Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 2022 Season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare two monologues, no longer than 2 minutes each. Submission should not exceed five minutes in total. Submit a Shakespeare monologue in verse for consideration for Twelfth Night. Please submit headshot/resume and video submission with the title of the e-mail as YOUR NAME - EQUITY PRINCIPAL AUDITION.
Deadline: Sat, Apr 30, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Bonnie J. Monte - Artistic Director
AC Horton - Artistic Associate (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
THE METROMANIACS
First Rehearsal: 7/19/22
Opening: 8/20/22
Closing: 9/4/22
MOJO and FLORENCE
First Rehearsal: 9/27/22
Opening: 10/29/22
Closing: 11/13/22
TWELFTH NIGHT
First Rehearsal: 11/8/22
Opening: 12/10/22
Closing: 01/01/23
OTHER
shakespearenj.org
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
Some roles will be understudied.
TWELFTH NIGHT, by William Shakespeare
Directed by TBA
Seeking:
Viola
Olivia
Orsino
Malvolio
Toby
Maria
Sebastian
Feste
Andrew Aguecheek
Antonio
Fabian
Sea Captain
Valentine
Curio
Priest
THE METROMANIACS, by David Ives
Directed by Brian B. Crowe
Seeking:
LUCILLE: A young woman in love with poetry.
DORANTE: A young man in love with Lucille.
DAMIS: A young poet.
LISETTE: Lucille’s maid.
FRANCALOU: Lucille’s father.
MOJO and FLORENCE, by Alice Childress
Directed by TBA
For this pair of one-acts, actors cast in MOJO will also appear in FLORENCE.
MOJO
IRENE A middle-aged Black woman, diagnosed with cancer.
TEDDY A middle-aged Black man, Irene’s former husband.
FLORENCE
The play is set in a small town in the South, 1949.
MAMA: A middle-aged Black woman, concerned for her daughter Florence, who has moved to New York to become actress.
MARGE: A Black woman in her early twenties, does not support her sister’s dream of being an actress.
PORTER: A middle-aged Black man.
MRS. CARTER: A middle-aged white woman. Oblivious, and easily flustered.
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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