Auditions

Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park 2024 Auditions

The Winter's Tale

Written by William Shakespeare

Join us this summer as we tell the story of misplaced jealousy and happy endings. Entering our 15th year, we will be mounting The Winter's Tale. The show will be rehearsed Ren-Style. We will mimic the way shows were rehearsed during the Renaissance. Actors are only provided a cue script, not the entire play, and come in fully memorized and off book. Rehearsals are limited to approximately 24 - 48 hours (~10-14 days) prior to opening the final weekend in July and runs for 4 weekends. The production will follow all current pandemic protocols.

Vallejo Shakespeare is seeking non-union actors to join our 2024 production. Double/Triple Casting. Some roles precast.

NON-TRADITIONAL, COLOR-BLIND, GENDER-BLIND CASTING. $350 honorarium + tips & lunch at traveling shows.

This is an ensemble production and will also require set-up and break-down at each venue.

Rehearsal schedule is as follows: Dramaturgy Zoom TBD late June.

Live rehearsal schedule:

July 15-19 6-9pm, July 20-21 11am-4pm and July 22-26 6-9pm at Hanns Park in Vallejo. With potential extra rehearsal for fight and intimacy scenes.

Due to the intense schedule and style of rehearsing there can be zero conflicts (emergencies excepted).

Performances:

July 27 & 28 Vallejo,

August 3 Benicia,

August 4 Martinez,

August 10 TBD,

August 11 Piedmont,

August 16 & 17 Vino Godfather Winery, Vallejo.

All shows in the park at 4pm. Final shows at 7pm.

Please send headshot, resume and audition video or link to video (2 min max Shakespeare of your choice) to Vallejoshakesauditions@gmail.com. Deadline April 30.

Live auditions Wednesday, May 1 from 5-7 pm and Saturday, May 4 from 1-5 pm at Hanns Park, 198 Skyline Dr, Vallejo.

Call-backs Saturday, May 18 from 1-3 pm

www.vallejoshakespeare.org to check out Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park.

Contact Dalia Vidor - Director vallejoshakespeare@gmail.com

Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park aims to provide professional performance opportunities to Bay Area actors of color, various gender identity, and women through non-traditional casting. We want our productions to reflect the community in which they are performed and help our audience connect to classical theater with exciting contemporary staging.

We believe the arts are an important part of the fabric of a community and we want to do our part to ensure a thriving arts environment and help raise the value of the arts as a public benefit. We present a “bare-bones” production, concentrating on the actor’s performances and honest storytelling, with minimal set and modern dress.

We also participate in Vallejo's Independence Day parade, a 169 year tradition, which will be on a Thursday this year. Participation is voluntary.

Vallejoshakespeare@gmail.com for more information.