MACBETH - NYC Appointments
Shakespeare Theatre Company
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions week of November 14th by Appointment Only.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-RepLORT B+; $936 Minimum
SEEKING
The roles of MACBETH, LADY MACBETH, LADY MCDUFF, and MACDUFF.
Seeking submissions from AEA members. AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions).
INSTRUCTIONS
Email or mail picture and resume ASAP for consideration.
Mark submission: MACBETH / NYC Appts / AEA Submissions. Include which role you are submitting for from this posting.
SUBMIT TO
LAURA STANCZYK CASTING1674 BROADWAY
SUITE 703
ATTN: MACBETH
NEW YORK, NY 10019
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Michael Kahn
By: William Shakespeare
Director: Liesl Tommy
Casting: Laura Stanczyk Casting
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: March 14, 2017
First Preview: April 25, 2017
Opening: May 1, 2017
Closing: May 28, 2017
Possible Ext: June 11, 2017
OTHER
NOTE: With the exception of the Witches, all roles in this production will be cast as people of color.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
NOTE: With the exception of the Witches, all roles in this production will be cast as people color. They represent the people of a formerly colonized state. It could be an African nation, an island in the West Indies, a state in the Middle East or a country in South America. The inhabitants are not necessarily just the indigenous people of the land but also citizens who may have originally been brought into the country as slaves or bondsmen.
SEEKING:
MACBETH:
Early 40’s – early 60’s. A person of color. A nobleman, a general, a warrior. A man used to pushing through obstacle and creating stratagem but at the behest of others. Something of a naïf, he needs to be shown opportunity and the road to power but once shown, he seizes it and destroys a fragile world of stability. He is not intrinsically evil so the knocking of conscience and the unraveling of a new democracy eventually undoes him.
LADY MACBETH
30’s – late 40’s. A person of color. A woman born into the wrong age. A woman who sees opportunity and advantage, who spurs her husband to action and to moments he would never have seen. Wildly ambitious, subtle and more dangerous than her husband. She sees power, smells it, is intoxicated by it and chases it. But her ambitions are finally betrayed by her own humanity.
LADY MACDUFF
30’s – early 40’s. A person of color. Warm, maternal, elegant and noble. Along with her children and her husband, the hope and the best of the land. Must also understudy Lady Macbeth so must have great range.
MACDUFF
40’s. A person of color. Incorruptible, deeply attached to his family as well as his country. A nobleman and a warrior but also a husband and father.
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 submit.
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