2018 Summer Shakespeare Season - Richmond, IN EPA **CANCELLED**
Richmond Shakespeare Festival
***Due to inclement weather and hazardous driving conditions, this audition will be rescheduled. We will update with date and location as soon as one is decided.**
AUDITION DATE
Sat, Jan 13, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
A second day of EPA's will be held in February in Indianapolis.
APPOINTMENTS
No Appointments. Non-Equity will be seen but Equity actors will be given priority.
CONTRACT
SPT Transitional SPT 3; salary negotiation in progress
SEEKING
Actors for all roles in our 2018 Summer Season productions, MACBETH and WINTER'S TALE. See breakdown for details.
PREPARATION
Please prepare two contrasting classical monologues. No more than three minutes total.
LOCATION
Earlham College
801 National Rd W
Richmond, IN 47374-4021
Turn on main road into campus - Carpenter on Right - White Turret on top.
PERSONNEL
Patrick Flick: Artistic Director/Director of Macbeth
Saffron Henke: Guest Director of Winter's Tale
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: May 15, 2017
Season Runs June 15-30, 2017
OTHER
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
MACBETH
Duncan – King of Scotland
Malcolm – Duncan's elder son
Donalbain – Duncan's younger son
Macbeth – a general in the army of King Duncan; originally Thane of Glamis, then Thane of Cawdor, and later King of Scotland
Lady Macbeth – Macbeth's wife, and later Queen of Scotland
Banquo – Macbeth's friend and a general in the army of King Duncan
Fleance – Banquo's son
Macduff – Thane of Fife
Lady Macduff – Macduff's wife
Macduff's son
Ross, Lennox, Angus, Menteith, Caithness – Scottish Thanes
Siward – general of the English forces
Young Siward – Siward's son
Seyton – Macbeth's armourer
Hecate – Queen of the witches
Three Witches
Captain – in the Scottish army
Three Murderers – employed by Macbeth
Third Murderer
Two Murderers – attack Lady Macduff
Porter – gatekeeper at Macbeth's home
Doctor – Lady Macbeth's doctor
Doctor – at the English court
Gentlewoman – Lady Macbeth's caretaker
Lord – opposed to Macbeth
First Apparition – armed head
Second Apparition – bloody child
WINTER'S TALE
Sicilia Leontes – The King of Sicily, and the childhood friend of the Bohemian King Polixenes.
Hermione – The virtuous and beautiful Queen of Sicily.
Camillo – An honest Sicilian nobleman.
Paulina – A noblewoman of Sicily.
Antigonus – Paulina's husband, and also a loyal friend of Hermione.
Dion – A lord of Sicily.
Cleomenes – A Sicilian lord.
Mamillius – The young prince of Sicily, Leontes and Hermione's son.
Emilia – One of Hermione's ladies-in-waiting.
Gaoler – Charged with imprisoning Hermione.
Mariner – His ship takes Antigonus to Bohemia.
Bohemia Polixenes – The King of Bohemia, and Leontes's boyhood friend.
Florizel – Polixenes's only son and heir.
Perdita – The daughter of Leontes and Hermione, unaware of her royal lineage.
Shepherd – An old and honorable sheep-tender.
Clown – or Young Shepherd, the Old Shepherd's buffoonish son, and Perdita's adopted brother.
Autolycus – A roguish peddler, vagabond, and pickpocket.
Mopsa – A shepherdess, in love with Young Shepherd.
Dorcas – A shepherdess, in love with Young Shepherd.
Other Characters: Archidamus – A lord of Bohemia, visiting Sicilia with his king. Lords, servants, gentlemen, ladies in Sicilia Shepherds, shepherdesses, servants in Bohemia
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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