February 2026 Auditions

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The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson​

Directed by Allison "Sonny" Wong

Love's Labours Lost by William Shakespeare

Directed by Michael Alper

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Auditions Times

Sunday, February 15, 2026 from 11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm​​

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The Contemporary Theater Company is holding open auditions for our next productions:

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The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Allison “Sonny” Wong

Performances

Fridays and Saturdays, May 1 - May 23, 2026

7:00 pm

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Love’s Labours Lost by William Shakespeare

Directed by Michael Alper
Performances

Sundays and Wednesdays, July 8 - August 2, 2026

7:00 pm

Friday and Saturday, July 31 & August 1, 2026

7:00 pm

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For The Revolutionists, please prepare a 1 - 2 minute

comedic monologue

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For Love’s Labours Lost, please prepare a 1 - 2 minute

monologue from any play by Shakespeare

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Please email info@thecontemporarytheater.com to sign up. Please indicate your preferred date and time frame.

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All adult actors in these productions will receive a stipend. No youth roles available at this time. At the CTC we proudly employ and embrace non-traditional as well as color-conscious casting. Actors of Color are particularly encouraged to audition!

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Show Description:

The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson

A play about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe De Gouge, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, lose their heads and try to beat back the extremist insanity in the Paris of 1793.

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Character Descriptions: 

Olympe De Gouges: Badass activist playwright and feminist. Theater nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to ensure her personal freedom.

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Charlotte Corday: Badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness. Has a pocket watch she keeps checking.

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Marie-Antoinette: Less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend.

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Marianne Angelle: A badass black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, a spy working with her husband, Vincent. Tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest one of them all.

Show Description:
Love’s Labours Lost By William Shakespeare

The King of Navarre and his lords swear an oath to avoid women for three years to focus on study, only for the plan to unravel with the arrival of the French Princess and her ladies, leading the men to fall in love and break their vows. Ultimately, the women set conditions for future marriage after a year of penance.

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Character Descriptions:
(Some actors may play more than one role)

Ferdinand, King of Navarre: Not the most dedicated monarch in the world, preferring to hide away and study for three years instead of taking care of his kingdom.

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Berowne: A lord at the court of Navarre, one of the King’s best friends who chooses to join him on his scholarly retreat, although he is rather sceptical of the feasibility of the plan.

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Longaville: One of the three lords who agree to join the King’s scholarly retreat, convinced that three years without good food or women doesn’t seem that long.

Dumaine: The youngest of the King’s lords, as yet unable to grow a beard. Good-natured but not the brightest, he’s also a terrible poet.

The Princess of France: Her father’s heir, sent on a diplomatic mission to the kingdom of Navarre. Perfectly able to match wits with Ferdinand.

Rosaline: A witty and intelligent lady attending the Princess of France. She is quite unimpressed by Berowne.

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Maria: An attendant to the Princess of France who met Longaville at a family wedding and was rather impressed by him.

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Katherine: A quick witted lady attending the Princess of France. Her good impression of Dumaine decreases once he breaks his oath.

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Jaquenetta: A country wench who does not have the greatest reputation for virtue.

Boyet: A gossipy French lord attending on and counseling the Princess of France. He has a great sense of humor and loves a good prank.

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Don Adriano de Armado: a Spanish braggart who thinks himself finer than he actually is. His speech is mind-boggling, taking paragraphs to get to the point.

Sir Nathaniel: The local curate. A man greatly impressed by learning. Holoferness: A snooty linguistic prescriptivist...and the local schoolteacher.

Dull: The local constable. He has no qualms about admitting that he doesn’t understand what anyone is talking about.

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Costard: A swain at the court of Navarre who likes chatting up Jaquenetto.