER – Any gender, 18+. The Nurse’s comic sidekick. Sweet and awkward.
BALTHASAR – Any gender, 18–30. Romeo’s devoted servant and friend.
APOTHECARY – Any gender, 25+. Haunting, desperate figure. A symbol of the broken world.
ENSEMBLE – All genders & ages. Will play Citizens, Watch, Musicians, Guests, Messengers, etc. Seeking versatile performers with strong movement, vocal, or musical abilities.
📅 AUDITIONS:
Submission Instructions (Virtual Submissions Only):
Prepare a Shakespearean monologue: Please prepare and record a monologue of your choice from any of Shakespeare's plays. The monologue should be no longer than 2 minutes in length.
State your name and the role(s) you are interested in: Begin your recording by clearly stating your name and which role(s) in Romeo and Juliet you are most interested in being considered for.
Filming Guidelines:
Please ensure good lighting and clear audio.
Frame yourself from the chest up, with a neutral background if possible.
Film in a landscape (horizontal) orientation.
*If you have some relevant experience or skill that we should know about, like stage combat or hair and make up or costuming please let us know in the video!
Submission Deadline: All virtual submissions must be received by Friday, June 14th, 2025, at 11:59 PM EDT.
How to Submit: Upload your monologue video to an unlisted YouTube ,Vimeo link, other files share links, along with your resume and headshot, to: elwin@shakespeareontherocks.org
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🌊 Come be part of a radical, poetic, and heart-pounding production under the summer sky!