THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged & Revised) - NYC EPA
Connecticut Free Shakespeare
AUDITION DATE
Wed, May 22, 2019
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LOA Outdoor Drama (approval/salary level pending; $410).
SEEKING
Equity actors for 3 available roles. Each actor plays multiple characters. See breakdown.
Stage Manager position is filled for 2019
There will be no ASM in 2019
(see separate notice on casting call for future consideration submission info)
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief monologue.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Managing Artistic Dir/Stage Dir: Ellen Lieberman
Company Manager: Alejandro Lopez
Author: Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield
Casting: Alejandro Lopez
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: July 16, 2019 in CT
Runs August 1,2,3,4 outdoors on the grounds of The University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT.
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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.
BREAKDOWN
All roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted).
3 Equity contracts available: each actor plays multiple roles.
Actors must be totally comfortable with audience interaction. There is no fourth wall in this play. Each actor must be an experienced and proficient improvisor. Although the piece is fully scripted, much of the fun is improvised, and will vary from night to night. Each actor must be confident and accomplished in the delivery of Shakespearean dialogue. It’s a high energy wacky piece. The need to be able to keep up a frenetic pace for 90 minutes is essential.
Actor 1: Male or Female Often the straight character; more down-to-earth than his counterparts.
Plays Romeo, Caesar, Richard II, King Lear, Richard III, Horatio, Polonius, Laertes, Sampson, Prince, Nurse, Friar Laurence, Witch.
Actor 2: Male or Female: The “Professor” type; takes it all a bit too seriously
Plays Narrator, Hamlet, Titus, Macbeth, Antony, King John.
Actor 3: Male or Female The fun character; sometimes the dumb character; plays the female roles. Plays Juliet, Lavinia, Ophelia, Cleopatra, Gertrude, Benvolio, Othello, MacDuff, Soothsayer, Henry VI, Bernado, Ghost, Claudius.
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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