[Capdist-auditions] Will Kempe's Players 2019 Season Auditions

[Ragliacci]

Good morning,

I am looking to have our audition notice posted to the capdist listserv.

Please include the following information (below).

Thank you,

Kristoph DiMaria
Chief Administrator, Founding Musical Director | Will Kempe's Players
www.willkempesplayers.com
Clown, Musician, Officiant, Notary Public | Ragliacci
www.ragliacci.com
Events Producer | The Ranch
Troy, NY
Baritone | The Calling Birds
https://www.facebook.com/CallingBirds
(518) 396-7832


AUDITION NOTICE
WILL KEMPE'S PLAYERS | TROY, NY

*PRODUCTIONS: **A Midsummer Night's Dream *and *Hamlet, Prince of Denmark*
*PRODUCER:* Will Kempe's Players Cooperative | 442 2nd Street, Troy, NY
12180
*CONTRACT*: Will see AEA and non-AEA actors; performance and production
roles available; applicants can work in either or both productions

*DATES*: Reh starts 4/2/19, first perf 6/21/19; last perf 9/8/19. (Reh:
Mondays thru Thursday 6-10pm; Performances in repertory Saturday and Sunday)
*SALARY*: Stipend for day-players and production staff based on level of
involvement
*TOUR DESCRIPTION:* Day trips only within 90 m radius, no out of area
overnights.

*SYNOPSES:*

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
PRODUCTION SYNOPSIS: Lovers both wanted and undesired find themselves pawns
in a chess-game fairy custody battle leading to a donkey love story and a
play within a play enjoyed by Grecian royalty.


*                                                      HAMLET*
PRODUCTION SYNOPSIS: Prince of Denmark deeply troubled by the recent death
of his father and his mother’s almost immediate marriage to his uncle
crusades to avenge his father’s perceived murder leaving destruction,
madness and death behind to remind us of our finite mortality and what is
the true meaning of loyalty.

*NOTE:* Actors play multiple roles in this original practices take on
full-length Shakespeare classics; *A Midsummer Night's Dream *is performed
alone throughout June and July; both productions are performed in repertory
beginning in August

*SEEKING:*

OPEN TRACKS (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

PUCK (Robin Goodfellow): fairy, motormouth, trickster in service of Oberon

BOTTOM/PYRAMUS: Actor soon to be donkey; title role in play within a play

HIPPOLITA/TITANIA: Quick-witted Duchess and strong wife of Duke Theseus,
leader of Athens; Fairy queen who does not suffer fools and falls in love
with a donkey

QUINCE/THISBE’S FATHER/PEASEBLOSSOM: Director of play within a play; Father
of title character Thisbe of play within a play; Fairy in service of TItania

SNOUT/PYRAMUS’ FATHER/COBWEB: Player in Quince’s company; Father of title
character Pyramus of play within a play; Fairy in service of Titania

STARVELING/THISBE’S MOTHER/MOTH: Player in Quince’s company; Mother of
title character Thisbe of play within a play; Fairy in service of TItania

SNUG/LION/MUSTARDSEED: Player in Quince’s company; Lion of play within a
play; Fairy in service of Titania FLUTE/THISBE/FAIRY: Player in Quince’s
company; title character of play within a play; Fairy in service of
Titania EGEUS/PHILOSTRATE:
Father of Hermia; Duke Theseus’ event planner

ENSEMBLE ROLES AVAILABLE: fairies (two trains), musicians, courtiers,
attendants


OPEN TRACKS (Hamlet)

GERTRUDE: Queen of Denmark caught between her love for her son and her
obligations as a monarch

LAERTES: Formidable brother of Ophelia, swordplay master, major francophile

OPHELIA/NORWEGIAN ARMY: Daughter of Polonius and sister of Laertes,
childhood friend and love of Hamlet, beautiful singer, fast reader, sincere
and soulful

VOLTEMAND/LUCIANUS (PLAYER)/SAILOR/OSIRIC: Traveling companion of Cornelius
and uncle of Fortinbras; murderer in play within a play; sailor; sent by
Claudius to invite Hamlet to a duel with Laertes

CORNELIUS/PLAYER/CAPTAIN/NORWEGIAN ARMY: Companion to Voltemand; actor in
play within a play; sea captain; army soldier


Interested? Apply here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIcQog0Ox4sDT2q2BZLB4IfGIxhEWPPOMY-avIFB2_5RT5Yg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
online


***Prefer to stay out of the spotlight? We get it. If you are interested
specifically in a production role (no acting), please review the available
roles listed below and complete the link to express your interest.

PRODUCTION ROLES AVAILABLE (MIDSUMMER): Assistant Director, Producer,
Assistant Production Designer, Interim Stage Manager, Assistant Stage
Manager, Box Office Manager, Box Office Assistant, Prompter

PRODUCTION ROLES (HAMLET): Producer, Props, Wardrobe Maintenance


Interested? Apply here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdA2_hwN7qHEbdtz7qKf2yj7Z2cBhuniwn2CwGR219Akgnffg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
online

*Submit In Person:*
The Church | 2247 13th Street, Troy, NY 12180
Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, 2PM-5PM

*Submit Online: *
Use the above links or go to www.willkempesplayers.com/auditions

*NOTE*: All applicants must audition in person on February 2nd at The
Church between 2 and 5pm. Callbacks will be the following day, 2/3, at the
same location and the same time frame.

*Bring:* headshot/resume stapled, 2 prepared monologues: one early modern
(Shakespeare) and one contemporary. Bring a presentation of skill (i.e.
music, combat, circus, dance, etc.) to share with the group.
No appointment necessary, though sign up is first come-first served.

Please read the following orientation, preparation, expectations, and
specific scheduling information at www.willkempesplayers.com/auditions

Questions may be emailed to willkempesplayers at gmail.com or directed to
518-396-7832
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