SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Lakewood Theatre Company Non Equity Auditions

Posted March 19, 2019
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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Lakewood Theatre Company

LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY

TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR THE PLAY

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Lakewood Theatre Company will be holding auditions for all roles in the play Shakespeare in Love SATURDAY APRIL 13 and 14. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment at this link:
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/auditions-Shakespeare-in-Love or call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.

Callbacks will be scheduled as needed.

Shakespeare in Love by Lee Hall, is adapted from the screenplay by Tom Stoppard & Marc Norman. It will be directed by David Sikking.

Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed: The director is seeking male and female actors from age 18 to 70. Singing, stage combat, and dialect experience are a plus. Actors should prepare a one-minute comic, classical monologue. Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to audition. All roles receive remuneration. For a breakdown of roles, see Lakewood’s website at
www.lakewood-center.org

For show information and to sign up online for an audition appointment time see
ONLINE AUDITION LINK You may submit your resume and headshot at the same time to
bio@lakewood-center.org. Please bring a hard copy of resume and headshot with you to the audition. The director is seeking male and female actors from age 18 to 70. Singing, stage combat, and dialect experience are a plus. All races/ethnicities are encouraged to apply. Actors should prepare a one-minute comic, classical monologue.

Actors may be asked to cold read from the script. Conflicts not listed at time of auditions may not be honored.

Shakespeare in Love rehearsals will begin Mid-September. The tentative schedule with be Monday-Thursday 6:30 pm -10 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am - 4 pm, Fridays will be off.

Performance Schedule: Shakespeare in Love opens November 1, 2019 and continues through December 8, 2019. Performances are Thurs. – Sat. at 7:30 pm, some Sundays at 7:00 pm, some Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

About the play: In the palace of Queen Elizabeth I, a wager of 50 shillings is proposed – a very worthy sum – riding upon the answer to a very worthy question: Can a play show us the very truth and nature of love? Enter struggling and penniless young playwright, Will Shakespeare – about to begin rehearsals for his latest – and as yet unwritten – play…Romeo, and Ethel The Pirate’s Daughter. Unfortunately, Will is suffering writer’s block – his words will not come – his mighty quill is broken – his well is dry. Enter Viola de Lesseps, a beautiful young noblewoman whose love of the theatre sparks in her a burning passion to tread the stage – a place forbidden to the women of her era. Not to be denied poetry, adventure and love, Viola disguises herself as a man, and finds herself caught up in the adventure of a lifetime.

Shakespeare In Love is a joyous celebration of theatre and its power to transform – of genius as at bumbles towards brilliance – of the individual who courageously struggles against the tide of outside influence to become master of their own life – and above all…of love – the very truth and nature of which it might just be possible to be shown in a play.

LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY WEBSITE:


www.lakewood-center.org

About Lakewood Theatre Company

67 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.

- 67th Season -

Productions in the 2019-20 season are underwritten, in part, by

The Regional Arts & Culture Council

The Oregon Arts Commission

The National Endowment for the Arts

The Jackson Foundation

The Kinsman Foundation

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