Seattle Shakespeare Company 2024-25 Season - Seattle Shakespeare Festival Auditions

Seattle Shakespeare Company 2024-25 Season - Seattle Shakespeare Festival

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AUDITION DATE

Friday, February 16, 2024

10:00 AM - 7:00 PM (P)

Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To set up an audition appointment please fill out the form at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCEZorM2LwdrgpuOfdYyhPoiAkQeuJ0lTq8eOi hFHqZEuL3w/viewform .

CONTRACT

SPT

$725 weekly minimum (SPT 8)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Seattle Shakespeare Company's 2024-25 Season (See

breakdown).

Artists from all backgrounds, identities and experiences are encouraged to audition.

At Seattle Shakespeare we believe it is important to fully represent our community onstage so that these classic texts can speak to everyone. To do so, we strive to bring together diverse performers working from their full, authentic selves and operating at the top of their craft. As a Seattle-based company, we encourage the local cultural ecology and local artists in our work. We are happy to take submissions from Equity members located anywhere.

PREPARATION

Please prepare 2 contrasting classical monologues. 1 should be Shakepeare; the other may be any piece that falls within the classical genre (contemporary adaptations welcome). Total material should not exceed 2 minutes-30 seconds.

LOCATION

Seattle Center House

305 Harrison St

Seattle, WA 98109-4623

4th Floor

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Makaela Milburn (she/her), Interim Artistic Director

Pilar O'Connell (they/them), Artist

Relations/Casting Coordinator

OTHER DATES

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

By William Shakespeare

September-November 2024 TBD

RICHARD II

By William Shakespeare

December 2024-February 2025 TBD

TBD- Commissioned New Work

February-April 2025 TBD

KING LEAR

By William Shakespeare

March-May 2025 TBD

OTHER

www.seattleshakespeare.org

We will be rehearsing in person in Seattle, WA. We will be performing at our home indoor venue, The Center Theatre at The Armory at Seattle Center.

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.

BREAKDOWN

Seattle Shakespeare Company 2024-25 Season

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

(Doubling TBD)

SEEKING:

Ferdinand - The King

Berowne - His Lord

Longaville - His Lord

Dumaine - His Lord

The Princess of France - A princess

Rosaline - Her Lady

Maria - Her Lady

Katherine - Her Lady

Boyet - A lord attending the princess

Armado, the Braggart, also known as Don Adriano de Armado

Boy, Armado’s Page, also known as Mote

Jaquenetta, the Wench

Costard, the Clown or Swain

Dull, the Constable

Holofernes, the Pedant, or schoolmaster

Nathaniel, the Curate

Monsieur Marcade, a messenger from France

RICHARD II

(Doubling TBD, Femme/Non-Binary actors are encouraged to audition)

SEEKING:

King Richard II - the King

Sir John Bushy- a favorite of Richard

Sir John Bagot - a favorite of Richard

Sir Henry Green - a favorite of Richard

Richard’s Queen - Richard’s wife

Queen’s Ladies-in-waiting - the ladies in waiting for the queen

John of Gaunt - Duke of Lancaster, Richard’s Uncle

Henry Bolingbroke - Duke of Hereford, son to John of Gaunt, and later King Henry IV Duchess of Gloucester - widow to Thomas, Duke of Gloucester

Edmund - Duke of York

Duchess of York - wife of Edmund

Duke of Aumerle - Earl of Rutland, son to Duke and Duchess of York

York’s Servingmen - Servingman to York

Thomas Mowbray - Duke of Norfolk

Lord Marshal - a hereditary royal official

First Herald - An officer of arms

Second Herald - An officer of arms

Earl of Salisbury - An ally of Richard

Bishop of Carlisle - A priest, ally to Richard

Sir Stephen Scroop - A loyal and trusted ally to Richard

Lord Berkeley - An ally of Richard

Abbot of Westminster - The Abbot of Westminster Abbey

Welsh Captain - A captain from Wales

Henry Percy - Earl of Northumberland

Lord Ross - A Rebel

Lord Willoughby - A Rebel

Harry Percy - son of Northumberland, later known as “Hotspur”

Lord Fitzwater - A Rebel

Duke of Surrey - An ally of Richard

Keeper of prison at Pomfret Castle - The jailer

Sir Pierce of Exton - A Rebel

New Commissioned Work - Auditions to be held at a later date.

Characters TBD

KING LEAR

(Doubling TBD)

SEEKING:

Lear, king of Britain (PRE-CAST)

Goneril, Lear’s eldest daughter

Duke of Albany, her husband

Oswald, her steward

Regan, Lear’s second daughter

Duke of Cornwall, her husband

Cordelia, Lear’s youngest daughter

King of France, her suitor and then husband

Duke of Burgundy, her suitor

Earl of Kent, A loyal follower of the king

Fool, the king’s fool

Earl of Gloucester, a foolish old man with loyalty to the king

Edgar, his elder son

Edmund, his younger and illegitimate son

Curan, gentleman of Gloucester’s household

Old Man, a tenant of Gloucester’s

Knights, serving Lear

Doctor, A doctor

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