Shakespeare & Company
CANCELLED
**Out of an abundance of caution, the producers have chosen to cancel this EPA audition for the safety of our members and everyone involved. These EPAs will not be rescheduled. They will be accepting video audition submissions in lieu of the EPAs. A separate notice for video submissions will be posted
with submission information.**
AUDITION DATES
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EST)
lunch 12:30 to 1:30
Tue, Mar 24, 2020
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
APPOINTMENTS
By appointment. Appointments and/or other information: e-mail cwheeler@shakespeare.org or call (413) 637-1199 x.140 weekdays between 10 AM and 4 PM. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT D; $717.00
SEEKING
Equity actors for the 2020 LORT Season in Lenox, MA. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare two short contrasting monologues for presentation and bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble St
Lenox, MA 01240-2813
PERSONNEL
Expected At the auditions: Artistic Director, Allyn Burrows or Producing Associate, Ariel Bock;
Other Personnel: Managing Director, Adam Davis; General Manager, Stephen Ball
OTHER
Shakespeare & Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all persons are encouraged to apply. Familiarity with Shakespeare & Company's training methodology and familiarity with Stage Combat is a plus. All roles will be understudied. Callbacks will be announced and scheduled at auditions.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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.
BREAKDOWN
Performers in KING LEAR should expect to be cast in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING as well: first rehearsal is May 26th; first preview is June 28th; closing performance is August 30th.
All rehearsal and performance dates are in 2020. All roles that are listed as pre-cast have been cast without auditions;
* for pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Available roles (see * above):
ROW AFTER ROW
by Jessica Dickey
rehearsals begin July 21st; first performance is August 13th; closing performance is September 13th.
LORT D at $717 per week, in the Tina Packer Playhouse (402 seats)
seeking
Cal: Male, 40s, kind of a jerk but lovable at times, capable of change
Tom: Male, 40s, repressed, polite, intense but able to have fun
All other roles are pre-cast* without audition:
Leah, Female 40s, tough and independent
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KING LEAR
by WIlliam Shakespeare
dates: 5/26-8/2
LORT D at $717 per wk, in the Packer Playhouse (402 seats)
seeking
Goneril: Female, 30s/40s
Cornwall: Male, 40s
Regan: Female, 30s/40s
All other roles are pre-cast* without audition:
Lear, Male 80s;
Gloucester, Male 60s;
Fool, Male 50s;
Kent, Male 60s;
Edmund, Male 30s;
Edgar, Male 30s
Most performers in KING LEAR will be contracted to perform in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING as well (see below)
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by William Shakespeare
Dates: 7/8-8/30
LORT D at $717 per wk, in the outdoor Roman Garden Theatre (291 seats)
seeking
Ursula: Female, 50s/60s
Dogberry: Male, 50s/60s
Don John: Female: 30s/40s
All other roles are pre-cast* without audition:
Beatrice, Female 40s;
Benedick, Male 40s;
Don Pedro, Male 40s;
Borrachio, Male 40s;
Leonato, Male 40s
Most performers in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will be contracted to perform in KING LEAR as well (see above)
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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 audition.
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