THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MA
Shakespeare & Company Lenox, MA SPT (approval/salary level pending).
Artistic Director / Stage Dir: Tony Simotes
Story: H. G. Wells
Adaptation: Howard Koch
GM: Stephen Ball
1st reh: 8/16/11. Runs 9/9-11/6 (three – five perfs/week).
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, April 11, 2011 Bernstein Theatre / Shakespeare & Company
10:30 AM – 6:30 PM 70 Kemble Street
Lunch from 2 – 3. Lenox MA
For an appointment (and/or other info), e-mail
cwheeler@shakespeare.org or call 413/637-1199, x140 on weekdays 10-4. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare two brief, contrasting monologues.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
All roles will be understudied. Callbacks will be announced and scheduled at auditions.
Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted)):
Note: Actors in all three of the following available tracks must be able to act with a 1930s radio quality. Must be able to do multiple character voices from sophisticated, high society to country bumpkin. Singing and musical abilities a must.
Actor 1:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Male characters, 25-35.
Actor 2:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Male characters, 35-45.
Actor 3:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Female characters, 30-40.
Theatre’s statement: “All roles are acceptable for non-traditional casting unless otherwise specified; we seek and encourage participation by performers of all races and ethnicities.”
Directions:
www.shakespeare.org
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