Shakespeare and Company 2024 Season (LORT) - Lenox, MA EPA Shakespeare & Company | Lenox, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Sunday, March 17, 2024
11:30 AM - 7:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 4:30PM - 5:00PM; walk-ups will be seen as time permits.
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LORT Non-Rep
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D) pending negotiations.
Equity actors for roles in Shakespeare and Company's 2024 season (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied. All Stage Managerial positions are filled.
Some COMEDY OF ERRORS actors will also perform in WINTER'S TALE; some COMEDY OF ERRORS actors may understudy in THE ISLANDERS.
Shakespeare & Company is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to evolving its approach to diversity and inclusion to engender positive change toward equity in its employment and artistry. We practice identity-conscious casting and encourage performers of all genders, ethnicities, body types, ages and abilities to apply.
Prepare 1 short classical / Shakespearean monologue AND 1 short contemporary monologue; bring resume and headshot stapled together and your Equity Card to the audition.
Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble St
Lenox, MA 01240-2813
Bear right upon arrival, to end of drive at Bernstein Theatre lobby.
General Manager, Stephen Ball
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Artistic Director, Allyn Burrows and/or Producing Associate, Ariel Bock;
Callbacks will be announced and scheduled after EPAs are completed.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (performed outdoors): 1st rehearsal 6/11, 1st preview 7/13, close 8/18;
World Premiere THE ISLANDERS: first rehearsal 7/2, 1st preview 7/25, close 8/25;
THE WINTER'S TALE (performed outdoors): 1st rehearsal 8/13, 1st preview 8/21, close 8/25.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
6/11-8/18,
LORT D at $807.00/wk,
rehearsed and performed outdoors in the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre.
CASTING NOTE: We welcome actors with physical skills of various kinds – dance, juggling, aerials, stilt walking, tumbling, lyra - for this production.
Antipholus of Ephesus: 30/40, he/him, any ethnicity, worldly, confident, short-tempered Antipholus of Syracuse: 30/40, he/him. any ethnicity, adventurous, earnest,
Dromio of Ephesus: 30/40s, any gender, any ethnicity, quick-witted, fearless, comic and adept with physicality and language
Dromio of Syracuse: 30/40s, any gender, any ethnicity, good-hearted, comic and adept with physicality and language
Adriana & as cast: 30/40s, she/her, any ethnicity, wife to Antipholus, passionate, intelligent, quick tempered
Luciana & as cast: 30/40s, she/her, any ethnicity, sister to Adriana, naïve, patient, traditional Egeon & as cast: 50/60s, he/him, any ethnicity, unlucky, despairing, storyteller
Dr. Pinch & as cast: 30/ 40s, he/him or they/them, any ethnicity, magician, over-the-top charlatan Aemilia & as cast: 50s, she/her, any ethnicity, a respected abbess, strong and straightforward
7/2-8/25
LORT D at $807/wk
rehearsed and performed indoors in the Tina Packer Playhouse.
Dutch: CAST 50/60s, he/him, any ethnicity, smart, reserved, caring, lonely.
Anna: 50/60s, she/her, any ethnicity, passionate, driven, playful, troubled.
8/13-8/25
LORT D at $807.00/wk
rehearsed and performed outdoors at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre
Leontes & as cast: 50/60s, he/him or they/them, any ethnicity, jealous King, quick to anger. Polixenes & as cast: 50/60s, he/him or they/them, any ethnicity, King, noble, friendly, warm. Hermione & as cast: CAST 40/50s, she/her, any ethnicity, Queen, honest, loving, mother.
Paulina & as cast: CAST 50s, she/her, any ethnicity, court lady, passionate, intelligent.
Camillo & as cast: CAST 30/40s, he/him, any ethnicity, a lord, faithful, honest.
Autolycus & as cast: CAST 40/60s, she/her, any gender, a traveling peddler, loveable rogue, a cheat, flirtatious.
Old Shepherd & as cast: CAST 50/60s, he/him, any ethnicity, practical, fatherly. Florizel & as cast: 20/30s, he/him, Prince, son of Polixenes, adventurous, in love, bold
Perdita & as cast: 20/30s, she/her, shepherdess/lost daughter of Leontes and Hermione, loving, emotionally open, noble.
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