Actors' Shakespeare Project 2017-18 Season - Sommerville MA EPA
Actors' Shakespeare Project
AUDITION DATE
Mar 13, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch break TBD
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members: for appointments for March 13th , please contact Heather Stern for an appointment at Heather@actorsshakespeareproject.org or at (617) 776-2200 x230. Email is preferred.
CONTRACT
NEAT category 6, currently $451.00/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming 2017-18 Season shows.
PREPARATION
Equity appointments are scheduled in five-minute intervals and each Equity member has a maximum of three minutes to audition. Please bring your AEA membership card. Please prepare material of your choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season). For those who wish to perform a scene from the season, a reader will be available. Please be prepared to state your starting & stopping places.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Shakespeare Project
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
second floor
PERSONNEL
Attended by Paula Plum, Acting Artistic Director and Jennie Israel, Casting.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
No understudies are being cast. All available roles are available for any and all actors, regardless of race, heritage, or gender identification. We seek actors who are able to and enjoy playing multiple roles in a production, who are physically engaged in the work and with other ensemble members. Each production schedule includes at least 5 weekday morning student matinees, which actors must be available for. Please note that ASP does not supply housing. Actors must have Boston area housing in order to work with ASP. We look forward to seeing you!
Available roles listed below.
EXIT THE KING
by Eugène Ionesco
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Rehearsals begin: August 15, 2017
Opening: SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Closing:OCTOBER 8, 2017
Available roles:
Queen Marie
Queen Marie, King Bérenger’s second wife, who is first in his affection. Marie loves Bérenger and implores him to live, but her power over him diminishes as he moves away from her toward death. Seemingly at Queen Marguerite’s (Berenger’s first wife) command, Queen Marie is the first of the characters to disappear.
The Doctor
The Doctor, who is also the king’s surgeon, executioner, bacteriologist, and astrologer.
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JULIUS CAESAR
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Bryn Boice
For this production, all roles will be cast as Female
Rehearsals begin: October 17, 2017
Opening: NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Closing: DECEMBER 17, 2017
Available roles:
Casca
Female. Joins the conspiracy the night before the assassination and is the first conspirator to stab Caesar.
Octavius Caesar
Female. The adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar; he is one of the triumvirs who rule following the death of Caesar. He and Antony lead the army that defeats Cassius and Brutus at Philippi.
Portia
Female. The wife of Brutus and the daughter of Marcus Cato. She argues that those familial relationships make her strong enough to conceal Brutus' secrets, but on the morning of the assassination, she is extremely agitated by the fear that she will reveal what Brutus has told her. She commits suicide when she realizes that her husband's fortunes are doomed.
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RICHARD III
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Walsh
First rehearsal: January 9, 2018
Opening: FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Closing: MARCH 11, 2018
Available roles:
Buckingham
King Richard’s right-hand man in his schemes to gain power. The duke of Buckingham is almost as amoral and ambitious as Richard himself.
King Edward IV
The older brother of Richard and Clarence, and the king of England at the start of the play. Edward was deeply involved in the Yorkists’ brutal overthrow of the Lancaster regime, but as king he is devoted to achieving a reconciliation among the various political factions of his reign. He is unaware that Richard attempts to thwart him at every turn.
Duchess of York
Widowed mother of Richard, Clarence, and King Edward IV. The duchess of York is Elizabeth’s mother-in-law, and she is very protective of Elizabeth and her children, who are the duchess’s grandchildren. She is angry with, and eventually curses, Richard for his heinous actions.
Richmond
A member of a branch of the Lancaster royal family. Richmond gathers a force of rebels to challenge Richard for the throne. He is meant to represent goodness, justice, and fairness—all the things Richard does not. Richmond is portrayed in such a glowing light in part because he founded the Tudor dynasty, which still ruled England in Shakespeare’s day.
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
First rehearsal: March 13, 2018
Opening: APRIL 11, 2018
Closing: MAY 6, 2018
Available roles:
Don Pedro
An important nobleman from Aragon, sometimes referred to as “Prince.” Don Pedro is a longtime friend of Leonato, Hero’s father, and is also close to the soldiers who have been fighting under him—the younger Benedick and the very young Claudio. Don Pedro is generous, courteous, intelligent, and loving to his friends, but he is also quick to believe evil of others and hasty to take revenge. He is the most politically and socially powerful character in the play.
Leonato
A respected, well-to-do, elderly noble at whose home, in Messina, Italy, the action is set. Leonato is the father of Hero and the uncle of Beatrice. As governor of Messina, he is second in social power only to Don Pedro.
Don John
The illegitimate brother of Don Pedro; sometimes called “the Bastard.” Don John is melancholy and sullen by nature, and he creates a dark scheme to ruin the happiness of Hero and Claudio. He is the villain of the play; his evil actions are motivated by his envy of his brother’s social authority.
Margaret
Hero’s serving woman, who unwittingly helps Borachio and Don John deceive Claudio into thinking that Hero is unfaithful. Unlike Ursula, Hero’s other lady-in-waiting, Margaret is lower class. Though she is honest, she does have some dealings with the villainous world of Don John: her lover is the mistrustful and easily bribed Borachio. Also unlike Ursula, Margaret loves to break decorum, especially with bawdy jokes and teases.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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