Wednesday, December 26, 2007

auditions: Renaissance Center Theater Company Measure for Measure

ADDITIONAL OPEN AUDITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF
SHAKESPEARE'S MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Additional open auditions will be held for the Renaissance Center Theater Company's April 2008 production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure on Tuesday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 9 at the Renaissance Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 6 pm to 9 pm, or by appointment with the director.

Casting is open to all; no previous experience performing Shakespeare is required. Prepared pieces are welcome, but not required; all auditioners will be asked to read from the play. For further information, or if you cannot make the scheduled times and wish to make an appointment for another time, please call 413-577-3600, or e-mail renaissance@english.umass.edu. Directions to the Center can be found at www.umass.edu/renaissance.

Matteo Pangallo directs this production which will initiate the newly created blackbox theater space on the Center grounds, located at 650 East Pleasant Street in Amherst. Performance dates are April 23-26, 2008. With over twenty years of experience onstage and backstage, Pangallo, formerly the founding artistic director of the Salem Theatre Company and an assistant director for the Rebel Shakespeare Company, holds an MA in Shakespearean Studies from King's College London and has worked as a dramaturgical assistant at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.

CONTACT: Lucinda Kidder
Renaissance Center Theater Company
Managing Director
413-577-3600

413-587-9398
lucindakidder@hotmail.com
jlkidder@english.umass.edu

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