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Auditions for Spring and Summer 2010 Productions
The Grand Haven based Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company
will hold auditions for its spring production of Hamlet and its
summer productions of The Tempest and Henry V at the Dog
Story Theater at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, and 1:00 p.m.
on Sunday, January 24. The Dog Story Theater is located at 1115
Taylor NW in Grand Rapids.
Auditionees should prepare a 12-15 monologue in verse from a
play by Shakespeare or one of his contemporaries, and should
bring a current resume and clear full-face photo to the auditions.
Auditionees who sing or play musical instruments should be ready
to do so at the audition.
Acting positions with Pigeon Creek receive paid stipends. The
company will also be casting several unpaid intern positions from
these auditions.
Following the audition on January 23, the company will
present a performance of its current production of Pericles, Prince
of Tyre, at Dog Story at 8:00 p.m.. Auditionees will receive
discounted tickets to the performance.
For a list of audition guidelines, please see the opposite side of
the page For questions regarding auditions, please contact
executive director Katherine Mayberry at 616-850-0916 or by e-
mail at katherine@pcshakespeare.com.
Pigeon Creek’s regular rehearsal schedule is Sunday-Thursday
from 6:30-10:30 p.m.. The company rehearses at the West
Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics in Spring Lake. You
should have reliable transportation to rehearsals. We do provide
gas allowances for cast members. Production schedules for these
2010 season plays are as follows:
Hamlet begins rehearsals February 15. Performances are April 15-
18, April 22-25, April 27-29 (these are daytime high school
matinees), and May 13-16 of 2010.
The Tempest begins rehearsals May 2. Performances will be on
weekends June 10-13, 17-20, 24-27, July 8-11, July 15-18, July
22-25, and July 29-Aug. 1. The show will run for a total of 16
performances during that period. Since these dates are currently
available for booking, cast members must be available for all dates
listed.
Henry V begins rehearsals June 7. Performances will be July 15-
18, July 22-24, July 29-August 1, August 5-8, August 12-15,
August 19-22, August 26-29. The show will run for a total of 16
performances during that period. Since these dates are currently
available for booking, cast members must be available for all dates
listed.
the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company
1. An audition is a job interview. Please dress accordingly.
Please also dress in clothes and shoes that allow you to move.
2. We require memorized monologues for our auditions.
Please take time to prepare your monologue. No one is good at
memorizing Shakespeare the night before an audition! If you
want to be considered for the role of Hamlet at our 2010
auditions, make your prepared monologue one of Hamlet’s
soliloquies. Yes, women can read for Hamlet.
3. Make sure to bring us your headshot and resume. If you
don’t have a professionally taken headshot, bring a clear full-face
photo. If you don’t know what to include in a resume, contact us
and ask!
4. We will ask you to look us in the eye when you do your
monologue, because our performance style includes a lot of
audience contact. If this makes a difference in your preparation,
please take it into account.
5. Our productions include live music. If you sing or play an
instrument, come ready to show off your talents.
6. We do cross-gendered casting and doubling of roles. If
you come to a callback, be prepared to read anything, even if you
think it’s outside of your range.
7. Please familiarize yourself with the company before you
audition. Read our company history and performance philosophy
on the website. If at all possible, attend a performance. We may
do Shakespeare in a way that is new to you! Check the
“upcoming performances” section of our website for
opportunities to see shows. At our January Grand Rapids
auditions, auditionees may attend a performance on the evening of
January 23 at 8:00 p.m., right at the Dog Story Theater. We will
offer auditionees a discounted ticket rate for that performance.
8. We are an actor-powered theatre company. Actors make
up the board of company administrators, and actors in our casts
perform production duties. We are looking for people with an
interest in and willingness to participate in all aspects of theatre
production.
9. Make sure that you bring your calendars and conflicts for
the production periods to the audition. This is very important,
since sometimes conflicts factor in casting decisions.
10. Our company has an existing ensemble of regular
company members who act in our productions as part of their
role as members of our board. We also do very small casts (our
current production has 9 actors). Please remember that you are
auditioning to join our ensemble for these 2010 productions, and
the laws of probability dictate that not everyone who auditions can
be cast. If you are not cast with us this time around, please
return for future auditions. We love to meet people who are
enthusiastic about Shakespeare!
11. Our casting notices may be unlike others you have
experienced in situations like university theatre. Because the offer
of a role also includes the offer of a paid stipend, we do not
publish one cast list, but approach actors individually. Once all
casting offers have been accepted, we contact all auditionees to
let them know that casting is complete.
12. Please come to auditions ready to have fun! We want
you to do well. The more outstanding auditions we have, the
higher quality productions we can put on, so make our job
difficult. See you at auditions!