Indianapolis Shakespeare Company
CONTRACT
LOA weekly salary TBA (2019 minimum was $348) (LOA ref. LORT)
SEEKING
Equity actors for possible replacements in A Midsummer Night's Dream. We are committed to rehiring our 2020 Midsummer cast but are open to seeing auditioners for future work or as replacements should any of the actors cast in 2020 have to bow out.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a I-minute Shakespeare monologue video audition and submit to diane@indyshakes.com.
Deadline: Mon, Apr 5, 2021
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing the auditions:
Indy Shakes Executive Artistic Director Diane Timmerman
Production Director Lauren Morris
Assistant Director Ryan Artzberger
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: June 28, 2021.
Midsummer runs July 22, 23, 24 & 29, 30, 31, 2021
Performances are planned to take place outdoors and in person.
OTHER
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
ALL ROLES were cast in 2020 and that cast is returning. Seeking possible replacements only.
Theseus/Oberon (Duke of Athens/King of Fairies) - any gender, any ethnicity 30s+
Hippolyta/Titania (Queen of the Amazons/Queen of Fairies) - any gender, any ethnicity 30s+
Egeus/Quince (father of Hermia/a carpenter) - male, any ethnicity 40s+
Hermia/Mustardseed (a lover/a fairy) - female, any ethnicity 20s-30s
Lysander/Peaseblossom (a lover/a fairy) - male, any ethnicity, 20s-30s
Helena/Cobweb (a lover/a fairy) - female, any ethnicity, 20s-30s
Demetrius/Moth (a lover/a fairy) - male, any ethnicity, 20s-30s
Robin Goodfellow (a Puck) - any gender, any ethnicity, 20s+
Nick Bottom (a weaver) - any gender, any ethnicity, 30s+
Francis Flute (a bellows-mender) - any gender, any ethnicity, 20s+
Tom Snout (a tinker) - any gender, any ethnicity, 20s+
Snug (a joiner) - any gender, any ethnicity, 20s+
We welcome a wide spectrum of gender identifications into our telling of this story, as well as a great diversity of ethnicities.
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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