Continued Auditions for Othello and As You Like It, Austin Shakespeare, weekend of October 26, 2013

Posted at Facebook, October 20:

Click to view announcement at Austin Shakespeare website of a second session of auditions on October 15, 2013

2013-2014 Austin Shakespeare Season

2013 - 2014 Season

The Belle of Amherst by William Luce

November 13 - December 1, 2013

Othello by William Shakespeare

February 12 - March 2, 2014

As You Like It by William Shakespeare

May 1 - 25, 2014

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Young Shakespeare Troupe at the Curtain Theatre

June 19 - 29, 2014

Celebrating its 30^th year in 2014, Austin Shakespeare announces its new season starting with the acclaimed solo portrait of Emily Dickinson, The Belle of Amherst, starring Helen Merino (Hamlet) Nov. 14-Dec. 1, 2013; and Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Othello, Feb. 12-Mar. 2, 2014; both performed at The Long Center’s Rollins Theater, where Austin Shakespeare is a resident company. The season ends May 1-25, 2014 with Shakespeare’s perfect romantic comedy, As You Like It. The company will return to Zilker Park for the 30^th anniversary of “FREE Shakespeare in the Park.”


The season kicks off with a delightful evening’s entertainment of the now-famous poet, Emily Dickinson: The Belle of Amherst by William Luce. Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella comments: “Join Emily Dickinson in her home and share her incandescent gaiety and touching sadness as this New England recluse lives to innovate poetry with her new style of writing.” November 14 – December 1, 2013, with a low-priced preview on November 13.


Austin Shakespeare invites audiences to a new experience of Shakespeare’s great tale of jealousy and passion in a new production of Othello, February 13-March 2, 2014 at the Long Center’s Rollins Theater, with a low-priced preview on February 12.


In the spring, teens are invited to open auditions (March 22 & 29, 2014) for Austin Shakespeare’s “Young Shakespeare” company to perform in the comic romance of magic and mayhem, The Tempest, to be staged at Richard Garriott de Cayeux’ replica of an Elizabethan stage, The Curtain Theater, June 19-29, 2014. Now in its sixth year, Young Shakespeare is a company of teen actors who will be directed by Austin Shakespeare professional actor and teaching artist, Nancy Eyermann (Love’s Labours Lost, The Winter’s Tale).


For its “FREE Shakespeare in the Park” show, Austin Shakespeare will bring the sexy, cross-dressing romp in the green world to Zilker Hillside Theater with Shakespeare’s As You Like It, May 1-25, 2014. Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella will direct and describes it as: “In the city and in the country, Rosalind, the smartest girl in the world, falls in love with the most desirable man in the world! Hear the famous “Seven Ages of Man” speech and meet Touchstone, the jester! The show culminates in a RenFaire fun fest while we all sing – ‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino!’”


Alongside the 2013-14 season in three locations with four Austin productions, Austin Shakespeare will be performing Off-Broadway in New York City for the first time in its history with Ayn Rand’s Anthem, adapted by Jeff Britting, Sept. 25-Dec. 1, 2013 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theater. Austin Shakespeare experienced sold-out success for Anthem at the Long Center’s Rollins Theater in 2011.



AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE Austin Shakespeare’s mission is to present 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. Founded in 1984 Austin Shakespeare is the only professional classic theater company in Central Texas. Austin Shakespeare also brings professional actors and directors directly into the classroom throughout Central Texas. For more information, contact Austin Shakespeare Managing Director Alex Alford at alex@austinshakespeare.org.

Austin Shakespeare is a member of the Austin Creative Alliance, and is funded in part by the City of Austin through The Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.

ROMEO AND JULIETA, Austin Shakespeare Youth Troupe, Curtain Theatre, June 20 - 30, 2013

presents

Romeo and Julieta

by William Shakespeare
Austin Shakespeare Youth Troupe
June 20 - 30, 2013
Thursdays - Sundays at 8 p.m.
Curtain Theatre, 7400 Coldwater Canyon -- click for map

tickets $10 - $16 plus fees via Eventbrite

Come on out to Richard Garriott's replica of The Globe theatre and join this year's Austin Youth Shakespeare company for "Romeo and Julieta", Shakespeare's famous play with a Hispanic feel!



