Orlando Shakes
Auditions for our 2025-2026 Season will be held at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center on April 15, 16, and 17.
Please check back here later this month for more detailed information about our productions with character breakdowns and links for audition time sign ups.
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Shows & Character Breakdowns: TBD
Note on Character Breakdowns: He/Him/His pronouns denote male-identifying characters, and She/Her/Hers pronouns denote female-identifying characters.
Auditions for our 2024-2025 season are complete!
Our 24/25 Auditions are complete! Should we need any further actor submissions, information will be posted on this page.
To receive updates on upcoming auditions, please sign up for our mailing list. We are in the process of updating this list! If you’ve signed up to receive notifications before, please take the time to do so again as we’re attempting to stay current with actor email addresses and contact information.
Please refer to our FAQ’s below as well as this blog post from our company manager about our usual expectations for season auditions.
FAQ’s
Yes! We provide AEA actors a weekly salary as determined by the union. Rates are typically included in our audition notice as it varies by show. Non-union actors are paid an hourly wage based off a minimum number of hours per week (typically 38-48 hours per week).
We can provide housing, but we have a limited number of housing funds available and must use them on a case by case basis.
We rehearse a full (or more) 40 hours a week, typically 10am-6pm or 2pm-10pm Tuesday-Sunday, Monday being the regular day off. We perform 7:30pm on Wed-Sat nights, 2pm on Wednesday and Sunday. Occasionally we have additional shows at 10:30am for student groups and additional performances by demand.
Actors may submit their headshot and resume to us at any time. For consideration throughout the season, please email your headshot and resume to auditions@orlandoshakes.org or mail copies to:
Orlando Shakes
Attention: Casting
812 E Rollins St.
Orlando, FL 32803
Currently, we are not accepting unsolicited video/self-tape auditions for our upcoming season. Supplemental video auditions will be by request only following the EPA auditions.
In accordance with AEA protocols effective January 2, 2023, all of our EPA auditions are being held in-person. Currently in-person auditions are March 20 – 22 live in Orlando. Dates for our upcoming NYC AEA Auditions are slated for the beginning of May and specific dates will be made available by mid-April.
Intern & Apprentice Opportunities
Are you creative, driven, passionate about the arts, and looking for a bridge between school and the world of professional theater? Orlando Shakes offers training programs, including Summer Education Internships, Administrative Internships, and the W. Daniel Mills Apprentice Program.
Interns and apprentices gain real-world experience, professional theater credits, contacts, and career guidance from our resident staff, guest designers, and directors. If you are willing to work hard and play harder, we invite you to join our theater family!
At this time we are not accepting applications for Acting/Education Internships.
Internship Opportunities