[Capdist-auditions] WAM Theatre AEA Auditions for Play Reading Series

[Gail Burns]

*February 19, 2018FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Talya Kingston, Associate
Artistic Director www.wamtheatre.com
<http://www.wamtheatre.com>talya at wamtheatre.com <talya at wamtheatre.com>;
413.274.8122 WAM Theatre Announces AEA Auditions for the 2018 Fresh Takes
Play Reading Series WAM Theatre holds Equity Principal Auditions for our
Fresh Takes play reading series on March 20 and 21, 2018. Auditions will be
hosted by Talya Kingston, new Associate Artistic Director, with Artistic
Director, Kristen van Ginhoven, also in attendance.  Performers who have
auditioned for or performed with WAM in the past are encouraged to attend
to meet the new Associate Artistic Director and give her a chance to see
their work. WAM Theatre is casting for our Fresh Takes play reading.  In
2018, any actor or stage manager involved in Fresh Takes, Equity or
Non-Equity, will be paid a minimum wage hourly fee. AEA actors and stage
managers will be work under a pending Staged Reading Contract. The
commitment involves six hours of rehearsal the day prior to the reading,
plus the reading.  Auditions: Tuesday March 20th: 1pm-5pm, 7pm-9pm &
Wednesday March 21st: 10am-1pm BY APPOINTMENT ONLYWhere: WAM's Office, 56
Church Street, Lenox, MA (on the second floor above Bistro Zinc).  Free
parking is available in the lot behind our office.  Please use the blue WAM
Theatre door on the left side of the building in the front.Prepare: 1-2
minute contemporary monologue, may also be asked to read sides. WAM
Theatre’s Fresh Takes Reading Series presents five new works by women
(approximately one per month April-September).  2018 Fresh Takes Reading
Series performances are scheduled for April 15, May 3, June 10, August TBD,
September 16. Each play is rehearsed for six hours and performed (on book)
the next day.  Three of the performances will be at No. 6 Depot Roastery
and Cafe in West Stockbridge, MA, one will be at Shakespeare & Company’s
Elayne P Bernstein Theatre in Lenox, MA. E-mail Talya Kingston, Associate
Artistic Director at talya at wamtheatre.com <talya at wamtheatre.com> for a time
slot.Please submit a resume and headshot (as PDF and JPEG attachments) by
March 9.Please indicate any time limitations otherwise you will be assigned
the first available slot. Performers of all ethnicities, gender identities,
and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, are encouraged to
audition.Non-Equity actors will be seen as time permits and should submit a
photo and resume and indicate their non-union status in their request. We
will fit in non-equity actors where possible, but first priority goes to
Equity members.OUR SEASON SPONSORSOur 2018 sponsors include Adams Community
Bank, Baystate Financial, Berkshire Bank Foundation, Berkshire Magazine,
Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Q, Brabson Library & Educational
Foundation, Canyon Ranch, The Charles H. Hall Foundation, CMW Retirement
Plan Services LLC, Custom Business Solutions, The Dylandale Foundation, The
Feigenbaum Foundation, Frankie's Ristorante Italiano, the Garden Gables
Inn, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace,
International Schools Theatre Association, Interprint, Lee Bank,
Massachusetts Cultural Council, J.H. Maxymillian, Inc., Methuselah Bar and
Lounge, Natracare, No. Six Depot Roastery and Café, RB Design Co., The
Rookwood Inn, The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, Rouge Restaurant
& Bistro, Salisbury Bank, T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, a. von
schlegell & co.WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the
Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New Marlborough
Cultural Council, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern
Berkshires, Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, and
Sandisfield Cultural Council – local agencies that are supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. ABOUT WAM THEATREBased in
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre is Where Arts and Activism
Meet. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor,
educator, and producer Kristen van Ginhoven. WAM’s vision is to create
opportunity for women and girls through the mission of theatre as
philanthropy. Inspired by the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into
Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM
donates a portion of the proceeds from its theatrical events to
organizations that benefit women and girls. Since 2010, WAM Theatre has
donated more than $41,500 to thirteen nonprofit organizations and provided
paid work to more than 250 theatre artists. In addition to the main stage
productions and special events, WAM Theatre’s activities include a
comprehensive educational outreach program and the Fresh Takes Play Reading
Series. For more information, visit www.WAMTheatre.com
<http://www.WAMTheatre.com>*

-- 
Gail M. Burns

*Marketing + Publicity Associate*
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>
413-274-8122

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<http://www.wamtheatre.com/stars-in-the-orchard-2017> | The Last Wife
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/the-last-wife/> | Leadership Summit
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