SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 2013 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Shakespeare & Company Auditions

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SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 2013 SEASON - Shakespeare & Company

Shakespeare & Company 2013 SPT Season - EPAs in MA
Shakespeare & Company | Lenox, MA


Date of Audition:
3/30/2013


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Saturday, March 30, 2013
11 AM – 7 PM, Lunch from 2:30 – 3:30 AND
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
10 – 6 PM, Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30

Contract
SPT
salary level pending

Location
Parker Playhouse, Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA

Seeking
Equity actors (men/women) for the 2013 SPT Season.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare two contrasting monologues

Bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates



Directions to Shakespeare & Company and further information:
www.shakespeare.org

Other
Equity Members will be seen by appointment and throughout the audition day as time permits.

Personnel
Artistic Director, Director: Tony Simotes
Artistic Associates: Elizabeth Aspenlieder & Jonathan Croy
General Manager: Stephen Ball

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
For appointments and/or other information: e-mail
cwheeler@shakespeare.org or call (413) 637-1199 x.140, 10am-4pm weekdays/

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

All roles will be understudied. Callbacks will be announced and scheduled at auditions.

All dates are in 2013. * For pre-cast roles, auditioni
ng performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. All roles are acceptable for non-traditional casting unless otherwise specified; we seek and encourage participation by performers of all races and ethnicities.

MASTER CLASS
by Terrence McNally
Director: Danny Gidron.
(SPT Category 3)
1st rehearsal: May 1. Runs May 24 through August 18, 2-4 times/wk.

Tony:
Tenor. Mid-late 20’ early 30’s. Must have a serious operatic singing voice.
~~ OR ~~
Sophie:
1st Soprano. Mid-late 20’s early 30’s. Must also have a serious operatic singing voice.

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BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
by Martin McDonagh
Director: Matthew Penn.
(SPT Category 6)
1st rehearsal: July 16. Runs August 8 through Sept. 15, 3-6 times/wk.

Pato Dooley:
Pato, middle-aged (40-55) handsome man and construction worker who’s fed up with having to live and work in England, disappointed by the limitations and loneliness of his life. Love interest to Maureen.

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LEAP YEAR
by William Coe Bigelow
Director: Stephen Rothman
(SPT Category 4)
1st rehearsal: August 14. Runs August 23 through Sept. 1, 5 times/wk.

Rob:
Married to Lisa, both 35-50, good people caught in a difficult situation.

Lisa:
Married to Rob, both 35-50, good people caught in a difficult situation.

Grace:
Mid- to late 50’s, motherly.


ACCOMPLICE
by Rupert Holmes
Director: Stephen Rothman.
(SPT Category 4)
1st rehearsal: Aug. 28. Runs Sept. 21 through Nov. 10, 4-5 times/wk.

Janet / Erika / Natalia:
Inventive and crafty sex-starved wife of Derek. Mid-late 30’s/40’s

Derek / Hal / Jason:
Rich, stuffy and boorish husband of Janet. Mid-late 30’s/40’s


IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
by Joe Landry
Artistic Director / Director: Tony Simotes.
(SPT Category 4)
1st rehearsal: Nov. 13. Runs December 6 through 29, 3-5 times/wk.

Freddie Filmore:
(30-45) Plays The Announcer, Gower, Old Man Potter, Billy, Joseph, Peter Bailey, Ernie, Old Man Collins, Ed, Pete, The Man at Martini’s, Nick, The Bridge Keeper, Binky and The Cop. Singing a plus.

Lana Sherwood:
(25-45) Plays Violet (and Young Violet), Rose Bailey, Matilda, Ruth, Mrs. Hatch, Mrs. Thompson, Schultz, Zuzu, Janie, The Stage Manager and Sadie Vance. Singing a plus.

Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood:
(30-45) Plays Harry (and Young Harry), Bert, Clarence Oddbody, Sam Wainwright, Martini, Dr. Campbell, Charlie, The Man at the Bank, Horace the Teller, Mr. Welch, Tommy and The Sheriff. Singing a plus.

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