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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
ANTC
$575/week
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Studio B
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Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for various principal roles.
See Breakdown
Preparation
Prepare a brief classical monologue that demonstrates a facility and competency with language. Can be either comedic or dramatic.
Bring picture and resume stapled together
Other Dates
First Rehearsal: February 16, 2015
First Preview: March 26, 2015
Closes: May 10, 2015
Personnel
Artistic Director: Brian Kulick
Director: Austin Pendleton
Writer: William Shakespeare
Casting: James Calleri & Erica Jensen, Calleri Casting
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
AVAILABLE ROLES:
Claudius
Male 60 – 70 is the King of Denmark, elected to the throne after the death of his brother, King Hamlet. Claudius has married Gertrude, his brother's widow.
The Ghost/Player King/Gravedigger
Male 60 – 70 appears in the image of Hamlet's father, Think Alexander Haig, Donald Rumsfeld. Also plays the Player King and Gravedigger.
- Player King – He is the leader of the troupe of touring actors. In the play within a play, he takes the part of the king who is murdered
- Gravedigger – unearths Yorick’s skull
Polonius
Male 50 – 70, Claudius's chief counselor, and the father of Ophelia and Laertes.
Ophelia
Female 25 – 35 is the daughter of Polonius, and Laertes's sister, who lives with her father at Elsinore. She is in love with Hamlet.
Horatio
Male 40’s a good friend of Hamlet, from the university at Wittenberg, who came to Elsinore Castle to attend King Hamlet's funeral.
Rosencrantz/Osric/Watchman
Male 30’s are childhood friends and schoolmates of Hamlet, who were summoned to Elsinore by Claudius and Gertrude. Also plays Osric
- Osric – the courtier sent by Claudius to invite Hamlet to participate in the duel with Laertes.
Guildenstern/Fortinbras/Watchman
Male 30’s are childhood friends and schoolmates of Hamlet, who were summoned to Elsinore by Claudius and Gertrude. Also plays Watchmen and Fortinbras.
- Fortinbras – Norwegian crown prince, who assumes the throne of Denmark after Hamlet's death.
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The following roles have been CAST:
Hamlet – Male 40 the Prince of Denmark; he is son to the late King Hamlet; and nephew to the present King Claudius. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard
Gertrude – Female, 60’s the Queen of Denmark, and King Hamlet's widow, now married to Claudius, and mother to Hamlet. Cast: Penny Allen
Laertes – Male, 40 the son of Polonius, and has returned to Elsinore from Paris. Cast: Glenn Fitzgerald
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