HAMLET (role of Claudius) Equity Actors - Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Auditions

HAMLET (role of Claudius) - Baltimore MD EPA Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Baltimore, MD

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, March 13, 2023

3:30 PM - 8:30 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email:

auditions@chesapeakeshakespeare.com with your available times and any times that you would NOT be available to audition. The deadline to schedule an appointment is 3/10.

CONTRACT

Guest Artist

$487 weekly minimum (tier 2)

SEEKING

Equity actor to play Claudius in HAMLET.

CLAUDIUS: 50s. Smart, powerful, strategic, ambitious, compelling. A man of action. On the outside a likeable guy, you’d like to have a drink with, inside he is a master manipulator who abhors weakness in others and doesn’t let himself have any in himself.

PREPARATION

Please prepare the sides that will be emailed when appointment is confirmed. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Chesapeake Shakespeare Downtown Theater 7 S. Calvert St.

Baltimore, MD 21202

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Director: Eleanor Holdridge

Producing Executive Director: Lesley Malin Production Manager: Sarah Curnoles

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: March 21 3:30-9:30 Tech: April 21, 22, 24

Final dress: April 25

Preview: April 26 and 27

Opening: April 28

Closing: May 21

Generally, rehearsals are Tuesday-Friday 3:30 -8:30, Saturdays and Sundays 11-5

Performances Thursdays (7:30pm), Fridays (8:00pm), Saturdays (8:00pm), Sundays (2:00pm)

OTHER

www.chesapeakeshakespeare.com

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

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

Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.

Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.

Holding/Audition room information:

The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 20

The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 146