Austin Shakespeare presents Young Shakespeare, performing Romeo and Julieta, a semi-bilingual (approximately 10-15% Spanish) version of the classic tale of youthful romance set against a backdrop of warring families. Young Shakespeare performers are 12 - 19 and come from a variety of backgrounds. Performances take place at Richard Garriott de Cayeux' Curtain Theatre, a replica of an Elizabethan theater on the shores of Lake Austin, providing everyone with an authentic Shakespearean experience.

Show times are at 8:00 PM on the following dates: Thursday, June 20th Friday, June 21st Saturday, June 22nd Sunday, June 23rd Thursday, June 27th Friday, June 28th Saturday, June 29th Sunday, June 30th

Click HERE to purchase tickets on-line. There's an early bird discount, too!
Invite your friends and spread the word!

(Click to go to the AustinLiveTheatre front page)

Auditions for Romeo and Julieta, Young Shakespeare summer troupe, March 30, 2013

Final opportunity: Young Shakespeare auditions for Romeo and Julietta

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 1:30pm – 3:30 pm, Waller Creek School Theater, 710 East 41st Street (off Red River -- alternate entrance from E. 38th st., west of main school buildings -- click for map)
 
AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT - contact youngshakespeare@austinshakespeare.org.  

Opportunities for teen actors of all ethnic/racial backgrounds. Staged with professional director, and designers. Performance dates: June 20 - 23, 27 – 30 Thurs-Sat at 8 p.m. at the Curtain Theatre, a 220-seat replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, off City Park Rd., Austin TX (click for map)

Rehearsals: May 21 - June 20, weekday evenings and weekends at Waller Creek Theater, 41st & Red River.

Austin Shakespeare, the Austin-based professional theater company welcomes teen actors to audition for its Young Shakespeare production of Romeo and Julietta. The audition is in a workshop style to introduce teens to a nurturing and challenging program in preparation for an intensive month of rehearsals. Now in its fifth year, Young Shakespeare culminates in a professionally staged production at The Curtain Theater, Richard Garriott’s replica of an Elizabethan theater on the shores of Lake Austin.

Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella, who will direct the program, said, “We have had amazing productions by fostering atmosphere of confidence and joy for teen actors to flourish as they tackle Shakespeare’s best-loved script.” Austin Shakespeare produces free Shakespeare in Zilker Park as well as The Long Center’s Rollins Theatre. “Our free audition workshops have always been welcoming and strengthening environment for young people.” Young Shakespeare uses cross-gender casting where girls often play males roles. This production will have some Spanish language along side Shakespeare original script, so bilingual youngsters are especially encouraged to audition.

TUITION: $500 fee for everyone cast.

Auditioners should familiarize themselves with scenes and speeches from the play provided by Austin Shakespeare for Romeo and Julietta. Sides will be available via email on February 28th. Alternate Shakespeare monologues may be used in the audition, but are not required. Auditioners will all audition in a closed group setting and are required to be present for the entire audition workshop.

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays; it is a tragic romance of teenagers and their parents in a world in conflict. The poetry of the play is some of the most beautiful Shakespeare ever wrote. 

Click for additional information and character list at AustinLiveTheatre.com. . . .

Auditions for The Winter's Tale, Austin Shakespeare, March 16, 2013

Posted on Facebook by Ann Ciccolella, March 9:









Austin Shakespeare will continue auditioning for Winter's Tale next Sat .. contact auditions@austinshakespeare.org to schedule an appt.

Auditions for Young Shakespeare summer production of 'Romeo and Juliet,' March 9 and 23, 2013

Young Shakespeare auditions for Romeo and Julietta

Saturdays, March 9 and 23, 2013, 1:30pm – 3:30 pm, Waller Creek School Theater, 710 East 41st Street (off Red River -- alternate entrance from E. 38th St., west of main school buildings -- click for map)

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT - contact youngshakespeare@austinshakespeare.org. Opportunities for teen actors of all ethnic/racial backgrounds. Staged with professional director, and designers. Performance dates: June 20 - 23, 27 – 30 Thurs-Sat at 8 p.m. at the Curtain Theatre, a 220-seat replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, off City Park Rd., Austin TX (click for map)

Rehearsals: May 21 - June 20, weekday evenings and weekends at Waller Creek Theater, 41st &Red River.

