Directed by: Chase Ring

ABOUT: I Hate Hamlet is a 1991 comedy by Paul Rudnick about Andrew Rally, a television actor who moves to New York to play Hamlet despite hating the role. He lives in John Barrymore’s old apartment, where a seance summons the legendary actor’s ghost to coach him. Barrymore helps Andrew accept his artistic destiny, overcoming temptations from Hollywood, a new TV deal, and a reluctant girlfriend.

AUDITIONS: 1.5 hour in-person cold reading auditions will be held at Germantown Community Theatre Saturday, May 16 from 10AM-11:30AM and Sunday, May 17 from 2PM – 3:30PM. Please be prepared to stay for the whole time slot, but actors will be released as needed. Actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities are encouraged to audition. Actors must be over the age of 18 to audition.

WHAT TO PREPARE: Please fill out the audition form and conflict calendar to bring with you to your scheduled audition date and time. All audition sides and scenes will be provided at the audition. 

Please note that if all slots fill up we will add additional slots to Saturday. 

Character Breakdown

Andrew Rally (Male): A young, popular television actor who has just lost a show and is now reluctantly playing Hamlet in NYC’s Shakespeare in the Park. He is uncertain of his ability to perform live and is intimidated by the role.

John Barrymore (Male): The legendary, deceased Shakespearean actor who previously lived in (and owned) Andrew’s apartment. He appears as a flamboyant, hard-drinking, and romantic ghost to tutor Andrew in acting and the “art” of being a leading man.

Deirdre McDavey (Female): Andrew’s girlfriend who is deeply romantic and deeply committed to “saving herself” until marriage. She idolizes the theater and works as a, often naive, encouraging force.

Lillian Troy (Female): Andrew’s eccentric and witty talent agent. An older woman who once had a passionate affair with John Barrymore in the same apartment decades prior.

Felicia Dantine (Female): A quirky real estate agent who is a student of spiritualism and arranges for the seance to summon Barrymore.

Gary Peter Lefkowitz (Male): A crass, enthusiastic Hollywood writer-producer who views the role of Hamlet as a joke and tries to tempt Andrew back into television.