THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Submission - Chicago Shakespeare Theater Auditions

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

CONTRACT

CAT $978 weekly minimum (Tier 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors 18+ of all gender identities, ethnicities, and abilities for roles in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare (see breakdown).

Chicago actors are encouraged to submit.

As theater-makers, we are charged with engaging honestly and deeply in conversations about our humanity, and our inhumanity.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater is deeply committed to welcoming artists, audience members, and staff of broadly diverse and intersectional identities, including (but not limited to) race, ethnicity, ability, faith/belief tradition, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, socio-economic background, and nationality. Acknowledging the entrenched structural inequities around race in the American theater, we are especially focused on addressing equity and inclusion for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals within our IDEA efforts.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare one comedic monologue of choice, classical or contemporary. Provide an example of English dialect (any class or location), this can be done separately from your monologue. Please submit your headshot/resume along with your audition tape here: https://forms.gle/gof3Hv2hZKy2ZQTc8

Deadline: Tue, May 17, 2022

PERSONNEL

Director: Barbara Gaines
Shepperton Studios material by Ron West

Viewing auditions:
Casting Director: Bob Mason
Casting Associate: Alexis Taylor

OTHER DATES

Contract starts: 01/30/2023
First preview: 03/10/2023
Opens: 03/17/2023
Closes as late as 04/30/2023

OTHER

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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 COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS takes place in Shepperton Studios during the London Blitz. An eccentric group of performers and crew attempt to film the play to entertain the troops, even as the bombs explode

Except for the American Phil Sullivan, all roles require British accents of the appropriate class or locale (which for the film crew can be of the actor’s choice). Seeking any ethnicity for all roles. Although roles may be specified on the gender binary, non-binary actors encouraged to submit for all roles for which they feel appropriate.

SEEKING:

DUDLEY MARSH: (he/him) Plays Dromio of Syracuse. 60s. The Director. Upper class. Married. Too old to be playing Dromio.

LORD BRIAN HALLIFAX: CAST (he/him) Plays Dromio of Ephesus. 60s. A star in the British classical firmament. Too old to be playing Dromio.

EMERSON FURBELOW: (he/him) Plays Antipholus of Syracuse. 40s. A dashing, swashbuckling movie star whose ego is as big as his breath is terrible. Suave, sexy. Hyper-aware of his abundant charms. In an affair with his leading lady. A comic with Shakespearean chops, or versa-visa.

MAJOR PHILLIP SULLIVAN: (he/him) Plays Antipholus of Ephesus. 40s. A volunteer with the RAF. A Hollywood movie star who “doesn’t get this Shakespeare crap.”

VERONICA LEICESTER MARSH: (she/her) Plays Adriana. Late 30s to 40s. One of Britain’s leading ladies. A diva who demands things to be just so. Unfaithful to her husband with Emerson Furbelow.

ALICE BOGGS: (she/her) Plays Luciana. Mid-20s to early 30s. The ingenue.

ADMIRAL PHILPOT: (he/him) Plays Egeon and others. 60s to 70s. The war hero of Dunkirk.

DORIS: (she/her) Plays Aemilia and others. 60s. The wardrobe person, much abused by Adriana.

MARION: (she/her), Plays the Courtesan and others. Late 20s to 40s.The wallflower script girl, enamored of Phil Sullivan.

EDDIE PHILPOT: (he/him), Plays Young Egeon, Dr. Pinch and others. Late 20s to early 40s.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: (he/him) Plays Angelo and others. 20s to 60s.

MONTY: (he/him) Plays the Duke Solinus and others. The Assistant Cameraman. 40s to 60s.

KEN: (he/him) Plays First Merchant and others. The Director of Photography. Late 20s to 60.

CHARLES CHITTICK: (he/him) Plays Second Merchant and others. Late 20s to 60. A producer of The Comedy of Errors.

ENSEMBLE: 18+ and any gender. Various crew people playing parts where needed.

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.