AUDITION NOTICE: Vertigo Theatre

 General Audition Notice – Vertigo Theatre, Calgary

Craig Hall, Artistic Director, will be holding General Auditions in Calgary for Vertigo Theatre’s 2013/2014 Season on Monday, January 28 & Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

Actors are invited to submit a cover letter, headshot and resume. Auditions will only be by appointment. Actors are asked to prepare one contemporary and one classical monologue of their choice, no longer than two minutes in length each.

Submissions can be sent to:
Vertigo Theatre
Suite 161, 115 – 9th Ave SE
Calgary, AB T2G 0P5
ATTN: Evelyn Goj

Electronic submission can be sent via email to evelyn.goj@vertigotheatre.com

Deadline for submissions is Friday, January 18, 2013. Successful applicants will be contacted to schedule an audition time. Please include a current phone number or email address.

Vertigo Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and
engages professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement.

www.vertigotheatre.com

Audition Notice: Nose Creek Players

Nose Creek Players (Airdrie) will be performing an original, Drowning Ophelia. This one-act, bookended by scenes from Hamlet explores the types of abuse ¨C emotional, mental, and physical.

Characters:

Trucker/Priest: Male (any age)

Dee: Female (any age)

Alice: Female (any age)

Tracy/Gertrude: Female (any age)

Liz: Female (any age)

Chuck/Claudius: Male (late 20¡äs to early 40¡äs)

Eric: Male (late 20¡äs to early 40¡äs)

Cora/Laertes: Female (30¡äs)

Matt/Hamlet: Male (30¡äs)

Actors must prepare a Shakespearean and contemporary monologue, as well as prepare for a cold read.

Auditions will be in the Vincent Room of Airdrie City Hall on Thursday, January 24 from 6:30pm-9:00pm.

For more information, please email nosecreekplayers@gmail.com.

AUDITION NOTICE: Urban Stories Theatre

Urban Stories Theatre is a new theatre company starting up in Calgary, AB and we are looking for actors for our second show RICHES written by Wendy Froberg and directed by Len Harvey. For more information on Urban Stories Theatre see www.urbanstoriestheatre.org.

 

Audition: Monday, December 10, 2012  6:30pm-9:30pm

**Submission Deadline: Friday, December 7, 2012**

Location: Calgary, AB

Rehearsal Times: 6:30pm-9:30pm  (3 or 4 week nights starting in January 2013, dates subject to group consensus)

Performance Dates: April 9, 10, 11, 12, 2013 at 8pm & April 13, 2013 at 2:00pm & 8pm at the EPCOR CENTRE's Motel

 

If you are interested in auditioning, please send a headshot and resume via email with the subject "UST RICHES AUDITION INQUIRY" to info@urbanstoriestheatre.org. Please include in the body of your email which character you are interested in auditioning for. Due to limited audition times will contact those we wish to see for an audition with more information and sides. Actors will be asked to prepare given character sides. Actors should be available for all of the rehearsal dates and times because of the short intensive rehearsal period. *NOTE: This is a non-union, non-paying gig*

 

RICHES

By: Wendy Froberg

 

SYNOPSIS: Family bonds offer us support, nurturance, belonging and a sense of identity. As we grow, we move from being cared for by our parents to caring for them. But what if they were never there for us? If we were abandoned, neglected or abused by our parents, are we obligated to support them if they fall on hard times? Riches explores themes of loss, disappointment, forgiveness and what we value in our lives.

 

CHARACTERS:

 

NORAH GODFREY – (Female - 40’s-50’s) a nurse, wife and mother

SAMANTHA GODFREY – (Female - 16) NORAH’s daughter

LYDIA FOSTER – (Female - 60’s-70’s) NORAH’s mother

DAN GODFREY – (Male - 40’s-50’s) NORAH’s husband

MICHAEL FOSTER – (Male - early-mid 30’s) NORAH's younger brother

NURSE – (Male or Female - 30’s)

POLICE OFFICER – (Male or Female - 30’s)

EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR – (Male or Female - 30's)

AUDITION NOTICE: Workshop Theatre

Workshop Theatre proudly announces auditions for:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Chaos descends on the world as the brains of the recently deceased become inexplicably re-animated, causing the dead to rise up and feed on human flesh. As a group of survivors hold up in a farmhouse they are challenged to work together to stay alive. Fighting not only their own animalistic nihilism, but the hordes of ravenous walking corpses outside that threaten to plunge them all into eternal night.

List of Roles:

BARBARA – (MID – LATE 20’s)

JOHNNY – (MID – LATE 20’s)

BEN – (LATE 20’s – LATE 30’s)

HARRY COOPER – (EARLY 40’s)

HELEN COOPER – (EARLY 40’s)

KAREN COOPER – (EARLY TEENS)

TOM – (LATE TEENS – EARLY 20’s)

JUDY – (LATE TEENS – EARLY 20’s)

We will also be auditioning for individuals to fill the rotten shoes of 15 – 20 zombies! All ages, shapes, and skill levels will be considered.

