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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Monday, June 20, 2016
10:00AM - 6:00PM
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Sign-up begins at 9:00AM
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Contract
LOA
LOA ref LORT - Agreement Pending
Location
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
1238 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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Seeking
See breakdown
Preparation
Please prepare one classic comedic piece, two minutes in length.
Other Dates
Rehearsals begin June 28. Previews July 28, and July 29. Opens July 30th. Plays Wednesdays - Sundays, closes August 21.
Other
No stage management positions are available.
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Personnel
Ben Donenberg - Artistic Director
- EPA Rules are in effect.
- A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
EPA rules in effect.
Sign-up begins at 9:00AM
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Actors unable to attend call may submit headshot/resume to:
Casting
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
1238 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Not seeking understudies
TWELFTH NIGHT
Directed by Kenneth Sabberton, former RSC company member.
Female:
Viola: (a shipwrecked lady, later disguised as Cesario:)
Playing age 18-25.
Feisty, intelligent, a free spirit, falls in love at first sight, a survivor, must have strong verse speaking skills. Charismatic. Aristocratic.
Olivia: (a countess:)
Playing age 30+.
A ‘virtuous maid’, Able to play high status. Classically beautiful. Strong minded but vulnerable. Used to getting her own way.
Maria: (Olivia’s waiting-gentlewoman:)
Playing age 35-45.
Clever, strong minded and loyal, a schemer who runs Olivia’s household below stairs. In love with Sir Toby. Not to be messed with. Has lived life. No shrinking violet. Confident.
Male:
Sir Toby Belch: (Olivia’s kinsman:)
Playing age 30-50.
A boisterous reprobate but a gentleman; a knight. Actor able to play a convincing drunk. Over-weight. Highly intelligent. Aristocratic. A practical joker. Sudden fits of anger, dangerous.
Sir Andrew Aguecheek: (companion to Sir Toby:)
Playing age 25-35.
Gullible, ‘a very fool and a prodigal’. Wistful. Unique. An actor able to play comedy and pathos. Unskilled in the ways of love. A good physical actor.
Malvolio: (Olivia’s steward:)
Playing age 40-60.
Self-loving and self-righteous, pompous, angry, straight-laced. Puritanical. Head of Olivia’s household. Very experienced actor with excellent comedy skills. Priggish and haughty. A social climber.
Feste: (clown, Olivia’s jester:)
Playing age 30-60.
A privileged and bitter sweet onlooker. Melancholic. Must be able to sing. A clown. Excellent physical and comedy skills.
Antonio: (a sea captain; befriends Sebastian:)
Playing age 25-30.
Sympathetic but strong. Loyal. A fighter. Grounded.
Sebastian: (Viola’s twin brother, also shipwrecked:)
Playing age 18-25.
Feisty, intelligent, a free spirit, a survivor. Charismatic. Aristocratic. Physically strong.
Orsino/Officer: (Duke of Illyria:)
Playing age 30+.
Romantic but naïve, able to play high status. Lyrical, honest. A strong stage presence. Lovesick.
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