[NEohioPAL] Reminder - Auditions for VOODOO MACBETH

Cleveland Shakespeare Festival cleveshakes at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 16:10:37 PST 2014


*Ensemble Theatre and Cleveland Shakespeare Festival hold auditions for
collaborative production of "Voodoo Macbeth"*

Shakespeare's tragedy *Macbeth* dramatizes the corrosive psychological and
political effects produced when evil is chosen as the way to fulfill the
ambition for power. In 1936, Orson Welles created a historic production of
this play, casting a company of African-Americans and moving the setting
from Scotland to one that evoked Haiti in the 19th Century, under the reign
of the slave-turned-emporer Henri Christophe.

*Ensemble Theatre*, in partnership with the *Cleveland Shakespeare Festival*,
is recreating and reimagining this landmark production using a
multicultural cast, and working from the Federal Theater Project's script.

We are seeking actors of all races, ages and gender.  Actors will receive a
stipend.  AEA contracts will be considered for this production.

*Auditions:*  Saturday, March 8 from 1:00 - 4:00pm, Monday, March 10 from
6:00-9:00pm.
*Callbacks:* Tuesday, March 11 6:00pm - 9:00pm
*Location:* Ensemble Theatre, 2843 Washington Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH

No appointment necessary.  Auditionees will be seen in the order of arrival.

Please bring a headshot and resume.   Actors may choose to present a
Shakespearean monologue not exceeding two minutes, or be provided a scene
from the play to read.

Initial table readings will be held March 23-24, and full rehearsals begin
Saturday, April 26th.
The production opens May 23 and runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
8pm, Sunday
at 2pm through June 8th.

The production is co-directed by Celeste Cosentino, Artistic Director of
Ensemble Theatre and Tyson Douglas Rand, Artistic Director of Cleveland
Shakespeare Festival.

For more information email auditions at cleveshakes.org
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