MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - Seattle, WA EPA Seattle Shakespeare Festival | Seattle, WA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, April 10, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please fill out the form at:
https://forms.gle/9zbtET5TjyXAMFqk9 .
SPT
$690 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
Equity actors for roles in MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (See breakdown).
Please prepare a one-minute comedic Shakespeare prose piece. You are not required to memorize this monologue, the expectation is that you will be familiar and ready to “rehearse” with it. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Seattle Center
305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109-4623
First floor in the Armory Building, located adjacent to the Center Theatre.
Expected to attend:
Eddie DeHais (they/them), Director
George Mount (he/him), Artistic Director Makaela Milburn (she/her), Assoc. AD & Casting Director
Pilar O'Connell (they/them), Diversity Programming & Casting Assoc.
First rehearsal: 09/27/22
Opening: 10/27/22
Closing: 11/19/22
OTHER
Performed at The Center Theater @ The Armory
At Seattle Shakespeare we believe it is important to fully represent our community onstage so that these classic texts can speak to everyone. To do so, we strive to bring together diverse performers working from their full, authentic selves and operating at the top of their craft. As a Seattle-based company, we prioritize the local cultural ecology and local artists in our work.
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.
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: 46
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 35
Below are listed basic names and descriptions of the characters, however the stated attributes from the original text (including gender, age, race, ability, and other identity expressions) do not prescribe how we will cast the productions.
This adaptation also doubles some roles.
John Falstaff - CAST - A transmasculine knight AKA celeb with the energy of Eddie Izzard Pistol - A genderfluid bad boy, who’s rejected his rich family to live as themself
Host/Hostess Quickly - CAST - Manages the Garter Inn, the secret mastermind of Windsor. Enjoys putting on a show and other people’s drama
John Simple - CAST - A very awkward servingman; too shy to ever say “no,” so somehow works for almost everyone in Windsor.
Judge Shallow - A local judge. Fairly conservative and religious, but full of surprises Slender - Shallow’s nephew, a total himbo.
Dr. Caius - A longterm boarder at the Garter Inn. His doctorate is in poetry.
Mistress Ford - CAST - A woman who feels trapped in the role of aging housewife, and has lost a sense of her identity and value.
Master Ford - A successful businessman in Windsor, who has overly focused on his career and the superficial things in life, rather than himself, his wife, or his community.
Mistress Page - Owner of the Garter Inn, happily married, polyamorous.
Master Page - Co-owner of the Garter Inn, happily married, polyamorous.
Anne Page - A young woman who wants to find her own way.
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