Kingsmen Shakespeare Company 2024 season - LA EPA Kingsmen Shakespeare Company | Thousand Oaks, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, March 21, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
LOA
$494 weekly minimum (LOA ref LORT) - salary pending
CLASSICALLY TRAINED actors OF ALL ETHNICITIES with SIGNIFICANT
EXPERIENCE in the performance of Shakespeare for our outdoor summer repertory season to include Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Actors will be cast in both shows. Experience with stage combat, movement/dance, and singing a plus. We are seeking to assemble a diverse company with some cross-gender casting. Actors of ALL ETHNICITIES are STRONGLY encouraged to audition.
Some roles will be understudied.
Much Ado About Nothing will be staged in post-WW2 California, and some characters will sing in the style of the period. Romeo and Juliet will have an Elizabethan setting.
Prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues, or one Shakespeare monologue, total time not to exceed 3 minutes.
Actors' Equity Association LA Audition Center 5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Street parking available
Expected to attend:
Michael Arndt- Artistic Director
Brett Elliott - Associate Artistic Director Jason Rennie - Associate Artistic Director
Elizabeth Swain - Director, Romeo and Juliet
First rehearsal: May 28.
Performances June 21 through July 28.
OTHER
Rehearsals and performances will take place in Thousand Oaks, CA (60 West Olsen Road).
https://kingsmenshakespeare.org/
Actors unable to attend the EPA may go to kingsmenshakespeare.org/festival/auditions.ht ml and click the link under Actors Equity Association Submissions
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
Don Pedro
Claudio
Hero
Leonato
Don John
Margaret
Borachio
Conrade
Dogberry
Sexton
Verges
Antonio
Friar Francis
Balthasar
Ursula
Messengers
Watchman 1
Watchman 2
Watchman 3
Lord
Boy
Romeo and Juliet:
Romeo
Montague
Lady Montague
Benvolio
Abram
Balthasar
Juliet
Capulet
Nurse
Tybalt
Capulet’s Cousin
Sampson
Gregory
Peter
Servingmen
Escalus
Paris
Mercutio
Paris’ Page
Friar Lawrence
Friar John
Apothecary
Chorus
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