Interlochen Center for the Arts
AUDITION DATE
Fri, Feb 14, 2020
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (EST)
APPOINTMENTS
Please email Bill Church at churchwm@interlochen.org
CONTRACT
SPT SPT Category 3 $354 Per week Minimum pending equity approval
SEEKING
Actors for the Intelochen Shakespeare Festival.
PREPARATION
One 2 to 3 minute Shakespeare monologue and a one 1 to 2 minute contemporary monologue.
LOCATION
Interlochen Center for the Arts
40000 M-137
Interlochen, MI 49643
Harvey Theatre
PERSONNEL
Bill Church
OTHER DATES
Othello
6/15/2020 Rehearsal Begins
6/29 Tech Begins/Dress
7/2 Opening
7/12 Close
The Thanksgiving Play
6/15/2020 Rehearsal Begins
6/29 Tech Begins
7/7 Opening Night
7/10 Close
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
Othello, Iago, and Caden
Othello: A Moor (an African), a general in the defense forces of the city state of Venice. His successful profession brings him high status in Venice, but his foreign origins and color separate him from those with whom he lives and works. He is a military man, with a reputation for courage in battle and good judgment in military matters. Othello falls in love and marries Desdemona, but during the campaign against the Turks, Othello is tricked by Iago into believing that his wife has been unfaithful with his lieutenant, Cassio. Iago works on Othello's personal and social insecurity until Othello believes the combination of Iago's lies and flimsy circumstantial evidence. Inflamed with jealousy, he smothers Desdemona in her bed, only to find out too late that he has been misled and has killed the woman who loved him faithfully. In despair, he kills himself.
Iago: Othello's ancient (captain) in the Venetian defense forces. He had hoped for promotion, but Othello passed over him in favor of Cassio, and Iago works revenge on them both. He exploites Roderigo as a source of money and an unwitting accomplice in his plot to bring down Othello. When finally cornered and charged with his wickedness, Iago refuses to speak or to repent or explain his actions, and he goes to his punishment still surrounded by mystery.
Caden: Male, Caucasian looking, the academic. Teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School System with dramatic aspirations but no clue how things work on stage.
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 audition.
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