The American Shakespeare Center (Staunton, VA) is casting the 2017 Blackfriars Playhouse Summer/Fall Season of rotating repertory. Repertory includes Much Ado about Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, Peter and the Starcatcher, 3 Henry VI. Contract runs April 24-Nov. 26, 2017.

Also casting the 2017/18 American Shakespeare Center on Tour. Repertory includes Sense and Sensibility, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, and Equivocation. Contract runs June 19, 2017-June 10, 2018.

The American Shakespeare Center seeks classically-trained actors who also are strong singers and musicians. Actors play and sing music before and during all ASC shows.

Auditions will be held by appt. only mid-Oct. in Staunton, VA, late-Oct. in New York, NY, and early-Nov. in Chicago, IL.

Seeking-All Roles. Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The American Shakespeare Center is looking for actors of all shapes, sizes, colors, and abilities. We frequently cast women as male characters and sometimes men as female characters. We cast actors of color in any/all roles. We believe that Shakespeare's plays tell the stories of all of us and we want our casting to reflect that.