Austin Shakespeare, the Austin-based professional theater company welcomes teen actors to audition for its Young Shakespeare production of Romeo and Julietta. The audition is in a workshop style to introduce teens to a nurturing and challenging program in preparation for an intensive month of rehearsals. Now in its fifth year, Young Shakespeare culminates in a professionally staged production at The Curtain Theater, Richard Garriott’s replica of an Elizabethan theater on the shores of Lake Austin.

Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella, who will direct the program, said, “We have had amazing productions by fostering atmosphere of confidence and joy for teen actors to flourish as they tackle Shakespeare’s best-loved script.” Austin Shakespeare produces free Shakespeare in Zilker Park as well as The Long Center’s Rollins Theatre. “Our free audition workshops have always been welcoming and strengthening environment for young people.” Young Shakespeare uses cross-gender casting where girls often play males roles. This production will have some Spanish language along side Shakespeare original script, so bilingual youngsters are especially encouraged to audition.

TUITION: $500 fee for everyone cast.

Auditioners should familiarize themselves with scenes and speeches from the play provided by Austin Shakespeare for Romeo and Julietta. Sides will be available via email on February 28th. Alternate Shakespeare monologues may be used in the audition, but are not required. Auditioners will all audition in a closed group setting and are required to be present for the entire audition workshop.

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays; it is a tragic romance of teenagers and their parents in a world in conflict. The poetry of the play is some of the most beautiful Shakespeare ever wrote.
Click 'Read more' for additional information and character list

Click for more information and cast list at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

 

Promo Video: Design for Living, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, February 6 - 24, 2013

Jonny Pascoe's video for the

 

presentation of

Design for Living

by Noel Coward

February 6 - 24, 2013
Rollins Theatre of The Long Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets on sale now at thelongcenter.org or (512) 474-5664.

Join us in this merry dance of three friends who begin as Bohemian artists and rise to high society, as they discover that real love and true friendship often collide. Delight in Noel Coward songs, too! Featuring Martin Burke, Helen Merino and Michael Miller in the lead roles.

Design for Living by Noël Coward, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, Long Center, February 6 - 24, 2013

by Christine El-Tawil and Michael Meigs

Kara Bliss greets you with song as you enter the Rollins Studio Theater at the Long Center for Austin Shakespeare’s production of Design for Living by Noël Coward. Jason Connor accompanies her on the upright piano. 


 Bliss’s soulful delivery of witty and fun compositions by Coward and by Cole Porter instantly transports you to the 1920’s. The puns and clever humor set the audience laughing even before the action began, particularly with references to “gay” behavior. In Coward’s time, “gay” usually meant “loose” or “sexually libertarian” rather than “homosexual,” but our 21^st-century audience took the modern meaning. Director Ann Ciccolella’s interpretation of the progressive partnering within this free-thinking trio was exactly in line with that modern understanding.


Bliss and Connor perform before the show and at each of two intermissions in this three-hour production. They function as a cheerful and attractive chorus, for the songs allude to themes and social issues explored throughout the play. Their final offering is Coward’s “Marvelous Party,” an account of lovely drunken frivolity foreshadowing the happy ending.

Michael Miller, Martin Burke, Helen Merino (photo: Austin Shakespeare)

Coward wrote the play in 1932 for his friends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and the three of them appeared in it in New York to great acclaim. London audiences didn’t get to see it until much later because the ménage-à-trois and sexual innuendo were judged inappropriate by British authorities.


Design for Living tells the story of three young aspiring artists struggling up from poverty. They’re firm friends who first met in bohemian Paris. At the opening, Helen Merino as Gilda the designer is in a terrible flutter, and we soon discover why. Living unmarried with one of her male friends, she has just spent the night with the other. 


