Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey 2024 Season - NYC EPA Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey | Madison, NJ
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, March 15, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
LORT Non-Rep
$776 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 2024 season (see breakdown).
Some roles will be understudied.
Please prepare two monologues, no longer than 3 minutes long total. Please prepare a Shakespeare monologue in verse for consideration for Macbeth or As You Like It. Actors interested in A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder should sing sixteen bars acapella of a song of their choice, instead of a second monologue. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
AC Horton - Artistic Associate
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
OTHER
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.
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY
By Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman Directed by: Brian B. Crowe
1st Rehearsal: 4/16/24
1st Preview: 5/15/24
Opening: 5/18/24
Closing: 6/9/24
[MONTAGUE (MONTY) NAVARRO] (20s-30s) A middle-class English individual looking to hasten their ascendency to the Earldom of Highhurst. Charming, driven, and dangerously likable.
[MISS MARIETTA SHINGLE] (Late 40s-mid 60s) Cockney accent. A long-time friend of Monty’s deceased parent. An eccentric storyteller.
[SIBELLA HALLWARD] (20s-30s) The young society girl Monty loves. Self-absorbed, charming, and ambitious.
[PHOEBE D’YSQUITH] (20s-30s) Operatic. Romantic, innocent, and earnest, in love with Monty.
[THE D’YSQUITH FAMILY] (30s-50s)
One actor portrays all the following characters:
Asquith D’Ysquith, Jr. – A dandy
Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith – Eighth Earl of Highhurst
Rev Lord Ezechiel D’Ysquith – a clergyman, enamored of the drink
Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith, Sr. – an elderly Banker
Henry D’YSquith – A country squire
Lady Hyacinth D’YSquith – a benefactress and “world traveler”
Maj. Lord Bartholomew D’Ysquith – a bodybuilder
Lady Salome D’Ysquith Pumphrey – a notoriously bad (unbeknownst to herself) actress Chauncey D’Ysquith – a janitor
By William Shakespeare
Directed by: Jemma Levy
1st Rehearsal: 5/28/24
1st Preview: 6/19/24
Opening: 6/26/24
Closing: 7/14/24
[ROSALIND]
[ORLANDO]
[DUKE SENIOR]
[JACQUES]
[CELIA]
[DUKE FREDERICK]
[TOUCHSTONE]
[OLIVER]
[SILVIUS]
[PHOEBE]
[CHARLES]
[ADAM]
[CORIN]
[AUDREY]
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Bonnie J. Monte
1st Rehearsal: 6/11/24
1st Preview: 7/10/24
Opening: 7/13/24
Closing: 7/28/24
[JOHN HEMINGES] (40s - early 50s) A sensible and serious businessman, he is the financial manager of the King’s Men and a friend of Shakespeare’s.
[REBECCA HEMINGES/ANNE HATHAWAY SHAKESPEARE] (40s-50s) John’s wife, a resilient woman devoted to her husband, children, and the family grocery business. Anne Hathaway Shakespeare is Shakespeare’s resolute, but now ailing wife.
[ALICE HEMINGES/SUSANNAH SHAKESPEARE] (late 20s-30s) Alice is the daughter of John and Rebecca, she is an alewife and keeps close company with players in the tavern. Doubles as Susannah Shakespeare, the dutiful daughter of Shakespeare.
[HENRY CONDELL] (Male, late 30s-early 40s) An audacious actor in The King’s Men and a friend of Shakespeare’s.
[ELIZABETH CONDELL/EMILIA BASSANO LANIER/OTHERS] (30s-50s) Elizabeth is a spirited, intelligent woman and also Henry’s wife. Emilia Lanier is an outspoken Italian feminist and poet.
[RICHARD BURBAGE/WILLIAM JAGGARD] (50’s) The most seasoned and famous actor to have played in Shakespeare’s plays, and he knows it. Doubles as William Jaggard, a cunning and connected publisher.
[BEN JONSON] (40s-50s) Poet laureate of England and friend/rival of Shakespeare, Ben has love of drink and poetry. Melancholy.
[ED KNIGHT/ISAAC JAGGARD] (20’s-30’s) Ed Knight is the stage manager for the King’s Men; a stickler. Isaac Jaggard is the son of William Jaggard and is set to inherit the publishing business In contrast to his father, he is sensitive and artistic.
