2025 AUDITIONS
Season 2025 looks a little different as we return to our mission and examine how we can best serve communities through Shakespeare. We are excited to see what this summer looks like and we are so excited to have you join us.
ACTORS/ARTISTS
If you are interested in taking part in Love's Labour's Lost please join us for our auditions.
In person: Tuesday, April 22, 7-9PM | First Christian Church in Carbondale; no preparation needed - just come and play
Virtual: submit a self-tape of you doing 16 lines of Shakespeare (a sonnet, a soliloquy, whatever you want), and telling a joke (any joke) to [email protected]
If you are interested in taking part in our Green Show, please join us for our auditions.
In person: Tuesday, April 22, 7-9PM | First Christian Church in Carbondale; no preparation needed - just come and play
Virtual: submit a self-tape of you doing 16 lines of Shakespeare (a sonnet, a soliloquy, whatever you want), and telling a joke (any joke) to [email protected]
If you are interested in taking part in one of our readings, please send us a self-tape of you doing 16 lines of Shakespeare (a sonnet, a soliloquy, whatever you want), and telling a joke (any joke) to [email protected].
All, PLEASE fill out this form: https://forms.gle/r1ctCYmE8p6RxsQm7
About the production: Stone Soup Shakespeare's productions play with "devising" Shakespeare. While we aim to stay to the meter and verse of Shakespeare, what we do within the confines of the language is up to us to discover anew (Shakespeare was once a new writer - let's approach his words as if they were new). This devised piece that blends Shakespeare's words and story with contemporary story-telling, ensemble artistry, music, and movement.
Our production will tour to outdoor parks and public lawns throughout the midwest. This season will offer artists the chance to rehearse in a residency atmosphere over the summer, with performance dates set for late Summer/early Fall. COVID-10 protocol/guidelines will be in place. This tour is first and foremost a chance to create art and share it with communities that range in size and make-up. Stone Soup Shakespeare seeks actors who sing and move. Those artists who are interested in other areas of stagecraft, costuming, tour management and teaching are encouraged to bring their interests with them as the ensemble works to craft the world of the play together, problem solve on the road, share meals and ideas, and engage in community and educational outreach as they feel comfortable.
Anticipated schedule
June 13-June 26: Southern Illinois Rehearsal Residency
June 27-June 30: Southern Illinois Performances
other performances pending based on ensembles' schedules and availability
If this sounds like an adventure you are interested in learning more about, we encourage you to submit a self tape, and please send any questions about the tour, the over-all experience and our commitment to equity, health and wellness. All positions will receive a stipend (pay scale elaborated below), with room and board for the residency and tour addressed and taken care of according to the needs of each individual ensemble member. Specific questions regarding this are also welcomed.
Again, if you are interested in finding out more about auditioning for tour please e-mail us (include your headshot and resume) at [email protected].
Season 2025 looks a little different as we return to our mission and examine how we can best serve communities through Shakespeare. We are excited to see what this summer looks like and we are so excited to have you join us.
ACTORS/ARTISTS
If you are interested in taking part in Love's Labour's Lost please join us for our auditions.
In person: Tuesday, April 22, 7-9PM | First Christian Church in Carbondale; no preparation needed - just come and play
Virtual: submit a self-tape of you doing 16 lines of Shakespeare (a sonnet, a soliloquy, whatever you want), and telling a joke (any joke) to [email protected]
If you are interested in taking part in our Green Show, please join us for our auditions.
In person: Tuesday, April 22, 7-9PM | First Christian Church in Carbondale; no preparation needed - just come and play
Virtual: submit a self-tape of you doing 16 lines of Shakespeare (a sonnet, a soliloquy, whatever you want), and telling a joke (any joke) to [email protected]
If you are interested in taking part in one of our readings, please send us a self-tape of you doing 16 lines of Shakespeare (a sonnet, a soliloquy, whatever you want), and telling a joke (any joke) to [email protected].
All, PLEASE fill out this form: https://forms.gle/r1ctCYmE8p6RxsQm7
About the production: Stone Soup Shakespeare's productions play with "devising" Shakespeare. While we aim to stay to the meter and verse of Shakespeare, what we do within the confines of the language is up to us to discover anew (Shakespeare was once a new writer - let's approach his words as if they were new). This devised piece that blends Shakespeare's words and story with contemporary story-telling, ensemble artistry, music, and movement.
Our production will tour to outdoor parks and public lawns throughout the midwest. This season will offer artists the chance to rehearse in a residency atmosphere over the summer, with performance dates set for late Summer/early Fall. COVID-10 protocol/guidelines will be in place. This tour is first and foremost a chance to create art and share it with communities that range in size and make-up. Stone Soup Shakespeare seeks actors who sing and move. Those artists who are interested in other areas of stagecraft, costuming, tour management and teaching are encouraged to bring their interests with them as the ensemble works to craft the world of the play together, problem solve on the road, share meals and ideas, and engage in community and educational outreach as they feel comfortable.
Anticipated schedule
June 13-June 26: Southern Illinois Rehearsal Residency
June 27-June 30: Southern Illinois Performances
other performances pending based on ensembles' schedules and availability
If this sounds like an adventure you are interested in learning more about, we encourage you to submit a self tape, and please send any questions about the tour, the over-all experience and our commitment to equity, health and wellness. All positions will receive a stipend (pay scale elaborated below), with room and board for the residency and tour addressed and taken care of according to the needs of each individual ensemble member. Specific questions regarding this are also welcomed.
- Casting eight actors who move/make music. Ensemble members will receive a small stipend, plus requisite room/board as needed during residency and while on the road
Again, if you are interested in finding out more about auditioning for tour please e-mail us (include your headshot and resume) at [email protected].
Visual, Musical, Literary Artists, and Actors (again)
We are interested in hearing from you!
- Musicians: would you like to join us for some pre-show merriment on tour? We are hoping to include local musicians as a way to start each of this year's touring performances. We are looking for jazz and jazz inspired acoustic musicians that will informally help us close out each show.
- Playwrights: have you written a play inspired by Shakespeare? We want to read it. If it's short we might even add it as a Green Show. If it's long, that's cool too. We are adding contemporary staged readings to our season as we find texts that fit our aesthetic. We aren't producing full new works, but we are eager to share your texts with classics lovers and regional producers.
- Actors: if you are in Southern Illinois, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee or the Twin Cities we want to hear from you! Even if you are unable to commit to a full tour, we are always working on auxiliary events during our touring season, and especially when the weather is a bit too chilly to perform outside. While we are still sorting out what events feel safe and comfortable to hold in our current health climate, we have plans to ebb and flow with what makes sense, keeping you and our audiences telling stories all season long! Just send us an e-mail with your headshot/resume and information on what you like to do. We promise we'll respond one way or another.
E-mail [email protected] if you fit any of these categories...or if you just want to say hi and share any art that you think we might like!
We want to link all artists and all communities as we continue to share stories that have lasted through countless lifetimes in myriad "backyards." Come join us as we expand what community is and what it can be!
Stone Soup Shakespeare's 2025 Summer Shakespeare Festival is generously supported by Artspace 304’s Southern Arts Fund, and partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, and generous private donors.