California Shakespeare Theater
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum + health & pension (LORT B)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in California Shakespeare Theater's 2022 Season (see breakdown).
BIPOC actors are encouraged to apply.
Local actors encouraged to submit.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please email your taped audition, headshot & resume. Please format the subject line of your email as follows: “2022 Season Generals: NAME, UNION STATUS [Equity, non-Equity, EMC]”. Submit tape via any downloadable forum: Quicktime, Youtube, Dropbox, Gsuite or Vimeo are all accepted. Please note that no further communication from the casting department is guaranteed following your submission.
Deadline: Fri, Jan 21, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Dori L. Jacob, Casting Director
Anina Baker, Casting Associate
LeeAnn Dowd, Artistic Producer
OTHER DATES
Romeo y Juliet
Rehearsal: April 18- May 16, 2022
Tech: May 17- May 24, 2022
Previews: May 25- June 1, 2022
Performances: June 2-19, 2022
Tentative extension weeks: June 21-26, 2022 & June 28- July 3, 2022
Student Matinees: TBD
Lear
Rehearsal: August 2- August 29, 2022
Tech: August 30- September 6, 2022
Previews: September 7- September 13, 2022
Performances: September 14- October 2, 2022
Tentative extension weeks: October 4-9, 2022 & October 11-16, 2022
Student Matinees: TBD
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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Introduce yourself with your name and whatever else you'd like to tell us about yourself. Please perform 2 contrasting monologues: one of these should include heightened language (eg. verse, poetry, or something “bigger” than our everyday speech). Both monologues should be no longer than 90 seconds combined.
In the body of your email, please share the following information (optional): - Your primary home base and/or any locations you are considered a “local hire” - Website or link to additional samples of your work (eg. reel) - Any special skills or experience that you would like to showcase for the 2022 Cal Shakes productions specifically, especially proficiency in Spanish and/or comfort with singing or instruments.
ROMEO Y JULIET By William Shakespeare & adapted by Karen Zacharias, Directed by KJ Sanchez
Seeking understudies for all roles, especially actors bilingual in Spanish and English.
ROMEO son to Montesco.
MERCUTIO kinsman to the prince, and friend to Romeo.
BENVOLIO nephew to Montesco, and friend to Romeo.
TYBALT/PARIS
PRINCE/FRIAR LAURENCE
LADY CAPULETO wife to Capuleta
JULIETA daughter to Capuleta
NURSE to Julieta
CAPULETO/APOTHECARY/Other Servants
NOTE: Entire company will also be the Chorus and various servants
LEAR (runs 9/14/2022 - 10/2/2022)
By William Shakespeare in a modern verse translation by Marcus Gardley
Seeking submissions for all roles in an ensemble of 10-12, including 2 supplemental extras and understudies.
Full character list below; doubling/specific character tracks TBD.
King Lear, king of Britain
Goneril, eldest daughter of King Lear, Albany’s wife
Regan, second daughter of King Lear, Cornwall’s wife
Cordelia, youngest daughter of King Lear
Duke of Albany, Goneril's husband
Duke of Cornwall, Regan's husband
Earl of Kent, loyal to King Lear, later disguised as Caius
Earl of Gloucester, Father to Edgar and Edmund
Edgar, elder son of the Duke of Gloucester
Edmund, illegitimate son of the Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Burgundy, suitor to Cordelia
King of France, suitor to Cordelia
Fool, servant to King Lear
Oswald, steward and servant of Goneril
Curan, a courtier
Old Man, tenant to Gloucester
Doctor, attendant to Cordelia
Captain, attendant to Edmund
Lear’s Gentleman, attendant to Lear
First Servant, Second Servant and Third Servant, servants of Cornwall
First Messenger, Second Messenger and Third Messenger
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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