LOVE'S LABOURS LOST - CT EPA by Appt
Elm Shakespeare Company
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Feb 20, 2018
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EST)
APPOINTMENTS
Please email Audition@elmshakespeare.org to request an appointment. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LOA $515/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. Especially seeking theater artists who would like to join a strong existing ensemble company, with a deep commitment to mentorship. This is the 23nd season of Free Shakespeare in the Park.
PREPARATION
Prepare 2 contrasting Shakespeare monologues in verse - no more than 24 lines of verse (please do not bring prose); if you have an instrument or would like to sing 30 seconds (a cappella), you may prepare that as well. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Auditions will be run in the following manner:
Actors will be scheduled for a one hour time slot. Within that hour you'll give at least one of your monologue’s and have a chance to play a bit. You will be auditioning in a group as the actor/audience relationship and direct address will be important to this production. Actors will not be asked to stay for more than 1 hour.
LOCATION
Gateway Community College
20 Church St
New Haven, CT 06510
Bill Curran Community Room N 100 Entrance on the corner of Church and George
PERSONNEL
Director Rebecca Goodheart
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal July 17
First Performance August 16
Close: Sept 2, 2018
OTHER
No video submissions please.
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.
BREAKDOWN
Seeking:
Ferdinand: The young King of Navarre, idealistic, impulsive, later to fall in love with the Princess of France.
Berowne: Friend to the king; known for his biting wit and intellectual prowess; later in love with Rosaline.
Longaville: Companion to the King; later in love with Maria
Dumane: Companion to the King, later in love with Katherine
Moth: Don Armado's young, witty page - should be able to sing and/or play instrument
Costard: A rustic caught violoating the King's proclamation, low clown - should sing and/or play instrument
Dull: A simple minded country constable - should be able to sing and/or play instrument
Holofernes: An aging schoolmaster with an extravagant use of language - should be able to sing and/or play instrument
Nathaniel: A country priest; companion to Holofernes - should be able to sing and/or play instrument
Princess of France: An upright, intelligent, heir to the throne of France
Rosaline: a witty dark complexioned woman who spars with Berowne
Maria: a companion to Princess
Katherine: a companion to Princess
Boyet: Advisor to Princess and ambassador, witty
Macade: a messenger from France
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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