RTSF 2010 Professional Company Audition Information

There will be a 14-actor (6 Equity) professional company in 2010, as well as an Intern Company of 8 actors.  All professional actors will be cast in both shows and will also understudy.  Rehearsals begin May 11, with the first production opening June 11 and the second opening June 18.  The productions, which will be announced in November, play in repertory through July 11, a 9-week contract.  EMC points are available.

Audition Requirements

P/R; 2 contrasting monologues, one classical and one contemporary; 3 minutes maximum.  For Intern Audition/Interview information, see the intern section of the website.

RTSF 2010 Regional Audition Schedule

IOWA CITY - Saturday, December 12, 2009
Call the Box Office at 319-338-7672 beginning November 23 to schedule an audition.  Auditions for the intern company are January 30, 2010; please click here for more information.

KANSAS CITY - Wednesday, December 3, 2009
Limited to UMKC graduate theatre program; KC professional actors may request an audition slot [as available] by submitting P/R to Riverside Theatre.

CHICAGO - Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Equity office, 125 S. Clark, 15th Floor.  Callbacks: 3:30 - 4:30 pm the same day.

Equity Auditions: 10:00 - 1:00, appointments taken at the Equity office, 312-641-0406, beginning at 9:30 am on Monday, December 7.

Non-Equity Auditions: 1:30 - 3:15; for audition consideration, please mail P/R (NO FAX OR EMAIL) to Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA 52245  Attn: Chicago Auditions; receipt deadline December 1.  Actors selected for audition will be contacted by email (please include your email contact) with a specific audition time by December 8.

MILWAUKEE - Tuesday December 15, 2009
Limited to Milwaukee Repertory Intern Company

For Intern Audition/Interview information, see the intern section of the website.

Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival/June-July

Riverside Theatre's summer facility is the Globe-inspired Riverside Festival Stage, set against a bluff and adjacent to a willow-ringed reflecting pond in City Park. It has great natural acoustics - no amplification is used - and is very performer friendly. The theatre has air-conditioned dressing rooms and permanent audience seating for 472. RTSF operates on an LOA to a LORT D Equity contract. EMC points are available for all non-Equity actors and stage managers in both the professional and the intern companies.

Gilbert Street Season/September-April

Riverside Theatre's permanent facility is a 118-seat modified black box located in a vibrant neighborhood near downtown Iowa City. Auditions are open to both AEA and non-Equity actors; AEA actors are hired under Special Appearance contracts. There are audition calls throughout the year as needed. Regional professional actors can schedule a general audition in Iowa City at any time of the year by contacting the Artistic Directors.

To be added to the actor e-mail database for audition and other RT notices, call the box office at 319-338-7672 or email info@riversidetheatre.org.