Island Shakespeare Festival 2024 Summer Season
Island Shakespeare Festival
About the project and the company
Island Shakespeare Festival is now casting our 2024 summer season! Our mission is to ignite the power of accessible classical theatre to build empathy and connection.
Our 2024 season includes William Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Terri McMahon (she/her), and Aphra Behns’s The Lucky Chance, directed by Julie Beckman (she/her). This production is in partnership with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre’s Expand the Canon program.
Housing and Pay: Visiting artistic collaborators are housed locally in home-stays. Visiting actors will be cast in both productions unless otherwise arranged, and will be paid a pre-tax rate of $442 per week. The term of the contract is (roughly) 14 weeks, June 5-September 9, 2024. ISF offers a modest travel reimbursement stipend for visiting non-union artists. AEA contracts are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
We recognize that most characters we encounter in classic theatre are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns. We invite gender non-conforming, gender queer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for all roles with which they most identify, and which ignite their creative spirit. We will specify when directors or playwrights determine characters have specific gender criteria.
We seek to represent all races and ethnicities on our stage and in our company and invite actors of all racial and ethnic identities to submit for all roles that ignite their creative spirit. We will specify when directors or playwrights determine characters have specific racial/ethnic criteria.
We invite actors who identify as differently abled and/or disabled to submit for all roles which ignite their creative spirit. We will specify when directors or playwrights determine characters have specific ability criteria.
We believe the characters that exist in these stories may be portrayed by any and everyone, and invite actors of all body shapes and sizes to submit for all roles that ignite their creative spirit. We will specify when directors or playwrights determine characters have specific physical criteria.
Inspired by language developed by Kevin Kantor (they/them) and Emily Tarquin (they/them), adapted for our casting process by Olena Hodges (she/her) with contributions from Kyle Haden (he/him), Ada Karamanyan (she/her), Mickey Rowe (he/him), K. Woodzick (they/them), and others.
Location of Audition
Callbacks will be at TPS
Audition requirements
Please fill out the form and include a YouTube or Vimeo link to your video. Your video should include: Slate with your name, pronouns, and piece(s) One short classical verse monologue (under 90 seconds) If singing onstage is within your comfort zone, please include a portion of your favorite karaoke song (backing track can usually be found online) If you are not able to fill out this digital form, please request a PDF version via email from casting@islandshakespearefest.org. Please submit videos by February 25, 2024. Callbacks (with assigned sides from the plays) will be held in person in Seattle (March 3 & 4) and Langley, WA (March 2), and virtually via video & Zoom through February and March. We will contact you before casting is publicly announced, whether we have roles to offer you or not. Tips for video: (these are suggestions, not requirements!) Shoot horizontal rather than vertical Find a neutral background Check your lighting - we'd love to see your expressive face! Aim for your torso to be included (avoid extreme close-up) Don't look at the camera--keep your focus just above or to the side No dialects or "Shakespeare Voice" necessary Even though it's video, don't be afraid to use your body and voice - we're looking for you how you'll fill our outdoor space We aren't opposed to pet video-bombs 😻
Additional information
Preferred method of submission
URL
Audition/Interview dates
Callbacks March 2-4
Pay type
Hourly
Audition location
Langley WA
Pay type
$442/week $442/week
Callbacks or second audition/interview?
March 2-4
Submission instructions
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWdHp6FJ2e2k3-UFXrIZ3gvicLge-a-EaT2xc9Ulctl36YDw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Union Requirements
Open to All
Sides or script location
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DEfnye1bEr9MJOAPPWb5kFP_X0-cORtpGMF2_lqZ9Po/edit?usp=drive_link
Equity Contract
Non-Union, Equity (AEA)