For Immediate Release
Contact:
Martin Rabkin/martinrabkinink
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Shadowland Theatre Issues 2008
Summer Season’s Call-for-Local Auditions
Theatre Seeks Local
Talent for 24th Season; Invites Actors’ Equity Members and Non-Union
Actors to May 18 Audition
Ellenville, NY, May 5, 2008 – Shadowland Theatre, the premier, non-profit, professional
theatre of the Hudson Valley/Catskills region, today announced that it will
hold auditions for its 2008 summer season on Sunday, May 18 from 9:30 am to
5:30 pm at the theatre located at 157 Canal Street in downtown Ellenville, NY.
Hoping to draw from the best talent that the Hudson Valley
and Catskills regions has to offer, Brendan Burke, producing artistic director
at Shadowland Theatre, said, “We utilize both union
and non-union actors and look forward to a large response this year.
While it is preferred that actors auditioning prepare a brief monologue of
their choosing, sides will be available if necessary. In addition, it’s
preferred but not mandatory that actors submit a headshot and resume the day of
the audition.”
Shadowland seeks
talent for four of its five summer season productions, including the British
farce “Black Comedy” by Peter Shaffer; the new comedy “Glorious! The true story
of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in the world” by Peter Quilter and
the
Also featured this season, which is already cast and for
which the theatre is only seeking potential replacements, are the Tony
Award-winning comedy, “Art,” starring Judd Hirsch, and the
Actors requiring more information and character
descriptions are asked to visit www.shadowlandtheatre.org.
About Shadowland
Theatre
Shadowland Theatre is the leading professional nonprofit
Actors’ Equity company in the Lower Hudson
Valley/Catskill Mountain region. Located only 90 miles from New York City in
Ellenville, NY, Shadowland received “Best of the
Valley” Awards from Hudson Valley magazine in 2004, 2005 and 2007; “2006 Cultural
Business of the Year” by Ulster Development Corporation and Ulster County
Chamber of Commerce; “Best Theatre 2006” by the Times Herald Record; and “Best
Drama of the Year” by The Daily Record in NJ for The Good German. Founded in 1984, Shadowland
performs in a restored 1920’s Art Deco vaudeville/movie house converted to a
148-seat theatre. For more information,
visit http://www.shadowlandtheatre.org.
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