Announcing Auditions for
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING!
Announcing auditions for the City of Fairfax Theatre Company’s outdoor production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. To be performed the first two weekends of September 2024 at Veterans Amphitheater in Fairfax, VA.
The setting of our production is backstage at a 1975 music festival. Think: Scooby Doo meets Daisy Jones and the Six.
TIME COMMITMENT
Audition Dates:
Tuesday, June 25th; 6-8pm
Wednesday, June 26th; 6-8pm
Thursday, June 27th; 6-8pm
Katherine Johnson Middle School
Callbacks:
Saturday, June 29th; 1-4pm
Green Acres
First Read-Through:
Tuesday, July 9th; 6-9pm
Katherine Johnson Middle School
Rehearsal Schedule:
July 9th-September 3rd
Tuesdays-Thursdays, 6-9pm; Saturdays, 12-4pm (locations TBD)
Performance Dates:
Sept 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15
(Rain date 11th-rain date used for missed dates AS WELL as forecast missed dates)
PLEASE NOTE: While we are not rehearsing the Sunday or Monday of Labor Day weekend, Saturday and Tuesday rehearsals are required and no conflicts will be accepted. (Sorry! It’s tech week!)
Volunteer/Tech Days:
Sundays throughout the rehearsal period. Volunteer hours will be required from each cast member, but these are flexible. We’re a team!
Sign Up:
Click below to sign up for audition time.
WHAT TO PREPARE
We want to see your personality and sense of play
shine.
Please prepare a monologue or sonnet from Shakespeare. Memorize it. Play with it. Turn the character choices up to 11. We’d love to ask you to rein it in and not the other way around. Also, please don’t feel bound by “type” or gender or whatever. This is the time to play!
Want to play Macbeth like a surfer dude? Want to play Olivia like a bored Dairy Queen waitress in Texas? Want to play Henry the V as if he’s deeply insecure and trying to convince himself to go into battle?
By all means!
If you want to be considered for a part that includes singing/music, please be prepared to showcase those skills in whatever way you feel best. A cappella singing is great. Drumming on the floor is fine. Or feel free to bring a guitar, etc!
Not sure where to look for a monologue?
This website does a good job at summarizing context and content of monologues!
Please be ready to supply a list of schedule conflicts for the dates listed above.
Resumes, headshots not necessary, but welcome. We’ll have a form that asks about specific skills and experiences.
Casting Notes:
- We are committed to open and inclusive casting of actors of diverse ages, races, ethnicities, genders, body types, and abilities.
- Due to the topics of misogyny and gender politics in the text, we are casting many roles to be played as a specific gender. We WELCOME AND CRAVE trans and nonbinary performers. We would love to hear preferences for portraying certain genders. We don’t want to make any assumptions.
- Must be 18+ for any roles requiring onstage intimacy.
- We will be working with trained intimacy and fight choreographers to build choreography that is both compelling and sustainable within your boundaries and the story we want to tell together. We can answer questions at auditions about what specific roles might require.
Please see the CHARACTER BREAKDOWN document for descriptions of roles available and role requirements.