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Sweet Tea Shakespeare will hold auditions for the spring and summer 2020 on Saturday, February 1, 2020 from 10:00am-2:00pm at the Capitol Encore Academy at 126 Hay Street in Fayetteville, NC. Auditions are by appointment only. Enter TCEA off of Old Street at the back of the building. To register for auditions, complete the audition form at http://www.sweetteashakespeare.com/auditions. There, you may upload a resume and headshot and may be scheduled based on an initial review. Actors outside traveling distance may submit a video audition. Auditioners should prepare a memorized Shakespeare monologue of no more than 12-16 lines. If you sing, please prepare a song in a style that shows your strengths. You may be asked to sing acapella or with a guitar or piano. If you play an instrument, please bring it. You may also be asked to present selected cold readings from the plays, to participate in dance or movement work, and to answer brief interview questions. As part of the STS experience, actors are expected to take part in activities such as musical entertainment prior to the show, during the show, and/or at intermission; other entertainments, such as juggling, dancing, etc; audience interaction, including selling merchandise, handing out programs, etc. before the show and at intermission; assisting with set up and strike of costumes, props, scenery, lighting, and sound equipment for each performance as part of a team; and assisting with marketing efforts. Total evening commitment is approximately five hours per performance and involves significant manual labor in NC spring and summer heat. STS artists positions for most shows are paid with modest stipends and travel allowances as low as $100 up to Equity minimums. In rare cases, housing may be provided, usually in a patron home or AirBnB-style setting. Please do not bring extra headshots or resumes. Please direct questions about auditions to Jessie Wise (jwise@sweetteashakespeare.com) or Gabe Terry (gterry@sweetteashakespeare.com) or 910-420-4383, ext 700. We seek actors who can share a strong sense of humanity, who are free or willing to learn to be free in their own bodies, and who work to get along well with others. We seek musicians who can play almost any instrument, with special emphasis on guitar, bass (upright or electric), piano, mandolin, banjo, accordion, harmonium, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, and cello. We seek to cast shows in unconventional and just ways, and are especially delighted to consider artists of color, those uniquely abled, and others who are cast at the margins. Our main qualifications for casting are adept use of language and adept use of body, however those present themselves. Opportunities include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream April 23-May 10, 2020, & select performances June 3-25, 2020 REHEARSALS: mid-March to April 22, 2020, and pickups May 30 until June 6 as needed. Shakespeare’s legendary comedy features lovers in trouble, mischievous fairies, and a troupe of well-meaning, but possibly incompetent actors. A huge hit with audiences, Sweet Tea’s production revisits the Victorian age, with production design inspired by Millais and a newly commissioned adaptation of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer suite -- famous for wedding marches the world over -- by Army musician and composer Owen Eddy. Part of the 2020 Shakespeare Comic Universe with Knight’s Tale. A light, summery spritz of love and mischief. ALL ROLES AVAILABLE. At least two roles -- Theseus and Hippolyta will be cast with actors who can do both Midsummer and Knight’s Tale. Other actors may be cross-cast and doubled between shows. Some actors will be only in Midsummer and some only in Knight’s Tale. To maximize your chances of being cast in either, please allow us to consider you for both productions. Knight’s Tale: Shakespeare & Fletcher’s The Two Noble Kinsmen June 3-25, 2020 REHEARSALS: May 1, 2020, through June 2, 2020 Inspired by Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, this story follows the tale of two knights captured by Theseus, Duke of Athens, and their love for an inspiring woman of the court, Emilia. Trouble stirs when the daughter of their jailer falls in love with one of them and sets in motion a series of events that rocks the life of everyone involved. Both celebratory and serious, Knight’s Tale is a beautiful, visually inspiring, and sensory play. Part of the 2020 Shakespeare Comic Universe with Midsummer, characters from both plays will be performed by the same actors, and the June run will include special double features with both plays, a picnic, and our famous Sweet Tea party in between. A spicy blend of love and war, with a complex finish. ALL ROLES AVAILABLE. At least two roles -- Theseus and Hippolyta will be cast with actors who can do both Midsummer and Knight’s Tale. Other actors may be cross-cast and doubled between shows. Some actors will be only in Midsummer and some only in Knight’s Tale. To maximize your chances of being cast in either, please allow us to consider you for both productions.