Kingsmen Shakespeare Company 2024 season Equity Principal Actors - Kingsmen Shakespeare Company Auditions

Kingsmen Shakespeare Company 2024 season - LA EPA Kingsmen Shakespeare Company | Thousand Oaks, CA

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, March 21, 2024

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

Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm

CONTRACT

LOA

$494 weekly minimum (LOA ref LORT) - salary pending

SEEKING

CLASSICALLY TRAINED actors OF ALL ETHNICITIES with SIGNIFICANT

EXPERIENCE in the performance of Shakespeare for our outdoor summer repertory season to include Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Actors will be cast in both shows. Experience with stage combat, movement/dance, and singing a plus. We are seeking to assemble a diverse company with some cross-gender casting. Actors of ALL ETHNICITIES are STRONGLY encouraged to audition.

Some roles will be understudied.

Much Ado About Nothing will be staged in post-WW2 California, and some characters will sing in the style of the period. Romeo and Juliet will have an Elizabethan setting.

PREPARATION

Prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues, or one Shakespeare monologue, total time not to exceed 3 minutes.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association LA Audition Center 5636 Tujunga Ave

North Hollywood, CA 91601

Street parking available

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Michael Arndt- Artistic Director

Brett Elliott - Associate Artistic Director Jason Rennie - Associate Artistic Director

Elizabeth Swain - Director, Romeo and Juliet

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: May 28.

Performances June 21 through July 28.

OTHER

Rehearsals and performances will take place in Thousand Oaks, CA (60 West Olsen Road).

https://kingsmenshakespeare.org/

Actors unable to attend the EPA may go to kingsmenshakespeare.org/festival/auditions.ht ml and click the link under Actors Equity Association Submissions

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

Much Ado About Nothing:

Don Pedro

Claudio

Hero

Leonato

Don John

Margaret

Borachio

Conrade

Dogberry

Sexton

Verges

Antonio

Friar Francis

Balthasar

Ursula

Messengers

Watchman 1

Watchman 2

Watchman 3

Lord

Boy

Romeo and Juliet:

Romeo

Montague

Lady Montague

Benvolio

Abram

Balthasar

Juliet

Capulet

Nurse

Tybalt

Capulet’s Cousin

Sampson

Gregory

Peter

Servingmen

Escalus

Paris

Mercutio

Paris’ Page

Friar Lawrence

Friar John

Apothecary

Chorus