Shakesperience Productions is seeking Resident Actors. Applicants must be Spanish speaking, culturally appropriate Hispanic non-union actors who sing to perform in the upcoming production and tour of “Dia De Los Reyes” and to perform and teach for our Shakespeare workshops and classes.
Further details:
Resident Actors will appear in some or all of the following:
Dia de los Reyes: Three actors, 55 minute performances accompanied by a pre-show discussion with the audience and talkback. Rehearses in November, tours December and January.
One black Box production, Holidays in Waterbury
Performance Workshops – scripted, interactive Shakespeare, Mythology, Folklore, El Barrio, and other workshops conducted by two actors. Rehearses October, tours November-May.
Residency Programs: work with Elementary-High School students to produce a play. Booked sporadically throughout the year.
We are looking for actors who:
Are passionate about bringing theatre and literature to all types of students.
Will experiment in rehearsal
Explore the relationship between the actor and the audience
Set up and strike the set for each locally touring workshop and performance
Interact as a strong ensemble
Use text to motivate action
Are excited to show the theatricality of the performance
Interact respectfully at all times with school personnel, customers, and students
Maintain the freshness of the first week of the contract and the precision of the final performance.
Are interested in learning proven and innovative techniques of integrating arts and education.
Can drive company van or car
Are off book on the first day of rehearsals
Maintain punctuality– no exceptions. Ten minutes early is “on time.” Calls are early; 6am is not unusual.
Instruct during Saturday Acting Classes grades 2-5 and 6-12
Compensation:
$350-$400/week paid bi-weekly
Furnished housing with internet and laundry
Parking in nearby garage
Paid vacations (5 days at Thanksgiving and 12 over the Winter Break)
Contract timeline
Starting Oct/Nov
Full-time hours
4 day performance run mid December
School tour Month of January 2025
Classes and workshops throughout contract
Please send headshot, resume, and video of 16 bars of a song and a 1-minute monologue to
Casting@shakesperienceproductions.org
Shakesperience Productions Inc. is a professional theater company located in downtown Waterbury, Connecticut and touring throughout the Northeast to an audience of adults and students alike with School and Public Performance Tours, Acting Intensives, Residencies, Shakespeare in the Litchfield Hills, and the Fall Festival. Information on all these programs may be found at
www.shakesperience.org .
Mission Statement: Shakesperience educates and inspires students, families, and theater professionals through the arts in order to explore social constructs and the human condition while fostering mutual respect for all people. Shakesperience creates innovative, interactive, thought-provoking live theatre programs to be a catalyst for conversation between artist and audience.
Approach: Whether teaching children, or rehearsing to perform for our diverse audience, the Shakesperience Approach focuses on creating thought provoking, socially aware, and artistically excellent productions celebrating and using language to create action. Individual performers develop a defined sense of self through the creation of and interaction with a strong and positive ensemble. Both actor and audience utilize their unique relationship to experience a heightened sense of reflection on the performance. Shakesperience Productions' professional artists create curriculum-based programming rooted in classical literature while celebrating, examining, and experiencing humanity and human experience. Continuously, we strive to work alongside educators to answer the social and academic needs of today's student.
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