“Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.”
― Thornton Wilder Our Town

Auditions will be held December 9th and 10th 2024, from 6-8pm at Bismarck State College. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

Rehearsals will begin in December 2024 and then break for the holidays. Rehearsals will reconvene after the New Year and will continue until performances in February. Typical rehearsal schedule is 4 nights a week in the evening.

Performances are February 14 and 15, 2025 at 7pm and February 16, 2025 at 2pm

There are numerous roles for men and women of a variety of ages.

STAGE MANAGER
DR. GIBBS
JOE CROWELL
HOWIE NEWSOME
MRS. GIBBS
MRS. WEBB
GEORGE GIBBS
REBECCA GIBBS
WALLY WEBB
EMILY WEBB
PROFESSOR WILLARD
MR. WEBB
WOMAN IN THE BALCONY
MAN IN THE AUDITORIUM
LADY IN THE BOX
SIMON STIMSON
MRS. SOAMES
CONSTABLE WARREN
SI CROWELL
THREE BASEBALL PLAYERS
SAM CRAIG
JOE STODDARD
PEOPLE OF THE TOWN

If you would like to read the script ahead of auditions, please contact Erin Weichel at erindrevlow@hotmail.com to arrange to pick up a script.

“Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.”
― Thornton Wilder Our Town

Auditions will be held December 9th and 10th 2024, from 6-8pm at Bismarck State College. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

Rehearsals will begin in December 2024 and then break for the holidays. Rehearsals will reconvene after the New Year and will continue until performances in February. Typical rehearsal schedule is 4 nights a week in the evening.

Performances are February 14 and 15, 2025 at 7pm and February 16, 2025 at 2pm

There are numerous roles for men and women of a variety of ages.

STAGE MANAGER
DR. GIBBS
JOE CROWELL
HOWIE NEWSOME
MRS. GIBBS
MRS. WEBB
GEORGE GIBBS
REBECCA GIBBS
WALLY WEBB
EMILY WEBB
PROFESSOR WILLARD
MR. WEBB
WOMAN IN THE BALCONY
MAN IN THE AUDITORIUM
LADY IN THE BOX
SIMON STIMSON
MRS. SOAMES
CONSTABLE WARREN
SI CROWELL
THREE BASEBALL PLAYERS
SAM CRAIG
JOE STODDARD
PEOPLE OF THE TOWN

If you would like to read the script ahead of auditions, please contact Erin Weichel at erindrevlow@hotmail.com to arrange to pick up a script.

HAMLET

JULY 17 - 21 6:30PM nightly

Don’t miss your chance to see Shakespeare’s greatest play HAMLET on stage for FREE July 17-21st at 6:30 pm at the Prairie Amphitheater of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. The Prairie Amphitheater is located just outside the entrance to the Heritage Center on State Street directly south of the Northern Lights Atrium.

Hamlet follows the story of young Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, as he comes to grips with the death of his father and seemingly hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle (his father’s brother). Throughout the play Hamlet is torn between love and loss, grief and forgiveness and this struggle leads to all sorts calamity and strife.

Performances are FREE but a free will donation will be taken to help defray costs. There will also be limited concessions available for purchase. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come and enjoy a night of Shakespeare in the beautiful North Dakota landscape.

HAMLET

JULY 17 - 21 6:30PM nightly

Don’t miss your chance to see Shakespeare’s greatest play HAMLET on stage for FREE July 17-21st at 6:30 pm at the Prairie Amphitheater of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. The Prairie Amphitheater is located just outside the entrance to the Heritage Center on State Street directly south of the Northern Lights Atrium.

Performances will start at 6:30pm with a short performance from the Young Bards - Capitol Shakespeare’s Youth Theatre company. They will perform a comedic show based on some of the best monologues of Shakespeare. This show was created and directed by Capitol Shakespeare veteran Stephanie Jorritsma. The MainStage performance of Hamlet will begin directly after the Young Bards performance.

Hamlet follows the story of young Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, as he comes to grips with the death of his father and seemingly hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle (his father’s brother). Throughout the play Hamlet is torn between love and loss, grief and forgiveness and this struggle leads to all sorts calamity and strife.

Performances are FREE but a free will donation will be taken to help defray costs. There will also be limited concessions available for purchase. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come and enjoy a night of Shakespeare in the beautiful North Dakota landscape.

