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Auditions for Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks, Jan 16

Auditions for Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks, Jan 16

Auditions

The Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, Arts and Cultural Heritage Division Announces auditions for the Prince George’s Summer Shakespeare Festival.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021, 10 AM – 6 PM (subject to change)

Our next production will take place in open-air locations throughout Prince George’s County in the summer of 2021. Auditioning actors must be 18 years or older and should present a monologue from one of Shakespeare’s plays. Auditions are by appointment only. To schedule, email Artistic Director Christopher Dwyer at Christopher.dwyer@pgparks.com.

Production History
A Christmas Carol: A Radio Drama (2020)
Macbeth: Radio Drama (2020)
Much Ado About Nothing (2019)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018)
As You Like It (2017)
Twelfth Night (2016)
Romeo and Juliet (2015)
The Tempest (2014)

Auditions for Hamless at Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 11 & 12

Auditions for Hamless at Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 11 & 12

Greenbelt Arts Center announces:
Auditions for Hamless

Presented by the Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center

January 11 & 12, 2021

“Hamless”, directed by Erin Nealer, is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” edited to remove the title character entirely. While Hamlet never appears onscreen, his presence is felt in every tense moment as his family and friends struggle to keep the peace within the Danish court, avoid a war with Norway, and quell a rebellion, all while tiptoeing around young Hamlet’s increasingly unstable moods. Removing Hamlet from the script gives King Claudius and Queen Gertrude, the Danish courtiers, and the Norwegian invaders time to speak their minds about the Prince – and each other.

Auditions will be held via Zoom on Monday, January 11 and Tuesday, January 12 from 7-10pm. You will be scheduled for a 5-10 minute slot based on your form. You will be sent sides from which to choose via email when your audition is scheduled. If you have a piece prepared (under 2 minutes), you are also welcome to use that.

For more information click here.

A note on all characters – Every role is available to actors of any gender, race, ability, and age, but the original pronouns of each character are included below for context. The Rude Mechanicals practice identity-conscious casting; the director will work with actors to ensure their identities are respected and incorporated into their character work. Feel free to ask questions about this process during your audition or directly with the directing team via email.

Additionally, as this is a Zoom production, actors will not be required to memorize all their lines word-perfectly – scripts can be used as a cheat sheet during productions. However, please note that more lines equates to more rehearsal time, and actors who are in many scenes will need to anticipate spending more time in rehearsals each week than actors appearing in only one or two scenes. We will do our best to respect your time and accommodate your schedules.

Rehearsals will be held over Zoom on 1-3 weeknights per week, Monday-Thursday, based on cast schedules.

The Rude Mechanicals are a volunteer theater company. All roles are unpaid.

The Rude Mechanicals present Twelfth Night: Or What You Will at Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9 & 10, Online

The Rude Mechanicals present Twelfth Night: Or What You Will at Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 8-10, Online

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center present:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tiffany M. Waters

Performances January 9 & 10, 2021
January 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm
January 10, 2021 at 2:00 pm

By Greenbelt Arts Center, Online.

Log in to a world where comedy and tragedy wear twin pajama pants. Where love, loss, and friendship must evolve in isolation and be filtered through your screen. Where duels are settled with game controllers, not swords, and Alexa plays “the food of love” on command. This is the new world, and in this world, you can be whoever you want (as long as you’re at home). This is I.L.L.Y.R.I.A.

Online performance, click here.

Clarice Smith presents Martius and crash test, Nov 5, Online

“Martius” and “crash test”

Thursday, November 5, 2020 7:30PM

By: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Online.

Martius
Written and composed by Beth Rendely
Directed by Abigail Olshin

Martius, a musical inspired by Shakespeare’s play Coriolanus, follows the breakdowns of family relationships against a backdrop of political conflict and warfare in Rome. Martius, a decorated soldier, is forced by her mother into a political career. What happens when the people reject her? What happens when Martius herself rejects being a pawn in the city’s battles, the senators’ political games and her mother’s ambitions? Will this Roman family—and by extension, Rome—break out of a cycle of glorifying bloodshed?

crash test
Choreographed by Christina Robson

Using the sheet music for Paganini’s “24 Caprices for violin in B-minor,” Robson created a series of movement-based rule systems that generates a series of unexpected and interrupted movement sentences to challenge habitual understandings of weight shift and momentum. As the choreographer, Robson provided her own movement notation made up of hand-drawn geometric symbols to her collaborator, cellist and composer Lily Gelfand, to generate a new musical composition for cello. In this piece, Robson and Gelfand perform their two original compositions simultaneously without revision.

Free, No Tickets Required, Online here.

Auditions for Twelfth Night: Or What You Will by The Rude Mechanicals at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Online, Nov 1 & 2

Auditions for Twelfth Night: Or What You Will by The Rude Mechanicals at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Online, Nov 1 & 2

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center announce auditions for:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tiffany Waters

Auditions: November 1 & 2, 2020, via Zoom

Visit http://www.rudemechanicals.com/aud/ for audition info & materials

Performance location: Online.

In the spirit of continuing live performance during uncertain times, this production will focus on collaborating with actors to find new ways to navigate this new medium. Twelfth Night will seek to explore themes of personal identity, relationships, isolation, love, loss, and reunion.

When: Sunday, November 1st & Monday, November 2nd, 6:30-9:30 PM
Request an audition slot here.
Please attach a headshot or recent photo, and a resume if you have one!

Auditions will consist of sides provided by the director and will be sent along via email with your audition time slot. Actors may then choose any monologue they wish to read, as some roles will be open to cross-gender casting. Each audition time slot will be 10 minutes.

OPTIONAL: Actor-musicians may also prepare a piece of music (up to one minute, vocals and/or instruments)

Rehearsals will be scheduled Mondays-Thursdays from 7:00-10:00 PM, beginning November 9th

Performances will be the weekend of January 8th-10th, exact time and dates TBD by the cast and crew

All rehearsals, meetings, and performances will be held via Zoom. There will be no in-person requirements for this production (sadly).

We look forward to seeing you all soon, and please spread the word!