Shakespeare (All Season)
Seattle
Seattle Shakespeare Company (SPT)
PO Box 19595
Seattle, WA 98109-1595
Admin Tel: (206) 733-8228
Box Office Tel: (206) 733-8222
Fax: (206) 733-8202
Contact: Stephanie Shine, Artistic Director. Amy Thone, Casting Director. Founded in 1991, as Seattle Shakespeare Festival, SSC produces year-round. Seattle Shakespeare Company creates living classical theatre through daring intimate productions illuminating the power, beauty and necessity of the spoken word. We run a full season of indoor and outdoor performances, state-wide touring, and education programs. Auditions are announced on website and on TPS. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre Agreement.
San Juan Island
Island Stage Left ( SA)
1062 Wold Rd.
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Admin Tel: (360) 378-5649
stageleft@centurytel.net
www.islandstageleft.org
Contact: Helen Machin-Smith, Artistic Director. Founded in 1999, Stage Left's signature series is "Shakespeare Under the Stars" in the open air every summer, but in the Fall, Winter and Spring indoor plays run the gamut from classical to cutting edge. The company usually produces three shows per year. The 2008/2009 season which begins in November presents a Christmas Variety Show, Sarah Ruhl's Clean House and Shaw's Misalliance. The Artistic Director and Casting Director attend TPS auditions each year and callbacks are held during that week. The company also auditions members of the University of Washington PATP. Actors are encouraged to schedule auditions in the TPS time frame as traveling off the island is usually confined to that period. The theatre offers several Special Appearance Equity contracts throughout the season.
Washington
Key City Public Theatre
PO Box 194
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Admin Tel: (360) 379-0195
Box Office Tel: (360) 385-2454
info@keycitypublictheatre.org
Contact: Denise Winter, Artistic Director. Founded in 1958, Key City Public Theatre fosters artistic expression that entertains, educates, and engages our community by developing an accessible and relevant theatre that produces new works, contemporary plays, and innovative interpretations of classics that captivate, challenge, and celebrate our audiences and artists. Auditions announced on website.
Portland
Northwest Classical Theatre Company
2110 SE 10th Ave
Portland, OR 97214
Tel: (971) 244-3740
nwclassical@hotmail.com
Contact: Grant Turner, Artistic Director. Founded in 1998, The NWCTC is dedicated to performing great plays by great writers (primarily Shakespeare but including Chekhov, Shaw, Ibsen, and others) placing the emphasis on text and authorial intention rather than directorial conception. By cutting back on stage pyrotechnics and limiting our use of set and costume, we focus the attention on the word and story that we try to tell. Our company motto is “Content over Concept!”
Shakespeare in the Park
Seattle
Eclectic Theater Company (UA)
Odd Duck Studio
1214 10th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
Admin Tel: (206) 375-8945
Box Office Tel: 800-838-3006
Fax: 1-413-375-8945
info@eclectictheatercompany.org
www.eclectictheatercompany.org
Contact: Rik Deskin, Artistic Director. Founded in 2000 as Green Theatre Productions. In 2005 GTP began presenting FREE Shakespeare in the Parks in Kirkland and Auburn, adding Bellevue in 2006 and evolving into ETC in 2006. In 2008, ETC added the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival as a launch pad for the tour. Headquartered at the Odd Duck Studio on First Hill in Seattle, ETC produces four-five plays between October-June and a Summer Shakespeare in the parks production July-August. ETC is a Resident partner of Blood Squad Presents and Quiet Monkey Fight and also presents local improv companies and various guest productions year-round. Season and show specific auditions are announced on TPS and ETC attends TPS Generals. Operates under the AEA Umbrella Theatre Agreement.
GreenStage
PO Box 9594
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: (206) 748-1551
greenstage@greenstage.org
Contact: Ken Holmes, Artistic Director. GreenStage has been presenting FREE Shakespeare in the Park and other classic plays in Seattle since 1989. We are committed to presenting all our plays to audiences free of admission charges. We do gladly accept donations at the performances. Presenter of the Annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival. Produces two-three productions a year. Auditions announced on TPS and attends TPS General Auditions.
