RICHARD III Submission - SoHo Shakespeare Company Auditions

RICHARD III - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

SoHo Shakespeare Company

CONTRACT

Showcase-NY $700 - $1,000 stipend

SEEKING

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

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues in verse (no longer than 4 minutes total for both pieces).
Please edit all scenes + slate together into one clip and upload video to YouTube or Vimeo. Please include in your submission email if you are out of town and need to request a live Zoom callback for June 16th. Submit your headshot/resume, and link to your audition video.

Deadline: Fri, Jun 3, 2022

SUBMIT TO

submissions@sohoshakes.org

PERSONNEL

Director: Alex Pepperman
Associate Director: Kanika Vaish
Artistic Producer: Laura Yumi Snell
Associate Producer: Mariela Rivero

OTHER DATES

In-person callbacks: Thursday, June 16, 10am-6pm
Rehearsals begin: September 19th
Runs: October 21 - November 12

OTHER

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Production will take place at The Flea Theater’s The Sam, located at 20 Thomas Street, Manhattan.

In order to be assigned to this production, you will need to provide verification that you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, absent an approved accommodation.

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

Seeking:

Richard: Non-white, Male, 20-35. Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard the Third; also casting understudy.

Young Richard: Non-white, Male, 18+ to play 10-15 years old. Richard as a boy. Kind, gentle, and earnest. Fears the terrors of the world and his older brothers. Doubles with Ensemble roles.

Buckingham: Male, 20-35. Richard’s right-hand man. As amoral, ambitious, and violent as Richard is at the beginning of the play. Eventually confronts his role in the atrocities he helped commit.

Queen Elizabeth: Female, 30-35. Wife of King Edward IV. Becomes one of Richard’s main adversaries.

Duchess of York: Non-white, Female, 50+. Mother of Richard, George, and Edward. A powerful voice of dissent against Richard.

Margaret: Female, 45+. Widow of King Henry VI. One of the most vehement voices against Richard. Forced to live off of an allowance from her husband’s killers. Mourns her murdered husband and children and curses their murderers.

King Edward IV/King Henry VII: Non-white, Male, 30-35. Richard’s oldest brother and King at the start of the play. Becomes frail and easily manipulated in his illness. Doubles with: King Henry VII (Earlier, Earl of Richmond): a capable leader who becomes King by killing Richard at Bosworth Field.

Lady Anne: Female, 20-30. Widow of King Henry VI’s heir, Edward, Prince of Wales. Later marries Richard.

Lord Hastings: Male, 25-35. Faithful friend of King Edward IV. Opposes Richard. Entitlement is his fatal flaw.

Lord Stanley: Male, 30-40. A double-dealing career politician. Helps Richard rise to power, then aids in his assassination.

Ratcliffe & Catesby: Male, 25-40. Richard’s henchmen, loyal to the extreme. Crafty, overeducated, and lacks subtlety.

Lord Rivers/Tyrell/others: Male, 30-40. Brother to Queen Elizabeth; takes full advantage of his position of privilege. Doubles with Tyrrel: seemingly unfeeling but reveals a deep capacity for regret; and other roles.

George/others: Non-white, Male, 30-35. Duke of Clarence: middle brother of Richard and Edward. Loving to a fault. Will double with Ensemble roles.

Ensemble: 18-50. Murderers, Citizens, Ely Dorset, Grey, Mayor and others; featured characters which will double with other roles; Movement & fight skills a plus; will understudy principal roles.

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.