General Submissions
Our company is growing!
At Chanticleer, we are always looking for experienced professionals, as well as rising stars, to add to our database of talent. Our policy is to thoughtfully review every submission, whether they be from seasoned theatre veterans or early career artists.
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If you are interested in sharing your talents with us, please submit your headshot/resume, as well as a Youtube link to a Shakespearean monologue or soliloquy, preferably in verse.
While we cannot respond to each submission, rest assured that all material will be carefully considered.
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Please, send submissions to casting@chanticleershakes.com.
Casting
Chanticleer Shakespeare Co. releases a casting breakdown for each production via Actors' Equity Association, and information about in-person auditions will be made available on their website, as well as on this page.
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Chanticleer Shakespeare Co. is committed to diversity and operates with a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, CSC encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
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DIRECTED BY
BLAKE ELLIS
TEMPEST
THE
First Rehearsal - 3/31/2026
Open - 4/24/2026
Close - 5/3/2026
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Chanticleer Shakespeare Co. is currently accepting electronic submissions, and AEA appointments for in-person auditions for the 2026 production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Artistic Director Blake Ellis.
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In-person auditions will be held January 31, 2026 at the Historic Warnors Theatre in Downtown Fresno, CA, from 9am - 5pm. Callbacks will be by invitation only, and will be conducted remotely via self-tape.​​
Local actors, both Union and Non-Union, are encouraged to audition.
Although Non-Union actors cannot make appointments, we will see as many Non-Union actors for fellowships as time permits.
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If you are unable to attend in person, video submissions will be accepted through January 31, 2026 (see breakdown for details).
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For video submissions:
Please prepare one Shakespearean piece, preferably in verse and no more than 2 minutes in length. Email submissions to casting@chanticleershakes.com .
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AEA MEMBERS - To schedule an in-person audition appointment please email: auditions@chanticleershakes.com . We will respond with a time slot within 48 hours.
Please prepare one Shakespearean piece, preferably in verse and no more than 2 minutes in length. Be prepared to stay and read sides if asked.
Bring headshot/resume stapled together.
Preparation
PROSPERO - (Female) [CAST] After living in exile with her daughter for the last 12 years, she's about to get revenge against her backstabbing brother.
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ARIEL - (Male or Female) Ariel is a magical spirit who serves Prospero. Ariel can travel instantaneously, shapeshift, create beautiful music, etc. Although Ariel loves Prospero, the desire to be free is always beneath the surface.
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MIRANDA - (Female) Miranda is Prospero's daughter. Raised for the last 12 years in isolation, she's about to encounter a whole new world.
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CALIBAN - (Male) Caliban is a half-human, half-demon creature, born from the unholy union of Sycorax (his mother) and the demonic entity she served. He was taken in by Prospero, but after a failed sexual assault on Miranda, he lives as a slave to Prospero, doomed to perform manual labor.
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FERDINAND - (Male) The son of the King of Naples, he washes ashore alone, believing his father to be drowned. When he encounters Miranda, his whole world changes.
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ALONSO - (Male) Alonso is the King of Naples whose ship was wrecked in the tempest. He washes up on Prospero's island, and believes his son has drowned.
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GONZALO - (Male) Gonzalo is a wise, fatherly advisor to Alonso, and would follow him to the bitter end. Shipwrecked with Alonso and the other lords, he tries to find hope in their situation.
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SEBASTIAN - (Male) Sebastian is Alonso's treacherous, ambitious, and easily manipulated brother. With Ferdinand presumed drowned, Sebastian would be next in line for the throne of Naples, should the King perish.
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ANTONIO - (Male, or possibly Female) Antonio (or perhaps Antonia) supplanted Prospero's dukedom in Milan 12 years ago, exiling Prospero and Miranda, leaving them for dead. It worked so well that a new plan is hatching to kill the King of Naples, and allow Sebastian to do the same thing to Alonso.
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STEPHANO - (Male) [CAST] A drunken butler to the King of Naples, Stephano is the epitome of an opportunist.
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TRINCULO - (Male) Trinculo is King Alonso's jester, washed ashore apart from the others. He's cowardly, gullible, and easily led by Stephano into a plot to kill Prospero and take the island for themselves.
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ENSEMBLE - (Male or Female) A diverse ensemble of 3-4 actors playing various male and female roles. All may sing and/or dance. Some have named character minor supporting speaking roles, including Boatswain, other Mariners, ghostly Apparitions, and other roles.