RICHARD III Equity Principal Actors - Elm Shakespeare Company Auditions

RICHARD III - New Haven, CT EPA Elm Shakespeare Company | New Haven, CT

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:00PM - 1:30PM

APPOINTMENTS

Email audition@elmshakespeare.org - no phone calls.

CONTRACT

LOA

$625 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in RICHARD III (see breakdown).

All roles will be understudied. All stage managerial positions are currently filled.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two 60-90 second monologues (no more than 20 lines) from Shakespeare with both totaling no more than 2 1/2 minutes. If you have a portable instrument which you play at professional performance level, please bring it and be prepared to sing 30 seconds of a song.

LOCATION

Gateway Community College

20 Church St

New Haven, CT 06510

Curran Room N100; Free shuttle from commuter train available, parking garage on Temple.

PERSONNEL

Psm- Cameron Jackson

Fight Choreo- Benjamin Curns

Lights - Jamie Burnett

Costumes - Becky Welles

TD- Kevin DiCello

Admin Assist- Lourdes Rivera

Development Director - Alice Anne Harwood Casting intern - Ben Jesulaitis

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Director- Rebecca Goodheart

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 16

Preview: Thursday, August 15

Opening: Friday, August 16

Closing: Sunday, September 1

OTHER

www.ElmShakespeare.org

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.

BREAKDOWN

RICHARD III

CASTING NOTE: Actors of all genders are encouraged to audition for every roll.

SEEKING:

ACTOR 1: Male presenting. To double:

Hastings: Lord Chamberlain, gullible, bit of a buffoon

Tyrrel – male presenting, low life murderer for hire

Holy Man 1 – any age/gender

ACTOR 2: male presenting, over 30. To double:

Stanley: Earl of Derby, father of Richmond, senior statesman

Cardinal Rotherham: any gender, against Richard

Holy Man 2

ACTOR 3 – male presenting, over 40. To double:

King Edward IV – dying, good hearted, desires family’s reconciliation

Lord Mayor – effusive, gullible

Lord Blunt – Soldier, Richmond’s close advisor

Cardinal Bouchier -

ACTOR 4 – Male presenting, between 25-40. To double:

Rivers: Brother to Queen Elizabeth, hot headed, outspoken, hates Richard

Henry, Earl of Richmond: Becomes King by defeating Richard, charismatic, soldier Bishop of Ely -

ACTOR 5 – Female presenting, over 45. To double:

Margaret, Widow of King Henry 6th: a little crazy, curses everyone, wanders castle like a witch 1 Citizen – Gossip

ACTOR 6 -- Female presenting, over 45. To double:

Duchess of York, mother of Richard: widow, grieves all those she’s lost, advises women of court George: Duke of Clarence, wrongly imprisoned by Richard, dies at hands of executioners

ACTOR 7 -- Female presenting, 20-35. To double:

Anne, widow of Edward Prince of Wales, public mourner, wooed by Richard

Executioner 2 – Clown, kills Clarence

2 Citizen/Scrivener:

ACTOR 8 – Any Gender, under 40. To double:

Executioner 1 – Clown kills Clarence

William Catesby – Richards second right hand man, implementer of plots

ACTOR 9 – Any Gender, under 40. To double:

Marquess of Dorset: Queen Elizabeths son by 1st marriage, newly promoted at court Richard Ratcliffe: Richards third right hand, implements all the execution orders