The dilemmas of sentiment and coupling are the heart of the play; these spirits scorn convention but jealousies upset and bewilder them. The three protagonists portrayed this drama and comedy so powerfully and effortlessly that the audience found itself gasping one moment and then laughing in the same breath.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Quick Comment: Design for Living, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, Long Center, February 6 - 24

 
by Michael Meigs

The songs performed by chanteuse Kara Bliss highlight Noël Coward's sly wit, but Ann Ciccolella's staging of Design for Living proves he was no mere champagne dandy. Marvelously articulate dialogue pops and snaps, and it's full of emotion. Michael Miller, Martin Burke and Helen Merino deliver the most exuberant, mischievous and riveting ensemble work I've seen in many a day.

Design for Living by Noël Coward, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, Long Center, February 6 - 24. Tickets via thelongcenter.org or at (512) 474-5664.

Video: Austin Shakespeare - What It Means to All of Us

Line Dash's video depicting Austin Shakespeare productions of the last four years, featuring actors, artists and supporters discussing what the organization and its productions mean to them -- and to all of Austin. Music by Perfect Sense, Peter Stopchinski and Graham Reynolds. Photography by Brett Brookshire, Kimberley Mead and Kirk Tuck.

Upcoming: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Austin Shakespeare Youth Troupe, June 21 - July 1

presents

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

directed by Ann Ciccolella

June 22 - July 1, Thursdays - Sundays at 8 p.m.

Curtain Theatre, 7400 Coldwater Canyon (click for map)

 

This is Young Shakespeare's fourth annual show but this is the first time being directed by Ann Ciccolella, Artistic Director of Austin Shakespeare and creator of the Young Shakespeare company.

We welcome several new company members to the cast this year but we also have some longtime company members joining us, sometimes, for the fourth year in a row.

Here are some cast members whom you may remember:

Brutus: Georgia McLeland (Thomasina in Austin Shakeps's "Arcadia")
Mark Antony: Liam Dolan-Henderson (Hector in Troilus and Cressida)
Cassius: Kelsey Hockmuller (Odysseus in Troilus and Cressida)

Please join us at Richard Garriot's Curtain Theater for a night of classic Shakespeare for two weekends, Thursdays-Sundays at 8 PM. Opening June 21st.

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, Long Center, February 2 - 19

Last Friday the first question to Director Ann Ciccolella during Austin Shakespeare's regular post-performance talk-back with the audience was "How do you choose the plays for the Austin Shakespeare season?"

"The language," Ciccolella replied without hesitation. 'I'm always looking for plays that are rich in language, like this one."

Tom Stoppard's Arcadia shines with wit and whimsicality. The dialogues between these characters are so quick and clever that sometimes you perch on the edge of your seat, breathlessly holding back your laughter so that you won't miss a single syllable. This is wit writ deep -- in the characters, their contrasting views of the world and their social positions; in dissembling, feuding and courtship; and in the juxtaposition and then the overlapping within the same genteel English estate of events that occurred in 1809 and modern- day investigations of those events by archeologists and academics. The message is that truth is unknowable and that life occurs only in the flicker and illumination of the present moment.

Unlike other arts, theatre performances occur in all four dimensions. The fourth, that of time, is the most challenging, for actions occurring before your eyes will never exactly replicate themselves.

For example, we attended this remarkable production on the second day of a three-weekend run. Perhaps you witnessed it the night before or at some succeeding performance. We can exchange views about it -- about the superb acting, the richness of language, the verisimilitude of those English accents, Jonathan Hiebert's costumes, Jason Amato's mastery of mood and lighting, the startling simplicity and sublime concept of Ia Ensterä's set. But we were not there at the event. Language fails to capture adequately even a shared reality; how much more tenuous it becomes when we describe different although related events.

In keeping with that theme, Arcadia is both an investigation and a detective story. It opens in 1809 as impecunious tutor Septimus Hodge is artfully avoiding difficult questions posed by his aristocratic pupil Thomasina Coverly. "Carnal embrace" becomes a theme of equivocation, not only in the classroom but also when outraged versifier Ezra Chater accuses Hodge and demands the satisfaction of a duel.

