Job Opportunities
Founded in 1991, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 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 2012. Employment runs early May through mid-August. Resumes 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.
Send letter, resume, and 3 references to:
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
C/O: Matthew Given
2755 Station Ave
Center Valley, PA 18034
Fax: 610.282.2084
Matthew.Given@Desales.edu.
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 for the 2013 season is posted on actorsequity.org as well as in Backstage.
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
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 the WillPower in July 2013.
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
Oklahoma! - PA SHAKESPEARE FEST
Monday, March 25, from 11:00AM-5:00PM at Ripley Grier Studios, 520 Eighth Ave, (betw. 36th and 37th) 16th Floor, NYC.
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Center Valley, PA will hold an OPEN CALL for non-Equity male actor-singer-dancers for WILL PARKER, non-Equity female actor-singer-dancers for ADO ANNIE and non-Equity male actor-singers who move well for ANDREW CARNES in Oklahoma!. Director and assoc. artistic dir. Dennis Razze. Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic director. Stephen Casey, choreographer. PSF is 90 miles from NYC. Salary: $320/wk. Housing provided. EMC points available. Rehearsals begin: 5/21/13, Closes: 6/30/13. Six week gig. ADO ANNIE: Age 18-25, Laurey’s best friend, fun loving good-time girl, flirtatious and gullible young girl. Must have strong comedic ability and be a strong dancer. Soprano (low C to high F). WILL PARKER: Age 20-30. Hapless, not overly bright, young cowboy who loves Ado Annie. Must be a strong dancer. Baritone-tenor (low D to high F). ANDREW CARNES: 45-55, strong character actor-singer, must move well. Baritone-tenor (F to high F). Dry humor, big presence, able to be intimidating. Described in script as a “scrappy little man.” Please prepare the sides available under “about us/employment opportunities” on the PSF website or backstage.com. Actors will sing first, and may be asked to stay to read. 3-5pm will be reserved for dance callback (bring character shoes). Bring pix/resume. Sign up begins at 10:00am. Actors unavailable for this audition who wish to be considered should send a vimeo link or an UNLISTED YouTube link of a video audition, plus headshot/resume, by March 21 to psf@desales.edu.
Monday, March 25 – Non-equity male actor-singer-dancers, Non-equity female actor-singer-dancers, and Non-equity actors who move well.
