MADAME X STAGED READING AUDITIONS
WHAT: Auditions for Madame X
WHEN: Saturday, February 21, 2026 starting at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Tapestry studios, 2015 E. Riverside Dr, Austin, Texas
By appointment ONLY. To schedule, email auditions@austinshakespeare.org with interest, headshot, and resume. Monologues may be memorized or can be read with familiarity. Welcoming all ethnicities and genders. Age is a matter of appearance.
Madame X, the story of the creation of the John Singer Sargent painting, will be a Staged reading at KMFA Studio on March 21-22 performances. Rehearsals begin March 14, 2025. Four roles available. All non-Equity cast.
Roles available: (all roles are ages 20-30's)
VIRGINIE GAUTREAU the Madame X of the title. Age 23. Strong angular features, Oftentimes cold, but flirtatious in her fashion.
JOHN SINGER SARGENT Age 25. The portrait painter before his success. An American brought up in Europe. Unusually intense gaze.
BEN DEL CASTILLO, his friend: age 27. the quintessential Italian of breeding. A fellow of independent means. The most sanguine of men; a gossip at times; a manipulator at heart.
VIOLET PAGET (nom de plume: Vernon Lee) about the same age. Friend of Sargent's since childhood. A gadfly. Witty: called her contemporaries a female: Oscar Wilde.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING AUDITIONS
Non-Equity and Equity auditions for Much Ado about Nothing, our Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park, start Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:30 pm. Must make an appointment. Rehearsals begin April 13, 2026. Performances May 7 - 24, Thursdays - Sundays at 8 pm at Zilker Hillside Theatre. Directed by Ann Ciccolella.
Preparation: 1-2 minute monologue relating to Shakespeare. Memorized or read with familiarity. Text from the script recommended. Be familiar with the play. All ethnicities welcome and encouraged. All roles open. Video auditions accepted through March 1. Submit to auditions@austinshakespeare.org. Schedule an audition and/or submit audition materials, email auditions@austinshakespeare.org
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - YOUNG SHAKESPEARE AUDITIONS
Auditions will being on March 7, 2026. To learn more about this event and submit the required information, please visit our Young Shakespeare audition page.
Austin Shakespeare holds auditions periodically throughout our season in addition to a general audition at the onset of each season. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, gender expression, age, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. We welcome you to submit links to your head shot, resume, and monologue/reels you would like to share with us. Submitting this form will place you on our auditions mailing list.