Actors' Shakespeare Project Season
- Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment
Actors' Shakespeare Project | Cambridge, MA
Date of Audition:
3/17/2014
________________________________________
Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, March 17, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 12 to 1
(scheduled in 5 minute intervals, with 3 minutes minimum to audition) Contract
NEAT
$401/week AEA min.
Location
Arts at the Armory Building
191 Highland Ave
2nd Floor
Sommerville, MA
________________________________________
Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for the 2014-15 Season.
See breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare material of choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season - scripts are available at the Stagesource offices). For those who wish to perform a scene, a reader will be available. Be prepared to state your starting & stopping places.
Bring picture/resume, stapled together
Other Dates
Actors' Shakespeare Project will also be attending Stage Source Auditions on 4/7 at the Boston Center for the Arts. For more info on those auditions, visit www.stagesource.org or call 617-720-6066
Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
www.actorsshakespeareproject.org
Personnel
In attendance, Artistic Director: Allyn Burrows, Casting Director, Jennie Israel
Housing not available for out of town performers.
• A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
contact Adele Nadine Traub, Manager of Artistic Operations at either adele@actorsshakespeareproject.org or 617-776-2200 x230 (email preferred)
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
________________________________________
Breakdown
No understudies are being cast. All roles are available for non-traditional casting. Please note that ASP does not supply housing. Actors must have Boston area housing in order to work with ASP. Available roles listed below.
2014-15 SEASON
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by William Shakespeare
Directed by David R. Gammons
First rehearsal 8/26/14
First preview 9/24/14
Closing 10/19/14
Venue to be revealed
seeking:
Solinus – Duke of Ephesus
Emilia– The Duke's lost wife, now Lady Abbess at Ephesus
Antipholus of Ephesus -twin brother of Antipholus of Syracuse, son of Egeon and Emilia
Antipholus of Syracuse – twin brother of Antipholus of Ephesus, son of Egeon and Emilia
Dromio of Ephesus twin brother to Dromio of Syracuse, servant to Antipholus of Ephesus
Dromio of Syracuse – twin brothers to Dromio of Ephesus,servant to Antipholus of Syracuse
Adriana – wife of Antipholus of Ephesus
Luciana – Adriana's sister
Nell/Luce – kitchen wench/maid to Adriana
Doctor Pinch – a conjuring schoolmaster
===========
PHAEDRA
by Jean Racine, translation by Ted Hughes
Directed by Bevin O'Gara
First rehearsal 10/28/14
First preview 11/19/14
Closing 12/7/14
Venue to be revealed
seeking:
Theseus, King of Athens
Phaedra, wife of Theseus, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, in love with her stepson, Hippolytus
Hippolytus, son of Theseus and Antiope, Queen of the Amazons
Aricia, princess of the royal blood of Athens
Oenone, nurse and confidante of Phaedra
=
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
First rehearsal 12/9/14
First preview 1/7/15
Closing 2/1/15
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge
seeking:
Duke Vincentio, ruler of Vienna
Isabella, Claudio’s sister, a novice in the order of St. Claire
Mariana young lady of Vienna who was once betrothed to Angelo
Juliet, Claudio’s betrothed
Mistress Overdone, a Madam
Angelo, a nobleman of Vienna chosen by the Duke to replace him during his absence
Escalus, an old lord at the Viennese court
Claudio, Isabella’s brother, a young gentleman of Vienna
Lucio, a fop well-acquainted with brothels
Elbow, a constable who constantly mangles his words
Froth, a foolish gentleman who spends a great deal of his time in taverns
Pompey, Mistress Overdone’s bartender who helps her in her pimping
===
GOD'S EAR
by Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Thomas Derrah
First rehearsal 3/3/15
First preview 3/25-/15
Closing 4/12/15
Davis Square Theatre, Somerville
seeking:
MEL - a woman whose son has died
TED – Mel's husband
LANIE – Mel and Ted's six year old daughter, played by an adult
TOOTH FAIRY - the Tooth Fairy
“God's Ear” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. (must be 12 point type)
===
HENRY VI, Part 2
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tina Packer
First rehearsal 4/14/15
First preview 5/13/15
Closing 6/7/15
The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
seeking:
Henry VI, the king of England
Duke of Gloucester - Named the protector of England until Henry is old enough to rule
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, Gloucester's ambitious wife
Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Richard, Duke of York (later Richard III)
Edward, son of Richard, Duke of York
Richard, son of Richard, Duke of York
Duke of Buckingham
Earl of Salisbury
Earl of Warwick, son to Salisbury
Videos
