North Carolina Shakespeare Festival/Festival Stage of Winston-Salem Submission - North Carolina Shakespeare Festival Auditions

North Carolina Shakespeare Festival /

Festival Stage of Winston-Salem

– Photo/Resume Request

High Point and Winston-Salem, NC LORT Currently $555/week minimum (+ pension/health, transportation, housing*).

Managing & Artistic Dir: Pedro Silva

Resident Dir: Steve Umberger

Seeking submissions from Equity Members only for these NYC appointment auditions. To be considered, send photo/resume and brief cover note stating the role(s) for which you wish to audition to

auditions@festivalstage.org

Seeking the following roles only. Please submit only if you are right for one or more of these roles.

LUNCH AT THE PICCADILLY Based on the best selling novel by Clyde Edgerton. Music/Lyrics: Mike Craver. Dir: Steve Umberger. 1st reh: 1/10/11. Runs 2/4-2/20.

Original musical. Revised version of a production that has been in development for the past few years. Story is set in Rosehaven Convalescence Center in Listre, NC – where the old folks are mad as hell and not taking it any more.

Note: All roles require some singing, and authentic Southern characters and voices. Music has a range of styles, with strong folk influence.

Beatrice:

50s-70s. Simple, genuine, down-to-earth, rebellious without knowing it. Good comic sense. Lead.

Carl:

30s-40s. Unassuming, devoted nephew of lead character Aunt Lil. Caretaker, hard worker. Bachelor looking for love. Lead.

L. Ray Flowers:

50s-70s. Retired, but still fiery and cantankerous evangelist; stirs up trouble. Uses a wheelchair. Lead.

Anna:

30s-40s. Tough-but-vulnerable, single working mom who's trying to run the nursing home and her own life. Lead.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams. Dir: Kristin Kundert-Gibbs. 1st reh: 4/18/11. Runs 5/13-5/29.

Laura:

Early - late 20s. Frail, fragile. Kind. Her shyness and lack of self-confidence are incapacitating.

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*Theatre states that it provides a private room and bath in a shared condo or apartment for actor housing; free Wi-Fi. Shared use of company vehicle.

Theatre’s statement: “Festival Stage of Winston-Salem is dedicated to non-traditional casting and invites Equity actors of diverse cultural and racial backgrounds to audition.”