[NEohioPAL] Auditions for a Regional Premier Play:

[Cleve Shakes Fest]

“William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead”
By John Heimbuch.
 
Produced by The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival
Directed by Dusten Welch
 
Open Auditions:
Where: Cleveland Play House Classroom Two
When: Sunday August 30th, 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
 
Please bring Resume & Headshot. Be prepared to deliver a 1-2 minute audition monologue (classical or contemporary), OR you may cold read from the script. 
 
All roles are Non-Equity and un-stipended.
CSF is always open to nontraditional casting. 
If you are interested but unable to attend the audition, e-mail the director at dustenw at yahoo.com to request alternate arrangements.
 
Callbacks: Monday August 31st, 5:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M
Cast Read-through: Saturday September 5th, 11:00 A.M. 
Rehearsals Start: Monday September 28th and run Monday through Thursday 
evenings in Rehearsal Hall A of the Cleveland Play House.  
Performances: Friday October 30th, Saturday October 31st, Sunday November 1st
 
PLAY SYNOPSIS:
London, 1599. After the Globe’s inaugural performance of Henry V, Shakespeare
fends off an embittered Will Kemp, furious about Falstaff’s removal, and Francis
Bacon, who has arrived with an idea to pitch. But when the company’s costumer is
bitten by a plague-ridden madman and the Queen and her men arrive seeking safety,
life in the playhouse takes a turn for the worse. As the affliction spreads destruction
through London, the Globe is placed in quarantine and the survivors within must fight
for their lives. Can they escape? Is there a cure? Is friendship more important than art?
And after being assaulted by theatrical advice and bloodthirsty hordes, who can say
which is worse?
William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead is both a comedic homage to zombie
films and a carefully researched drama about Shakespeare and his authorship.
 
ROLES AVAILABLE:
William Shakespeare - (30’s) - player, playwright of histories and light comedies
Richard Burbage - (Late 20 - 30’s) - player, theatre manager, specializing in tragic heroes
Kate Braithwaite - (20’s - 30s) - the tiring house woman, a seamstress and stagehand
Francis Bacon - (30’s - 40’s) lawyer, courtier, natural philosopher, writer
Queen Elizabeth Tudor - (60’s) - Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland
Doctor John Dee - (70’s) - court astrologer and metaphysical philosopher
Soldier 1 - (20’s – 30’s) - a recruiting officer for the Irish wars
Soldier 2 - (20’s – 30’s) - a soldier of the Queen’s guard
Additional Players/Soldiers/Afflicted

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