OTHELLO - Chicago EPA Williams Street Repertory | Crystal Lake, IL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, October 20, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
BREAK: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
CAT
$343 weekly minimum (Tier 2)
Equity actors for roles in OTHELLO (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
One Shakespeare monologue (no more than 90 seconds). It doesn't need to be from Othello. If preparing a monologue from Othello, please choose from the specific role for which you would like to be considered.
Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661
Director: John Ray Proctor
Author: William Shakespeare
Artistic Director: Richard Kuranda
Invited callback at Raue Center in Crystal Lake, IL 10:00 am - 4:00 pm: October 21, 2023 First Rehearsal : March 25, 2024
Opening: April 26, 2024
Closing: May 19, 2024
OTHER
Please contact casting@wsrep.org if you have any questions, or concerns.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
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DUKE OF VENICE. Measured. Calm. Negotiator. Romantic.
BRABANTIO, [A senator,] father to Desdemona. Wealthy, older, expects respect. Expects deference. Expects obedience. Believes himself to be the top of the heirarchy.
GRATIANO [brother to Brabantio.] One of two noble Venetians
LODOVICO [kinsman to Brabantio.] One of two noble Venetians
OTHELLO, the Moor [in the military service of Venice.] Secure. Gravitas. Confident. Graceful. Calculating. Discerning. Fair.
CASSIO, an honorable lieutenant [to Othello]. Charming, gregarious, outgoing, smart. IAGO [an ensign to Othello,] a villain. Cunning, observant, mercurial. Experienced. Calculating. RODERIGO, a Venetian gentleman. Entitled, wealthy. privileged.
MONTANO, governor of Cyprus [before Othello]. Easy authority, mature, respected.
DESDEMONA, wife to Othello. Joyful, very pretty, youthful, a little naive, effervescent, forthright, honest, unguarded.
EMILIA, wife to Iago. Guarded, judgmental, watchful, expects the worse.
BIANCA, a courtesan [mistress to Cassio]. Pretty, a little course. A little crass. A little desperate.
Others: SENATORS, SAILORS, GENTLEMEN OF CYPRUS [OFFICERS, MESSENGERS, MUSICIANS]
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