SHAW FESTIVAL
BY MAIL Shaw Festival Theatre
Box 774, 10 Queen's Parade
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Canada L0S 1J0
BY PHONE
Box Office (905) 468-2172
or 1-800-511-7429
Administration (905) 468-2153
or 1-800-657-1106
BY FAX Box Office (905) 468-3804
Administration (905) 468-5438
E-MAIL FESTIVAL STAFF
AUDIENCE SERVICES
SUSAN BENTON, Audience Services Director
LORI ENS, Administrative Services Manager
JOHN McCARTHY, Ticket Services Manager
Order Desk, Box Office
MEDIA RELATIONS
ODETTE YAZBECK, Media Relations
Director
PATTI BROUGHTON, Media Relations
Co-ordinator
DAVID COOPER, Company Photographer
ADMINISTRATION
COLLEEN BLAKE, Managing
Director
JERRY DOIRON, Planning Director
JANET HANNA, Management
Assistant
DENIS JOHNSTON, Publications
Editor
JEAN GERMAN, Publications
Co-ordinator
CAROLYN MacKENZIE, Education
Co-ordinator
DEVELOPMENT
JILL PLANCHE, Development
Director
NORM BRADSHAW, Individual
Giving Associate
JANE DAGG, Deputy Director
SARAH LYNCH, Development
Associate
ANN MacDOUGALL, Member Services
Co-ordinator
TORI REEP, Corporate Associate
JOE RIZZA, Campaign Director
MARKETING
STEPHANIE WESTLAKE, Marketing
Director
KAY MEILLEUR, Marketing
Sales Manager
CHRISTINE STINSON, Marketing
Co-ordinator
SCOTT McKOWEN, Art Director
FINANCE
LYNNE RAYBOULD, Finance
Director
JULIE VALENTINI, Accounting
Manager
HOUSING
MARGARET GAFFNEY, Housing
Manager
HUMAN RESOURCES
DIANNE GIBBS, Human Resources
Director
INFORMATION SERVICES
SARAH FABIANI, Information
Services Director
JOHN CHRISTIAN, Systems
Manager
GARY WARREN, PC Support
Technician
Reception
OPERATIONS
PADDY PARR, Operations Director
PRODUCTION
LESLEY MacMILLAN, Production
Director
JEFF SCOLLON, Technical
Director
MARK CALLAN, Technical Director
JEFF CUMMINGS, Technical
Director
LEIGH KERR, Assistant to
the Production Director
AUDIO
WALTER LAWRENCE, Head of
Audio
DESIGN
WILLIAM SCHMUCK, Head of
Design
Lighting Designers
ELECTRICS
JOHN BOBREL, Head of Electrics
MUSIC
PAUL SPORTELLI, Director
PROPERTIES
DONA HRABLUK, Head of Properties
GORDON LAWSON, Properties
Buyer
SCENERY CONSTRUCTION
LESSLIE TUNMER, Head of
Scenery Construction
STAGE MANAGEMENT
LAURIE CHAMPAGNE, Production
Stage Manager
WARDROBE
KAREN CROGIE, Head of Wardrobe
AUDITIONS
The Shaw Festival holds general auditions
for both equity and non-equity actors for both dramatic and musical roles.
Auditions are usually held in Toronto in the fall (October or November)
and in western Canada in early winter (January or February).
2001 Season auditions - Toronto: October
18, 19, 20, 2000 (DRAMA); October 30 and 31, 2000 (MUSICAL). Vancouver:
dates to follow.
If you wish to be considered for the next set of auditions, please submit a letter indicating union status and category (musical or drama), as well as a photo and resume by September 1. Send your package to the attention of Christopher Newton, Artistic Director at the address listed above.
Candidates for an audition will be selected from the resumes received and contacted with an audition date, time and location.
Audition requirements: Equity Drama - 2 contrasting pieces, your choice; Non-Equity Drama - 1 piece, your choice; All Musical - 1 drama piece, your choice, plus 2 contrasting songs, preferably an up-tempo and a ballad. At least one song should be a traditional musical theatre piece - ie. Gershwin, Porter, Coward, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe. The second song need not be traditional musical theatre - it need not even be a musical theatre song - but keep in mind that contemporary pop/rock music and musical scores influenced by pop/rock music are not very useful to us. Opera is also discouraged. Operetta is fine but singers are encouraged to approach operetta selections with a musical theatre style versus an opera style. An accompanist will be provided but please bring your own music.
Further inquiries can be e-mailed to
Janet Hanna at shawadmn@shawfest.com or by telephoning (905) 468-2153,
extension 204.