Shakespeare Play On DBA Santa Cruz Shakespeare
CONTRACT
LOA $728 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)
SEEKING
Equity actors of all ages, gender identities, and ethnicities, as well as those with disabilities, for roles in SCS's 2021 season: The Agitators by Mat Smart, and RII by Jessica Kubzansky. (See breakdown.) No roles will be understudied.
INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare one contemporary and one Shakespeare monologue totaling less than three minutes. Email video or a link to video along with headshot and resume to auditions@santacruzshakespeare.org.
Deadline: Fri, Mar 12, 2021
SUBMIT TO
auditions@santacruzshakespeare.org
PERSONNEL
Mike Ryan, Artistic Director (viewing auditions)
Paul Mullins, director, The Agitators (viewing auditions)
Melissa Rain Anderson, director, RII (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: June 28, 2021
First Tech: July 15, 2021
First Preview: July 20, 2021
Opening: THE AGITATORS July 25, 2021; RII July 26, 2021
Closing: August 29, 2021 with a possible one week extension to Sept. 5, 2021
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.
BREAKDOWN
THE AGITATORS
Susan B. Anthony - Female-identifying. White. Ages 29 to 75.
Frederick Douglass - Male-identifying. Black. Ages 31 to 77.
RII
Actor A - Plays King Richard II. Any gender identity. Any race/ethnicity. 20s - 30s (possibly older). Has a boyish, mercurial, volatile quality. Actors of color particularly encouraged to submit.
Actor B - Plays Bolingbroke, Queen Isabel, Aumerle, Lord Ross, a groom. Any gender identity. Any race/ethnicity. Age range 20s - 40s. Able to play seriously across gender lines and social status. Charismatic, political, movement skills and stage combat experience a plus. Actors of color particularly encouraged to submit.
Actor C - Plays York, Mowbray, Gaunt, Bushy, Northumberland, Carlisle, Scroop. Characters are primarily male. Any race/ethnicity. Age range 20s to 70s. Versatile character skills are a must. Actors of color particularly encouraged to submit.
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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