Auditions for our 2026 season are coming up! Our audition process is very straightforward - no need to prepare a monologue. Directors will have you read from the scripts for the upcoming shows. Tryouts cover all four plays, with directors hearing auditions in rotating sessions. Special thanks to our friends at Augustana College for providing indoor audition spaces.

Audition Schedule

April 11
1pm - 4pm
Augustana College - Old Main 28 (Ground floor)

April 12
1pm - 4pm
Augustana College - Wilson Center (on the back side of the Brunner Theatre Center)

April 18
1pm - 4pm
Augustana College - Wilson Center (on the back side of the Brunner Theatre Center)

April 19
1pm - 4pm
Augustana College - Blackbox Theater (inside the Brunner Theatre Center)

If none of these dates work for you, please reach out to the Artistic Committee (ac@genesius.org) to get connected with the directors.

Map showing Old Main and the Brunner Theater Center - near the intersection of 7th Avenue and 38th Street

Virtual Auditions

We are also happy to accept virtual auditions! Please send video submissions of readings from the shows you are auditioning for to ac@genesius.org. The Artistic Committee will share the video submissions with the relevant directors.

2026 Season

Shakespeare - Love's Labour's Lost
Director: Cameron Ulrich
June 6, 7, 13, 14

Sophocles - Antigone
Director: Michael Callahan
June 20, 21, 27, 28
Note: Mixture of high school cast and open casting.

Special Guest Performances
July 4, 5

Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew
Director: Cait Bodenbender
July 11, 12, 18, 19
Note: We will be casting male-identifying individuals for all of the roles in Taming of the Shrew, including the roles of Kate, Bianca, and the Widow.

Aristophanes - Women's Festival (Thesmophoriazusae)
Director TBA
July 25, 26, August 1, 2

All performances begin at 7:00 PM.

 

General Information

It is prudent to be at the first tryout to be given highest consideration for the productions. However, it is still possible to win a major role if you cannot make it until as late as the second Sunday session. (The Guild’s first “Hamlet” featured an actor who did not show up until 3:30 pm on the final day. He had no prior Shakespearean experience, but went on to become one’s of the Guild’s featured actors over several seasons.)

There are no requirements for any tryouts, and you do not need to prepare any readings. You should be ready to read scenes from the plays on the schedule. Since the plays are presented in open air, without amplification, careful attention will be given to vocal projection. You will be asked to fill out a short information sheet and have your picture taken. An audition for one play may well suffice for all, provided you are seen and heard by all three directors.