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Seeking
2017 Company Members
Preparation
Please prepare two brief contrasting monologues: one Shakespeare and one contemporary. Those who wish to sing may replace a monologue with a short song. No more that 3 minutes total. If you plan to sing, please bring sheet music--accompanist provided may not transpose. Please bring one p&r stapled
Other Dates
See breakdown
Other
www.osfashland.org
Personnel
Casting Director- Joy Dickson
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
EPA rules in effect.
Sign-up begins at 9:00AM
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
No Stage Management positions currently available.
Performers unable to attend EPA may send picture/resume to:
Joy Dickson
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
15 S Pioneer Street
Ashland, OR 97520
JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare
Directed by Shana Cooper
First Rehearsal: 1/3/17 Opens: 2/24/17 Closes: 10/29/17
All roles will be understudied
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard?
Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall?
Directed by Christopher Liam Moore?
First rehearsal: 1/3/17 Opens: 2/25/17 Closes: 10/29/17
All roles will be understudied
MOJADA by Luis Alfaro?
Directed by Juliette Carrillo
First rehearsal: 1/3/17 Opens 2/26/17 Closes 7/6/17
All roles will be understudied
UniSon: A new musical by UNIVERSES ?(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, William Ruiz–a.k.a. Ninja, Gamal Chasten)? with the poetry of August Wilson, in association with Constanza Romero. ?
Directed by Robert O’Hara
World Premiere
First rehearsal: 2/28/17 Opens 4/23/17 Closes 10/28/17
All roles will be understudied
A high-energy, music-filled exploration of the passing on of legacy and the reconstruction of collective memory, inspired by the poetry of one of our most revered playwrights, August Wilson. Fusing poetry, theatre, movement and original music, UniSon gives audiences the opportunity to see one of America’s leading ensembles of color bring an American master to life through their signature theatrical aesthetic—for a new generation, in a new century, a new millennium.
Poet (Red Winged Blackbird)- CAST
Mockingbird/Terror as HUNTER (Owl)--CAST
Mockingbird/Terror as BUTCHER (Rooster)- CAST
Apprentice (Robin)- African American Female, 18-30
Mockingbird/Terror as SEAMSTRESS (Crane) - African American Female, 25-45
Mockingbird/Terror as BLACKSMITH (Raven) - African American Male, 35-50
Mockingbird/Terror as SOLDIER (Eagle)- African American Male, 40-50
Mockingbird/Terror as MOMMA (Yellow Headed Blackbird) - African American Female, 30-50
Mockingbird/Terror as FATHER (Scarlet Tanager) – White male, 20-50
OFF THE RAILS by Randy Reinholz?
Directed by Bill Rauch?
World Premiere ?
First Rehearsal: 5/30/17 Opens: 7/30/17 Closes: 10/28/17
All roles will be understudied
Adapted from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Set in the mid 1880’s in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, “…Blazing Saddles meets Shakespeare—with Native Americans taking the reins.” With healthy doses of humor and music, OFF THE RAILS tackles the controversial and rarely discussed topic of American Indian boarding schools in the late 19th century in the American West.
Madame Overdone: 35-55, Native American (Lakota and French): Keeper of a saloon/brothel. Mature woman of considerable charm, personal power and beauty.
Isabel: 20s-35. Native American (Pawnee): Momaday’s older sister, attending Normal school to become a teacher. The smartest person in the territory. Men swoon for her.
Momaday: 20-30. Native American male (Pawnee): A 16 year-old, loves Caitlin, married her in the old Pawnee way and she became pregnant. Because the marriage wasn’t Christian, he is sentenced to death.
Alexie: 20s-40. Native American male (Creek): A smooth talking eccentric in dress as well as behavior. A tribal Chairman’s son, `a la “Prince Hal” from Henry IV. Also plays the Preacher.
James McDonald: 35-55. Native American (Choctaw): Mixed heritage, Princeton educated, and proper, a counselor to General Gatt and a former soldier. Looks out for those people less fortunate than himself
Grandfather: 50s+. Native American (Pawnee): Traditional keep of the stories, songs and dance.
