TWELFTH NIGHT Equity Principal Auditions - Schoolhouse Theater Auditions

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TWELFTH NIGHT – Equity Principal Auditions

Schoolhouse Theatre (Croton Falls, NY) SPT 1; $201/week minimum

Artistic Director: Pamela Moller Kareman

Directors: Penny Cherns & Pamela Moller Kareman

1st Rehearsal: Week of May 1st. Runs: 5/24 – 6/10 (Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8pm Sun @ 3pm)

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Actors' Equity Audition Center

9:30 AM — 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York, NY

Please a brief Shakespeare monologue. Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Seeking:

Duke Orsino:

Late 20s/30s; self indulgent, sensuous,self consciously romantic; arrogant, restless and quick tempered, wooing Olivia

Sir Toby Belch:

Late 30s/40s ; shrewd, witty. bombastic, bucolic, evidently indulgent, bullying, decisive, energetic (gentry), Olivia's drunken uncle

Sir Andrew Aguecheek:

mid- late 20s; weak, foolish, tall, thin. A clown. Companion of Sir Toby, wooing Olivia

Malvolio

Olivia's Steward. 40s...Humourless, egoistic, puritanical, tight, anti-fun, solitary, hypocritical, “full of self love”; opposite of Sir Toby!

Feste

Could be any age. A professional wit, entertainer, singer (plays instrument to accompany himself). Clever, quick, sharp - but enjoys a party. Attached to the house of Olivia.

Sebastian

Early 20s; Viola's (near -identical) twin - but freer and sensuous

Viola

Early 20s; energetic, quick, impulsive, emotional, witty. Could pass as a boy. Not a thinker..

Olivia

Early 20s; Considered a beauty; indulgent; romantic; unworldly; self involved; restless, a countess.

Maria

Late 20s (variable) small, clever, witty, sharp, a servant in Olivia's household

Antonio

30s. Sea captain, friend to Sebastian.

*Some roles may be doubled with Curio, Fabian, Valentine, Captain, Priest, Officer.