TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Submission - Franklin Stock Company Auditions

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Franklin Stock Company

CONTRACT

SPT $425 weekly minimum (SPT IV)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (see breakdown).

INSTRUCTIONS

Please use SUBMIT button on FSC website at https://franklinstagecompany.org/about-us/work-with-us/actor-submissions/ . Please prepare the sides available at https://franklinstagecompany.org/about-us/work-with-us/actor-submissions/two-gentlemen-of-verona/ . If you would like to submit a video for a role that is cast, or if a reader is not accessible to you, you may submit a monologue in the style of the play.

Deadline: Fri, Mar 18, 2022

PERSONNEL

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Viewing auditions:
Director: Chris O’Connor,
FSC Artistic Directors: Patricia Buckley & Leslie Noble

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: June 14, 2022
Opening: July 1, 2022
Closing: July 17, 2022

OTHER

Rehearsals and performances will take place at indoor facilities with fully vaccinated cast, crew and audiences.

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

TRACK 1: Male, 20s-30s. Valentine/Crab. Valentine is a young gentleman of Verona who thinks men in love are foolish until he falls head-over-heels in love with the Duke of Milan's daughter Silvia. Crab is the dog belonging to Proteus' servant Launce. THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST.

TRACK 2: Male, 20s-30s. Proteus/Outlaw Proteus is a young nobleman in love with Julia who is sent to Milan to serve the Duke. Upon arrival in Milan he immediately falls in love with his best friend's love, Sylvia, forgetting his loyalty to his best friend and his girlfriend back in Verona. THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST.

TRACK 3: Female, 20s-30s. Julia and an off-stage servant. Julia is a proud young noblewoman in love with Proteus. When Proteus is sent away from Verona by his father to serve at court in Milan, she disguises herself as a boy and follows him. THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST.

TRACK 4: Female, 20s-30s. Lucetta/Sylvia/Servant (offstage)/Outlaw. Lucetta is a smart and blunt servant to Julia. Silvia is a witty and smart young noblewoman who lives in Milan and is in love with Valentine. Her father wants her to marry an older man. Proteus falls for her upon their meeting.

TRACK 5: Male, 20s-30s. Speed/Thurio. Speed is servant to Valentine. He is quick witted and funny, and has the job of keeping Valentine's love schemes both secret and on time. Thurio is a friend of Silvia's father, a suitor he would prefer she marry rather than Valentine.

TRACK 6: Male, 20s-30s. Antonio/Duke/Launce/Outlaw. Antonio is the father of Proteus and a nobleman of Verona. The Duke is Silvia's overprotective father. Launce is Proteus' clownish servant and the frustrated owner of the disobedient dog Crab.

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.