[Capdist-auditions] "Shakesplaining" Auditions at Classic Theatre Guild

[Christine Vermilyea]

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

Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6 at 7 PM

Call Backs (if needed and by invitation only) – Sunday, June 9 at 2 PM



Location

Congregation Beth Israel

2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady

  *   Parking lot is on Union Street across from St Kateri (1801 Union Street)



Performance Dates and Times

August 1, 3, 4, 8, and 10

(August 1 and 8 at 7 PM, August 3 and 4 at 2 PM, August 10 TBD)

Performances will be at Congregation Beth Israel, The Schenectady Public Library, and Proctor’s Fennimore Gallery



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 welcome but 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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