Chicago Shakespeare Theater is casting Male and Female actors for Romeo and Juliet. All roles are available except Friar Laurence. Ethnic diversity strongly encouraged.
Casting Director Bob Mason and Casting Associate Keira Fromm will attend with casting authority.
Roles:
ULIET. Female. Requires actress who can play teenager. Beautiful. Spirited. Smart. Requires extensive emotional range and superb verse skills.
ROMEO. Requires actor to play 16-18 years of age. A poet and romantic. Masculine. Requires extensive emotional range and superb verse skills. Requires stage combat skills.
LORD CAPULET. Male. 40 to 50. Strong, authoritarian. Also warm at times. Requires ability to play extremes.
LADY CAPULET. Female. 35 to 45. Glamorous. Sophisticated. A trophy wife. Not maternal. Requires emotional range and punch.
CAPULET NURSE. Female. Age 40-70. Mature Commedienne. Round. Motherly. Funny. Warm. Earthy. Wiley.
LORD MONTAGUE. Male. 40 to 50. Mature, dignified. A man with rod of iron up his back.
THE PRINCE. Male. 50-70. A big voice and stern manner. Not to be crossed. Not incapable of compassion but plays by The Book.
BENVOLIO. Male. Age 18 to 21. Needs to be the nicest, most loyal of Romeo's friends. Best friend material. Requires some stage combat skills.
TYBALT. Male. 18 to 25. Fiery. Hot-headed. Requires excellent stage combat skills.
MERCUTIO. Male. 21 to late 20s. Lightning quick mind. Darkness underneath the mask of camaraderie. Requires superb verse and stage combat skills.
