RICHARD III - New Haven, CT EPA Elm Shakespeare Company | New Haven, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 1:30PM
Email audition@elmshakespeare.org - no phone calls.
LOA
$625 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT)
Equity actors for roles in RICHARD III (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied. All stage managerial positions are currently filled.
Please prepare two 60-90 second monologues (no more than 20 lines) from Shakespeare with both totaling no more than 2 1/2 minutes. If you have a portable instrument which you play at professional performance level, please bring it and be prepared to sing 30 seconds of a song.
Gateway Community College
20 Church St
New Haven, CT 06510
Curran Room N100; Free shuttle from commuter train available, parking garage on Temple.
Psm- Cameron Jackson
Fight Choreo- Benjamin Curns
Lights - Jamie Burnett
Costumes - Becky Welles
TD- Kevin DiCello
Admin Assist- Lourdes Rivera
Development Director - Alice Anne Harwood Casting intern - Ben Jesulaitis
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Director- Rebecca Goodheart
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 16
Preview: Thursday, August 15
Opening: Friday, August 16
Closing: Sunday, September 1
OTHER
www.ElmShakespeare.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
RICHARD III
CASTING NOTE: Actors of all genders are encouraged to audition for every roll.
ACTOR 1: Male presenting. To double:
Hastings: Lord Chamberlain, gullible, bit of a buffoon
Tyrrel – male presenting, low life murderer for hire
Holy Man 1 – any age/gender
ACTOR 2: male presenting, over 30. To double:
Stanley: Earl of Derby, father of Richmond, senior statesman
Cardinal Rotherham: any gender, against Richard
Holy Man 2
ACTOR 3 – male presenting, over 40. To double:
King Edward IV – dying, good hearted, desires family’s reconciliation
Lord Mayor – effusive, gullible
Lord Blunt – Soldier, Richmond’s close advisor
Cardinal Bouchier -
ACTOR 4 – Male presenting, between 25-40. To double:
Rivers: Brother to Queen Elizabeth, hot headed, outspoken, hates Richard
Henry, Earl of Richmond: Becomes King by defeating Richard, charismatic, soldier Bishop of Ely -
ACTOR 5 – Female presenting, over 45. To double:
Margaret, Widow of King Henry 6th: a little crazy, curses everyone, wanders castle like a witch 1 Citizen – Gossip
ACTOR 6 -- Female presenting, over 45. To double:
Duchess of York, mother of Richard: widow, grieves all those she’s lost, advises women of court George: Duke of Clarence, wrongly imprisoned by Richard, dies at hands of executioners
ACTOR 7 -- Female presenting, 20-35. To double:
Anne, widow of Edward Prince of Wales, public mourner, wooed by Richard
Executioner 2 – Clown, kills Clarence
2 Citizen/Scrivener:
ACTOR 8 – Any Gender, under 40. To double:
Executioner 1 – Clown kills Clarence
William Catesby – Richards second right hand man, implementer of plots
ACTOR 9 – Any Gender, under 40. To double:
Marquess of Dorset: Queen Elizabeths son by 1st marriage, newly promoted at court Richard Ratcliffe: Richards third right hand, implements all the execution orders
Videos