Click to read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Austin Shakespeare: A Video Presentation by Ann Ciccolella and Alex Alford

Found at www.austinshakespeare.org, November 5:

[Apple users: can't see the video? Click to go to YouTube]

Additional Auditions for Austin Shakespeare' Arcadia and Twelfth Night, November 9

Received directly:

Another Opportunity to Audition:

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Wednesday, November 9 from 7:30 p.m.
Austin Creative Alliance Studio, 701 Tillery St. (click for map)

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, Performances: Feb. 2-19, 2012:to be performed at the Long Center, Rollins’ Theatre

4 women/8 men, all with English dialect - Rehearsals begin Tues. Jan. 3
See below for plot and cast breakdown.

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Performances: May 3 - 27 in Zilker Park Hillside Theater - Rehearsals begin April 3
See below for plot and cast breakdown.

Auditioners are asked to prepare a 1- 2 min speech from any classic or Shakespeare play, including Twelfth Night, Arcadia or any Stoppard play. The piece may be memorized or read, but actors should be thoroughly familiar with the text. All roles are open. Including Actors Equity contracts under SPT 1.

To schedule an appointment time, contact auditions@austinshakespeare.org.

NOTE: Austin Shakespeare warmly encourages actors of all ethnic/racial backgrounds to audition. Twelfth Night will be done in a "Bollywood" style meaning the songs already in the play will be danced and sung reminiscent of contemporary Indian movies. Trained actors with an Indian background, who also have ability as dancers and singers are encouraged to audition. Casting will be open and "color-blind."

Actors are encouraged to read scripts before auditioning. Arcadia is available for check out at the Austin Creative Alliance, 701 Tillery St. Suite A-8, 78702. To check out a script please bring a $10 deposit (exact change or a check only). You may check out Arcadia for 24 hours. Twelfth Night is available at http://shakespeare.mit.edu.

Click to go to AustinLiveTheatre.com for descriptions of the works and cast breakdowns

Austin Shakespeare: Ann Ciccolella's Advice on Auditioning

Here's what Artistic DirectorAnn Ciccolella tells her students and will be watching for today at auditions for Tom Stoppard's Arcadia:

Advice to the players

Tips on auditioning

From Ann Ciccolella, Artistic Director, Austin Shakespeare

To be successful auditioning means to be present, relaxed and connected during your audition. I want to a sense of who YOU are… at first very simply: your voice and body, spirit and personality. I am very interested in the uniqueness you bring to character. So, don’t try to guess “what the director wants.” In fact, sometimes I see something in someone that I hadn’t anticipated and changed my vision of a character.

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What is important is:

Just clearly communicate what’s going on in your speech/scene, ie. the important focus is on what you WANT… right?

If you working in a scene, LISTEN to your scene partner. Yes, Acting is re-acting.

If you are doing a speech, SHARE what you are saying with us. What is the result you want in the situation from saying these words? And you want to get that goal NOW -- as the immediate result of your speech. In the end of the speech, did you get what you want or not? How might that affect the end?

Plunge into the moment. Take Risks, surprise us. Surprise yourself…. And enjoy this experience all your can.

NERVES. It is natural to feel stress at auditioning. Put yourself in a place to succeed before you come into the room. Tell yourself that breathing will help you perform better. Focus on the audition as playful; engage your imagination. We are ready to enjoy your piece. And we are glad you are auditioning!

Let all your tension be released as energy to get what you want in the moment you experience each word.

Coach yourself with kindness to do that.

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Click to go to www.austinshakespeare.org

Upcoming: Antigone: Looking into the Sun by Ann Ciccolella, a staged reading, Saturday Afternoon, October 8

Received directly:

presents a staged reading of

Antigone: Looking Into the Sun

written and directed by Ann Ciccolella
3:30 p.m. til 5 p.m., Saturday, October 8
Long Center Rollins Theater, FREE. Donations accepted.

Creon: Discover the enemy and stop them…destroy the enemy of the state, no matter who they are. Creon

Antigone: I will die for the truth. Your kind believes that if you wish hard enough and print enough paper you can reverse gravity. Antigone

Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, wishes to bury the body of her fallen brother Polynices, but that means treason in the law of the land ruled by Creon. Is Antigone a woman of principle, or a political agitator? Austin Shakespeare presents Antigone: Looking Into the Sun, by Ann Ciccolella, Artistic Director. This script will be read for the public at 3:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Long Center's Rollins Theater.

