SOUTH BEND – Open auditions and interviews for the 2015 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival Professional Company productions of “The Winter’s Tale” and Young Company production of “Love’s Labor’s Lost” will be Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. by appointment only at Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts. The festival is seeking three male and three female actors for “The Winter’s Tale” directed by Drew Frascher, and 20 male and female actors and technicians ages 18 and up for the Young Company, directed by West Hyler. Special preference will be given to actors with experience in Shakespeare and musical instrument proficiency. Actors should prepare one classical monologue under two minutes in length. Shakespeare is preferred, but it is more important to have a piece you know well, and with which you can play. Actors who sing and/or play musical instruments should prepare a song of not more than 32 bars. No accompaniment or instruments will be provided. To schedule an audition appointment, email NDSFAuditions@nd.edu or call 574-631-2636. Technicians and designers should submit a portfolio and resume to NDSFAuditions@nd.edu Follow-up interviews will be scheduled to discuss previous work and objectives. The Young Company is a paid professional theater training program for college and university students and recent graduates looking for opportunities to train and perform alongside internationally renowned professional actors, directors and designers. Young Company Director West Hyler returns for his second year following his production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” West’s Broadway credits include “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Jersey Boys,” which he subsequently staged in venues across five continents. His most recent New York directing credit is “Metamorphosis” with the Big Apple Circus. Additional credits include Actors Theater of Louisville, The Guthrie Theater and The Old Globe in San Diego. The Professional Company is comprised of professional actors, artists, directors, designers and technicians who join with the Young Company and community members to create live performances in the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Professional artists have worked on Broadway, for Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf and the Goodman, as well as American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Rep and Shakespeare festivals across the country. Professional Company Director Drew Frascher has directed and staged fights for over 250 professional productions at regional theaters throughout the U.S. He has served as a fight master/master teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. His direction credits include the Cincinnati Shakespeare Co., Florida Stage, Cleveland Playhouse on the Square, the Alabama and Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals, Georgia Shakespeare and Actors Theatre of Louisville. His fight direction credits include the Tony award-winning revival of “Company” on Broadway.
