The American Shakespeare Center is casting:
2008-09 American Shakespeare Center on Tour (Stark Raving Sane Tour)
- Hamlet - Director, Jim Warren, ASC Artistic Director
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Director, Jim Warren, ASC Artistic Director
- The Comedy of Errors - Director Giles Block, Shakespeare's Globe, London
- A Christmas Carol - Director TBA
12-month contract: June 18, 2008-June 14, 2009 - tours the U.S. for five
months and runs in residence at the Blackfriars Playhouse for 3.5
months.
Troupe members receive $1,500 per month salary, health insurance, and housing. Also casting two acting apprentices ($800 stipend per month).
- auditions by appointment only
- please submit headshot/resume to:
Auditions
American Shakespeare Center
13 W. Beverley Street, 4th Floor
Staunton, VA 24401
- please include your HEIGHT and WEIGHT on your resume
- PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL address on your resume
- you will be notified VIA EMAIL if we wish to schedule an appointment with you
- Actors must be available for the entire contract period.
Locations and Dates
Blackfriars Playhouse - Staunton, VA*
- Monday 14 January 2008 - auditions by appointment only
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Saturday 19 January 2008 - auditions by appointment only
New York, New York
- Monday 4 February 2008 - auditions by appointment only
*Actors invited to audition for the ASC in Staunton, VA can request complimentary tickets for shows at the Blackfriars Playhouse and may observe rehearsals. Check this site for performance schedule.
Watch this space for information on auditions in September/October for the 2009 Blackfriars Playhouse Summer/Fall Season: Much Ado about Nothing, Titus Andronicus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Henry IV, Part I.