Madame X
by Austin Shakespeare
Feb. 21
Auditions for a role in Madame X with Austin Shakespeare on Feb 21.Audition (Non-Equity ) for a staged reading of MADAME X, the story of the creation of the John Singer Sargent painting.
Staged readings March 20 - 22, 2026 at the Draylen Mason Music Studio, KMFA, Austin.
Email auditions@austinshakespeare.org to schedule an appt from 12:30 on Saturday, Feb. 21.
Characters:
VIRGINIE GAUTREAU the Madame X of the title. Age 23. Strong anglar features, Oftentimes cold, but flirtatious in her fashion.
JOHN SINGER SARGENT Age 25. The portrait painter before his success. An American brought up in Europe. Unusually intense gaze.
BEN DEL CASTILLO, his friend: age 27. the quintessential Italian of breeding. A fellow of independent means. The most sanguine of men; a gossip at times; a manipulator at heart.
VIOLET PAGET (nom de plume: Vernon Lee) about the same age. Friend of Sargent's since childhood. A gadfly. Witty: called her contemporaries a female: Oscar Wilde.
ACTORS: Age is a matter of appearance. NON EQUITY Actors only. Actors of all races, backgrounds welcome!
