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Employment Opportunities

 

 

Founded in 1991, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University is a professional theatre company and the Official Shakespeare Festival of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Festival is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

  
 

 

  
 

Production/Administration

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will begin seeking professionals and interns to fill Production and Administration positions in late December 2010. Employment runs early May through mid-August. Resume will begin to be accepted at that time. PSF will review all resumes until those positions are filled. Information about production and administration positions is listed here as well as on ArtSearch and The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.

Send cover letter, resume and 3 references to:
Matthew Given, Production Manager
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
2755 Station Ave
Center Valley, PA 18034
Fax: 610.282.2084
Or email: psf@desales.edu (Email Preferred)

 

  
 

 Summer Season Casting

PSF employs Union and Non-union performers. PSF operates under a Letter of Agreement and a Small Professional Theatre Contract with Actors' Equity Association. Employment length is six weeks from first rehearsal to final performance. Longer contracts for multiple shows. Housing is provided. Audition information is posted here as well as in Backstage and on The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia . Casting for the upcoming season begins in late February-early March of that year.

All head shots and resumes should be sent to:
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Re: Casting
2755 Station Ave
Center Valley, PA 18034
Fax: 610.282.2084
Or email: psf@desales.edu

 
 

 WillPower Educational Tour Casting-Hamlet

WillPower is the educational outreach program of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Each fall, PSF sends a company of professionally trained and experienced actors/teachers to schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware to teach workshops relating to Shakespeare and perform in a Shakespearean production. PSF employs non-union performers. Employment length is late September through mid-November.  Housing is provided. Audition information is posted here as well as in Backstage and on The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. PSF will begin casting for this WillPower tour of Hamlet in July 2010.

UPDATE

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Center Valley, PA will hold a NON-EQUITY open call for its fall WillPower tour to schools. $330/wk. Housing provided. Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic director; Casey Wm. Gallagher, managing director; Erin Hurley, director.   Rehearsals begin September 16 with performances October 6 – November 19. 

All roles open. Looking for actors age 21-35. All ethnic backgrounds are strongly encouraged to attend. Must have experience and training in Shakespeare. Please prepare any Shakespeare monologue. Actors may be asked for a second monologue. Callbacks same day. Callback sides info listed below and sides will be provided at the audition in the event of a callback. Actors will also teach workshops at schools (training provided). Bring pix/resume. 
 
Monday, July 12, 2010 – 1PM-3PM 
Labuda Center at DeSales University, Center Valley, PA
Sign up begins at 12:30PM
Directions available at pashakespeare.org
 
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:00AM-2:00PM
Ripley Grier Studios, 520 Eighth Ave, (betw. 36th and 37th) 16th Floor, NYC
Sign up begins at 10:30AM.
 
Callback sides for WillPower Hamlet auditions:
 All line numbers from the Arden ed.
 
Hamlet: Act 1 scene 2 (lines 129-159)
             Act 3 scene 3 (lines 72-96)
           
Ophelia: Act 2 scene 1 (lines 88-100)
 
Polonius: Act 2 scene 2 (lines 86-167)
 
Gertrude: Act 4 scene 7 (lines 162-182) 
 
Claudius: Act 3 scene 3 (lines 36-72)
 
Horatio: Act 1 scene 2 (lines 160-223)
 
Laertes: Act 1 scene 3 (lines 1-53) 

All head shots and resumes should be sent to:
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Re: WillPower Casting
2755 Station Ave
Center Valley, PA 18034
Fax: 610.282.2084
Or email: psf@desales.edu