Casting Teen Talent for Virginia Renaissance Faire

Seeking volunteer performers for the Virginia Renaissance Faire. Volunteers must be 16 or older to be on the cast without a guardian present on-site during rehearsals and performances. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Additional info: Exceptional volunteer cast members who are younger than 16 will be considered on a case-by-case basis if a guardian also volunteers in the same area of the show as the younger cast member. While this is a non-paid position, the show will provide training in interactive street theater, improvisation, Elizabethan history, dance, public speaking, and engaging an audience through a rigorous 5-weekend rehearsal process (10 days) running from 9:30 am to 3 pm both Saturdays and Sundays prior to the Faire’s opening day. A portion of this time is also dedicated to site and stage work, setting up the performance area for the show. No prior experience is needed to become a volunteer cast member. Volunteer cast members are expected to attend most rehearsals and show dates, and provide their own period-appropriate costuming approved by the Faire’s costume department. At the audition, auditionees will fill out paperwork and talk to directors about potential areas in which they can volunteer. They will also be asked to provide a short monologue and engage in a few improvisation exercises. The content of the monologue is not important and does not need to be Renaissance-era, but the auditionee can expect to be asked to perform it several different ways with an audience in the round. At the end of the process, if the auditionee is accepted onto cast, they can discuss costuming expectations for the character they will play. New cast rehearsal, your first rehearsal, will be on Saturday March 29 from 9:30 to 3:00 with a location to be determined and distributed on the date of the auditions. If interested, please apply.