[NEohioPAL] NEW CASTING DEPT - Shakespeare Exchange Seeks Actors of ALL TYPES for its Cleveland Files

[Ross Williams]

New to the Cleveland theater community, Shakespeare Exchange is seeking
union and non-union talent for upcoming and ongoing events in the area. If
you would like to be added to our casting files, please send:

-- your headshot and resume
-- a video audition link (via YouTube or Vimeo) including two monologues --
one should be Shakespeare or other classical playwright; contemporary is
fine for the second, if you wish
-- total time should not exceed three minutes
-- send to cleveland at nysx.org

"Shakespeare Exchange - Midwest" is a new regional offshoot of NY
Shakespeare Exchange which has been in operation as an off-off-Broadway
501c3 since 2010. Our mission is to build communities and create
conversations through classical work, especially Shakespeare. In addition
to full productions, our work includes the wildly popular ShakesBEER Pub
Crawls (a pop-up performance party bringing Shakespeare into comfortable,
approachable spaces); NYSX Freestyle Labs (combining Shakespeare and
contemporary issues - part performance, part panel discussion, and part
group conversation); The Sonnet Project (an ongoing catalog of cinematic
interpretations of Shakespeare's sonnets); The Voices Project (performance
videos featuring the talent of communities that have been traditionally
under-represented in classical work); and much more.

Our goal is to begin producing in Cleveland in the late summer/early fall
with a ShakesBEER Pub Crawl. For these events, actors must have classical
acting skill, a heightened sense of improvisational freedom, and powerful
vocal tools (think outdoor theater). Video example:
https://vimeo.com/179766035

SHAKESPEARE EXCHANGE INCLUSION PLEDGE

It is central to NY Shakespeare Exchange's core values that our network of
artists and patrons grows to be as diverse and vibrant as the cities,
country, and world in which we create. We believe that identity markers
should never be a barrier to enjoyment of art, and therefore aim to push
back against historical norms that have left some members of our community
feeling less entitled to participate in Shakespeare's legacy. We recognize
that as we carry that legacy into our contemporary world, it is made more
potent by inclusivity.

*WE PLEDGE:*

-- To make room for perspectives that have traditionally been absent from
the classical stage.
-- To deploy a diversity of social, cultural, and artistic points-of-view
into our programming and by doing so create more pertinent, powerful, and
challenging art.
-- To expand our audience base, particularly within communities that may
feel alienated by prior encounters with Shakespeare.
-- To proactively deepen the diversity of our casting pool, and to maintain
a consistent pattern of inclusion in the ensembles of artists we hire.
-- To strive for more inclusion at all levels of our company: from our
production teams to our intern classes to our leadership team.

NY Shakespeare Exchange expresses diversity broadly to include individuals
representing varied national origins, ethnicities, religions, ages,
socioeconomic strata, gender identities, and disabilities.

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*Ross Williams *(he/him)
*Artistic Director*

www.nysx.org
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