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Date of Audition:
12/2/2013
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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, December 2, 2013
10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
lunch 1 to 3
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
D; $583/week minimum (paying $600)
Location
Shakespeare & Company's Tina Packer Playhouse
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA
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Seeking
Equity Actors for 2014 summer season in Lenox, Massachusetts
See breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a monologue from Merry Wives, Henry IV or any Shakespeare play and have a contrasting, contemporary monologue of your choice prepared if requested.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
Lenox, MA EPA: 12/2, 10:30-7:30, Tina Packer Playhouse, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA
NYC EPA: 12/4, 9-5, Chelsea Studios, 151 W. 26th St.
Other
www.shakespeare.org
Personnel
Artistic Director: Tony Simotes
Artistic Associate: Jonathan Croy
Artistic Associate: Elizabeth Aspenlieder
General Manager: Stephen Ball
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
e-mail
cwheeler@shakespeare.org or call (413) 637-1199 x.140 weekdays between 10 AM and 4 PM. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
All rehearsal and performance dates are in 2014. All roles that are not listed have been cast without auditions; *for pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Actors with extensive voice and physical practice as well as familiarity with Shakespeare & Company text methods are preferred. The right performer in the role is more important than traditional gender and all roles are acceptable for non-traditional casting unless otherwise specified; we seek and strongly encourage participation by performers of all races and ethnicities. Musicianship, especially with period instruments, is a big plus in any role.
2014 SEASON
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Director: Tony Simotes
1st rehearsal: 5/27/14. Runs 6/21 – 8/31/14 (in rep with HENRY IV)
(to be cast and performed in rep with Henry the IV):
Slender
(25-45). A hopeless romantic; not quite sure what he wants, or how to get it.
Mistress Quickly
(45-55). Stands at the crossroads of everyone else’s business; romantic and well-intentioned; chronically misunderstands or mishears other people.
Mr. Page
(50s-60s). Pragmatic and opinionated.
Sir Hugh Evans
(40-65). A Welsh or distinctly “other” parson (any ethnic roots considered); an outsider in this community; a man of honest faith and great strength.
Caius
(50-60). A French doctor with a unique relationship to the English language; like Evans, an outsider in the community; a man of great and sudden passions.
Mistress Ford
(30s-40s) Smart and playful.
Mistress Page
(30-50). Smart and playful; like her husband, pragmatic and opinionated.
Host
(40’s-50’s). A charismatic man or woman, facility with language a must.
Simple
(20’s). A naïve and unschooled man or woman.
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HENRY IV PARTS 1 & 2
Diretor: Jonathan Epstein
1st rehearsal: 6/24/14. Runs 8/2 – 8/31/14
(to be cast and performed in rep with MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR)
Prince Hal
(20s-30s). Dissolute degenerate & tortured teenager; fun, witty, athletic & vindictive.
Henry Percy
(20s-30s). A warrior first, a lover a close second; hot-tempered, ambitious, athletic, fast-spoken. Doubles in part 2 as Pistol or Shallow.
King Henry
(50s-60s). Old wolf in winter; imposing but weakened by age and sin.
Poins / Glendower
(middle-aged or older). Warlike, generous, affectionate; must be Welsh or distinctly “Other”
Worcester
(middle-aged). Tough, bitter, duplicitous man or woman.
Bardolph / Westmerland / Musician:
(30s). Capable of low comedy and of courtliness; strong musicianship is as important as versatility in characterization.
Chief Justice:
(middle-aged). Voice of temperance and reason; quietly courageous man or woman.
The Douglas:
(40-60). A massive, warlike Scot; capable of low comedy and plays multiple instruments.
Justice Shallow:
(a million years old but can be played by any age or gender). Must make sense of complex thought and language.
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
Director: Jonathan Croy
-- 1st rehearsal: 6/10/14. Runs 7/4 – 8/24/14.
Adam, Jess or Daniel
(20-40). Willing and able to make strong character choices; capable of unfailing positivity in the face of an impossible task. Musical and/or unusual skills a plus, playfulness a necessity. Quick, light and very physical show.
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