Door Shakespeare 2024 Season - Chicago EPA Door Shakespeare Inc | Baileys Harbor, WI
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, February 29, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
SPT
$600 weekly minimum (SPT 6+)
Equity actors for roles in Door Shakespeare's 2024 Season (see breakdown).
Door Shakespeare Celebrates Diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive
environment for all employees.
Please share two contrasting speeches and a song. One monologue should be
Shakespeare. For the second monologue a British dialect is encouraged but not required. Actor-musicians who play instruments are encouraged to prepare a brief piece for any instrument on which they are stage proficient. We are particularly interested in seeing you accompany yourself while singing. When preparing for your audition, please take into consideration your appointment time. All material should fit within the 3-minute time period. Please provide a headshot and resume.
Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661
Director, ROMEO AND JULIET: Dimonte Henning
Stage Manager: Kira Neighbors
Scenic and Properties Design: Jody Sekas Lighting Design: Todd Mion
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Producing Artistic Director: Amy Ensign Director, EMMA: Maggie Kettering
First rehearsal: June 3, 2024
First public performance: July 3, 2024 Closing performance: August 17, 2024
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Door Shakespeare performs outdoors on a wooden stage abutting Lake Michigan in Björklunden, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. The company is invested in safety and accessibility for all performers, and, with that, wants everyone to know workdays will involve outdoor rehearsal and performance in fluctuating temperature and weather conditions.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
The 2024 summer season will feature William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET and Jane Austen’s EMMA, adapted by Joseph Hanreddy. The two shows play in rotating repertory from July 3 to August 17, 2024, in the Garden at Björklunden in Door County, Wisconsin.
CASTING NOTE: An ensemble of 12 actors will play all roles. Specific tracks will reflect the skills and needs of the ensemble cast in both productions.
ROMEO, sole son and heir of the Montague family
JULIET, girl from Verona, only child of the Capulets
MONTAGUE, Romeo’s father
LADY MONTAGUE, Romeo’s mother
CAPULET, Juliet’s father
LADY CAPULET, Juliet’s mother
TYBALT, Juliet’s cousin
MERCUTIO, the Prince’s kinsman, and friend to Romeo
BENVOLIO, Romeo’s cousin
SAMPSON, a Capulet retainer
GREGORY, a Capulet retainer
FRIAR LAURENCE, a Franciscan
NURSE to JULIET
CHORUS, ENSEMBLE, TOWNSPEOPLE
Actor 1. Emma
Actor 2. Mr. Knightley
Actor 3. Mr. Woodhouse
Actor 4. Mr. Weston, John Knightley
Actor 5. Miss Bates, Isabella Knightley
Actor 6. Harriet Smith, Jane Fairfax
Actor 7. Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Elton
Actor 8. Mr. Elton, Frank Churchill, Robert Martin
Actors 9–12. Non-speaking servant(s) facilitate transitions and onstage costume changes, and delivers correspondence. One will play the non-speaking part of Mrs. Bates.
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