HAMLET (role of Hamlet) - NYC Appointments
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions to be held 10/13/17 by APPOINTMENT ONLY.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT C; $823/week
SEEKING
Actors for the role of HAMLET only at this time. See details in breakdown.
Seeking submissions from AEA members. AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions).
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email picture and resume. Deadline 10/9/17
Deadline: Mon, Oct 9, 2017
SUBMIT TO
submission.mccorklecasting@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Ted Pappas
Director: Ted Pappas
Writer: William Shakespeare
Casting Assistant: Tracy Kaczorowski
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle, Katja Zarolinski
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal Date(s): 03/20/2018
Preview Date(s): 04/19/2018
Opening Date(s): 04/27/2018
Closing Date(s): 05/20/2018
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
[HAMLET]
Hamlet is a royal prince and university-educated. He is brilliant and verbally dexterous; sometimes tremendously impulsive and at other times hesitant and indecisive. He is moody, temperamental and theatrical, but often introspective, and riddled with doubts. His moods swing from scene to scene, from person to person.
He had a deep attachment to and respect for his late father, King Hamlet. He has always been close to his mother, Queen Gertrude, and is repulsed by her hasty re-marriage to his uncle, the current King Claudius, whom he considers a usurper of his father’s throne, and most importantly his father’s bed.
He is in love with Ophelia, and has written her tender and beautiful letters and poems. But he is crushed and angered by what he considers her duplicity and dishonesty to him. Hamlet is popular and beloved by the citizens of Denmark. He has school chums and friends, but two of them, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, appear to have sided with his uncle, making Hamlet feel even more isolated and watchful. His only true friend is Horatio, and Hamlet leans on him and confides in him throughout the play. He confides, as well, with the audience in a series of spectacular arias and soliloquies, in which he reflects on what it means to be a son, to be alive and hopeful in a corrupt world, on whether, how, and when to avenge his father’s murder, and even the power of the theater.
The voice-over to Laurence Olivier’s film of Hamlet states: “This is the tragedy of a man who could not make up his mind.” But these are Olivier’s words, not Shakespeare’s. He first seeks the truth about the Ghost---is it truly the ghost of his father? Then he sets a trap for his uncle using a theatrical troupe as bait. He impulsively and accidentally kills Polonius, thinking he has killed Claudius. He decides against stabbing Claudius while the King is at prayers, lest he send the villain straight to heaven. And he even dispatches Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths.
Hamlet should be around 30 years of age, with impeccable classical training. The voice and diction must be thrilling, and the fight training extensive. A mercurial and charismatic quality is a must, with humor a definite plus. This will be a classic version of Hamlet, set in period, not modern-day. There will be cuts and edits from the original text, but the role requires an actor of tremendous stamina, vocal power, and variety in playing from scene to scene.
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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