Auditions
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Auditions
Our locally sourced acting company is made up entirely of volunteers and auditions are open to the public. You can follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get out audition notices. We will also post our notices here.
How to find us at Wilton Mall And Where to Park
Upcoming Auditions
OKLAHOMA!
BY Rodgers and Hammerstein
AUDITION DATES:
TBD
AUDITION LOCATION:
Home Made Theater’s rehearsal space in the Wilton Mall (Behind Home Goods) – 3065 Route 50, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
VIRTUAL AUDITIONS:
TBD
Submit to auditions@homemadetheater.org
PERFORMANCE DATES:
May 9-11, and May 16-18, 2025
PERFORMANCE LOCATION:
Pitney Meadows Community Farm – 223 West Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
CONTACT:
Please contact auditions@homemadetheater.org with any questions.
What to Prepare?
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- Please bring resume and headshot.
- Actors will read from sides.
- Casting will not be gender, race, or age specific.
- View the Adapted Full Script Here: Hamlet_Actor Script
**If unavailable for audition dates, please send video submission by 5:00pm on 09/23/24 to auditions@homemadetheater.org. Please include resume, headshot, and a selection from the provided sides below.**
LIST OF ROLES and AUDITION SIDES:
Hamlet – A prince struggling with grief after the death of his father King Hamlet. A university student, charming, funny, does not suffer fools gladly. A fine actor(convinces his entire family and the Danish Court. That he has lost his marbles). Intelligent, introspective, questions….. everything.
Claudius – Hamlet’s uncle, now King, and loving husband to his brother’s widow. Devious, dangerous, can be charming when he needs to be.
Polonius – Chamberlain to the King. Well meaning, if overbearing father to Laertes and Ophelia. Loquacious, rather too pleased with his importance, and his opinions.
Horatio – Hamlet’s university friend. Loyal and dependable, with a wicked sense of humor.
Laertes – Polonius’ son, university student, foil to Hamlet: artless, blunt, impulsive, willing to burn the world down for revenge.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – Hamlet’s childhood friends. Two ‘yes men’ Hamlet describes as ‘tedious’. They are gormless, humorless, gullible, not evil, but prefer to let those in power do their thinking for them.
Osric – A young noble from the countryside, unaccustomed to courtly etiquette. An object of ridicule for Hamlet and Horatio. (Doubles as Bernado)
Player King – Principal actor of the Tragedians of the City. Plays Gonzago in The Murder of Gonzago. Dignified, a strong prescence, ability to cry real tears a plus. (Doubles as a member of the court) (Doubles as Gravedigger)
Player Queen – Leading lady of the Tragedians of the City. Plays Baptista in The Murder of Gonzago. (Doubles as a member of the court)
Player – Younger member of the Tragedians of the City. Plays Lucianus and Prologue in The Murder of Gonzago. (also doubles as a member of the court) (Doubles as second Clown).
Queen Gertrude – Hamlet’s mother, married to her late husband’s brother, Claudius. Adept at navigating her position as a woman surrounded by powerful men; but set in her ways and unwilling to rock the boat.
Ophelia – Polonius’ daughter, courted by Hamlet. She is loving, empathetic, fragile. Deeply trusting of her father and her brother Laertes, perhaps to a fault.
First Clown (Gravedigger) – Lugubrious, dry sense of humor. Sings acapella.
Second Clown – Gravediggers assistant. A simple fellow.