[RALPH CRANE] (30s-40s) Quiet and hardworking scribe for the King’s Men.
[MARCUS] A nosy printer’s apprentice for the Jaggards.
By Jane Austen
Adapted for the stage by Jessica Swale
Directed by: TBA
1st Rehearsal: 8/6/24
1st Preview: 9/4/24
Opening: 9/7/24
Closing: 9/22/24
[ELINOR DASHWOOD] (20s) The eldest of the Dashwood sisters, practical, sensible, and composed.
[MARIANNE DASHWOOD] (20s) The middle Dashwood sister, virtuous, wears her heart on her sleeve, and falls in love easily.
[MRS. DASHWOOD] (40s-50s) The kind and loving mother of Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret and second wife to Henry Dashwood.
[JOHN DASHWOOD] (30s) Son of Henry Dashwood and inheritor of his fortune.
[MARGARET DASHWOOD] (20s) The youngest Dashwood sister, affectionate, honest, and exuberant.
[COLONEL BRANDON] (30s-40s) A retired military officer and bachelor, kind and mild-mannered, pursues Marianne.
[JOHN WILLOUGHBY] (20s-30s) A dashing, charming, popular bachelor, begins a flirtation with Marianne.
[EDWARD FERRARS] (20s-30s) Elder brother of Fanny and Robert, private, simple, and honorable gentleman, falls in love with Elinor.
[MRS. JENNINGS] (late 40s-60s) Lady Middleton’s mother, acting mother figure to Elinor and Marianne.
[FANNY DASHWOOD] (20s-30s) Wife to John Dashwood, spoiled, selfish, and cold, driven by money and status.
[LUCY STEELE] (20s) The younger Steele sister, secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars for four years, scheming and willful.
[SIR JOHN MIDDLETON] (40s-50s) A generous and outgoing man of society, helps the Dashwoods out in their time of need.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by: Brian B. Crowe
1st Rehearsal: 9/17/24
1st Preview: 10/16/24
Opening: 10/19/24
Closing: 11/17/24
[MACBETH]
[LADY MACBETH]
[THE THREE WITCHES]
[BANQUO]
[DUNCAN]
[MACDUFF]
[MALCOLM]
[HECATE]
[FLEANCE]
[LENNOX]
[ROSS]
[PORTER]
[LADY MACDUFF]
[DONALBAIN]
By Charles Dickens, adapted for the stage by Neil Bartlett
Directed by: Paul Mullins
1st Rehearsal: 11/5/24
1st Preview: 12/4/24
Opening: 12/7/24
Closing: 12/29/24
[EBENEZER SCROOGE] (50s-70s) The miserly owner of a London counting-house, visited by the three spirits of Christmas.
[BOB CRATCHIT] (30s-50s) Scrooge's clerk, kind, mild, and a poor man with a large family.
[MRS. FEZZIWIG/MRS. DILBER/OTHERS] (30s-40s) Mrs. Fezziwig, cheerful mother of Scrooge’s former fiancee. Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge’s cranky, mistreated housekeeper.
[THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT/THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME/OTHERS] (Any gender, 30s-50s) The Ghost of Christmas Present appears to Scrooge hoping to change his ways. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears to warn Scrooge what is to come if he doesn’t.
[TIMOTHY CRATCHIT/MISS BELLE FEZZIWIG/OTHERS] (20s-30s) Timothy Cratchit, or Tiny Tim, the youngest Cratchit. Belle, radiant former fiancee of a younger Scrooge.
[THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST/SCROOGE’S NEPHEW FRED/OTHERS] (20s-40s) The Ghost of Christmas Past delivers a vision of Scrooge’s past. Fred, a lively, joyful man, a stark contrast to Scrooge.
[MRS. CRATCHIT/JACOB MARLEY/OTHERS] (30s-40s) Mrs. Cratchit, Bob's wife, a kind and loving woman dedicated to her family. Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge's 7-years-dead business partner.
[VERY YOUNG SCROOGE/MARTHA CRATCHIT/OTHERS] (20s-30s) Very Young Scrooge appears in Scrooge’s vision of the Past. Martha, eldest Cratchit daughter.
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