For all casting inquiries, please email casting: casting@harlequinproductions.org.
Upcoming Auditions
We will be casting the first three shows of 2025: Ms Holmes & Ms Watson – Apt 2B, Is This a Room, and R&J. Seattle auditions will take place Saturday, November 30, 5-9pm at Theatre Puget Sound. Olympia auditions will take place Monday, December 2, 5-9pm at TPS.
Auditions are by invite only. Please submit a headshot and resume to be considered for an invite. More information about the audition will be available once invited.
SUBMIT HEREMs Holmes & Ms Watson – Apt 2B
by Kate Hamill
directed by Makaela Milburn
First Rehearsal: January 2, 2025
Opening: January 24, 2025
Closing: February 9, 2025
Possible Holdover: February 15-16, 2025
SHERLOCK HOLMES / as cast (30s-40s): female-identifying.
A once-in-a-generation genius. Eccentric. Focused, to a fault. Can be less-than-sensitive. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Like many geniuses, has a megalomaniac streak. Gets bored easily; likes applause; sometimes accused of being unfeeling. LOVES costumes and drama.
DR. JOAN WATSON / as cast (30s-40s): female-identifying. American.
Formerly type-A high-achiever. Recently divorced; struggling to find herself, feels broken. Reflexively defensive. Once had great bedside manner. Sometimes accused of being a loser; is not a loser. Wry. Smart.
IRENE ADLER / MRS. HUDSON / MRS. DREBBER / as cast (late 20s-40s): female-identifying.
Irene Adler: a whip-smart, super-charming sex worker finding success at the highest levels. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Has incredible charm, confidence, and wit, and she knows it—uses it without mercy. You may want to be Irene, or you may want to be with Irene; but you can’t ignore her.
Mrs. Hudson: Holmes & Watson’s long-suffering landlady.
Mrs. Drebber: seemingly an ordinary housewife. Somebody you would be very wise not to underestimate.
MORIARTY / LESTRADE / ELLIOT MONK / as cast (30s-50s): male-identifying.
Moriarty: a criminal so great you’ve never heard of him. A master blackmailer; knows just when to play his cards. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a different level than civilians. Wears many masks. A professional. Amoral, but you’d like him.
Lestrade: an inspector new to his position at Scotland Yard. Not very imaginative. Often says the wrong thing.
Elliot Monk: an amoral tech billionaire from Texas.
Is This a Room
originally conceived and directed by Tina Satter
directed by Aaron Lamb
First Rehearsal: February 11, 2025
Opening: March 7, 2025
Closing: March 23, 2025
Possible Holdover: March 28-30, 2025
Reality Winner (mid-20s)
An American U.S. Air Force veteran and current NSA translator in Farsi, Dari, and Pashto.
Special Agent Justin C. Garrick (30s-50s)
An FBI agent executing a search warrant.
Special Agent R. Wallace Taylor (30s-50s)
An FBI agent executing a search warrant.
Unknown Male (20s-50s)
Represents all other FBI agents on the scene.
R&J
First Rehearsal: March 25, 2025
Opening: April 25, 2025
Closing: May 18, 2025
Possible Holdover: May 22-25, 2025
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by Aaron Lamb
The cast of R&J will consist of the actors playing Romeo and Juliet, and an ensemble – onstage for the duration of the play – that will play all the remaining parts, with doubling. While we do not know at present how the tracks will be broken down, the main characters we’re looking to cast are as follows. Please note that some of these characters may be doubled by a single actor.
Please note: gender and gender identity, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and ability are unimportant in this story. Please feel free to submit for whichever character seems interesting to you. Age, however, is vitally important: the kids are young, the adults are old.
Romeo
Juliet
Capulet
Lady Capulet
Montague
Lady Montague
Benvolio
Mercutio
Tybalt
Paris
Nurse
Friar Laurence
Prince Escalus / Chorus
Submissions for a Particular Production
If you are interested in a particular production please do let us know by submitting your headshot, résumé, and a note of interest. Let us know what show and role you’re interested in, and we will be happy to consider you.
How to Submit
Please send a headshot and résumé (in PDF format) to casting@harlequinproductions.org. If you wish to be considered for a specific show, please check this page for the airtable submission form for those auditions.
Please, no snailmail submissions and no phone calls.
EQUITY (AEA) ACTORS
For 2025 Harlequin contracts Members of the Actors’ Equity Association on Guest Artist Tier II contracts.
NON-EQUITY (AEA) ACTORS
Harlequin currently pays a base rate of 40% of AEA scale for all non-AEA actors. There are additional carpool stipends and housing opportunities for actors from out of town.
Harlequin is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in our casting and in all areas of our work. We seek to tell stories that represent our world, and therefore strongly encourage actors of underrepresented groups to audition.