AUDITION DATES – DECEMBER 14-15

CALLBACKS – DECEMBER 28 – 29

To set up an audition or for more information please contacted the director Roger LeBlanc at leblanc.r@hotmail.com

AUDITION NOTICE: Carbon Based Theatre

Carbon Based Theatre is holding auditions for its inaugural play, The Contentment Cafe, a new work by Peter Dorrius and directed by Kris McBride.

The Contentment Cafe will run February 13 to 23 at the Motel Theatre, and will be produced as a co-op production.

Auditions will be held at the Morpheus rehearsal space, 3512 5 Avenue NW, on Tuesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 29, between 7 and 10. Call backs will be on Sunday, December 2, from 2-4.

To request an audition, please email Kris at thecontentmentcafe@gmail.com.

Please come with a monologue and be prepared to read from the script. Bring a head shot and resume.

Roles to be cast:

Katherine: mid to late twenties, a waitress looking to open her own business, always seeking the approval of others

Sarah: early twenties, a server at The Contentment Cafe, happy in herself

Story:

Katherine has been a server for ten years and wants to open a restaurant of her own, but lacks the capital. When she contacts Jeremy, an old boss, hoping he'll invest in her start-up, she gets what she wants -- and more.

Jeremy is hoping to take control of her business and date her as well. The Contentment Cafe explores what we really want, what happens when we get it, and just what it takes to be content.

Rehearsals:

Rehearsal will take place Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons in Inglewood.

Ignite! Call to Emerging Theatre Artists and Technicians

SAGE THEATRE

Ignite!

Calgary's Festival for Emerging Artists

June 13-15, 2013

Call to Emerging Professional Theatre Artists and Technicians

We are seeking submissions from emerging…

…Playwrights
Send us your scripts or proposals for:
• Ignite! Mainstage: Features new works by Emerging Professional Playwrights ranging from 40 to 55 minutes in length
• Ignite! Shorts: Features new works by Emerging Professional Playwrights ranging from 2 to 25 minutes in length

…Creators and Ensembles
Send us your scripts or proposals for
• Ignite! Shorts: Features workshop presentations of creations ranging from 2 to 25 minutes in length
• Proposals for multidisciplinary work (collaborations between different art forms) are also welcome

…Directors, Designers, Stage Managers, Technicians
Innovative and creative directors, designers, stage managers and technicians
• Applications may be for the Festival in general or attached to a specific project
• Please submit an application form including resume

…Actors and Performers
Performance artists and actors in the early stages of their career
• Please submit an application form including resume and headshot
• General Festival auditions will be held in Calgary in early Spring

Sage Theatre is accepting submissions for our ninth annual Ignite! Calgary’s Festival for Emerging Artists. Ignite! features new works of theatre, dance, music, and visual art. The Festival offers emerging professional artists the opportunity to work together alongside local industry professionals to create and present new works for a lively festival audience. Artists experience many training/learning opportunities, including mentorship, workshop opportunities and networking.
An Emerging artist is defined as an artist in the early stages of a professional career. If you are looking for an opportunity to gain professional experience in a progressive environment, then Ignite! may be for you!

The Submission Deadline is December 14, 2012

Application forms can be found online at www.sagetheatre.com

For more information about Sage Theatre and the Festival www.sagetheatre.com

Any questions can be directed to ignite@sagetheatre.com

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Box 61149, Kensington PO
Calgary, AB T2N 4S6
PH: 403.264-7243

AUDITION NOTICE: Scorpio Theatre

Production name: Ars Poetica

Audition dates:  Monday, November 19th & Tuesday, November 20th - 7:00-10:00 

Callback date:  Saturday, November 24th 12:00-4:00 Audition location: #200, 331 41 Avenue NE (top floor) 

Date production rehearsal starts: December 3rd, 2012 

Email applications to:

bookings@scorpio.ca

Contact name: Daisy Pond

Contact email:

dpond@scorpio.ca

Additional information:

An unscrupulous editor, an inept representative from the Canadian Council for the Arts, a starry-eyed intern and a Publisher with questionable loyalty. These are the staff of Ars Poetica, Montreal's premiere English speaking poetry magazine, and they are all that stand between it and bankruptcy.  But when one of Canada's most influential lawyers gets thrown into the mix, one bad day at the office will decide the ultimate fate of the magazine and the people who run it. "Ars Poetica" is a scathingly clever dramatic comedy proving that not all art is culture.

Roles being cast:

   - *Naomi Rose*, 21, A summer intern at the poetry magazine, Ars Poetica.

   - *Hugh Rose*, 50s, Naomi's father. A lawyer.

   - *Julia Layton*, 40s, The editor of Ars Poetica

   - *Diane Langlois*, 30-40s, Program officer at the Canada Council for  the Arts.

   - *George Buckner*, 30s, the publisher of Ars Poetica

The production will be directed Dan Gibbins and assistant directed by Aaron Conrad.

Rehearsal Start: December 3rd, 2012

Rehearsal Schedule: Rehearsals are planned for Monday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. This is subject to change depending on the availability of the cast.

Production Dates: February 15 - 23, 2013

Please prepare a comedic monologue, of no longer than 5 minutes in length.