Audition Schedule

As You Like It: Flipped!

Playwright: William Shakespeare
Recommended audience: 13+ for infrequent violence

Director: J. Blair Sanders
Stage Manager: TBA
Producer: Dawn Davridge

Production dates: April 16-18, 2026
Rehearsals begin on: February 23, 2026
Strike date:  April 19, 2026
No conflict dates: February 23, March 17, April 11-12 (THIS IS TECH!!),
April 15 (THIS IS DRESS!)
No rehearsals on:  Sundays, April 3-5

Submissions open: July 1, 2025
Audition Workshop: February 16, 2026
Audition dates: February 18, 2026
Callbacks: February 19, 2026

Pay: No Pay

Please prepare: A Shakespeare monologue in the style of the character you are auditioning for.

Please bring: A headshot and resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between February 23, 2026-April 19, 2026

Audition disclosures: Callbacks if needed will be sides from the script sent at least 24 hours prior to the audition. 

Given the short rehearsal period, this director would like to cast roles with heftier line-loads from season auditions.

Show description: A flipped adaptation of an already gender-flipped story. Set in the 1950s, the city and the country meet in one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies.

Roles being cast: (Please note: LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described by the playwright is invited to audition and may be cast.)

Several roles have been cast from our 25-26 Season Auditions.

• Rosalind (any gender, 20s): Cousin of Celia and daughter of Duke Senior, exiled and disguised as a man, Ganymede to get by. Falls in love with Orlando while in disguise.
• Orlando (F, 20s): Brother of Oliver, son of Rowland de Boys. Runs away to the Forest of Arden.
• Celia (M, 20s-30s): Cousin of Rosalind and daughter of Duke Frederick. Voluntarily exiles herself to join Rosalind.
• Touchstone (F, 20s-40s): Court jester in Duke Frederick’s court, accompanies Rosalind & Celia to the Forest of Arden
• Oliver (F, 20s-30s): Brother of Orlando, but tries to have him killed.
• Duke Senior (F, 50s+): Rosalind’s father, who is exiled to the Forest of Arden by Duke Frederick, his brother.
• Duke Frederick (F, 50s+): Celia’s father, exiles Duke Senior, his brother, and Rosalind.
• Adam (F, 60s+): Orlando’s servant who accompanies him to the Forest.
• Corin (F, 50s+): Shepherd who helps Rosalind & Celia in the Forest of Arden
• Amiens/Hymen (any, any): Musician who follows Duke Senior in the Forest.
• Jaques (any, any): One of Duke Senior’s exiled crew.
• Silvius (F, 20s): Shepherd who is in love with Phoebe, despite her protestations.
• Phoebe (M, 20s): Shepherdess who falls in love with Rosalind in disguise.
• Audrey (M, 20s-40s): Shepherdess in the forest, falls for Touchstone
• Charles (F, 20s-40s): A wrestler that Oliver hires to fight Oliver.
• William (F, 20s-40s): Country boy who is in love with Audrey
• Sir Oliver Martext (any, any): Officiant
• Le Beau (any, any): Courtier of Duke Frederick’s court
• Dennis (any, any): Servant of Oliver
• Courtiers/Lords (any, any)

Note: Several roles may be doubled.

Disclosures:

Orlando, Charles, and Oliver engage in fight choreography.

Celia needs to be carried (possibly by Touchstone).

Given the flipped theme, actors may be asked to cross-dress depending on the role.

Amiens/Hymen sings throughout the show, Jaques sings (doesn’t have to be good)

It is highly recommended that folks wanting to audition read the play prior to doing so.