2022 AUDITIONS
Hello Actors! We are currently looking for a few more artists to help us with our 2022 tour of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Auditions are fully virtual this year. We simply are asking for you to send a self-tape to auditions@stonesoupshakespeare.com by Friday, JUNE 3, 5PM.
Self-tape should include:
About the production: Stone Soup Shakespeare's productions play with "devising" Shakespeare. While we aim to stay to the meter and verse of Shakespeare, what we do within the confines of the language is up to us to discover anew (Shakespeare was once a new writer - let's approach his words as if they were new). This devised piece that blends Shakespeare's words and story with contemporary story-telling, ensemble artistry, music, and movement.
This Midsummer will be a cast of 5 that revolves around Bottom's Dream. Is Bottom dreaming, what is his dream, what is his reality. Actors will be asked to play multiple characters, move in primarily outdoor venues (with the potential fickleness of weather and bugs and the great outdoors as a secret 6th, 7th, and 8th character). Stone Soup's tours incorporate direct address to our audience, and respectful audience interaction. The tour starts with a summer residency, pauses for the heat and humidity of August and then we will re-rehearse (adding in wonderful input and collaboration from understudies), eventually touring across the midwest through early October.
The role of Bottom, and an additional ensemble member have been cast, but we are in need of three new ensemble members and understudies (casting descriptions below)
Our production will tour to outdoor parks and public lawns throughout the midwest. This season will offer artists the chance to rehearse in a residency atmosphere over the summer, with performance dates set for late Summer/early Fall. Strict COVID-10 protocol/guidelines will be in place. This tour is first and foremost a chance to create art and share it with communities that range in size and make-up. Stone Soup Shakespeare seeks actors who sing and move. Those artists who are interested in other areas of stagecraft, costuming, tour management and teaching are encouraged to bring their interests with them as the ensemble works to craft the world of the play together, problem solve on the road, share meals and ideas, and engage in community and educational outreach as they feel comfortable.
If this sounds like an adventure you are interested in learning more about, we encourage you to submit a self tape, and please send any questions about the tour, the over-all experience and our commitment to equity, health and wellness. All positions will receive a stipend (pay scale elaborated below), with room and board for the residency and tour addressed and taken care of according to the needs of each individual ensemble member. Specific questions regarding this are also welcomed.
Again, if you are interested in finding out more about auditioning for tour please e-mail us (include your headshot and resume) at auditions@stonesoupshakespeare.com.
Director: Christina Casano
Hello Actors! We are currently looking for a few more artists to help us with our 2022 tour of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Auditions are fully virtual this year. We simply are asking for you to send a self-tape to auditions@stonesoupshakespeare.com by Friday, JUNE 3, 5PM.
Self-tape should include:
- Shakespeare or other monologue (if other, please also include a reading of a sonnet)
- Song (sung or instrumental or both)
- And please share (type or verbal) your experience doing movement work and devising work, as well as anything else you would like for us to know
About the production: Stone Soup Shakespeare's productions play with "devising" Shakespeare. While we aim to stay to the meter and verse of Shakespeare, what we do within the confines of the language is up to us to discover anew (Shakespeare was once a new writer - let's approach his words as if they were new). This devised piece that blends Shakespeare's words and story with contemporary story-telling, ensemble artistry, music, and movement.
This Midsummer will be a cast of 5 that revolves around Bottom's Dream. Is Bottom dreaming, what is his dream, what is his reality. Actors will be asked to play multiple characters, move in primarily outdoor venues (with the potential fickleness of weather and bugs and the great outdoors as a secret 6th, 7th, and 8th character). Stone Soup's tours incorporate direct address to our audience, and respectful audience interaction. The tour starts with a summer residency, pauses for the heat and humidity of August and then we will re-rehearse (adding in wonderful input and collaboration from understudies), eventually touring across the midwest through early October.
The role of Bottom, and an additional ensemble member have been cast, but we are in need of three new ensemble members and understudies (casting descriptions below)
Our production will tour to outdoor parks and public lawns throughout the midwest. This season will offer artists the chance to rehearse in a residency atmosphere over the summer, with performance dates set for late Summer/early Fall. Strict COVID-10 protocol/guidelines will be in place. This tour is first and foremost a chance to create art and share it with communities that range in size and make-up. Stone Soup Shakespeare seeks actors who sing and move. Those artists who are interested in other areas of stagecraft, costuming, tour management and teaching are encouraged to bring their interests with them as the ensemble works to craft the world of the play together, problem solve on the road, share meals and ideas, and engage in community and educational outreach as they feel comfortable.
If this sounds like an adventure you are interested in learning more about, we encourage you to submit a self tape, and please send any questions about the tour, the over-all experience and our commitment to equity, health and wellness. All positions will receive a stipend (pay scale elaborated below), with room and board for the residency and tour addressed and taken care of according to the needs of each individual ensemble member. Specific questions regarding this are also welcomed.
- Casting three actors who move/make music. Ensemble members will receive a $1,000 stipend, plus requisite room/board as needed during residency and while on the road.
- Casting swing understudies. Understudies will not be expected to travel with the company; if an emergency comes up on the road arrangements will be discussed on a case by case basis for an understudy joining the cast; understudies are asked to be familiar with our cutting, take notes on blocking, memorization not required unless specific advance put-ins are discussed. Understudies will receive a rehearsal stipend of $100, plus $25/performance if required
Again, if you are interested in finding out more about auditioning for tour please e-mail us (include your headshot and resume) at auditions@stonesoupshakespeare.com.
Director: Christina Casano
Visual, Musical, Literary Artists, and Actors (again)
We are interested in hearing from you!
E-mail info@stonesoupshakespeare.com if you fit any of these categories...or if you just want to say hi and share any art that you think we might like!
We want to link all artists and all communities as we continue to share stories that have lasted through countless lifetimes in myriad "backyards." Come join us as we expand what community is and what it can be!
We are interested in hearing from you!
- Musicians: would you like to join us for some pre-show merriment on tour? We are hoping to include local musicians as a way to start each of this year's touring performances. We are looking for jazz and jazz inspired acoustic musicians that will informally help us close out each show.
- Visual Artists: want to make a poster for Shakespeare? We are searching for artists interested in helping us create posters for our 12th season.
- Playwrights: have you written a play inspired by Shakespeare? We want to read it. If it's short we might even add it as a Green Show. If it's long, that's cool too. We are adding contemporary staged readings to our season as we find texts that fit our aesthetic. We aren't producing full new works, but we are eager to share your texts with classics lovers and regional producers.
- Actors: if you are in Southern Illinois, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee or the Twin Cities we want to hear from you! Even if you are unable to commit to a full tour, we are always working on auxiliary events during our touring season, and especially when the weather is a bit too chilly to perform outside. While we are still sorting out what events feel safe and comfortable to hold in our current health climate, we have plans to ebb and flow with what makes sense, keeping you and our audiences telling stories all season long! Just send us an e-mail with your headshot/resume and information on what you like to do. We promise we'll respond one way or another.
E-mail info@stonesoupshakespeare.com if you fit any of these categories...or if you just want to say hi and share any art that you think we might like!
We want to link all artists and all communities as we continue to share stories that have lasted through countless lifetimes in myriad "backyards." Come join us as we expand what community is and what it can be!