ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER ANNOUNCES OPEN CALL AUDITIONS
FOR PLAYFEST
Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF will hold open call auditions for PlayFest on Sunday, September 21 and Monday, September 22, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center.
PlayFest 2014, the twelfth incarnation of the annual festival, features readings of seven new plays from November 1 - 3, 2014. Each play receives twelve hours of rehearsal with the director and playwright for a script-in-hand reading. A stipend of $60 will be provided to all actors. Orlando Shakespeare Theater will follow the Equity Staged Reading Guidelines for this event. AEA and non-AEA actors welcome, and will be seen throughout each day. Walk
Please prepare one contemporary monologue or side for the audition, as well as one copy of your headshot and resume. Sides will be available at
www.orlandoshakes.org/auditions after September 16. Please contact
auditions@orlandoshakes.org with questions.
WHAT: Orlando Shakespeare Theater Open Auditions for PlayFest 2014
WHERE: Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 East Rollins Street, Orlando, FL 32803
WHEN: Sunday, September 21 and Monday, September 22, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
QUESTIONS:
auditions@orlandoshakes.org
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CONTACT
Visit
http://www.orlandoshakes.org/press-room/pr.html for recent press releases, more information about the Theater, and upcoming special events. Please contact Melissa Landy, Public Relations Coordinator at
407-447-1700 ext. 250 or
melissal@orlandoshakes.org for further details or to arrange for individual interviews.
ABOUT ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
Founded in 1989, Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF produces classic, contemporary, and children’s plays and musicals. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jim Helsinger and Managing Director PJ Albert, Orlando Shakes has grown into one of the region’s most acclaimed professional Equity theaters, garnering national recognition from The Wall Street Journal’s Terry Teachout. “Hence the high quality of Orlando Shakespeare, a company that deserves to be far more widely known outside Florida.” With ambitious, high-caliber productions like 2014’s The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts I & II or 2008’s chilling Macbeth performed “in the round”, the Theater continues to provide an innovative world-class theatrical experience to its guests, while showcasing William Shakespeare’s legacy as the cornerstone of the company. Orlando Shakes also offers immersive educational programming that serves Central Florida schools and the local community at large. For more information visit
www.orlandoshakes.org.
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