ROMEO AND JULIET HEADSHOT/RESUME SUBMISSIONS - Oregon Shakespeare Festival Auditions

ROMEO AND JULIET - HEADSHOT/RESUME SUBMISSIONS
Oregon Shakespeare Festival

CONTRACT
LORT Rep
$1,096 weekly minimum (LORT B+)

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in ROMEO AND JULIET (see breakdown).

Oregon Shakespeare Festival believes in diversity and representation in casting and encourages actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival produces in repertory. Most performers and stage managers work on multiple shows throughout the year. A standard repertory contract includes up to four assignments, including understudies. Actors in ROMEO AND JULIET may also be considered for roles & understudies in TWELFTH NIGHT (3/17/23 – 10/14/23) and understudies in RENT (2/14/23 – 10/15/23)

INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit at
https://forms.gle/3bNTrhFeFFpLKVcv5

Deadline: Thu, Sep 22, 2022

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION: One of the most famous stories of young love explodes with intense passion—as two star-crossed lovers from two different families and backgrounds sacrifice all to be together. Set in a homeless encampment in a large west coast city, Artistic Director Nataki Garrett's contemporary production explores the failures of “manifest destiny” through capitalism and class divisions for her first Shakespeare production at OSF.

SEEKING:

Romeo/As Cast: 20s, masculine-presenting, any ethnicity. Child of a rich family who has lost their wealth. Romeo is very quick to love.

Juliet/As Cast: 20s, female, BIPOC/multi-racial. She is from an upwardly mobile family, her eligibility as a bride is a part of her family’s rise to wealth.

Tybalt/As Cast: 20-30s, any gender, BIPOC. Juliet’s short-tempered cousin and a rival to Romeo.

Mercutio/As Cast: 20-30s, any gender, any ethnicity. In Romeo’s crew. Romeo’s best friend.

Montague/As Cast: 40+, masculine-presenting, any ethnicity. Romeo’s parent. The Montague family has lost their wealth under his leadership.

Nurse/Lady Montague/As Cast: 40+, femme-presenting, BIPOC. NURSE - Personal guardian of Juliet and loves her. She helps make the match with Romeo. LADY MONTAGUE - Romeo’s parent.

Capulet/As Cast: 40+, masculine-presenting, any ethnicity. Juliet’s parent. Head of a multi-racial family who formally had impressive wealth.

Lady Capulet/As Cast: 40+, femme-presenting, any ethnicity. Juliet’s parent. Head of a multi-racial family with formerly impressive wealth.

Benvolio/As Cast: 20-30s, any gender, any ethnicity. Connected to both houses and unsuccessfully tries to broker peace between them.

Friar Lawrence/As Cast: 40+, any gender, any ethnicity. A “spiritual guide” trusted by Romeo and Juliet, helps them with the plot to get married.

Balthasar/As Cast: 20s-30s, any gender, any ethnicity. In Romeo’s crew. Deeply loyal to Romeo. Fights with the Capulets. Plays music, ideally guitar or keyboard.

Paris/As Cast: 20-30s, masculine-presenting, white. Has generational wealth and is successful, and a suitor of Juliet. Will double as people who work in the Capulet household.

Prince Escalus/As Cast: 30+, masculine-presenting, white. He holds authority over the two feuding families. Has generational wealth and does not ever have to work.

PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Nataki Garrett
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Nataki Garrett
Casting: JZ Casting (Geoff Josselson, Katja Zarolinski, Karie Koppel)

OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: February 21, 2023
Previews: April 18, 2023
Closing: October 15, 2023

OTHER

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.