ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT 2015-16 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Actors' Shakespeare Project Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, March 9, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch break approx 1 to 2.
Appointments scheduled in 5-minute time slots

Contract
NEAT
Tier 6; $451/week AEA min

Location
Actors Shakespeare Project Rehearsal Studio
191 Highland Avenue
2nd Floor
Somerville, MA

Seeking
Equity actors for various principal roles in the upcoming 2015-16 season.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Actors have maximum of 3 minutes to audition.

Prepare material of choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season - scripts available at Stagesource offices). For those wishing to perform a scene, a reader will be available. State starting & stopping places.

Bring picture & resume.

Other Dates
Typical Rehearsal Schedule: Tues-Friday evenings and Saturday & Sunday days

Theatre also will be attending the Stage Source AEA Auditions on 4/13/15 from 10-6pm at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.

Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

Personnel
Artistic Director: Allyn Burrows, expected to attend the auditions.

No housing is available for out of town actors. Actors must have Boston area housing in order to work with ASP.

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
AEA members contact Heather Stern at Heather@actorsshakespeareproject.org or at (617) 776-2200 x230. Email is 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 available roles are available for non-traditional casting

OTHELLO
by William Shakespeare
Directed by TBA

First Rehearsal - 8/25/2015
Previews - 9/23/15-9/25/15
Opening - 9/26/15
Closing - 10/25/15

Available roles:

Desdemona
daughter of Brabanzio, Othello’s love

Iago
Othello’s ensign and unknown enemy

Cassio
Othello’s Lieutenant, devoted to Othello

Roderigo
a young, rich, fool in love with Desdemona

Emilia
Iago’s wife, a truth-teller

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THE WINTER'S TALE
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Melia Bensussen

First Rehearsal - 11/10/15
Previews - 12/9/15-12/11/15
Opening - 12/12/15
Closing - 1/3/2016

Available roles:

Hermione
Queen of Sicilia and wife to Leontes

Perdita
daughter to Leontes and Hermione

Polixenes
King of Bohemia, childhood friend of Leontes

Camillo
an honest Sicilian who refuses to do Leontes’ murderous bidding

Paulina
a fierce Sicilian noblewoman and dear friend to Hermione

Autolycus
A roguish peddler, vagabond, and pickpocket

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RICHARD II
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Allyn Burrows

First Rehearsal - 1/19/16
Previews - 2/17/16-2/19/16
Opening - 2/20/16
Closing - 3/13/16

Available roles:

John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster
King Richard's uncle and the father of Richard's banished cousin Bolingbroke, who eventually usurps the throne.

Edmund of Langley Duke of York
King Richard's uncle, and a brother of John of Gaunt and of the late Thomas of Gloucester. A traditionalist who is loyally devoted to the crown, he is deeply upset by any kind of treason against the crown.

Queen Isabel
King Richard's wife. She was born into the French royal family and flees to France when Richard is deposed.

Henry Bolingbroke Duke of Herford
Bolingbroke is King Richard's cousin and the son of Richard's uncle, John of Gaunt. He stages a revolution against Richard and is later crowned King Henry IV.

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SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
by R.B. Sheridan
Directed by Paula Plum

First Rehearsal - 3/15/16
Previews - 4/13/16-4/15/16
Opening - 4/16/16
Closing - 5/8/16

Available roles:

Sir Benjamin Backbite
rude suitor of Marie

Maria
Sir Peter's wealthy ward

Moses
Charles' honest moneylender

Snake
worthy of his name, Snake works for Lady Sneerwell but later betrays her.

Lady Sneerwell
slanderous woman also worth of her name since she sneers well.

Charles Surface
the protagonist of the play, he is in love with Maria, but Mrs. Sneerwell also desires him.

Joseph Surface
friendly, respected but hypocritical. He also desires Maria, his brother's love but entices Lady Sneerwell.

Sir Oliver Surface
the rich uncle of Charles and Joseph, he disguises himself as a moneylender to test his relations.

Lady Teazle
her country roots still show, but she has learned to spend money wildly. She fights with her husband and flirts with young men, but in the end, she shows her loyalty.