Cast Member Audition Information
http://tnrenfest.com/audition.htm
Open Call, February 7th, 10am
The Tennessee Renaissance Festival is casting for its 2009 Festival. Actors will portray the townsfolk and nobility of Covington Glen, a 16th Century English Village. The Festival invites actors (18 years or older) of all types and experience levels to our Open Call on February 7th, at 10am. Please come prepared to move; dress comfortably. Actors will be asked to participate in improvisational exercises, and anyone wishing to demonstrate specific skills (character or theatrical monologue, singing or period musical instrument, stage combat, or other skills) may do so as well, but is not required.
Date: Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Time: sign in from 9:00-9:45am; auditions start at 10am sharp
Location: Freeman Photography Studios at 2134 New Castle Road, Arrington-Triune, across from the Festival grounds
Directions:
If you're going to the Festival site from Hwy 96, turn onto New Castle Road (you can only turn one way). Go 0.3 miles; 2134 will be on your right. You will pass the festival / castle; we will be at the big white house with the green roof. If you get lost, call (615) 395-9950 for directions. Please park only in the designated audition parking areas.
Requirements:
dress comfortably and be prepared to move; actors will be asked to participate in improvisational exercises
Notes:
we are casting for Peasants, Nobility, Shakespearean Actors, Pirates, and Fairies
call-backs and important information will be handled on the next day, February 8th. If at all possible, please available for both days.
Rehearsals are every Saturday and Sunday in April. There may be additional rehearsals on some March dates, and some weekdays in April, depending on character/role
rehearsals cover costuming, character development, interactive and improvisational theatre, and language
Performance Dates are: May 1 (school day), 2, 3, 9. 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, and Memorial Monday May 25th, 2009. Festival hours are 10am to 6pm; call time for some performers is as early as 8am
Next weekend.