Ann Ciccolella directs this beautiful and tragic tale weaving together themes of freedom and virtue into a dynamic contemporary look at the Antigone story. Helen Merino (Hamlet) plays Antigone, University of Minnisota profefssor Ray Schultz ("Claudius" in Hamlet) is Creon. Looking Into The Sun also features Michael Miller (Closer) as Haemon, Antigone's lover and Creon's son; Alison Stebbins (Hamlet ensemble) as Ismene, her sister; and Michael Dalmon ("Horatio" in Hamlet) as Stephanos, Creon's Chief of Staff.

Hamlet with Helen Merino, Austin Shakespeare at the Rollins Theatre, Long Center, September 22 - October 9

The question that must be addressed when discussing this Hamlet staged by Austin Shakespeare is not "Why cast Helen Merino for the title role?" but rather "What does casting Helen Merino as Hamlet do to the play?"

Merino played Hamlet ten years ago for the same organization, then known as the Austin Shakespeare Festival, at free performances in Zilker Park downtown. She was an Austin favorite at that time; a 2001 article in the weekly Austin Chronicle identified her as one of the 40 "most valuable players" on Austin stages. Merino returned to Austin to play the title role in Schiller's Mary Stuart in February, 2010, and won a B. Iden Payne award for it, the highest recognition voted by members of the Austin theatre community. We know that she's a pro, and the prospect of seeing her in Shakespeare is a draw. But what happens to the play?

Director Ann Ciccolella crafts a vigorous, professional production, as always, with highly talented actors, many of whom we've seen before in Austin Shakespeare productions. She gives Merino the straightforward task of portraying a man, a prince, a would-be sovereign haunted by the questionable ghost of his father -- represented here with the ingenuity of puppetry as a 15-foot-tall spectre with a voice like that of Darth Vader. The puppetry is credited to Gary Jaffe.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Images by Kimberley Mead: Hamlet, with Helen Merino, Austin Shakespeare, September 22 - October 9

Images by Kimberley Mead for Austin Shakespeare's

Hamlet

with Helen Merino in the title role

directed by Ann Ciccolella

Rollins Theatre, Long Center, South First at Riverside (click for map)

Sept 22 - Oct 9 (Th - Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2pm)

No performance on Thursday, September 29

Light Design by Jason Amato; Set Design by Kevin Beltz; Music by John Van Vander Gheynst

Tickets $19–$33, $15 for students. Tickets available on-line or by tel. 512-474-LONG or at the door.

Click to view additional images by Kimberley Mead at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Auditions for Hamlet, Austin Shakespeare, May 28

Posted on Facebook:

“Hamlet” Auditions

Saturday May 28

TO SCHEDULE AN APPT TIME: auditions@austinshakespeare.org.

Performances Sep 13- Oct. 16

Rehearsals start Aug. 18.

NOTE: the roles of “Hamlet” and “Claudius” are already cast [ALT note: Helen Merino will play the title role, as she did in Mary Stuart last year] .

Auditioners are asked to prepare a 1- 2 min piece from “Hamlet” or another Shakespeare play.

Equity and non-Equity contracts. Some pay. Opportunity to join Equity Membership Candidate program.

Youth Opportunity: Shakespeare on the Hill does Love's Labor's Lost, Austin Shakespeare and St. Edward's University

Found at Ann Ciccolella's blog at

Shakespeare Summer Camp at St. Ed's

features Love's Labour's Lost, too!

Shakespeare on the Hill with Austin Shakespeare, June 13 - 17

Join a wonderful group of young people, led by Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella with guest artists such as actress and teacher Babs George. This week in mid-June will culminate in the students performing a short version of Love's Labour's Lost --- the show that the adult professional company is doing at Zilker Hillside Theater!

June 13–17 • ages 12–17 • 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

Be a part of one of Austin’s most popular theater workshops for high school and

middle school actors. This comprehensive workshop includes:

• Acting

• Text Analysis

• Stage Combat

• Voice

• Shakespearean History

The workshop concludes with a performance on the St. Edward’s campus!

Information: 512-428-1297, mikeem @ stedwards.edu or or ann @ austinshakespeare.org