Door Shakespeare 2024 Season Equity Principal Actors - Door Shakespeare Inc. Auditions

Door Shakespeare 2024 Season - Chicago EPA Door Shakespeare Inc | Baileys Harbor, WI

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, February 29, 2024

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)

BREAK: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

CONTRACT

SPT

$600 weekly minimum (SPT 6+)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Door Shakespeare's 2024 Season (see breakdown).

Door Shakespeare Celebrates Diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive

environment for all employees.

PREPARATION

Please share two contrasting speeches and a song. One monologue should be

Shakespeare. For the second monologue a British dialect is encouraged but not required. Actor-musicians who play instruments are encouraged to prepare a brief piece for any instrument on which they are stage proficient. We are particularly interested in seeing you accompany yourself while singing. When preparing for your audition, please take into consideration your appointment time. All material should fit within the 3-minute time period. Please provide a headshot and resume.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center

557 W Randolph St

1st Fl

Chicago, IL 60661

PERSONNEL

Director, ROMEO AND JULIET: Dimonte Henning

Stage Manager: Kira Neighbors

Scenic and Properties Design: Jody Sekas Lighting Design: Todd Mion

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Producing Artistic Director: Amy Ensign Director, EMMA: Maggie Kettering

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: June 3, 2024

First public performance: July 3, 2024 Closing performance: August 17, 2024

OTHER

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Door Shakespeare performs outdoors on a wooden stage abutting Lake Michigan in Björklunden, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. The company is invested in safety and accessibility for all performers, and, with that, wants everyone to know workdays will involve outdoor rehearsal and performance in fluctuating temperature and weather conditions.

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

DOOR SHAKESPEARE 2024 SEASON

The 2024 summer season will feature William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET and Jane Austen’s EMMA, adapted by Joseph Hanreddy. The two shows play in rotating repertory from July 3 to August 17, 2024, in the Garden at Björklunden in Door County, Wisconsin.

CASTING NOTE: An ensemble of 12 actors will play all roles. Specific tracks will reflect the skills and needs of the ensemble cast in both productions.

ROMEO AND JULIET

by: William Shakespeare

SEEKING:

ROMEO, sole son and heir of the Montague family

JULIET, girl from Verona, only child of the Capulets

MONTAGUE, Romeo’s father

LADY MONTAGUE, Romeo’s mother

CAPULET, Juliet’s father

LADY CAPULET, Juliet’s mother

TYBALT, Juliet’s cousin

MERCUTIO, the Prince’s kinsman, and friend to Romeo

BENVOLIO, Romeo’s cousin

SAMPSON, a Capulet retainer

GREGORY, a Capulet retainer

FRIAR LAURENCE, a Franciscan

NURSE to JULIET

CHORUS, ENSEMBLE, TOWNSPEOPLE

EMMA

By: Jane Austen; adapted by Joseph Hanreddy

SEEKING:

Actor 1. Emma

Actor 2. Mr. Knightley

Actor 3. Mr. Woodhouse

Actor 4. Mr. Weston, John Knightley

Actor 5. Miss Bates, Isabella Knightley

Actor 6. Harriet Smith, Jane Fairfax

Actor 7. Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Elton

Actor 8. Mr. Elton, Frank Churchill, Robert Martin

Actors 9–12. Non-speaking servant(s) facilitate transitions and onstage costume changes, and delivers correspondence. One will play the non-speaking part of Mrs. Bates.