General Gatt: 30s-50s. Any ethnicity. Winking at Richard Henry Pratt who coined the term, “Kill the Indian, Save the Man”--an amalgamation of frontier opportunists and politicians, a Brigadier General and Mayor of Genoa. Also plays Elbow: a deputy, a sober DOGBERRY from Much Ado About Nothing. Also plays B’Stard Abhorson: a wild-looking executioner with a strong French Accent.
Angelo: 20s-30s. Any ethnicity. A captain in the Army, treaty scholar, and superintendent of the boarding School. He rules Genoa during Gatt’s absence.
Pryor: 20s-50s. Any ethnicity. A fast-talking clown and a wild-west character. The funniest person in town. A bartender and tapster for Madame Overdone.
Cowboy: 20s-40. African American. a la Cowboy Curtis from Pee wee’s Playhouse, a campy cowboy. Also plays Sheriff: a good-hearted person in a bad job.
Mariana: 20s. Any ethnicity. A dance hall girl, the jilted fiance?e of Angelo, whose family died in the Indian wars. Must be able to sing.
Caitlin: 20s. An Irish girl whose father died in the Indian wars and her mother died in childbirth. An orphan, familiar with the boarding school, she fell in love with Momaday. She will sing part of a traditional Irish Gaelic lament for her husband,
LCaoineadh na dTrí Muire (The Lament of the Three Marys)
HENRY IV PART 1 by William Shakespeare
Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
First Rehearsal: 1/3/17 opens: 2/25/17 closes: 10/28/17
All roles will be understudied
HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park
Directed by Chay Yew
World Premiere
First Rehearsal: 2/22/17 Opens: 4/2/17 Closes: 10/28/17
All roles will be understudied
Hannah is two weeks away from becoming a board-certified neurologist when a mysterious package arrives from her Korean grandmother-- who may, or may not have, just ended her life in a most flamboyant fashion. The package leads Hannah and her family on a surreal, comedic, heartbreaking adventure to the Sunrise Dewdrop Apartment City for Senior Living on the south side of the Demilitarized Zone (and beyond), with guest appearances from the Ghost of Kim Jong Il, a mythological tiger, and other mischievous fragments of the family's past.
HANNAH–Asian (Korean) mid-30s. A doctor, about to become a board-certified pediatric neurologist. Control freak.
FATHER—Asian (Korean) 50s. Must speak Korean. A professor. Keeps it together for the family. Emotionally clueless.
MOTHER –Asian (Korean) 50s. In a deep depression. Gardening fanatic and HGTV addict.
MRS. LEE/OLD MAN IN COAT/OFFICIAL/NURSE/MR. KWON/KIM JONG IL/ GRANDMOTHER TIGER/ VOICE/GRANDMOTHER—Asian (Korean) Male or Female. Must speak Korean. Transformational.
DANG—Asian (Korean), 20s. A recent graduate and professional slacker. He has-a-band-sort-of. Good kid.
GIRL—Asian, (Korean) 20s. An activist in search of a cause. Used-to-have-a-band-sort-of. Blunt.
HENRY IV PART 2 by William Shakespeare
Directed by Carl Cofield
First Rehearsal: 5/16/17 Opens: 7/8/17 Closes: 10/29/17
All roles will be understudied
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR by William Shakespeare
Directed by Dawn Monique Williams
First Rehearsal: 4/4/17 Opens: 6/16/17 Closes: 10/13/17
All roles will be understudied
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
Directed by Eric Tucker
First Rehearsal: 4/4/17 Opens: 6/17/17 Closes: 10/14/17
All roles will be understudied
THE ODYSSEY by Homer
Adapted and directed by Mary Zimmerman,
from the translation by Robert Fitzgerald
First Rehearsal: 4/4/17 Opens: 6/18/17 Closes: 10/15/17
All roles will be understudied.
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