[Capdist-auditions] "Shakesplaining" Audition - Sunday 6/9 12:30 PM Schenectady YMCA

[Christine Vermilyea]

Due to actor conflicts, we have added a final audition date for "Shakesplaining". Those that have already auditioned do not need to attend and are encouraged to enjoy their weekend.

Seeking 3 men and 3 women for “Shakesplaining”, a new play by Jonathan Riven

“Shakesplaining” presents popular pieces from Shakespeare’s works which are then explained by William Shakespeare and Queen of England in modern terms.

Characters:

  *   William Shakespeare – The Bard
  *   Queen Elizabeth – Less stuffy than William but still the queen
  *   The King’s Men –
     *   Men: Demetrius, Lysander, Macbeth (as Cliff from “Sons of Anarchy”), Mark Twain, Orlando (as Ricky from “I Love Lucy”)
     *   Women: Helena, Hermia, Lady Macbeth (as Jenna from “Sons of Anarchy”), Rosalind (as Lucy from “I Love Lucy”), Celia (as Ethel from “I Love Lucy”)

Directed by Christine Vermilyea

Audition Dates and Times

Sunday, June 9 at 12:30 PM



Location

Schenectady YMCA Teen Center

a/f 427 Franklin Street Schenectady 12305

The YMCA entrance is on Franklin Street. Please be aware – Due to the Schenectady Greenmarket, Franklin Street and Jay Street are partially closed. The best suggestion for parking is the Broadway lot at the corner of Liberty Street and Broadway (across from Pinhead Susan’s)


Performance Dates and Times

  *   August 1 and August 8: 7 PM at Congregation Beth Israel
  *   August 3: 2 PM at the Schenectady County Public Library
  *   August 4: 2 PM at Congregation Beth Israel
  *   August 10: Fenimore Gallery at Proctor’s TBD

Rehearsals
Tentatively Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings based on cast availability

Audition Requirements
●        Performers of all ethnicities and ages are encouraged to audition
●        Resume and head shot are not required
●        Bring all potential conflicts from June through August
●        Be prepared to read from the script.
●        Please be familiar with the attached monologue section from Hamlet (“To be or not to be”) It does NOT need to be memorized but we will be playing with it at the audition

Please contact Christine Vermilyea at ChristineV.home at gmail.com or 518-232-4078 (call or text) with questions.

‘To Be Or Not To Be’, Spoken by Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.


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