MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Equity Principal Auditions - Capital Repertory Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, January 4, 2016
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
TYA
$475.00/week

Location
Capital Repertory Theatre
111 N. Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12207

Seeking
Seeking 4 versatile, physically agile, quick study actors:
(2) Female and (2) Male – to play Early 20’s to 30’s.

Actors must have their own housing in the Capital Region as housing is not available for out of town performers.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare one short Shakespearean monologue of your choice, as well as the sides provided by the theatre.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Guitar, ukulele or violin playing a plus; please bring your instrument and a song to perform. Song should be memorized

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: March 3, 2016
First Performance: March 21, 2016
Closing Performance: April 16, 2016
TYA work week is Monday – Saturday.

Other
Non-AEA actors may also be seen as time permits if no AEA member is waiting to be seen.

Personnel
Producing Artistic Director: Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill
Chief Executive Officer: Philip Morris

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

Appointments
Equity Actors may email cowens@capitalrep.org or call 518-462-4531 x403 for an appointment.
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

For the past decade, Capital Repertory Theatre’s TYA touring “On-The-Go” productions have been presented in a variety of schools and environments throughout the Capital Region to very diverse audiences. Actors should enjoy performing for and interacting with young audiences (middle and high school students). There are post-show discussions after every performance (time permitting). Actors must also be collegial and adaptive.

There are no overnight stays on the tour.
The TYA work week is Monday – Saturday.

Actors must have their own housing in the Capital Region and live within commuting distance of the theatre (50 miles by car) as housing is unavailable for out of town performers by the theatre.


One of Shakespeare’s most popular and oft-performed plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is a lighthearted romantic comedy that blurs the line between fantasy and reality. In an Athenian forest, forbidden lovers, quarrelling fairies and a group of slow-witted laborers all become the foils of the mischievous Puck and his magical love potion. Before the night’s over, a laborer is given the head of a donkey, the fairy queen falls in love with him, and the humans’ love triangle becomes a giant knot. But by morning, everyone is blessed with a happy ending, and the lovers marry. Huzzah!

Seeking

2 male and 2 female actors:
4 versatile, physically agile, quick study actors: (2) Female and (2) Male – to play Early 20’s to 30’s. Able to play youthful lovers; strong willed/mischievous fairies; Kings and Queens; and the comic mechanicals. Must be verbally skilled actors. Experience in Shakespearean roles preferred. Please note, every actor cast will play multiple roles.