American Shakespeare Center 2019-20 Season - Staunton, VA EPA
American Shakespeare Center
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Mar 04, 2019
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 2 to 2:30
APPOINTMENTS
Sign-up sheet will be available at the Blackfriars Playhouse at 9:30AM the day of the audition.
CONTRACT
LOA Contract/ salary pending
SEEKING
Equity actors for the 2019-20 season shows in repertory.
Both the Production Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager have been filled. See separate notice on Casting Call for submission info for future consideration.
PREPARATION
Please prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues.
Please bring a picture and résumé.
LOCATION
Blackfriars Playhouse
10 S Market St
Staunton, VA 24401
PERSONNEL
Ethan McSweeny, Artistic Director
Jay McClure, Associate Artistic Producer (in attendance at the EPA)
Nathan Winkelstein, Casting Consultant
OTHER DATES
Seasons run May 2019 to April 2020
See breakdown for dates.
OTHER
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
2019-20 American Shakespeare Center
2019 Blackfriars Playhouse Summer & Fall Seasons (30-week contract)
First Rehearsal: May 6, 2019
First Performance: June 25, 2019
Final Performance: December 1, 2019
Seeking
Equity female and male actors for the Blackfriars Playhouse seasons of rotating repertory, which includes:
2019 BLACKFRIARS SUMMER & FALL SEASONS
JULIUS CAESAR, Ethan McSweeny, director
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, Sharon Ott, director
CAESAR & CLEOPATRA, Eric Tucker, director
THE WILLARD SUITCASES, Ethan McSweeny, director
2020 Winter Season: Actors’ Renaissance (15-week contract)
First Rehearsal: January 7, 2020
First Performance: January 24, 2020
Final Performance: April 19, 2020
5 PLAYS TBA
Breakdown
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 ASC is looking for the following general types (exact doubling will be determined when the acting companies are cast):
Younger leading men: Could play Octavius, Mardian, Lucius.
Younger leading women: Could play Charmian, Iris, Shaw's Cleopatra, Portia, Octavia.
Leading men: Could play Antony, Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Enobarbus.
Leading women: Could play Shakespeare's Cleopatra, Calphurnia, Ftatateeta.
Character actors: Could play Lepidus, Britannus, Soothsayer, Casca.
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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.
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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