CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE 2021-22 SEASON Submission - Chicago Shakespeare Auditions

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE 2021-22 SEASON - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

CONTRACT

CAT $978 (TIER 6) $816 (TIER 5) $330 (TIER 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles and understudies in our 2021-22 season via video auditions (see breakdown).

INSTRUCTIONS

SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Tapes should be submitted via a link to YOUTUBE or VIMEO. Unfortunately at this time, we are not able to take individual file attachments. Your submissions must be sent as a link to a site that is stream ready. We are not able to accept WeTransfer or downloadable files at this time. A link to Google Drive is okay, but not preferred, PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK PRIVACY/SECURITY SETTINGS. Please submit by with subject EPA submission

Deadline: Tue, Jul 6, 2021

SUBMIT TO

castingoffice@chicagoshakes.com

PERSONNEL

Viewing auditions:
Casting Director: Bob Mason
Casting Assistant: Alexis Taylor

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production dates.

OTHER

Actors unable to submit a video audition: please contact the casting office at castingoffice@chicagoshakespeare.com and we will work with you for access to necessary equipment.

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:

Please prepare two pieces of your choice not to exceed three minutes (classical and/or contemporary). 32 bars of a song may be substituted for one of the pieces. If you don't have access to accompaniment, you may use the accompaniment for Somewhere Over the Rainbow provided at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XlaweIHaj1H8b7e-cO9EUYEfEayr_OQDJLlRis5lnU0/edit?usp=sharing. No a cappella, please. Notes for taping: Waist up or full body framing. If taping with a cell phone, please use LANDSCAPE (horizontal, not vertical). Please include headshot/resume in one PDF. If you have extensive or recent history with theater, headshot/resume submission is sufficient.

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS 2021 (OUTREACH SIDE LETTER) -- pay is $600/wk
A re-imagining of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in collaboration with community arts partners
Co-creative faciltators: Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel, Cage Sebastian Pierre, Paige Whitson-Martini
Contract begins the week of 7/26/21
Performances begin 8/19/21 (tentative)
Contract runs through 9/4/2021

In addition to two possible previews, performances run 8/24, 8/26, 8/28, 8/31, 9/2, 9/4
Rehearsals will be morning/evenings during the week and morning/afternoons on weekends

Seeking: a dynamic five-person acting ensemble to play multiple roles in a multidisciplinary, multilingual spin on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in close collaboration with six community artists/arts groups. Seeking all ages, genders, ethnicities and abilities. This is more community outreach than acting in a production of MIDSUMMER proper. A collaborative spirit, sense of play, and passion for ensemble-based theatre processes are a must!

AS YOU LIKE IT (TIER 6)
Director: Daryl Cloran
Musical director: Ben Elliott
Contract begins 9/6/21
Previews begin 10/6/21
Opens 10/14/21 or 1015/21
Closes 12/19/21 (first block of tickets on sale to 11/21/21)
A musical adaptation of the Shakespeare play, with Shakespeare text and music by the Beatles.

CHARACTERS: (NOTE; ALL characters must sing well)

JAQUES --Any gender. BIPOC. 40s to 60s. Melancholy with a full cynical of wit. An outsider. Must be excellent with text.--seeking role and understudy

SILVIUS/ENSEMBLE (he/him) Any ethnicities. -A young, suffering shepherd, who is desperately in love with the disdainful Phoebe.-must be excellent in piano, guitar helpful--seeking role and understudy

ROSALIND- (she/her). BIPOC. 20s to 30s (ALREADY CAST)--must have command of Shakespeare and sing very well--seeking understudy

CELIA (she/her) BIPOC. early 20s to 30s (ALREADY CAST)--must have command of Shakespeare and sing very well)--seeking understudy

