AUDITIONS
UPDATE AS OF 1/19/2025: Our Non-Equity auditions are full for February 2nd, 2025. Please do not email requesting a time slot. Instead, we invite you to either crash our EPA on February 1st or submit a virtual audition. Thank you very much!
Thank you for your interest in Oak Park Festival Theatre’s 2025 season! We would love to see you at our auditions. More information is listed below:
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Peter G Andersen
Production Information:
Runs: July 5th – August 16th, 2025
Equity Pay: Equity minimum at $300 a week.
Non-Equity Pay: $2,000 stipend
Roles:
- Viola – a shipwrecked young woman who disguises herself as a page named Cesario
- Sebastian – Viola’s twin brother
- Duke Orsino – Duke of Illyria
- Olivia – a wealthy countess
- Malvolio – steward in Olivia’s household
- Maria – Olivia’s gentlewoman
- Sir Toby Belch – Olivia’s uncle
- Sir Andrew Aguecheek – a friend of Sir Toby
- Feste – Olivia’s servant, a jester
- Fabian – a servant in Olivia’s household
- Antonio – a sea captain and friend to Sebastian
- Valentine and Curio – gentlemen attending on the Duke
- A Sea Captain – a friend to Viola
Audition Information
Please prepare one classical monologue between 2-3 minutes in length.
We will host two days of auditions on February 1st and 2nd at Cheney Mansion in Oak Park; each from 10:00 AM-6:00 PM. We are attempting to go fully paperless with our auditions. In order to do this, we ask all actors to fill out their forms on our actor database, and our twelfth night specific database. Please read instructions carefully below for guidance:
Producing-Artistic Director Peter Andersen will be in the room. There will also be OPFT Company members in the audition room as well as greeting you at the door.
EPA on February 1st:
February 1st is an EPA and AEA members can sign up for a slot through actor’s equity for a time slot. Non-AEA actors are welcome and encouraged to ‘crash’ the audition. We ask Equity and Non Equity actors to please first fill out our General actors’ database form found: HERE, and then secondly fill out the Twelfth Night Form found: HERE.
In Person Non Equity Audition on February 2nd:
Sunday February 2nd will be auditions for non equity actors. In order to secure a slot please first fill out our General actors’ database form found: HERE, and then secondly fill out the Twelfth Night Form found: HERE. You do not need to submit a video if you are planning on attending in person. In addition to that, secure a time slot on the sign up genius link found HERE.
Digital Submission:
For those who cannot attend in person they are welcome to submit a digital audition. Digital submissions will be accepted no later than February 2nd. To submit a digital submission please first fill out our General actors’ database form found: HERE, and then secondly fill out the Twelfth Night Form found: HERE. Please make sure you submit your video link
To Review:
Step One: Fill out Actor database
Step Two: FIll out Twelfth Night Audition Form
Step Three:
(If Digital): Add your digital audition to the Twelfth Night Audition Form
(If in Person): Complete Steps one and Two and Fill out Sign up Genius Form.
Please direct all questions to: casting@oakparkfestival.
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