Extending Auditions for Richard III

[Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park]

This summer be witness to the rise and fall of a tyrant. Join us this summer for our 16th year, mounting of Shakespeare's Richard III. Directed by Nez Gray-Freeman

Hanns Park, Vallejo, CA

Saturday, May 16   2 – 5 PM

Sunday, May 17 2 – 5 PM

Email vallejoshak...@gmail.com to schedule an audition time.

We are accepting audition videos by email to vallejoshak...@gmail.com

Video Auditions should be no more than two minutes.

The show will be rehearsed Ren-Style:

We will mimic the way shows were rehearsed during the Renaissance. Actors are only provided a cue script, not the entire play, and come in fully memorized and off book. Rehearsals are limited to approximately 24 - 28 hours (~10-14 days) prior to opening the final weekend in July and runs for 4 weekends.

Vallejo Shakespeare is seeking non-union actors to join our 2026 production. Double/Triple Casting. 

NON-TRADITIONAL, COLOR-BLIND, GENDER-BLIND CASTING.

$350 honorarium + tips & lunch at traveling shows.

This is an ensemble production and will also require set-up and break-down at each venue.

Rehearsal schedule:

Dramaturgy Zoom TBD late June.

Live Read-thru in Benicia July 5 5-9 pm

Rehearsals in Hanns Park, Vallejo

July 13-17 6-9pm,

July 18-19 11am-4pm and

July 20-24 6-9pm

With potential extra rehearsal for fight and intimacy scenes.

Due to the intense schedule and style of rehearsing there can be zero conflicts (emergencies excepted).

Performances:

July 25 & 26 Vallejo,

August 1 Benicia,

August 2 Martinez,

August 8 American Canyon,

August 9 Piedmont,

All shows in the park at 4pm.

August 14 & 16 Vino Godfather Winery, Vallejo.

Final shows at 7pm.

www.vallejoshakespeare.org to check out Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park.

Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park aims to provide professional performance opportunities to Bay Area actors of color, various gender identity, and women through non-traditional casting. We want our productions to reflect the community in which they are performed and help our audience connect to classical theater with exciting contemporary staging.