HAMLET

JULY 17 - 21 6:30PM nightly

Don’t miss your chance to see Shakespeare’s greatest play HAMLET on stage for FREE July 17-21st at 6:30 pm at the Prairie Amphitheater of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. The Prairie Amphitheater is located just outside the entrance to the Heritage Center on State Street directly south of the Northern Lights Atrium.

Performances will start at 6:30pm with a short performance from the Young Bards - Capitol Shakespeare’s Youth Theatre company. They will perform a comedic show based on some of the best monologues of Shakespeare. This show was created and directed by Capitol Shakespeare veteran Stephanie Jorritsma. The MainStage performance of Hamlet will begin directly after the Young Bards performance.

Hamlet follows the story of young Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, as he comes to grips with the death of his father and seemingly hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle (his father’s brother). Throughout the play Hamlet is torn between love and loss, grief and forgiveness and this struggle leads to all sorts calamity and strife.

Performances are FREE but a free will donation will be taken to help defray costs. There will also be limited concessions available for purchase. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come and enjoy a night of Shakespeare in the beautiful North Dakota landscape.

HAMLET

JULY 17 - 21 6:30PM nightly

Don’t miss your chance to see Shakespeare’s greatest play HAMLET on stage for FREE July 17-21st at 6:30 pm at the Prairie Amphitheater of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. The Prairie Amphitheater is located just outside the entrance to the Heritage Center on State Street directly south of the Northern Lights Atrium.

Performances will start at 6:30pm with a short performance from the Young Bards - Capitol Shakespeare’s Youth Theatre company. They will perform a comedic show based on some of the best monologues of Shakespeare. This show was created and directed by Capitol Shakespeare veteran Stephanie Jorritsma. The MainStage performance of Hamlet will begin directly after the Young Bards performance.

Hamlet follows the story of young Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, as he comes to grips with the death of his father and seemingly hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle (his father’s brother). Throughout the play Hamlet is torn between love and loss, grief and forgiveness and this struggle leads to all sorts calamity and strife.

Performances are FREE but a free will donation will be taken to help defray costs. There will also be limited concessions available for purchase. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come and enjoy a night of Shakespeare in the beautiful North Dakota landscape.

HAMLET

JULY 17 - 21 6:30PM nightly

Don’t miss your chance to see Shakespeare’s greatest play HAMLET on stage for FREE July 17-21st at 6:30 pm at the Prairie Amphitheater of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. The Prairie Amphitheater is located just outside the entrance to the Heritage Center on State Street directly south of the Northern Lights Atrium.

Performances will start at 6:30pm with a short performance from the Young Bards - Capitol Shakespeare’s Youth Theatre company. They will perform a comedic show based on some of the best monologues of Shakespeare. This show was created and directed by Capitol Shakespeare veteran Stephanie Jorritsma. The MainStage performance of Hamlet will begin directly after the Young Bards performance.

Hamlet follows the story of young Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, as he comes to grips with the death of his father and seemingly hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle (his father’s brother). Throughout the play Hamlet is torn between love and loss, grief and forgiveness and this struggle leads to all sorts calamity and strife.

Performances are FREE but a free will donation will be taken to help defray costs. There will also be limited concessions available for purchase. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come and enjoy a night of Shakespeare in the beautiful North Dakota landscape.

Come audition for Shakespeare's most well known play -

Hamlet

This production will be directed by John Clemo. John has worked with Capitol Shakespeare as an actor and fight choreographer in the past and we are thrilled to bring him on as a director for this summer!

Auditions will consist of reading scenes from the script. The scenes are posted below. Click on the button and you will be directed to a Google Drive folder with the scenes. If you have any issues with opening the scenes please email Artistic Director Erin Weichel.

*You may be asked to read for multiple characters

*You may also be cast in a role that you don’t read for at auditions

*Some roles may be cast in a non-traditional way allowing for more options in casting.

If you have questions regarding auditions please contact Artistic Director, Erin Weichel at erindrevlow@hotmail.com

Come audition for Shakespeare's most well known play -

Hamlet

This production will be directed by John Clemo. John has worked with Capitol Shakespeare as an actor and fight choreographer in the past and we are thrilled to bring him on as a director for this summer!

Auditions will consist of reading scenes from the script. The scenes are posted below. Click on the button and you will be directed to a Google Drive folder with the scenes. If you have any issues with opening the scenes please email Artistic Director Erin Weichel.

*You may be asked to read for multiple characters

*You may also be cast in a role that you don’t read for at auditions

*Some roles may be cast in a non-traditional way allowing for more options in casting.

