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AUDITIONS FOR HERITAGE PARK’S SUMMER STREET THEATRE PROGRAM
2016
_MAKE A LITTLE HISTORY OF YOUR OWN AT HERITAGE PARK!_
Heritage Park is looking for character interpreters for
their spring/summer street theatre program. Become part of the team of actors
presenting scripted and historically based vignettes through a variety of
theatrical forms in which specific, identifiable characters are portrayed in
pre-1914 Western Canada. Many of the vignettes are performed outside.
Improvised interaction between vignettes is required.
This summer's vignettes feature stories about the arrival
of the automobile, banning boxing, and a bank robbery. There is also a spirited
musical in the Opera House about a Colonist Car mystery entitled "A
Trainload of Trouble".
Successful candidates will have post-secondary drama
training and some previous acting experience. Equivalences will be considered.
Requirements include proven performance skills in acting,
excellent verbal communication and public relations skills, and the ability to
imaginatively develop and physically project a character. Familiarity with
historical interpretation is considered an asset. Rehearsals begin Monday April
25th, 2016. Rehearsals run Monday to Friday (9:30am to
5:00pm) until the park opens on May 21st. Each week is a
35 hour work week. Actors are then assigned two consecutive weekdays off during
the summer. Actors must be available to work all weekends from May 21st through
to the end of the contract which is Monday September 5th, 2016.
Four positions will continue on weekends from Labour Day
to Thanksgiving.
Audition times are available on Sunday March 13th
(daytime) and Monday March 14th (evening) in the Canmore Opera House at
Heritage Park (in Calgary). The audition consists of an interview, then for
candidates to perform a monologue, a short song and then to read from the
plays. If you are interested in auditioning, please send a resume and headshot
to Human Resources, at Heritage Park: hr@heritagepark.ca
or by mail to 1900 Heritage Drive SW, Calgary, AB T2V 2X3. The fax number is
403.268.8554.
For more information about Heritage Park, visit www.heritagepark.ca
