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Please direct all responses and inquiries directly to the theatre or association listed in the e-drive notice below.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY
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The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training at the Stratford Festival is currently accepting applications for positions in the 2005 class, which will begin in September. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2005.

The Conservatory offers a concentrated and comprehensive approach to artistic development, consisting of an intensive 19-week programme of instruction by senior artists and teachers under the direction of Principal David Latham. Instruction includes concentrated sessions in voice, movement and background research and classes in acting and the interpretation of texts. The programme culminates in the John Sullivan Hayes Workshop, an in-depth exploration of a Shakespearean or other classical text with a performance before an invited audience. Participants in the Conservatory receive a bursary, and pay no tuition fees. Following the 2005 session, participants will be offered places in the Festival's 2006 acting company.

Applicants selected for an audition will be seen in one of the cities on the Conservatory's national audition tour: Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and St. John's, Newfoundland. Please send a résumé, photo and cover letter detailing your reasons for applying to the Conservatory to auditions at stratfordfestival.ca or the Director's Office, Stratford Festival of Canada, P.O. Box 520, Stratford, Ontario, N5A 6V2. For more information, please visit www.stratfordfestival.ca/events/conservatory.cfm.

Successful applicants who are not already full members of Canadian Actors' Equity Association, must join Equity in order to accept a position with the Conservatory
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Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria Street, 12th Floor
Toronto, ON M5C 3C4