AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER 2013-14 SEASON - American Shakespeare Center Auditions

– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in VA

Staunton VA      LOA (approval/salary level pending; 2012-13 weekly minimum (U/RTA Agreement): $565).
Assoc Artistic Dir/CD: Jay McClure
 

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Tuesday, October 16, 2012                                                        Blackfriars Playhouse

10 AM – 5 PM                                                                                    10 South Market Street

No scheduled break.                                                                      Staunton, VA

Theatre will hold other audition sessions (TBA) that are open to Equity and non-Equity actors alike. This October 16th session is for Equity Members only.

For a 5-minute appointment, e-mail name / preferred audition time to

EPA-Staunton@americanshakespearecenter.com. No e-mail? Call 540/227-8159. Leave message if voicemail answers: Name, phone #, preferred audition time. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.

Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back. Please prepare EITHER a brief Shakespeare monologue OR 32 bars of a 1950s/60s pop/rock song and a 1-minute Shakespeare monologue. If singing, bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose.

Callbacks are planned for 11/2-11/4.
 

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) casts troupes of ensemble actors (M/F). All actors will be cast in each of the plays in each season of rotating repertory, and each actor will play a variety of roles, large and small. All actors must have strong classical training and experience. Musical ability is a plus.
 

The ASC is looking for the following general types (exact doubling will be determined when each acting troupe is cast). All plays below are by Shakespeare unless otherwise noted.

2013 Summer/Fall Seasons (7-month contract):

1st reh: 5/6/13. Runs 6/11 - 12/1/13. Director (all shows other than ALL’S WELL): Jim Warren.
 

ROMEO AND JULIET.
RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET by Bob Carlton (musical).
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. Dir: Ralph Alan Cohen.
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith.
 

Younger Leading Men:

Could play Romeo, Mercutio, Troilus, Bertram, Marlow, Hastings, Cookie.

Younger Leading Women:

Could play Juliet, Cressida, Helena, Diana, Kate, Constance, Miranda.

Leading Men:

Could play Capulet, Captain Tempest, King of France, Agamemnon, Achilles, Aeneas, Hardcastle.
 

Leading Women:

Could play Lady Capulet, Countess of Rossillion, Science Officer, Mrs Hardcastle.

Character Actors:

Could play Nurse, Parolles, Lafew, Lavatch, Ariel, Pandarus, Lumpkin.

2014 Actors’ Renaissance Season (3-month contract. No directors will be used.):

1st reh: 12/31/13. Runs 1/3 - 4/6/14.

AS YOU LIKE IT.

THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Carlo Goldoni.
TIMON OF ATHENS.
EPICENE, OR THE SILENT WOMAN by Ben Jonson.
THE MAID’S TRAGEDY by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.

Younger Leading Men:

Could play Orlando, Silvius, Silvio, Amintor, Epicene.
 

Younger Leading Women:

Could play Rosalind, Celia, Clarice, Beatrice, Evadne.
 

Leading Men:

Could play Timon, Oliver, Melantius, King of Rhodes, Florindo, Truewit, Clerimont, Otter.
 

Leading Women:

Could play Phebe, Brighella, Beatrice, Smeraldina, Aspatia, Madam Haughty, Mistress Otter.
 

Character Actors:

Could play Touchstone, Jaques, Adam, Morose, La Foole, Apemantus, Truffaldino.

Theatre states, “The American Shakespeare Center has a strong history of non-traditional casting.”

NYC EPA: October 22, 2012. See separate notice.