Auditions
The cast of The Amen Corner, photo by Scott Suchman
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for Shakespeare Theatre Company!
Shakespeare Theatre Company has a mission of creating, preserving, and promoting classic theatre for all audiences. To uphold our mission, our casts must reflect the community we serve so that all audiences feel seen, heard, and represented. Shakespeare Theatre Company is committed to equity, diversity, and intersectional inclusion. As such, STC welcomes performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, races, ages, as well as performers with disabilities to our stages.
To ensure we stay true to our mission and values, Casting hopes to demystify the casting process and invite the acting community to connect with us through one of our various access points.
Shakespeare Theatre Company has a mission of creating, preserving, and promoting classic theatre for all audiences. To uphold our mission, our casts must reflect the community we serve so that all audiences feel seen, heard, and represented. Shakespeare Theatre Company is committed to equity, diversity, and intersectional inclusion. As such, STC welcomes performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, races, ages, as well as performers with disabilities to our stages.
To ensure we stay true to our mission and values, Casting hopes to demystify the casting process and invite the acting community to connect with us through one of our various access points.
Currently Seeking (Updated APR 2, 2025)
STC 2025-26 EPAs
STC Casting is excited to invite our local and New York-based Equity performers to connect with us via our 2025-26 Seasonal EPAs! As we kickoff casting for a new season, STC is eager to meet more artists and further cultivate our connection to the acting community. We want to ensure our theatre continues to build channels of access for theatremakers.
Washington, D.C.
We will be holding D.C. EPAs on April 10 and 11 in our 4th Floor Rehearsal Studio (516 8th Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003). Sign up for an appointment.
New York
We will also be holding New York EPAs on April 17 at the Actors' Equity New York Audition Center (165 W 46th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10036). Equity performers can sign up for an appointment via their membership portal.
What to Prepare
For our EPAs in both cities, we’re asking actors to prepare a (1) classical monologue, preferably Shakespeare, a (1) contemporary monologue of your choosing, and/or a (1) short song of your choosing. Total audition should not exceed three minutes.
Please Note
Non-AEA members cannot sign up for a scheduled audition at this time. They will be seen on a first come, first served basis. Pending availability, we will hopefully see folks on this list during the EPA!
We will not be accepting video submissions at this time.
Shakespeare Theatre Company is committed to equity, diversity, and intersectional inclusion in all areas of our organization. As such, STC Casting welcomes performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, races, ages, as well as performers with disabilities to participate in our 2025-26 Seasonal EPAs. We’re excited to see your work!
STC ALL IN
Welcome to the STC ALL IN program! Casting is excited to introduce a new access point for actors looking to collaborate with STC. The STC ALL IN portal is a new way to submit yourself for consideration for future programming at STC. While we will continue our established forms of outreach, we wanted to offer another avenue for the acting community to express interest in working with us. By filling out the form below, actors enter themselves into a growing performer database. Through self-submission, actors help us to cast a wider net during the audition process for our upcoming productions, allowing us to include more voices in our sessions...
Upcoming STC ALL IN Auditions
STC ALL IN General Auditions take place throughout the season and we're excited to continue to connect with more theater artists this year. Anyone who has submitted through the STC ALL IN portal will be considered. As there are many actors who have submitted through the program, if you haven't heard from a member of Team Casting right away, please don't fret! We're working diligently to meet with as many actors as we can.
Please continue to check this space for updates as this page will be updated regularly! We also encourage you to share your information and materials through the STC ALL IN portal to be considered for future projects.
For more information about our current season, please click here.
Stay Connected
We encourage you to stay connected with us via our social media, website, and the STC ALL IN portal, as these channels will be updated regularly and share what’s up next for Casting at STC.
Casting also attends the Washington/Baltimore AEA Liaison auditions and holds Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) in D.C. and New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles each year. Please contact Actors’ Equity Association to find out more information about EPAs.
Should you prefer to send your materials via mail, please find instructions below. All materials sent to us, no matter the method, will be reviewed by casting. We then will reach out to actors individually based on the project we are working on.
Please send your headshot/resume to:
Shakespeare Theatre Company
ATTN: CASTING
516 8th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
And as always, should you have any questions along the way, please feel free to email CastingShakespeare@ShakespeareTheatre.org
About STC Casting
Danica Rodriguez (she/her) is a Washington D.C./New York-based casting director & theatremaker dedicated to celebrating the voices of the historically underrepresented. She began her casting career working for Marc Hirschfeld Casting, Warner Brothers Television Casting NY, and The Public Theater in New York before moving to Washington, D.C., to join Shakespeare Theatre Company in her current position as Resident Casting Director. In her tenure as a casting professional, Danica has worked on dozens of mainstage productions and workshops/developments in New York and D.C. Danica’s core values of generosity, advocacy, and equity led her to her role as founding trainer and educator for Broadway for Racial Justice’s Casting Directive, as well as projects connected to Netflix, LALIFF, The Civilians, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co, The Folger Shakespeare Library and The Kennedy Center. She was named a 2021 TCG Rising Leader of Color and has sat on selection committees for INTAR Theatre and the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. As a passionate believer in arts education and accessibility, Danica has also had the privilege of speaking at Roundabout Theatre Company, Shenandoah University, the Academy of Classical Acting at George Washington University, American University and more. Danica holds a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Film & Media Studies from Dartmouth College.