Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Auditions for Shakespeare Festival - REMINDER

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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Education Tour 2009
AUDITION NOTICE

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis seeks five (5) full-time salaried
positions for its Education Tour 2009 Ensemble.

Casting a racially diverse and versatile company to perform two 50-
minute productions: Windsor Live! (adapted from The Merry Wives of
Windsor) and Quick-Brewed Macbeth (adapted from "The Scottish Play").

Two (2) Equity and three (3) non-Equity contracts (with optional
Equity Membership Candidate points) are available.

AUDITIONS: Friday, September 26, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday,
September 27, noon - 5:00 p.m.

CALLBACKS: Sunday, September 28, noon – 4:00 p.m. (These will be
individual one-half hour interviews)

WHERE: The Repertory Theatre Rehearsal Hall
17 S. Old Orchard Avenue
Webster Groves, Missouri 63119 (next to Ben Franklin's)

Please prepare:
Two (2) contrasting, one-minute Shakespeare monologues
Two (2) copies of your headshot and résumé
*Please note that we have removed the 16 bars of a song requirement
from this audition.

Substantial experience teaching young people is desirable.

WHAT: 23-week, salaried contracts, January 12 – June 15, 2009.

CONTRACT: Special Agreement based on an Equity Theatre for Young
Audiences contract. Equity Membership Points are available for non-
Equity cast members.

WHO: Equity and non-Equity actors who sing, move well and have
facility with verse for touring full time during the day; some
evenings and weekends.

WEEKLY HOURS: Tour runs 2/9 – 5/15/09 and consists mostly of day trips
to area schools, Monday through Friday. There are some weekend and
evening performances, and possible overnights at out-state venues.
Starting 5/20/09, schedule shifts to Wednesday through Monday
evenings, for the Festival Green Show.

Callbacks will consist of one-half hour interviews conducted Sunday,
September 28 between noon and 4PM. Be prepared to provide three
employment references at callbacks.

If you have any questions or wish to schedule an audition appointment,
call Roze Wolownik at 314.531.9800, ext. 101 between 10:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or email educationtour@sfstl.com