upcoming season
by Austin Shakespeare
Aug. 19 (2016)
In 2016-2017 Austin Shakespeare will present Noel Coward's PRESENT LAUGHTER, Harold Pinter's OLD TIMES (both directed by Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella) , and Shakespeare's COMEDY OF ERRORS (directed by Robert Ramirez).
Noel Coward’s Present Laughter:
(RP British dialect required except where noted)
Gary Essendine will be played by Marc Pouhé
Daphne Stillington – ingenue
Miss Erikson – housekeeper (swedish accent)
Fred – Valet (cockney dialect)
Monica Reed – Gary’s personal secretary
Liz Essendine – Gary’s estranged wife
Roland Maule – aspiring playwright
Henry Lyppiatt – producer
Morris Dixon – manager
Joanna Lyppiatt – Henry's beautiful wife
Lady Saltburn – Daphne's Mother
Harold Pinter’s Old Times:
Deeley – man 40s - 50s
Kate – Deeley's wife 40s - 50s
Anna – Kate's old friend 40s - 50s
Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors:
Duke of Ephesus
Egeon – A merchant of Syracuse - father of the Antipholus twins
Emilia – Egeon's lost wife, now Lady Abbess at Ephesus
Antipholus of Ephesus – twin master
Antipholus of Syracuse – twin master
Dromio of Ephesus – twin servant
Dromio of Syracuse – twin servant
Adriana – wife of Antipholus of Ephesus
Luciana – Adriana's sister
Nell/Luce – maid to Adriana
Balthazar – a merchant
Angelo – a goldsmith
Courtesan
Doctor Pinch – a conjuring schoolmaster
Abbess
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Present Laughter & Old Times will be directed by Austin Shakespeare’s Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella and performed at the Long Center’s Rollins Theater. Ciccolella joined Austin Shakespeare as Artistic Director in August 2007, following an eight-year tenure at Austin’s ZACH Theatre as managing director, and executive director at Austin Circle of Theaters for nine years. Ciccolella led the Renaissance Theater Company for ten years, producing and directing Off-Off Broadway shows. Prior moving to Austin, Ciccolella served for three years as associate director for SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS from the University of Maryland, Baltimore Country. In 2013, she directed an Off-Broadway production of Ayn Rand’s Anthem adapted by Jeff Britting at the Baryshnikov Arts Center for Austin Shakespeare.
Comedy of Errors will be directed by Robert Ramirez and performed at the Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater. Ramirez has worked as Voice/Text/Dialect coach at a number of theaters including Illinois Shakes, American Players Theatre, and the Krannert Center for the Arts. This winter he will be Voice and Text Directing two productions Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has performed as an actor with the New York, Utah, Illinois, Great River, Alabama, Baltimore and Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals. Robert is the Head of the Acting Program in the department of theatre and dance at the University of Texas, Austin.
Austin Shakespeare, a professional theater company, invites actors to audition for the upcoming season. Open auditions are next Friday Evening Aug. 19. Actors must make an appointment at:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b45a9af23a2fd0-austin
Use monologues of 1-2 min from plays that relate to the season. Speeches can also be read with familiarity. Actors of all ethnic backgrounds are warmly encouraged. Please help spread the word!
Equity actors use http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b45a9af23a2fd0-austin1
These auditions are aimed at non-Alumni actors who have NOT worked with Austin Shakespeare.
