Who: Non-professional actors to participate in dramatic re-enactments of early human life
When: 22-27 September 2013
Where: Stunning and diverse natural landscapes throughout Alberta

Clearwater Documentary is producing a three-part television documentary called “Human – The Miracle of a Species”, exploring the origins of our species in Africa and our incredible journey to settle the planet’s five continents. Dramatic recreations of the first modern humans and our close relatives will bring to life the world of our ancestors, from the searing desert heat of Africa to the frigid Ice-Age Arctic. For broadcast around the world in 2015 on major public broadcasters, including the CBC, PBS and Arte.

In September 2013, we will film dramatic recreations depicting the first humans to leave Africa approximately 100,000 years ago and their meeting with Neanderthals in Europe. Clearwater Documentary is looking for non-professional actors of two types:
1. Individuals originating in East Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia), which is also the likely birthplace of modern human populations. These actors will depict the earliest migrations from Africa, and the way of life of these ancestors. We are looking for fit, slim women, men and children of any age.
2. Two males of Caucasian appearance to depict the Neanderthal inhabitants native to Europe for 400,000, and whom human Africans met after their departure from Africa. These individuals must be extremely muscular, with a compact and powerful build, and red hair/freckles are an asset.

Locations will be remote, ranging from the Alberta Badlands to the Rocky Mountains near Grande Cache, with shooting to stretch over 6 days. Actors will be asked to wear period costumes, to carry the implements of a Stone Age hunter-gather existence, and to engage in activities typical of of hunter-gatherers: gathering berries and herbs, tending fires and making camp, eating meat, and walking through a variety of landscapes. All travel, accommodation and living expenses will be paid, as well as a daily compensation on shooting days. Hours will be unpredictable and possibly long.

Deadline to apply:  May 29, 2013.

For more information on this series, see the teaser clip: https://vimeo.com/49039042
or contact:
Emma Radford
(780) 757-9777
emma@clearwatermedia.com

AUDITION NOTICE: HORIZON PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE
Marion Bridge By Daniel MacIvor
PERFORMANCE DATES: November 27-30, 2013
AUDITION DATES: Sunday, June 23, & Monday, June 24, 2013
Times: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Location: Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove
Callbacks: Wednesday, June 26, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Location: Horizon Stage
DIRECTOR: ANNE MARIE SZUCS
STAGE MANAGER: ANGLIA REDDING-TURKIEWICZ
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS: IAN FITZGERALD; JEFF TURKIEWICZ
SET DESIGN: JIM HERCHAK; COSTUME DESIGN: PATTI ZEGLEN
LIGHTING DESIGN: LELAND STELCK; SOUND DESIGN: ERIN FOSTER O’RIORDAN
DIALECT COACH: MARLISS WEBER; PROPS: ELINOR TOFIN
PRODUCTION MANAGER: TBA

Three women in their thirties come “home” to Cape Breton to be with their dying mother. Each, in her own way, tries to deal with the painful loneliness of her life – each tries to reconcile what she has become with what she thought she wanted out of life and with what she thought her family wanted for her. Nothing, of course, has turned out exactly the way anyone imagined it would.

Characters:
(Please note that ages should reflect what you read as onstage – not your actual age.)
Agnes MacKeigan, eldest sister, 30s – 40s
Theresa MacKeigan, middle sister, 30s – 40s
Louise MacKeigan, youngest sister, 30s
Rehearsals will begin in mid September. Rehearsals will be scheduled around actor availability whenever possible. Rehearsal locations may be in Spruce Grove and/or Edmonton.

Audition Expectations:
You will be auditioning with a group of 4 to 5 other actors in a one-hour slot. Please prepare one of the three selected monologues (Agnes, Theresa, or Louise). You may memorize your monologue, but it is not expected. You may be asked to cold read from the play, so please familiarize yourself with it before auditioning. (Copies of the script may be available through the Theatre Alberta library.)

Please bring any conflict dates you have to the audition. Headshots and résumés are recommended but not required.

TO BOOK AN AUDITION or for further information, please email Anne Marie Szucs at amszucs@xplornet.com. Once you have booked an audition, you will receive the audition monologues by email.

Call for Resumes for General Auditions
May 27 & 28, 2013

Artistic Co-Directors Caroline Howarth and Mieko Ouchi invite actors to apply for general auditions by submitting a resume and headshot.    Successful applicants will be contacted to book an audition.  Please submit your resume electronically to bookings@concretetheatre.ca  or deliver it to our office

(6-17 Stanley Milner Library Building, 7 Winston Churchill Square, T5J 2V5) before Friday, May 24, 2013.

Audition Requirements for Successful Applicants:

• Two contrasting contemporary monologues, one of which is Canadian. Total time: 10 minutes.
• If you are a singer, you may replace one of the monologues with a song of your choosing.  A CD player will be available.
• Concrete Theatre attended Emerge 2013 so please do not apply for an audition as we will be doing specific call backs.

When:

• Monday, May 27 11:00 am – 8:00 pm, Tuesday, May 28 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
• You will be contacted by Irene our booking coordinator to book a 20 minute slot.
• Priority will be given to Equity/ACTRA members and registered Apprentices on the 1st day.

Where:

• Stanley A. Milner Library Building, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton.

 2013-2014 Season:

• I Am For You by Mieko Ouchi                                                                                     
• Target audience: Jr/Sr High

Two 17 year old girls get into a violent physical fight in their high school drama room, which is broken up by their student teacher, an ex BFA actor and a certified actor-combatant. He takes them on as a special project, helping them understand the roots & costs of violence through the art of stage combat, and ultimately the fight between Mercutio & Tybalt for the school production of Romeo and Juliet.  All three roles require fencing, unarmed, sabres.