If you have questions regarding auditions please contact Artistic Director, Erin Weichel at erindrevlow@hotmail.com

The Importance of Being Earnest is a hilarious play written by the great playwright Oscar Wilde. It follows two gentlemen, Algernon and Jack, as they they assume the name of Ernest and woo two separate women. The women are both determined to marry a man by the name of Ernest and all sorts of hilarity ensues as true identities are found out, alliances are made, and eventually a “happy” ending is reached.

All performances will be held in the Russel Reid auditorium of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. Please enter through the Northern Lights Atrium off of State Street on the east side of the building.

Performances are free but a free will donation will be collected.

This show is appropriate for audience members of all ages and will be sure to have you laughing and falling in love with “Ernest”.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a hilarious play written by the great playwright Oscar Wilde. It follows two gentlemen, Algernon and Jack, as they they assume the name of Ernest and woo two separate women. The women are both determined to marry a man by the name of Ernest and all sorts of hilarity ensues as true identities are found out, alliances are made, and eventually a “happy” ending is reached.

All performances will be held in the Russel Reid auditorium of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. Please enter through the Northern Lights Atrium off of State Street on the east side of the building.

Performances are free but a free will donation will be collected.

This show is appropriate for audience members of all ages and will be sure to have you laughing and falling in love with “Ernest”.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a hilarious play written by the great playwright Oscar Wilde. It follows two gentlemen, Algernon and Jack, as they they assume the name of Ernest and woo two separate women. The women are both determined to marry a man by the name of Ernest and all sorts of hilarity ensues as true identities are found out, alliances are made, and eventually a “happy” ending is reached.

All performances will be held in the Russel Reid auditorium of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum. Please enter through the Northern Lights Atrium off of State Street on the east side of the building.

Performances are free but a free will donation will be collected.

This show is appropriate for audience members of all ages and will be sure to have you laughing and falling in love with “Ernest”.

Capitol Shakespeare is holding auditions for our 16th Annual summer Shakespeare production: Loves Labour's Lost.

This production will be directed by Erin J. Weichel.

Auditions are May 25 and 26 from 6-9pm at the BSC Sidney J Lee Auditorium.

All roles are available. No prior acting experience is necessary. actors must be 18+ years old to auditions. Actors will be asked to read from the script, but a prepared monologue is always welcome.

If you have any questions or would like to see the audition selections from the script prior to auditioning please email the director at erindrevlow@hotmail.com

Rehearsals will begin in the evening May 30th at Bismarck State College. Rehearsals are typically 4 days a week in the evening.

Performances will be July 19-23rd at the ND Heritage Center and State Museum outdoor Prairie Amphitheater.

Capitol Shakespeare is holding auditions for our 16th Annual summer Shakespeare production: Loves Labour's Lost.

This production will be directed by Erin J. Weichel.

Auditions are May 25 and 26 from 6-9pm at the BSC Sidney J Lee Auditorium.

All roles are available. No prior acting experience is necessary. actors must be 18+ years old to auditions. Actors will be asked to read from the script, but a prepared monologue is always welcome.

If you have any questions or would like to see the audition selections from the script prior to auditioning please email the director at erindrevlow@hotmail.com

Rehearsals will begin in the evening May 30th at Bismarck State College. Rehearsals are typically 4 days a week in the evening.

Performances will be July 19-23rd at the ND Heritage Center and State Museum outdoor Prairie Amphitheater.

Come and join us for Capitol Shakespeare’s 15 Summer Season!

Free Performances of the comedy Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed on the ND Heritage Center and State Museum’s Prairie Amphitheatre.

Performances start at 7pm nightly

Merry Wives of Windsor is as close to a farce as Shakespeare wrote. There is lots of laughs, intrigue, mistaken identity, and trickery in the show. It follows the story of Mistress Page and Mistress Ford who want to play a trick on Mistress Page’s husband to teach him a lesson about his jealousy. They convince Sir John Falstaff to come to a secret rendezvous with Mistress Ford and then everything begins to unravel for him and he ends up hidden in a laundry basket, a closet, dressed as a woman, and lured to a forest where he is pinched by “fairies”. It is a hilarious show that will certainly make you laugh and giggle.

The show will be set in the 1950’s to give a modern take on the classic story.

Come and join us for Capitol Shakespeare’s 15 Summer Season!

Free Performances of the comedy Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed on the ND Heritage Center and State Museum’s Prairie Amphitheatre.

Performances start at 7pm nightly with a very short cutting of 12th Night performed by our Young Bards. Merry Wives of Windsor will begin directly after.