ORLANDO (he.him) Any ethnicity. 20s to 30s (ALREADY CAST)--seeking understudy

OLIVER (he/him) Any ethnicity. 20s to 30s. (ALREADY CAST)--seeking understudy

ADAM/OLIVER MARTEXT-(he/him), Caucasian, 50s to 70s (ALREADY CAST)--seeking understudy

DUKE FREDERICK/DUKE SENIOR (he/him). Caucasian (ALREADY CAST)---seeking understudy

TOUCHSTONE (he/him)--Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)--must be expert with Shakespearean comedy--very outgoing--seeking understudy

PHOEBE/ELEANOR RIGBY (she/her) Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)-must sing very well--comedienne--seeking understudy

AUDREY/ENSEMBLE (she/her) Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)--must sing--seeking understudy

CORIN/ENSEMBLE (she/her) Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)--must play piano and sing well--seeking understudy

CHARLES/ENSEMBLE (he/him) Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)--must play bass guitar and sing well--seeking understudy

FOREST LORD/ENSEMBLE (he/him) Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)--must play guitar and sing very well--seeking understudy

WILLIAM/ENSEMBLE (he/him) Any ethnicity (ALREADY CAST)--must play drums very well--seeking understudy

ASSASSIN/ENSEMBLE (he/him) BIPOC. 20s. Must be athletic and preferably skinny. Height variable. Will understudy.

A NEW MUSICAL (TIER 6)--contemporary music--title and available roles to be announced ASAP. 20s to 70s. All genders and ethnicities.
First rehearsal: 2/1/22
First preview: 3/15/22
Opening: 4/3/22
Closing: 4/24/22
Possible extension through 5/22/22

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE—A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY IN THRILLING 3-D! (TIER 5)
BASED ON THE UNIVERSAL FILM, STORY BY RAY BRADBURY
BOOK AND MUSIC BY JOE KINOSIAN
BOOK AND LYRICS BY KELLEN BLAIR
DIRECTED BY LAURA BRAZA
SPRING/LATE SPRING 2022
CHARACTERS (NOTE: ALL CHARACTERS MUST SING WELL AND HAVE A FUNNY BONE)

SEEKING:
ACTOR 1 (she/her) ELLEN FIELDS (Late 20s to early 30s). BIPOC. Despite her outward appearance as the beautiful and charming girl-next-door found in most 50’s films, Ellen has a strength and an edge that breaks the mold on several occasions.

ACTOR 2 (she/her or GNC)—
MAIZIE (elderly); a sweet old woman, often found gossiping or offering neighbors some of her world famous peanut brittle.
THALGORIAN-X; the mighty warrior of the alien race.
SMITTY (middle-aged); a bartender.
ALIEN-JANE; an alien in disguise.

ACTOR 3 (she/her or GNC)—
HECKIE (40’s, male); a smarmy small-town reporter.
GROMMULEX; the leader of the alien race.
BUSYBODY (elderly); a passing busybody.

ACTOR 4 (he /him) JOHN PUTNAM (30’s); a scientist from the big city who sticks out like a sore thumb in the small town of Sand Rock; he means well, even if he does come off as a bit condescending in his professorial manner. Classic musical theater baritone or tenor.

ACTOR 5 (he/him or GNC)
SHERIFF MATT WARREN (early 30’s); Tough as nails, even if he rarely speaks above a mumble; he’ll protect his friends and neighbors whatever the cost.
GEORGE (teen); coke-bottle glasses wearing teen, dreaming of life in the big city.
PRAKAXIAS; the research officer of the alien race.

ACTOR 6 (he/him or GNC)
BORNEY (30’s); a small-town deputy; the Arizona version of Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith show.
FRANK (elderly); sometimes prone to poetic streams of consciousness, Frank has been Sand Rock’s repairman for as long as anyone can remember.
CORAL (middle-aged, female); a chain-smoking barfly.
ALIEN-JIMMY; an alien in disguise.

A SHAKESPEARE PLAY TBA (TIER 6)
Title and production information to be announced in summer 2021.

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.