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AUDITION NOTICE - SHAKESPEARE IN HIGH PARK 2015 - CANADIAN STAGE -
TORONTO, ON
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Production name: The Comedy of Errors and Julius Caesar
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 05/19/2015
Audition date: 12/12/2014
Deadline to submit: 11/21/2014
Email applications to: casting at canadianstage.com
Contact name: Joanne Williams
Contact email: casting at canadianstage.com
Contact phone: (416) 367-8243 x 245
Engager Website: canadianstage.com 

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: 
We encourage submissions from artists of diverse cultures.

Additional information: 
Matjash Mrozewski (Director: Comedy of Errors) and Estelle Shook
(Director: Julius Caesar) are the 2015 MFA candidates from York
University's Graduate Program in Stage Direction in Collaboration with
Canadian Stage. Plays are rehearsed and presented in repertory; all
actors perform in both productions. This is an exclusive 16 week
contract which rehearses and performs outdoors in all safe weather
conditions.

Please e-mail headshot and resume, or submit on www.castingworkbook.com
(no phone calls). Indicate desired role in subject line. 

All roles also include "As Cast". Comedy of Errors listed first. "SC" =
requires stage combat.

Egeon/Caesar/Strato - Male, 50-65. Weary merchant, traveler, thinks has
lost family for good, devastated, storyteller (Egeon) / The Patriarch,
tragedian, ruthless, generous, soldier, statesman (Caesar etc); SC

Solinus/Pinch/Soothsayer/Ligarius/Lucillius/Clitus/Plebian - Male,
50-65. Patrician, righteous, empathetic, upholds Law of Ephesus
(Solinus) / Quack healer, figure of the irrational, grandiose (Pinch) /
The Trickster, comedian, subversive, prophet, conspiracy theorist
(Soothsayer etc); SC

Abbess/Trebonius/Claudio/Volumnius/Plebian - Female, 50-65. Wise mother,
healer, spiritual but hardened, bossy (Abbess) / The Mother, matriarch,
opinionated, forceful, emotional (Trebonius etc)

Adriana/Cassius - Female, 40-45. Frustrated, resolute, passionate,
unhappy wife, childless, insecure in marriage, middle class (Adriana) /
The Outsider, watchful, intelligent, ambitious, self-conscious
(Cassius); SC

Balthasar/Courtesan/Merchant/Brutus - Male, 40-45. Businesslike,
alluring, cunning, gracious (Balthasar) / Man in drag (Courtesan) / The
Soldier Monk, introspective, thoughtful, self-aware, cerebral,
introverted (Brutus); SC

Angelo/Officer/Gaoler/Antony - Male, 40-45. Artisan, accommodating
against better judgment, proud (Angelo etc) / The Magician, sensual,
playful, entertainer, liar, theatrical, sly (Antony); SC and sword

Luciana/Calpurnia/Artimedorus/Servant/Lepidus/Plebian - Female, 35-45.
Confidante, critical, categorical; principles prove wobblier when she's
in hot seat (Luciana) / The Queen, feminine, dignified, sympathetic,
intelligent, stoic (Calpurnia etc)

Dromio of Syracuse/Casca/Titinius/Dardanius/Plebian - Female, 30-40.
Wily servant, nimble, confident; active intellect overcompensating for
under-developed sensual side, Dromio of Ephesus' twin (Female actor in
drag, playing up being a man) (Dromio) / The Bully, pushy, boastful,
brash, swaggering, cowardly (Casca etc); SC

Antipholus of Syracuse/Cobbler/Cinna/Pindarus/Plebian - Male, 25-35.
Intellectual, on a quest, fluid, curious, impressionable, Antipholus of
Ephesus' twin (Antipholus) / The Thief, wily, witty, sharp, fearful,
low-status artful dodger (Cobbler etc); SC and sword 

Antipholus of Ephesus/Cinna the Poet/Metellus/Varrus - Male 25-35.
Sensuous, quick-to-temper, pleasure-seeking, man of action, errant
husband, Antipholus of Syracuse's twin (Antipholus) / The Poet,
creative, dramatic, sensitive, charismatic (Cinna etc); SC, singing,
guitar/banjo required

Dromio of Ephesus/Portia/Octavius/Servant/Plebian - Female 25-35.
Literal-minded, obedient, harried, punching bag, Dromio of Syracuse's
twin (Female actor in drag, playing up being a man) (Dromio) / The
Wunderkind, feminine, frustrated, ambitious, adventurous, anxious
(Portia etc); SC

Luce/Merchant/Officer/Carpenter/Decius/Messala/Plebian - Female, 25-35.
Kitchen maid (female) / Businessman (male) / Keeper of Order (male)
(Luce etc) / The Revolutionary, strident, aggressive, focused, Type A,
protester (Carpenter etc); SC

Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity
members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of
contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the
audition.

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