Utah Shakespeare Festival 2027 season: acting company auditions (virtual submissions for non-Equity actors)

Description: The Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City is casting its 2027 repertory acting company, so every performer hired appears in more than one production. Actors' Equity EPA auditions take place in person on 21 September 2026 at the festival offices in Cedar City, and a virtual submission window is open to Equity and non-Equity actors from 9am on 28 September to 11:59pm (Mountain time) on 29 September 2026. A breakdown of the 2027 roles is linked from the festival's guidelines.

Requirements: Actors of any age and background (the festival states it casts diversely). Non-singers: a Shakespeare monologue plus a contrasting Shakespeare or contemporary monologue, four minutes in total. Singers: a Shakespeare monologue plus 16 bars of a Broadway-style song. Headshot and resume with union status. Availability for one of the contract periods: 3 May to 4 September 2027, 3 May to 2 October 2027, or 7 June to 2 October 2027.

Pay: Season acting company contract; the guidelines do not state the pay.

How to apply: Virtual submissions only through the Airtable form linked in the festival's non-Equity audition guidelines (video link, headshot, resume), during the 28-29 September 2026 window; submissions by email are not accepted. Non-members can also join the waiting list at the Cedar City EPA on 21 September. Questions: casting@bard.org.

Official source: bard.org