HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES - Washington EPA Shakespeare Theatre Company | Washington, DC
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
(Lunch 1:00 – 2:00)
TO SIGN UP FOR AN APPOINTMENT, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK.
https://bit.ly/3WIex3W . Actors who sign up for an appointment will receive a confirmation email before the day of their audition. To cancel their appointment during the sign-up period, you must delete your appointment in the sign-up sheet. To cancel your appointment after the sign-up period, please email: castingshakespeare@shakespearetheatre.org .
LORT Non-Rep
$1,096 weekly minimum (LORT B+) - Sidney Harman Hall
$1,008 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Michael R. Klein Theatre
Sidney Harman Hall
610 F St NW
Washington, DC 20004
Resident Casting Director, Danica Rodriguez (expected to attend)
Simon Godwin, Artistic Director
Chris Jennings, Executive Director
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, 4/18/2023
1st Tech: Thursday, 5/4/2023
1st Preview: Tuesday, 5/9/2023
Opening: On or about Friday, 5/12/2023 Closing: Sunday, 5/28/2023
Extension Closing: Sunday, 6/4/2023
OTHER
Please note, Shakespeare Theatre Company requires that all employees and artists must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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.
Equity actors for roles in HERE THERE ARE
BLUEBERRIES (see breakdown).
STC is committed to building an inclusive organization that reflects the national artistic landscape and communities that we serve.
We encourage people of all communities to audition for all roles available.
FOR ACTORS WHO WISH TO SUBMIT THEIR HEADSHOT AND RESUME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR STC’S 2022-2023 SEASON PRODUCTION OF HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR HEADSHOT & RESUME TO castingshakespeare@shakespearetheatre.org with the email subject line: HEADSHOT/RESUME SUBMISSION STC - HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES
Please prepare: one (1) classical monologue, preferably Shakespeare, and a contemporary monologue of your choosing. Total audition should not exceed 3 minutes. Please bring a hard copy headshot and resume stapled together.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Seeking a diverse and dynamic group of actors with great vocal and physical facility to make up this cast. We're looking for actors who have demonstrable experience in devised theater work. Brechtian technique a plus. We are looking to diversify the cast as much as possible, to reflect the heterogeneity of Auschwitz during this time period, and the world that exists now in its wake. Except where otherwise indicated, please submit actors of all ethnic & cultural backgrounds, actors of all sizes, non-binary actors, gender non-conforming actors, and actors with authentic disabilities of any kind.
Live accordion will be used in the show. Actors who can play accordion are encouraged to submit.
All roles will be understudied.
[RAINER HÖSS AND OTHERS] (he/him, late 20's - mid 30's, white). As a teen, Rainer Höss comes undone when he learns about his family's role in Auschwitz. By the time we meet him, he is a dangerous thug. He has been broken down by his family's secrets, struggling to make sense of it all.
[MELITA MASCHMANN, CHRISTOPH BUSCH AND OTHERS] (she/her, 40's- 50's, Asian). MELITA: Incredibly articulate, she is still coming to terms with her role as Press and Propaganda Officer of the league of German Girls. CHRISTOPH: Very discerning, matter-of- fact disposition. The Managing Director of the Holocaust Museum in Belgium.
[TILMAN TAUBE] (he/him, 40's, any ethnicity). The grandson of a war criminal. Over the course of the play, he comes to terms with his family's role in Auschwitz.
[CHARLOTTE SCHUNZEL AND OTHERS] (she/her, 30's-40's, any ethnicity). Methodical but not unfeeling, Charlotte acted as a receptionist and coordinated arrivals on the camp. In one interrogation scene, she denies knowing anything, as the receptionists were kept out of the loop of what was going on. But how could she not know?
[JUDY COHEN] (she/her, 60's-70's, any ethnicity). The Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's photographic collection. Studies the pictures like a puzzle and gets excited when the dots connect! Judy has been around long enough to know that blinders are the only way to get by in a job like this. She can focus on the details and that helps her make it through.
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