Wooden O Productions (SPT)
Seattle Shakespeare Company
P.O. Box 19595
Seattle, WA 98109-1595
Tel: (206) 274-8471
www.seattleshakespeare.org/woodeno
Contact: George Mount, Artistic Director. Founded in 1994, Wooden O started its annual Summer Shakespeare performances at Mercer Island's Luther Burbank Amphitheater and quickly grew in order to tour its productions throughout the King County Parks. Wooden O’s engaging, lively productions of Shakespeare's great plays entertain and delight thousands of enthusiastic audience members each summer in communities from Lynnwood to Auburn. In spring of 2008 Wooden O merged with Seattle Shakespeare Company. The premier outdoor Shakespeare theatre in the region and the premier indoor Shakespeare theatre in the region combined to become the premiere Shakespeare theatre in the state of Washington. Auditions announced on website and on TPS. Attends TPS auditions. Operates under AEA Small Professional Theatre agreement.
Washington
Last Leaf Productions
322 N Madison St
Monroe, WA 98272
Tel: (360) 805-9379
info@lastleaf99.org
Contact: Alexandra Clark, Artistic Director. Founded in 1999, Last Leaf Productions performs two abridged productions from the works of William Shakespeare each summer. Our Shakespeare tour travels to the Merrie Greenwood Faire in June and then tours to several communities with performances in King and Snohomish Counties. Last Leaf offers programs for young audiences as well as original Murder Mysteries for corporate parties and special events and productions of Shakespeare in The Park each summer. Each season our touring programs travel to over forty communities in ten counties to bring the magic of live theatre to you...Auditions announced on TPS.
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
1516 Commerce St #164
Tacoma, WA 98402
Tel: (253) 318-5182
info@shakespeareintheparkinglot.org
www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.org
Contact:
Kristie Worthey, Artistic Director. SITPL is a traveling troupe of performers using outdoor and non-traditional venues. The company was founded in 1999 and has offered 14 productions. This season we will be presenting William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Our classes will include Elizabeth Stage Combat, Stage Make-up and Shakespearian Voice & Text. Audition information can be found on the audition section of the website.
The Skagit River Shakespeare Festival
1500 College Way suite A Box 502
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Admin Tel: (360) 770-7748
Box Office Tel: (360) 416-7727
William @ shakesnw.org
www.shakesnw.org
Contact: Damond Morris, Artistic Director.
SNW began in 1993 as Earth Tribe Productions in Bellingham, WA.
Founder Damond Morris directed the first production, Samuel Beckett'sWaiting for Godot. With the success of Waiting for Godot, Earth Tribe came back the following season with The Taming of the Shrew again directed by Damond Morris. This time the production ran for a full month to mostly sold out houses. Bellingham Artist Richard Bulman designed the set and the logo for Shakespeare NorthWest and the Skagit River Shakespeare Festival. For the next four years Damond lived in Chico, California where he worked on staged radio dramas, Chico's "Greek by the Creek" festival, and Chico's Shakespeare Festival where he performed in Macbeth and Henry V. Returning to the Northwest, Damond and Earth Tribe produced Julius Caesar, which enjoyed a successful run at Seattle's Northwest Actor's Studio. Damond was feeling a passion to bring his favorite playwright to his home in Mount Vernon. Thus began The Western Washington Shakespeare Festival. For the next four seasons WWASF produced: A Midsummer Night's Dream ,The Winter's Tale, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, Merry Wives of Windsor, and Macbeth. With a one year hiatus WWASF reformed as the non-profit 501(c)3 Shakespeare NorthWest Association. In 2006 SNW opened its Premiere Season of the Skagit River Shakespeare Festival with Hamlet directed by Damond Morris and Comedy of Errors directed by Rob Slater. This year we follow up with Twelft Night directed by Tracy Petersen and Measure for Measure directed by Mike Wallace. Both Mike and Tracy are WWASF acting alumni. Auditions are announced on website.
