Auditions for Twelfth Night
Auditions
Wednesday, September 5th - General Auditions
Thursday, September 6th - Callback Auditions
Please sign-up for an audition time at the main office callboard. Questions, please call 218.477.2126.
Directed by Shelly Gaza
Shelly Gaza is an actor, director, and theatre teacher. For the past four years, Shelly has been a member of the acting company at The Utah Shakespearean Festival (USF) where she has appeared in King Lear, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Love’s Labours Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, and others. She was the recipient of USF’s 2006 Finlayson Acting Award. Shelly has also appeared at theatres across the country, including The Hilberry Repertory Theatre in Detroit where she received the 2003 Oscar Wilde Award for Favorite Actress in a Drama for her work in A Streetcar Named Desire. She has also appeared in the Regional Premiers of John Patrick Shanley’s plays Dirty Story (The JET, Detroit) and Sailor’s Song (Paragon Theatre, Denver). As a director, Shelly has worked with Backstage Theatre in Colorado and the Actor’s Training Program in Utah. She has taught at many schools and training programs including Wayne State University, Southern Utah University (in conjunction with USF), The Colorado Academy for the Performing Arts, and Flint Youth Theatre. Shelly studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, received an MFA in Theatre from Wayne State University, and a BFA in Theatre from Millikin University. Shelly is a member of Actor’s Equity Association.
Audition Information for Twelfth Night
Initial Audition: Please prepare a monologue from one of Shakespeare’s plays (other than Twelfth Night, no more than 1 1/2 minutes in length, and memorized.) Your audition piece should reflect the Twelfth Night character that you are most interested in playing. If you would like to be considered for the role of Feste the clown, please also prepare a short sample of your singing ability (no more than 30 seconds in length, sung a cappella.)
I will also be looking for actors who can play musical instruments - especially guitars, mandolins, and recorders. You do not need to bring your instruments to the audition, but please let me know what you play.
Callbacks: Callbacks will consist of readings from the script. A list of these scenes will be available prior to callbacks – they do not need to be memorized, but I strongly encourage you to be as familiar with them as possible.
I am very excited about meeting and working with you all!
And thank you, in advance, for all your hard work in preparing your auditions!
- Shelly