Opera House Arts
CANCELLED
**Out of an abundance of caution, the producers have chosen to cancel this EPA for the safety of our members and everyone involved. These EPAs will not be rescheduled. They will be accepting video audition submissions in lieu of the EPAs. A separate notice for video submissions will be posted with submission information.**
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
8:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)
No scheduled lunch break
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members Email casting@operahousearts.org with headshot/resume to schedule an appointment. AEA members without an appointment will be seen as time permits. Non-Equity actors will be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LOA $438/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. See breakdown. We are seeking a diverse company of collaborative artists. Performers of all ages, ethnic and racial backgrounds, bodies, and gender identifications are welcome. All roles except for Hamlet will be doubled or tripled, etc., with an eye toward innovative casting. All actors will be considered for all roles.
SM availability TBD
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief classical monologue, no more than two minutes, and bring a photo and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Stonington Opera House
1 School Street
Stonington, ME 04681-0056
PERSONNEL
Talya Klein, Director
Per Janson, Producing Executive Director (Per Janson will be present for EPA)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal July 20, 2020; runs Wed-Sun Aug 12-16, Tues-Sat Aug 18-22, and Wed-Sun Aug 26-30, 2020.
OTHER
This collaborative, inventive production of HAMLET will be staged in the round, and will be performed both at the Stonington Opera House and at various nontraditional venues in and around the Blue Hill Peninsula in Maine.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
Actor Track One:
Plays Hamlet. Male, any ethnicity, 22-40.
Actor Track Two:
Plays Claudius & others. Male, any ethnicity, 35+.
Actor Track Three:
Plays Ghost/Player King/Clown 1 & others. Male, any ethnicity, 40+.
Actor Track Four:
Plays Horatio/Guildenstern & others. Male, any ethnicity, 22-40.
Actor Track Five:
Plays Gertrude & others. Female, any ethnicity, 35+.
Actor Track Six:
Plays Ophelia/Rosencrantz & others. Female, any ethnicity, 22-40.
Actor Track Seven:
Plays Laertes/Player Queen & others. Female, any ethnicity, 25-40.
Actor Track Eight:
Plays Polonia/Clown 2/Fortinbras & others. Female, any ethnicity, 40+.
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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