Marin Shakespeare Company
REVISED
See updated breakdown.
CONTRACT
LOA $540 weekly minimum (LOA ref LORT)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Marin Shakespeare Company's 2022 Season to include EMILIA by Morgan Lloyd Malcom and TWELTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare (see breakdown).
We are a fully vaccinated company.
Bay Area actors encouraged to submit.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Submissions are through a two-step process. First, join this casting data base by creating your profile here: https://airtable.com/shrfB468zVHNzRKnp . Second, fill out Marin Shakespeare Company's Audition Form, and submit your headshot/resume and video here: https://airtable.com/shrpSnmZ6iDJtjWRE
Deadline: Mon, Mar 14, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Raphael Massie, Artistic Director
Dawn Monique Williams, Director
Nick Ishimaru, Casting Associate
Lesley Currier, Managing Director
OTHER DATES
Callbacks will be held in person at the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre on the campus of Dominican University in San Rafael, CA on Sunday, March 27 and Monday, March 28 from 9 to 6 pm.
Emilia: June 1 - August 7, 2022
Twelfth Night: July 20 - October 2, 2022
OTHER
www.marinshakespeare.org
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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
For your submission, please prepare a video of no more than 5 minutes. Please introduce yourself and tell us anything you'd like us to know about your background, and/or special skills. Include a Shakespeare and a contemporary monologue.
Singers, please include a song of your choice from the spiritual, gospel, or related genre, or you may use the sheet music (https://musescore.com/user/2018/scores/1937) and accompaniment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1TpMO5ZhDo) for Amazing Grace.
Musicians, please include a short sample of your proficiency with your instrument from the spiritual, gospel, or related genre.
PLEASE NOTE: We are not judging you based on the quality of the video you submit. Videos created on your phone or by zoom recording are great -- please do not stress about production values; we care about you, not your video producing skills.
SEEKING:
All roles will be understudied.
TWELFTH NIGHT
Twelfth Night will be directed by newly appointed Artistic Director Raphael Massie and will be framed through the lens of spirituality, rooted in Southern gospel. Actors who sing and/or play musical instruments in that particular style/genre are encouraged to submit.
Combined roles subject to change. Most roles open to alternative gender casting, except Viola, Olivia, Orsino, and Sebastian.
VIOLA
OLIVIA
MARIA
SIR TOBY BELCH
SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK
MALVOLIO
FESTE
SEA CAPTAIN/FABIAN
ORSINO
SEBASTIAN
VALENTINE/ ANTONIO
CURIO/OFFICER/ PRIEST
EMILIA
Emilia is the story of Emilia Bassano, believed to be the Dark Lady of Shakespeare’s sonnets and a poet in her own right.
Combined roles subject to change.
NOTE: Three actors of different ages play the Dark Lady Emilia as a young, mature, and older woman.
EMILIA 1, (woman, person of color) Emilia in her youth.
EMILIA 2, (woman, person of color) Emilia as a mature adult.
EMILIA 3, (woman, person of color) Emilia as an older adult.
ENSEMBLE CHARACTERS BELOW (women, any ethnicities, various ages and body types) - 6 transformative players to take on 23 characters. Imaginative physical storytellers who create the world around EMILIA.
Ensemble/MARGARET JOHNSON/HOWARD/MARY SIDNEY/MIDWIFE/HESTER
Ensemble/LADY HELEN/LORD COLLINS/SHAKESPEARE/MARY
Ensemble/SUSAN BERTIE/MARGARET CLIFFORD/DAVE/EVE
Ensemble/LADY KATHERINE/ALPHONSO LANIER/DESDEMONA
Ensemble/LADY CORDELIA/EMILIA(OTHELLO)/ANNE CLIFFORD/JUDITH
Ensemble/HENRY CAREY/BOB/FLORA
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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