American Shakespeare Center 2017-18 Season - NYC EPA
American Shakespeare Center
AUDITION DATE
Oct 26, 2016
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LOA
contract/salary pending
SEEKING
Equity female and male actors for the Blackfriars Playhouse seasons of rotating repertory for 2017-18. See breakdown
PREPARATION
Please prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues. Total audition time under two minutes. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director: Jay McClure
OTHER
New York call-backs: Friday, October 28, 2016
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.
BREAKDOWN
Seeking for the Blackfriars Playhouse seasons of rotating repertory, which includes:
2017 BLACKFRIARS SUMMER/FALL SEASON:
(7-month contract)
First Rehearsal: April 24, 2017
First Performance: June 13, 2017
Final Performance: November 26, 2017
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, Jim Warren director
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Jenny Bennett director
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, TBA director
HENRY VI, PART 3, Jim Warren director
For the 2017 Summer/Fall Season (7-month contract), the ASC is looking for the following roles (exact doubling will be determined when the acting troupe is cast):
Younger male roles include: Claudio, Peter, Henry, Longaville, Dumaine.
Younger female roles include: Hero, Molly Aster, Princess of France.
Leading male roles: Benedick, Don Pedro, Black Stache, King of Navarre, Berowne, York, Richard, Edward, Warwick.
Leading female roles: Beatrice, Rosaline, Margaret, Elizabeth.
Character roles: Leonato, Smee, Dogberry, Boyet, Costard, Don Armado.
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2018 ACTORS’ RENAISSANCE SEASON:
(3-month contract)
First Rehearsal: December 26, 2017
First Performance: January 12, 2018
Final Performance: April 8, 2018
HAMLET
RICHARD II
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
New play TBA, Jim Warren director
ANTONIO’S REVENGE
For the 2018 Actors’ Renaissance Season (3-month contract), the ASC is looking for the following roles (exact doubling will be determined when the acting troupe is cast):
Younger male roles: Hamlet, Aumerle, Mirabell, Young Witwoud, Antonio.
Younger female roles: Ophelia, Isabel, Millamant, Mellida.
Leading male roles: Claudio, Ghost, Richard, Bolingbroke, York, Fainall, Piero.
Leading female roles: Gertrude, Duchess of York, Mrs. Fainall, Mrs. Marwood, Maria.
Character roles: Polonius, John of Gaunt, Lady Wishfort, Sir Witwoud, Petulant, Forobosco, Matzagente, Balurdo.
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The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) casts troupes of ensemble actors. All actors will be cast in each of the plays in a season of rotating repertory and each actor will play a variety of roles, large and small. All actors must have strong classical training and experience. Musical ability is a plus.
The American Shakespeare Center seeks actors of all shapes, sizes, colors, and abilities. We frequently cast women as male characters and sometimes men as female characters. We cast actors of color in any/all roles. We believe that Shakespeare's plays tell the stories of all of us and we want our casting to reflect that.
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