HAMLET - Ashland, OR EPA Ashland New Plays Festival | Ashland, OR
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
To schedule an audition appointment please email: casting@ashlandnewplays.org .
SPT
$308 weekly minimum (SPT 1)
Equity actors to present a developmental reading of Universes’ translation of Shakespeare's HAMLET, in partnership with PlayOn Shakespeare (See breakdown).
Performers of all ethnicities and gender identities are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare a contemporary monologue in the style of the show. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
The Grove
1195 Main St #2271
Ashland, OR 97520
THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: Jackie Apodaca
Casting Coordinator: Alysia Beltran
First Rehearsal: 5/27
Rehearsals: 5/27-5/31, max 22 hours
First Performance: 5/31
Closing: 6/2/24
OTHER
Travel stipend and housing provided for out-of town actors.
ANPF is a fully vaccinated workplace -- all hired actors must provide proof of vaccination & current booster.
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.
HAMLET
SYNOPSIS: ANPF will partner with Play On Shakespeare to present a developmental reading of UNIVERSES’ translation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Play On Shakespeare commissions playwrights from around the world to tackle Shakespeare’s work through a contemporary lens. UNIVERSES, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s former Ensemble in Residence, is a New York-based company of multidisciplinary writers and performers who create their own unique brand of theater-based performances. This will be the second partnership between ANPF and Play On, which have previously joined forces to develop Octavio Solis’ translation of Edward III. ANPF will present readings of Hamlet, still in development, in early June at the Southern Oregon University Main Stage Theater.
9-10 actors to form a diverse ensemble for PlayOn & Ashland New Plays Festival’s workshop of UNIVERSES’ translation of HAMLET.
Hamlet - son of Gertrude and Old Hamlet. His father has just died, and his uncle has become king. Ophelia - Polonius' daughter and Laertes' sister. She has been in a relationship with Hamlet. Claudius - newly crowned King of Denmark and husband to Gertrude. Hamlet's uncle. Gertrude - Hamlet's mother and the queen. She married Claudius shortly after her husband died.
Old Hamlet - previous King of Denmark and Hamlet's father. He has recently died but visits Hamlet as a ghost during the play.
Polonius - a counsellor to the new king and queen. Ophelia and Laertes' father.
Horatio - an old, trusted friend of Hamlet's.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern - childhood friends of Hamlet. Claudius employs them to spy on Hamlet.
Fortinbras - Prince of Norway. He wishes to avenge his father's death by invading Denmark.
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