New Muses holding second audition for summer season
Auditions for roles in Shakespeare’s Romeo/Juliet and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches will be held on Sunday, June 9, by appointment, between 2 and 9pm in the new Dukesbay Theater at 508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma. Please email auditions@newmuses.com for an audition time. If you cannot make the scheduled date but would like to be considered for these productions please email your headshot and resume to n.olson@newmuses.com to schedule a separate audition appointment.
Actors are asked to prepare contrasting contemporary and classical monologues no more than three minutes in total length. Callbacks will consist of cold readings from the scripts of each play.
ABOUT THE SHOWS:
ROMEO/JULIET: New Muses Theatre Company is pleased to present a fresh modern take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Set in the present, this groundbreaking presentation has been described as “Romeo and Juliet for the social-network age.” Utilizing a mix of multi-media and live theatrical performance Romeo/Juliet promises to be a night in the theater you will not soon forget.
Romeo/Juliet runs for three weekends from July 12-28 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 and Sundays at 2:00. Rehearsals will be held beginning Tuesday, June 11. All rehearsals and performances will be at the Dukesbay Theater 508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma.
The role of Romeo has been cast. All other roles are open.
All actors will receive a percentage of ticket sales as compensation for their time.
Romeo/Juliet will be Co-Directed by Niclas R. Olson and Brie Yost.
ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES: Tony Kushner's Angels in America is a pulsing, epic, fantastic, and ultimately human look at the AIDS crisis in the late eighties. Hailed by critics as “Daring and dazzling! The most ambitious play of our time.” (Newsweek) and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Kushner's play is widely regarded as a modern masterpiece. New Muses Theatre Company is excited to bring this work to the stage in an intimate production for a modern audience.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches runs for three weekends from August 16- September 1 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 and Sundays at 2:00. Rehearsals will be held beginning Tuesday, July 16. All rehearsals and performances will be at the Dukesbay Theater 508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma.
All roles are open.
All actors will receive a percentage of ticket sales as compensation for their time.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches will be directed by Niclas R. Olson.
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
New Muses Theatre Company is dedicated to producing intelligent, thought-provoking, and engaging theatre for a contemporary audience.
Founded in 2009, New Muses Theatre Company has produced works ranging from The Importance of Being Earnest and Hamlet to their recent Seattle production of Wallace Shawn’s The Fever. The 2013 Summer Repertory Season will be their first in the new Dukesbay Theater, a 35-seat black box located at the top of the Merlino Arts Center in Tacoma, WA. The 2013 season will consist of Shakespeare’s Romeo/Juliet, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner, and a yet to be announced third title.
For more information please visit www.NewMuses.com.
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Actors are asked to prepare contrasting contemporary and classical monologues no more than three minutes in total length. Callbacks will consist of cold readings from the scripts of each play.
ABOUT THE SHOWS:
ROMEO/JULIET: New Muses Theatre Company is pleased to present a fresh modern take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Set in the present, this groundbreaking presentation has been described as “Romeo and Juliet for the social-network age.” Utilizing a mix of multi-media and live theatrical performance Romeo/Juliet promises to be a night in the theater you will not soon forget.
Romeo/Juliet runs for three weekends from July 12-28 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 and Sundays at 2:00. Rehearsals will be held beginning Tuesday, June 11. All rehearsals and performances will be at the Dukesbay Theater 508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma.
The role of Romeo has been cast. All other roles are open.
All actors will receive a percentage of ticket sales as compensation for their time.
Romeo/Juliet will be Co-Directed by Niclas R. Olson and Brie Yost.
ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES: Tony Kushner's Angels in America is a pulsing, epic, fantastic, and ultimately human look at the AIDS crisis in the late eighties. Hailed by critics as “Daring and dazzling! The most ambitious play of our time.” (Newsweek) and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Kushner's play is widely regarded as a modern masterpiece. New Muses Theatre Company is excited to bring this work to the stage in an intimate production for a modern audience.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches runs for three weekends from August 16- September 1 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 and Sundays at 2:00. Rehearsals will be held beginning Tuesday, July 16. All rehearsals and performances will be at the Dukesbay Theater 508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma.
All roles are open.
All actors will receive a percentage of ticket sales as compensation for their time.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches will be directed by Niclas R. Olson.
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
New Muses Theatre Company is dedicated to producing intelligent, thought-provoking, and engaging theatre for a contemporary audience.
Founded in 2009, New Muses Theatre Company has produced works ranging from The Importance of Being Earnest and Hamlet to their recent Seattle production of Wallace Shawn’s The Fever. The 2013 Summer Repertory Season will be their first in the new Dukesbay Theater, a 35-seat black box located at the top of the Merlino Arts Center in Tacoma, WA. The 2013 season will consist of Shakespeare’s Romeo/Juliet, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner, and a yet to be announced third title.
For more information please visit www.NewMuses.com.
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