Wed., May 19, 2010

ACoT 701 Tillery St., Ste. A-8

Actors Equity contracts under SPT 1

  The Tempest at the Long Center, Rollins’ Theatre

  Performances: Thursday, Sept. 16 - Sunday, Oct. 3

  Rehearsals begin Saturday August 14

TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TIME CONTACT: auditions@austinshakespeare.org

7-9 pm

 NOTE: Austin Shakespeare encourages actors of all ethnic/racial backgrounds to audition.  

Auditioners are asked to prepare a 1- 2 min piece from a Shakespeare play, including The Tempest.  The piece may be memorized or read, but actors should be familiar with the text.

Any actor CONFLICTS will impact final casting decisions. 

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All roles are open.

 Breakdown

Prospero -  Deposed Duke of Milan, living on an abandoned island with his daughter where he practices magic and  plots revenge.

Miranda -  The young daughter of Prospero

Ariel -  Prospero’s spirit.  Women welcome to audition.

Caliban -  Island creature  in service of Prospero

Ferdinand  -  Young nobleman, heir of Alonso, falls in love with Miranda.

Alonso -  King of Naples aided in usurping Propero’s throne

Antonio -  Prospero’s power-hungry and foolish brother.

Sebastian -  Alonso’s brother. An aggressive coward

Gonzalo -  An old, honest lord, Gonzalo helped Prospero and Miranda to escape after Antonio usurped Prospero’s title.

Trinculo - Jester

Stephano -  Stephano, a drunken butler

Boatswain -  vigorously good-natured fellow

Artistic Director, Ann Ciccolella is directing.

AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE

Austin Shakespeare presents professional theatre of the highest quality with an emphasis on the plays of William Shakespeare, bringing to the public performances that are fresh, imaginative, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible, connecting the truths of the past with the challenges and possibilities of today.  Celebrating its 25^th Anniversary season. Austin Shakespeare is the only professional classic theater company in Central Texas.

Bio ANN CICCOLELLA

Ann has been artistic director for Austin Shakespeare for the past 3 years staging acclaimed productions such as Shakespeare’s “Dream: A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Schiller’s “Mary Stuart,” and Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband.”   Previously previous, she was Managing Director for Zachary Scott Theatre and executive director for Austin Circle of Theatres.  Ann also served as artistic director for ZACH’s Project InterAct, (1996-8) which toured professional productions throughout central Texas. At ZACH, Ann served as stage director for: Cabaret, Vagina Monologues, Full Gallop, Closer, Master Class, and Misery.  in Zilker park (1990) she directed Sondheim's Into the Woods.

Before moving to Austin, Ann served as associate director for Shakespeare-on-Wheels from the University of Maryland Baltimore Country. For ten years, she led the Renaissance Theater Company as Artistic Director, producing and directing Off Broadway and along the East Coast including an outdoor uncut Romeo and Juliet  and Measure for Measure in Washington Square Park, after she graduated from NYU.

These days, Ann also leads a professional weekly training for actors and directors, “Shakespeare Studio.”