• Apples and Oranges by Chris Bullough                                                                    
• Target audience: Elementary

A remount of our 2009 production the play follows Connor, a young Papple Boy on an exci ting journey to explore the island he lives on. When he unexpectedly meets Ceili, a girl from the other side, where his fellow Papples have told him the frightening Orange-Folk live, he discovers that people can be as different as apples and oranges… but they can also be friends.  Requires singing. Ability to play guitar or other small portable instruments a plus.

• The Bully Project by Mieko Ouchi with Caroline Howarth                                
• Target audience: Jr High

A brand new participatory project that explores the complex reasons why bullying behavior happens and what young people and the adults who care about them can do about it. Extensive audience interaction and improv are key, which will be performed by 3 actors for 100 students at a time. Improvisation, participatory experience a plus.

Concrete Theatre is a 23 year old professional Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) company whose mandate is to produce artistically excellent, challenging and culturally diverse theatre for young people and their families.  Our critically acclaimed and Dora and Sterling award winning productions have included: Under Cover, Routes, The Early Bloomer, Smokescreen, Apples and Oranges, Jeremy Fisher, Nami Namersson, The Viking Who Liked To Name Things, The Shape of a Girl, Offensive Fouls, The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito, The Plum Tree, Lig & Bittle, Are We There Yet?, Rice and Naomi’s Road. We tour productions to Elementary, Junior and Senior High schools in Edmonton and across Alberta.  We occasionally do main-stage productions in Edmonton, and tour nationally. Concrete Theatre also produces Sprouts, an annual new play development festival for kids. Please visit our website in advance for additional information and history about the company.  www.concretetheatre.ca

Concrete Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.  

CASTING CALL “CUT BANK” a feature film

My name is Rhonda Fisekci and I’m a Casting Director based in Alberta. I will be coming to Edmonton the week of May 13 to hold auditions for the upcoming feature film “CUT BANK” starring John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Liam Hemsworth and Teresa Palmer and directed by Matt Shakman. I have various roles to cast and want to be inclusive of the great theatre community of actors in Edmonton when doing my audition sessions. If you would like to be considered for an audition and are available for the outside shoot dates of June 12 – July 19 please forward me your headshot and resume ASAP to rfisekci@canadafilm.com.

DIRECTOR BIO
Matt Shakman is the founder and artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los
Angeles, which was named one of “a dozen young American companies you need to
know” by American Theatre Magazine and “Best Small Theatre” by Los Angeles
Magazine and the LA Weekly. His directing work has received multiple Ovation,
Garland, GLAAD and LA Drama Critics Circle awards. He was recently represented
Off-Broadway by the NY premiere of Secrets of the Trade at Primary Stages. His
production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People ran last spring at the Geffen
Playhouse in Los Angeles (8 Ovation award nominations, including Best Production and
Best Director) and this fall he will direct the premiere of a new adaptation of Wait Until
Dark, also at the Geffen. Matt was the recipient of the 2012 LA Drama Critics Circle
Award for Career or Special Achievement in Direction.
Matt’s television directing resume includes comedies and dramas, critically-acclaimed
cable shows and top-rated network programs. Credits include Mad Men, The Good Wife,
New Girl, Revenge, Six Feet Under, House, Hung, and Weeds. He is the director and co-executive
producer of FX’s hit comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (now in it’s
ninth season).

Audition (Edmonton): Seeking 1 Male Lead Actor – Independent Film

Seeking Male lead for short narrative film. This film does not have dialogue and requires the actor to express and emote using mainly facial expressions and body language. This is a dramatic short about loss and longing, but also hope and optimism.

This is an independent production with no budget, but you will receive full credit, good food and my sincerest, undying appreciation. It will be a small crew, shooting on location throughout Edmonton.

Auditions will take place Saturday, May 25th at FAVA Edmonton between 3pm and 6pm.

You must be available for shooting on Saturday, June 1st and Sunday June 2nd.

Please contact Spencer at croteau.spencer@gmail.com for any further details.

2013 GENERAL AUDITION Notice

Shadow Theatre & Workshop West Theatre
–– In Edmonton.
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Artistic Directors John Hudson of Shadow Theatre & Michael Clark of Workshop West Theatre invite members of the theatre community to participate General Auditions for workshops and production in their 2013/14 seasons.

Others with interests in casting may be in attendance.

Audition days 1: June 3 & June 4, 2013
City: Edmonton

Deadline to submit: 05/30/2013
Email applications to: wwtshadowauditions@gmail.com

For further information about next year’s seasons, please go to the theatre companies’ websites:
www.shadowtheatre.ca
www.workshopwest.org

Selected actors will be asked to prepare two contrasting monologues, no longer than 3 minutes each.

Please note that priority will be given to members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

Non-members will only be seen on June 4th.

We thank all applicants for their submissions, however only successful applicants will be contacted to arrange an audition.

Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of contract.

Seeking 1 Female & 1 Male actor for short comedy video. Ideally, in the 25-35 age range.

The characters are two ‘hipsters’ with all the attendant cliches and stereotypes:

Ben – Lead – Male, under 35 years old. Ben has life all figured out; he knows what he likes aesthetically, is well read, and well educated. He gives off an air of confidence and smugness, and is something of a snob about authentic vintage things.

Emily – Lead – Female, under 35 years old. Emily is a stylish prima donna who colour blocks her clothes so well that she is often asked for fashion tips from her girlfriends. She has a good eye for ornamentation and colour. Like Ben, she is well educated and somewhat self-righteous.

Must be available Saturday May 11th from 9 AM till late afternoon.

Relaxed crew. I will water and feed you well.

Please contact JP at jeanpierremarchant@gmail.com