Seattle Shakespeare Company 2019-2020 Season - Seattle EPA Days
Seattle Shakespeare Festival
AUDITION DATES
Mon, Mar 04, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PST)
Mon, Mar 11, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PST)
APPOINTMENTS
Appointments made by email only, please contact casting@seattleshakespeare.org to reserve a time.
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $601/wk
SEEKING
Skilled verse actors for principal roles in our 2019-2020 Season.
PREPARATION
Please bring a hard copy of your headshot/resume. We will schedule auditions in 3-minute time periods. Please prepare two heightened text pieces (90-second maximum per piece), and at least one of them should be by Shakespeare. The second piece will only be seen at the auditors’ request, so please be ready but don’t assume that both pieces will be asked to be heard.
LOCATION
12th Avenue Arts
1620 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
2nd Floor Conference Room
PERSONNEL
George Mount, Artistic Director, Director for THE RIVALS
Annie Laureau, Director for THE TEMPEST
John Langs, Director for TROILUS & CRESSIDA
OTHER DATES
See breakdown
OTHER
www.seattleshakespeare.org
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
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
The Tempest
First rehearsal approx.: Sep. 17, 2019
October 18-November 10, 2019
ALONSO, King of Naples
SEBASTIAN, his Brother
PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan
ANTONIO, his Brother, the usurping Duke of Milan
MIRANDA, Daughter to Prospero
ARIEL, an airy Spirit
CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave
FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples
GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor
ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, Lords
TRINCULO, a Jester
STEPHANO, a drunken Butler
Master of a Ship, Boatswain, Mariners
IRIS, CERES, JUNO, Nymphs, Reapers, presented by Spirits
Other Spirits attending on Prospero
The Rivals
First rehearsal approx.: Dec. 10, 2019
January 10-February 2, 2020
Thomas, Sir Anthony’s coachman
Jack’s servant
LYDIA Languish, a provincial lady
Lucy, Lydia’s maid
JULIA Melville, Lydia’s friend and Sir Anthony’s ward
Mrs. MALAPROP, Lydia’s Aunt
Sir ANTHONY Absolute, a baronet
Captain JACK Absolute, his son
FAULKLAND, Jack’s friend
Bob ACRES, Jack’s friend, a country squire
Errand boy
Sir Lucius O’TRIGGER, an Irish gentleman
David, Bob Acres' servant
Troillus and Cressida
First rehearsal approx.: Feb 18, 2020
March 20-April 12, 2018
PRIAM, King of Troy
HECTOR, TROILUS, PARIS, DEIPHOBUS, & HELENUS, his Sons
ANDROMACHE, Wife to Hector
CASSANDRA, Daughter to Priam; a prophetess
MARGARELON, a Bastard Son of Priam
AENEAS, & ANTENOR, Trojan Commanders
CALCHAS, a Trojan Priest, taking part with the Greeks
CRESSIDA, Daughter to Calchas
PANDARUS, Uncle to Cressida
AGAMEMNON, the Grecian General
MENELAUS, his Brother
HELEN, Wife to Menelaus
ACHILLES, AJAX, ULYSSES, NESTOR, DIOMEDES, & PATROCLUS, Grecian Commanders
THERSITES, a deformed and scurrilous Grecian
ALEXANDER, Servant to Cressida
Servant to Troilus
Servant to Paris
Servant to Diomedes
Trojan and Greek Soldiers, and Attendants
Macbeth
First Rehearsal approx.: March 24, 2020
April 24-May 17, 2020
DUNCAN, King of Scotland
MALCOLM & DONALBAIN, his sons
MACBETH General of the King’s Army, afterwards King of Scotland
LADY MACBETH
BANQUO, General of the King’s army
FLEANCE, Son to Banquo
MACDUFF, LENNOX, ROSS, MENTEITH, ANGUS, & CAITHNESS, Noblemen of Scotland
LADY MACDUFF
HECATE and Three WITCHES
SIWARD, Earl of Northumberland, General of the English Forces
YOUNG SIWARD, his son
SEYTON, an Officer attending Macbeth
Boy, son to Macduff
An English doctor
A Scotch doctor
A Sergeant
A Porter
An old man
Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth
Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers
The Ghost of Banquo, and other Apparitions
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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