Southwest Shakespeare Company 2019-2020 Season - Phoenix EPA Days
Southwest Shakespeare Company
AUDITION DATES
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (MDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Sun, Apr 28, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (MDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
Online Sign-Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b084aaaac28a0ff2-20192020
CONTRACT
LOA LOA/LORT Minimum - $454/wk
SEEKING
Actors, Actor/Singers, Actor/Musicians for both principal and ensemble roles in our upcoming 2019/2020 Season. See breakdown for details.
PREPARATION
One-minute classical monologue. You may also prepare 16 bars of a song a cappella or self-accompanied. An accompanist will also be present if you would like to bring your own sheet music.
Please bring 2 copies of a headshot and resume with you.
LOCATION
Madison Center for the Arts
5601 N 16th St
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Parking structure located directly south of the facility by the Madison Promenade.
PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Directors Quinn Mattfeld and Betsy Mugavero
Associate Artistic Director Patrick Walsh
K-12 Education Directors Breona Conrad and Joshua Murphy
OTHER DATES
Fall Season begins rehearsal in September 2019. Macbeth opens October 25, 2019 and runs until November 9, 2019.
Spring Season begins rehearsal in January 2020. Midsummer opens February 21, 2020 and runs until March 7, 2020.
Rehearsals for Hudson begin in March 2020. Hudson opens April 11th, 2020 and runs until April 25th, 2020.
Educational Tours run in conjunction with school semesters, rehearsing in August 2019, touring throughout the state in Sept-Dec 2019 & Jan-May 2020.
OTHER
sw.shakespeare.org
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
Macbeth
The Porter/Ensemble- CAST
All other roles available (no Understudies required)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom- CAST
Titania- CAST
All other roles available (no Understudies required)
Hudson: A Historical Musical
(All Understudy Roles Not Yet Cast)
Henry Hudson- CAST
John Hudson- Young, naive, son to the great explorer Henry Hudson.
Yon- Gruff, bitter, vengeful Dutch sailor caught up in the mutiny against Hudson. May also have inadvertently caused the mutiny. Woodhouses' older brother.
Woodhouse- Snarky, subversive, but secretly optimistic with dream of a new start. Dutch sailor caught up in the mutiny against Hudson. Yon's younger sister (disguised as a boy).
As He Liked It OR This Is How We Scroll
10 play all the parts in a rotating repertory of Shakespeare's greatest hits, rehearsed and performed using the Unrehearsed Cue Script Technique.
Target Audience: High School to Middle School
SWift Shakespeare
3 Actors to play all the parts in a hilarious, high-energy introduction to Shakespeare for kids.
Target Audience: Middle School to Elementary School
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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