Press Release

PLAYMAKERS AUDITIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

Audition Contact: Jeff Stanley, Company Manager
919-619-4734
stanleyj@email.unc.edu
www.playmakersrep.org

CHAPEL HILL (March 9, 2009) PlayMakers Repertory Company’s auditions for its 2009-2010 theatre season will be held April 28 and 29, 2009.  Auditions will be conducted by Joseph Haj, PRC’s Producing Artistic Director.

The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, April 28:
Scheduled auditions begin at 1:00pm.  Unscheduled open call begins at 6:00pm ending at 8:00pm. 

Wednesday, April 29:
Scheduled auditions begin at 1:00pm ending at 8:00pm. 

Auditions are held at the Center for Dramatic Art on the campus of UNC-CH.  Walk-ins are welcome as time permits, but appointments are strongly suggested.

PlayMakers is eager to identify a local pool of trained, professional actors available for casting in paid positions during its seasons.  Actors who have auditioned in the past and continue to be interested in working with the Company should also schedule appointments.

PlayMakers is an equal opportunity employer.  All professional actors of diverse backgrounds and abilities are encouraged to audition.

The scheduling of appointments will begin on Monday, March 30.  All members of Actors’ Equity Association who wish to audition should contact Jeff Stanley, PRC Company Manager, at 919-962-2489 or stanleyj@email.unc.edu.  All non-Equity actors who would like to be contacted about auditioning should submit a photo and resume by Friday, April 17 to:

Jeff Stanley, Company Manager
PlayMakers Repertory Company
CB #3235 – Center for Dramatic Art
Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

Please note:  Non-equity performers will be seen as time permits throughout both days.

PlayMakers’ 2009 – 2010 season includes:

OPUS by Michael Hollinger
Director:  TBA
First Rehearsal:  August 25, 2009
Runs:  September 23, 2009 – October 11, 2009
All roles available

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, PART ONE (in rep with by NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, PART TWO) by David Edgar, from the novel by Charles Dickens
Director:  Joseph Haj
First Rehearsal:  October 6, 2009
Runs:  November 11, 2009 – December 20, 2009
All roles available

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, PART TWO (in rep with by NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, PART ONE) by David Edgar, from the novel by Charles Dickens
Director: Tom Quaintance
First rehearsal:  October 6, 2009
Runs:  November 11, 2009 – December 20, 2009
All roles available

ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller
Director:  TBA
First Rehearsal:  December 29, 2009
Runs:  January 27, 2010 – February 14, 2010
All roles available

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Director:  TBA
First Rehearsal:  February 2, 2010
Runs:  March 3, 2010 – March 21, 2010
All roles available

I HAVE BEFORE ME A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT GIVEN TO ME BY A YOUNG LADY FROM RWANDA by Sonja Linden
Director:  TBA
First Rehearsal:  March 2, 2010
Runs:  March 24, 2010 – March 28, 2010

Not all roles in the selected plays will be understudied.  Prepare two monologues:  one from a contemporary work and one from Shakespeare.

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PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina’s premier non-profit professional theatr  company. With its duel commitment to engage the greater Triangle community in an ongoing exploration of theatre and nurture succeeding generations of artists and audiences, PlayMakers performs five-show season in the Center for Dramatic Art in Chapel Hill.