[NEohioPAL] Weathervane AUDITIONS: "Shakespeare in Hollywood"

[Keith Campbell]

Weathervane Playhouse in Akron announces AUDITIONS for Ken Ludwig's comedy, "Shakespeare in Hollywood."

Audition Dates
Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 at 7 p.m.

The auditions will take place at Weathervane Playhouse: 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, Ohio, 44313.

Performance Dates of the Play
October 6 to 23, 2011

Casting Requirements
-- ONE adult woman in the age range of 40s to 60s

-- TWO adult women in the age range of 20s to 30s

-- ONE young man in the age range of 18 to late 20s

-- EIGHT adult men in the age range of 20s to 60s

Audition Requirements

Auditions are scheduled by appointment. Please call the Weathervane Playhouse Box Office to schedule an appointment at 330-836-2626.

Please pick either Aug. 15 or 16 as your preferred date and then call or visit the Weathervane Box Office to schedule an audition appointment. Please call 330-836-2626 during regular Box Office hours only (Mondays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.). 

Audition appointments will begin at 7 p.m. on each audition night, and each person's audition appointment will be a 10-minute slot. 

Please be familiar with the play. Then, please choose a short scene from the play which features the character(s) for which you would like to be considered. This will be the scene that you will READ at the audition.

If you wish to audition for the roles of Oberon, Puck, and/or Olivia, you will be asked to read one of the sections of the play which is in verse - or you can present a monologue in verse.

Visit the Auditions page on the Weathervane Playhouse Web site -- http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/auditions.asp -- to get more information about reading and/or borrowing a copy of the script.

About the Play

Lights, cameras, Shakespeare! It's 1934 and famed movie director Max Reinhardt is determined to film A Midsummer Night's Dream for the silver screen. He soon finds more than he bargained for - thanks to a gaggle of fairies and a mischievous ass running amok on a Hollywood set. This hilarious comic romp delights in Tinseltown tomfoolery.

Shakespeare in Hollywood was commissioned by The Royal Shakespeare Company and premiered Sept. 5, 2004, at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. The production was directed by Kyle Donnelly. The production won the Helen Hayes Award as Best Play of the Year. 


About the Director

NANCY CATES has directed a dozen shows for Weathervane Playhouse spanning genres from comedy (Over the River and through the Woods, Blithe Spirit, Communicating Doors and The Last Night of Ballyhoo) to drama (A Man for All Seasons and All My Sons), from musical (Gypsy) to classic (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), and from farce (Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo) to thriller (Bloody Murder). Locally, Nancy is one of the two Artistic Directors of both Ohio Shakespeare Festival and Coach House Theatre, and she has worked as a professional director for 30 years. She has directed more than 150 plays in LORT, regional, university, community and dinner theaters in five states and she has won 17 newspaper, in-house and critics' awards for her shows (including a Best Production Chanticleer Award for her Weathervane production of Lend Me a Tenor). She is an honors graduate of the University of Virginia

 -- For more information, please call the Weathervane Box Office at (330) 836-2626 or connect online to www.weathervaneplayhouse.com.

Weathervane Playhouse
1301 Weathervane Lane
Akron, Ohio 44313-5186
(330) 836-2626 (voice)
(330) 873-2150 (fax)
www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com
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Weathervane Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows with impressive production values. Through educational programs and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Additional 2011-2012 season sponsors

89.7 WSKU-FM

OMNOVA Solutions Foundation

Sisler McFawn Foundation

Akron Community Foundation

Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust

The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation

Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation
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