July 3 through August 17, 2024
Work With Us
Thank you for your interest in Door Shakespeare!
Door Shakespeare is currently seeking a Business Manager.
The Business Manager assists the Producing Artistic Director in the day-to-day operations by supporting the growth and financial health of the organization. The Business Manager is responsible for managing and maintaining an accurate picture of the organization’s financial health. They work with the Producing Artistic Director and Board of Directors to assess the financial position of the organization and to identify factors that may impact it in order to develop sound operating and production budgets.
More information on the Business Manager position can be found here.
Designers, Directors, Stage Managers, and Technicians
We would like to hear about your work. Please send your resume to info@doorshakespeare.com.
Actors
Door Shakespeare attends the Wisconsin Diversity Generals and Milwaukee Generals.
Equity Principal Auditions are scheduled in January/February in the Chicago Equity Office (557 West Randolph St., Chicago, Illinois 60661) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members may access the online EPA sign-up through the member portal. Online sign-up begins one month prior to auditions, and ends at 12:00 noon the day before auditions. We ask for actors to bring their headshot and resume to auditions. We are happy to see non Equity members as the schedule allows.
For additional information regarding EPAs, please visit Actors’ Equity Association.
Callback requests typically go out in February and we make offers in March.
Digital audition submissions for the 2024 summer season are now closed. However, headshots and resumes are accepted throughout the year at casting@doorshakespeare.com.
We invite you to return in December for updated information regarding 2025.
Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, and Arts Administration Interests
Door Shakespeare hires Arts Administration personnel for the production season. Contracts range from March, April, May, or June through August. If interested, please send your resume accompanied by an email highlighting your specific area of interest to info@doorshakespeare.com.
Theater Students
Door Shakespeare believes in providing a well-rounded experience for our interns in their chosen field with additional opportunities to explore other areas of the theatre. Past internships have been in the areas of: Lighting, Sets, Properties, Costumes, Acting, and Arts Administration. We are dedicated to providing a supportive learning environment supplemented with high levels of responsibility and flexible learning opportunities guided by individual talents and interests.
If you are interested in Door Shakespeare’s intern program, please send your resume accompanied by an email highlighting your specific interests to info@doorshakespeare.com.
COVID-19
Door Shakespeare is a COVID-19 vaccinated workplace. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination, along with the most recent booster available, is required for employment.
Outdoor Theater
Door Shakespeare performs outdoors on a wooden stage abutting Lake Michigan in Björklunden, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. The company is invested in safety and accessibility for all performers, and with that, would like everyone to know that work days will involve outdoor rehearsal and performance in fluctuating temperature and weather conditions.
Door Shakespeare Celebrates Diversity
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Door Shakespeare Anti-Racism Statement
We commit ourselves to look with clear eyes at the systemic racism present in our world, our community, and within our organization; to listen without defensiveness to the voices of BIPOC and Brown artists, audience members, and supporters; and to understand and work to become our best selves in order to dismantle deeply entrenched systems of oppression. We commit to being anti-racist, as individuals and as members of the Door Shakespeare community. We don’t say this lightly—we have much work to do.
We will continue to educate ourselves, to build on our work in this moment, and to become a better and more inclusive theatre.