Shakespeare in the Park 2010
Directed by Denice Hicks
Running August 19-September 12, 2010
Rehearsal July 19-August 18
Most rehearsals are during evening hours.
Apprentice Company Training July 12-23
3 Equity contracts to be offered.
All types and ethnicities encouraged.
Professional Roles Available:
FERDINAND, King of Navarre, Male 30+
BEROWNE, Male 25+
BOYET, Male 40+
SIR NATHANIEL, Male 40+
DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO, Male 30+
COSTARD, Male 20+
PRINCESS of France, Female 25+
ROSALINE, Female 25+
HOLOFERNES, Female 40+
Apprentice Roles Available:
DULL, Male 20+
MOTH, Male or Female, any age, under 5' 6"
JAQUENETTA, Female 18+
LONGAVILLE, Male 16+
DUMAINE, Male 16+
MARIA, Female 16+
KATHARINE, Female 16+
FORESTER, Male any age
MARCADE, Male or Female, any age
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Apprentice Company Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost:
(Open to ages 13 and up)
April 17, 2010, 10am - 12:30pm, by appointment.
Nashville Public Television, 161 Rains Ave., Nashville, TN 37203
AEA Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost :
April 23, 2010, 8am - 4pm, by appointment.
Nashville Public Television, 161 Rains Ave., Nashville, TN 37203
OPEN (non-Equity) Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost :
April 24, 2010, 10am - 5pm, by appointment.
Nashville Public Television, 161 Rains Ave., Nashville, TN 37203
Audition Requirements: One Shakespearean monologue up to 2 minutes in length. One prepared Bird/Fowl/Bee Courtship Ritual Dance of any length.
(Feel free to study bird or bee courtship behavior and/or invent your own bird/bee courtship dance. No accompanyment will be provided.)
Please bring one headshot and resume.
Callbacks will be April 25, 11am-3pm.
Note to out-of-town actors: The Festival does not have actor housing.
To schedule an audition: please contact Robert Marigza: robert@nashvilleshakes.org
Include in your message:
1. Name
2. Email address
3. Phone number
4. Equity, non-Equity, or Apprentice Company
5. First and second choice of audition time.
A note from the director, Denice Hicks:
In addition to a Shakespearan monologue, I am asking for a prepared bird, fowl or bee courtship ritual dance. Why, you might ask? Welll...
I see this as a play about the birds and the bees (figuratively) and about how human nature is not unlike any other kind of nature--it has an undeniable power! I used the term "courtship" for the dance, because I am hoping nobody thinks I want to see them simulating mating! (yeek! that would make for some very uncomfortable auditions)
Birds move in very specific ways when they are interested in another bird. Using their movements and behaviorisms will help us create a physical vocabulary for the show, because there is a lot of flirting (but no consummation) in this play. It will be a heightened comedy, a style, that will be inspired by nature. Doing a courtship ritual dance will give everybody auditioning an imagined focal point (the other bird) but for the show I will have the couples work together to create their own vocabulary and synchronicities.
Youtube and National Geographic offers a wealth of research on the subject. It's all about fun and intentional foolery! |
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