Merry Wives of Windsor is as close to a farce as Shakespeare wrote. There is lots of laughs, intrigue, mistaken identity, and trickery in the show. It follows the story of Mistress Page and Mistress Ford who want to play a trick on Mistress Page’s husband to teach him a lesson about his jealousy. They convince Sir John Falstaff to come to a secret rendezvous with Mistress Ford and then everything begins to unravel for him and he ends up hidden in a laundry basket, a closet, dressed as a woman, and lured to a forest where he is pinched by “fairies”. It is a hilarious show that will certainly make you laugh and giggle.

The show will be set in the 1950’s to give a modern take on the classic story.

Come and join us for Capitol Shakespeare’s 15 Summer Season!

Free Performances of the comedy Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed on the ND Heritage Center and State Museum’s Prairie Amphitheatre.

Performances start at 7pm nightly with a very short cutting of 12th Night performed by our Young Bards. Merry Wives of Windsor will begin directly after.

Merry Wives of Windsor is as close to a farce as Shakespeare wrote. There is lots of laughs, intrigue, mistaken identity, and trickery in the show. It follows the story of Mistress Page and Mistress Ford who want to play a trick on Mistress Page’s husband to teach him a lesson about his jealousy. They convince Sir John Falstaff to come to a secret rendezvous with Mistress Ford and then everything begins to unravel for him and he ends up hidden in a laundry basket, a closet, dressed as a woman, and lured to a forest where he is pinched by “fairies”. It is a hilarious show that will certainly make you laugh and giggle.

The show will be set in the 1950’s to give a modern take on the classic story.

Come and join us for Capitol Shakespeare’s 15 Summer Season!

Free Performances of the comedy Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed on the ND Heritage Center and State Museum’s Prairie Amphitheatre.

Performances start at 7pm nightly with a very short cutting of 12th Night performed by our Young Bards. Merry Wives of Windsor will begin directly after.

Merry Wives of Windsor is as close to a farce as Shakespeare wrote. There is lots of laughs, intrigue, mistaken identity, and trickery in the show. It follows the story of Mistress Page and Mistress Ford who want to play a trick on Mistress Page’s husband to teach him a lesson about his jealousy. They convince Sir John Falstaff to come to a secret rendezvous with Mistress Ford and then everything begins to unravel for him and he ends up hidden in a laundry basket, a closet, dressed as a woman, and lured to a forest where he is pinched by “fairies”. It is a hilarious show that will certainly make you laugh and giggle.

The show will be set in the 1950’s to give a modern take on the classic story.

Come and join us for Capitol Shakespeare’s 15 Summer Season!

Free Performances of the comedy Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed on the ND Heritage Center and State Museum’s Prairie Amphitheatre.

Performances start at 7pm nightly with a very short cutting of 12th Night performed by our Young Bards. Merry Wives of Windsor will begin directly after.

Merry Wives of Windsor is as close to a farce as Shakespeare wrote. There is lots of laughs, intrigue, mistaken identity, and trickery in the show. It follows the story of Mistress Page and Mistress Ford who want to play a trick on Mistress Page’s husband to teach him a lesson about his jealousy. They convince Sir John Falstaff to come to a secret rendezvous with Mistress Ford and then everything begins to unravel for him and he ends up hidden in a laundry basket, a closet, dressed as a woman, and lured to a forest where he is pinched by “fairies”. It is a hilarious show that will certainly make you laugh and giggle.

The show will be set in the 1950’s to give a modern take on the classic story.

Performances of Death of a Salesman are FREE to the public. Free-will donations will be accepted for those wishing to donate.

Please enter through the Northern Lights Atrium entrance of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum when coming for performances. For more information on the show and cast please visit our Performance/ Auditions page and click on Mid-Winter Season.

Performances of Death of a Salesman are FREE to the public. Free-will donations will be accepted for those wishing to donate.

Please enter through the Northern Lights Atrium entrance of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum when coming for performances. For more information on the show and cast please visit our Performance/ Auditions page and click on Mid-Winter Season.

Performances of Death of a Salesman are FREE to the public. Free-will donations will be accepted for those wishing to donate.

Please enter through the Northern Lights Atrium entrance of the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum when coming for performances. For more information on the show and cast please visit our Performance/ Auditions page and click on Mid-Winter Season.

Julius Caesar follows the rise and fall of the title character in ancient Rome. He is betrayed by friends and foe alike, warned to “Beware the Ides of March”, and in the end dies a tragic death well before his time.