Idaho
Idaho Shakespeare Festival
P.O. Box 9365
Boise, ID 83707
Admin Tel: (208) 429-9908
Box Office Tel: (208) 336-9221
info@idahoshakespeare.org
Contact: Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director. Auditions are held October - February. If you are interested in an acting position, please send your headshot, resume and a cover letter to: Casting, ISF, P.O. Box 9365, Boise, ID 83707. Please contact our Company Manager for audition details at info@idahoshakespeare.org . Operates under an AEA Letter of Agreement.
Montana
Montana Shakespeare in the Park
Tel: (406) 994-1220
kjahnke @ montana.edu
MSIP is a non-union professional touring Shakespeare company in residence at Montana State University. Auditions are held in Chicago, IL, Missoula, MT and Spring Green, WI, and are announced via our website and performInk. The 2008 Fall Tour will be Much Ado About Nothing. The Spring tour will be scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Oregon
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (LORT B+ Rep)
15 S. Pioneer Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Tel: (541) 482-2111
Admin Fax: (541) 482-0446
Contact: Bill Rauch, Artistic Director. Founded in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation. Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of eleven plays in three theatres plus numerous ancillary activities, and undertakes an extensive theatre education program. Auditions announced on website and attends PATA Auditions. Operates under a special contract based on AEA LORT B+. Our contracts are either 10-month (January-October) or 7-month (April-October). OSF produces 11 plays in repertory in three theatres. Company members routinely perform in several productions, as well as understudying; auditions are for the company, not for specific roles. We do not offer internships in acting.
Portland Actor’s Ensemble
PO Box 8671
Portland, OR. 97207
Tel: (503) 467-6573
Contact: Michael Streeter, Artistic Director. In the summer of 1970, Portland Actors Ensemble (PAE) began their Shakespeare-in-the-Parks program with a two-week production of As You Like It, performed at Laurelhurst Park. Every summer since then, we have produced at least one Shakespearean play, free of charge, in various outdoor settings around the city. Each year a production tours to 6 different parks over a six-weekend run, reaching as many communities as possible. We select parks to evenly cover the Portland Metro area so audience members can attend a show near their homes.
Iowa
Pella Shakespeare Festival
PMS Casting
2018 HYW G28 | Ste. 122
Pella, Ia 50219
pmsprod@aol.com
www.pmscasting.com/festival.html
PSC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, now in our fifth year of FREE performances. The Pella Shakespeare Company exists to bring fresh, fun, simple and well-spoken theatre to the public of Pella and its surrounding communities. Our goal is to educate as we entertain multi-generational audiences. We believe that exposure to literature and art enhances the quality of life within our community and engages everyone in a larger world view. Utilizing classical and important works, community and student actors, quality production values and unusual performance spaces within the park system, PSC Adult & Youth Troupes perform for more than 1400 audience members each year. Auditions announced on website.
Canada
Bard on the Beach
301- 601 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6B 2P1
Admin Tel:
604-737-0625
Box Office Tel: 1-877-739-0559
info@bardonthebeach.org
Contact: Christopher Gaze, Artistic Director. Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival was established in 1990 with a mandate to provide Vancouver residents and tourists with affordable, accessible Shakespearean productions of the finest quality. The Festival began as an Equity Co-op, funded primarily by a Canada Council Explorations grant awarded to Artistic Director and Founder, Christopher Gaze. Bard on the Beach is now a fully professional theatre company and last year engaged thirty actors as well as exceptional directors, designers, and technicians. The productions consistently receive both critical and audience acclaim. Auditions announced on website. Bard on the Beach engages professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement.
Shakespeare Kelowna Theatre Society
4321 Dunvegan Court
Kelowna, BC
Canada V1W 2L6
shakespearekelowna@hotmail.com
It is our mission to produce fun, accessible (and sometimes interactive) productions that people from all walks of life can appreciate. We offer both experienced and inexperienced artists the opportunity to work with a theatre company that promotes high production values, strong work ethics and creative freedom. Auditions announced on website.