Show: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Theater: Milburn Stone Theatre
Theater Website: https://www.milburnstone.com/auditions
Theater Phone: (410) 287-1037
Start date of auditions: 10/18/2026
The Milburn Stone Theatre is looking for performers for its upcoming production of
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.
Rehearsal/Production Staff:
Director: Andrew John Mitchell
Stage Manager: Liz Zimmerman
Choreographer/Intimacy Director: Kelly Carlson
Fight Director: Anna Marie Kurtz
Physical location for rehearsals and performances:
The Milburn Stone Theatre, Cecil College, One Seahawk Drive, North East, MD 21901 | Box Office Phone Number: (410) 287-1037
Auditions for 10/18 will be at the Milburn Stone Theatre
Auditions for 10/22 will be at Cecil College PE Building in Room 220
Callbacks for 10/24 will be at Cecil College PE Building in Room 220
Audition Information:
Auditions will take place on Sunday, October 18th, and Thursday, October 22nd, at the Milburn Stone Theatre.
Please sign up for your audition slot directly through:
https://app.cast98.com/shows/shakespeare-in-love-2027-milburnstone
Those submitting a video audition have until Thursday, October 22nd, at 5 pm. In-person auditions are highly encouraged.
Callbacks:
Callbacks will be held on Saturday, October 24. Callback notifications will be sent out on Friday, October 23.
Audition Preparation:
Please prepare a 2-5 minute monologue (Shakespearean or Classical text preferred) If you do not have a monologue, one of three classical texts will be provided at auditions.
Rehearsals:
Rehearsals will begin in Late October/Early November. Rehearsals will be based on both performer and production staff availability, so please submit all known conflicts at the time of auditions. The Milburn Stone Theatre traditionally rehearses Two to Four times a week.
Please note: Cecil College will be closed November 25th through 29th in observance of Thanksgiving, December 25th through January 3rd in observance of the Holiday Season, and January 17th & 18th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Tech Week:
Tech week will be held Sunday, January 24th through Thursday, January 28th. No conflicts will be accepted during this period, as it is considered mandatory.
Performances:
Performances begin January 29th, 30th & 31st, 2027. Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 pm
$24 Adults | $22 Seniors/Military | $20 Students
Please note: The Milburn Stone Theatre is a community theatre on a college campus. Our productions are open to the entire community, not just Cecil College students, faculty, and staff. This production is non-paid/non-union.
Casting Breakdown:
All roles are available. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE calls for a large cast and we will be doubling several roles throughout the production. Women who would be open to portraying male identifying roles are encouraged to indicate on Cast98
Character Breakdown
Will Shakespeare & # –
Poet and playwright
Viola de Lesseps & # –
A daughter who disguises herself as Thomas Kent to audition to be an actor
Kit Marlowe * % –
Will’s colleague, friend, and inspiration
Hugh Fennyman * % & –
The Producer
Lord Wessex * % & # –
A nobleman betrothed to Viola
Richard Burbage * % & –
The lead actor and owner of the Curtain Theatre
Henslowe * % – Owner and manager of the Rose Theatre
Edmund Tilney * % –
The Lord Chamberlain
Sir Robert de Lesseps * % –
Viola’s father
Queen Elizabeth I * % –
The Queen of England
Wabash * % –
A stammering actor and Henslowe’s tailor
Sam * % # –
An actor who plays Juliet
John Webster * % –
A street urchin who aspires to be an actor
Nurse * % –
Servant to Viola
Ralph * % & –
An actor who plays Nurse and Petruchio
Ned Alleyn * % & –
The lead actor of the Admiral’s Men, plays Mercutio
Ensemble/Additional roles % &
Lambert and Frees: Fennyman’s accomplices and henchmen
Nol: An actor who plays Benvolio and Samson
Robin: An actor who plays Lady Capulet
Adam: An actor who plays Gregory, Benvolio, and Servingman
Peter: An actor who plays Tybalt &
Mistress Quickly: Wardrobe mistress at Whitehall Palace
Catling: A guard at De Lesseps Hall
The Boatman
Barman
Molly & Kate
Waiter
Additional Actors at the Rose and Curtain Theatre, Guards.
Male Alto * % –
Throughout the show, there are sung moments and songs led by a male alto voice. This role has the possibility of being doubled or could be standalone, depending on performer’s/time commitments
Casting notes
* – These role has the possibility of being doubled with additional ensemble roles
% – Will have an opportunity to be a part of the onstage choir
& – These characters are involved in stage combat; there is the possibility of additional performers also being apart of stage combat sequences as well
# – These characters are involved in staged intimacy
About the Show:
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE: THE PLAY
SHOW DATES: JANUARY 29, 30, 31
SHOW TIMES: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING PERFORMANCES AT 7:30 PM, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2 PM
$24 Adults | $22 Seniors/Military | $20 Students
BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY MARC NORMAN AND TOM STOPPARD
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY LEE HALL
MUSIC BY PADDY CUNNEEN
Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Group & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod
Based on the beloved Academy Award-winning film, Shakespeare in Love is an enchanting, hilarious, and irresistibly romantic stage play that transports audiences to the bustling, bawdy world of Elizabethan London — where the greatest love story ever written was itself born from the greatest love story never told. Young Will Shakespeare is in crisis. The deadline for his new play is fast approaching, the theater company is counting on him, and his quill has run dry. Paralyzed by writer’s block and desperately in need of inspiration, Will finds himself adrift — until a chance encounter changes everything. Viola, a feisty, brilliant, and beautiful young woman with a passion for the theater that rivals Will’s own, will stop at nothing — including disguising herself as a man to defy the laws of the day — to appear on stage in his next production.
As their love blossoms against a backdrop of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming, and gloriously chaotic backstage theatrics, Will discovers the muse he never knew he was looking for. From their passionate and forbidden romance emerges the words, the characters, and the heart of his greatest masterpiece — Romeo and Juliet.
Witty, warm, and wonderfully theatrical, Shakespeare in Love is a celebration of the power of love, the magic of storytelling, and the timeless belief that the show must always go on.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
www.concordtheatricals.com
We can’t wait to see you at auditions!
