[NEohioPAL] The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival's 12th Season

[Cleve Shakes Fest]

For Immediate Release;
 
The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival is pleased and proud to announce its 12th season. The plays for summer, 2009 will be Antony & Cleopatra, directed by Cleve Shakes Veteran and well known theater artist, Alison Garrigan and A Winter’s Tale, directed by Cleve Shake’s new Artistic Director, Tyson Douglas Rand.
 
Both directors will be putting emphasis on Cleve Shakes history of non-traditional casting by committing wholeheartedly to both race and gender blind casting practices. There are no AEA contracts available for this season but we would like to invite and encourage all area non-union professional and semi-professional theater artists to audition for this unique and exciting season. Each production will also be casting for several internship and supernumerary roles, providing opportunities for a variety of student actors and newcomers to bring their “A” game to auditions. All roles will be paid a stipend.
 
Open Auditions for adult and student actors over the age of 16 will be held in the Schubert Library of The Cleveland Play House on Saturday and Sunday, April 25th & 26th from 1:00 to 6:00 PM. Appointments will not be necessary. Please prepare two contrasting monologues that do not exceed a total combined time of three minutes. At least one of these monologues must be from the works of William Shakespeare. Bring a head-shot and resume with you and be prepared to have a digital photo taken at the audition. Call backs will be held on Monday and Tuesday the 27th & 28th with the intention to announce casts by Friday, May 1st.
 
Rehearsal Periods will begin on May 4th with an average of five rehearsals per week in the evenings and/or weekends and will run for six weeks – through June 13th. Each production will then have its own tech week and opening. Antony & Cleopatra will open Friday and Saturday, June 19th & 20th. A Winter’s Tale will open the following weekend, on Friday and Saturday, June 26th & 27th. Once both shows are open they will run in repertory on Saturdays and Sundays for the next five weekends at a different venue each weekend. Performance Schedule for the Fourth Of July Weekend is tentative. The season will close with its final performance on Sunday, August 2nd.
 
If you have additional questions you may address them to cleveshakesfest at yahoo.com
Our web site, www.CleveShakes.orgis currently being redesigned but will soon have all pertinent information regarding Cleve Shakes, the auditions and the season’s production schedule. We look forward to seeing you at auditions. Come out and PLAY.
 
Break Legs!
 
The Cleve Shakes Gang


      
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