Casting for the 20th Annual Oklahoma Renaissance Festival The Oklahoma Renaissance Festival will hold its open auditions for 2015 on Sunday, January 11th and Sunday, 2014. Auditions will be held at the Castle of Muskogee located at 3400 West Fern Mountain Rd Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401 The Festival runs 5 weekends for a total of 12 days - Saturdays and Sundays, starting May 2nd including Memorial Day Weekend, through May 31st. The Oklahoma Renaissance Festival (OKRF) has a variety of opportunities for energetic people with a wide range of performance experience and skills. The auditions are for performers who want to be a Street Character, Dancer, or Musician. There are some paid positions available for experienced performers and many positions available for volunteers. Participants wishing to audition must contact the organizers at donryan@me. Or call 405-919-8267 to schedule a time. Audition times will be held in two sessions: Sunday beginning at 9 a.m.to 12 and 1p.m. to 5. Requirements for Scheduling Audition Slot: • Full name, address, phone and email address • A head-shot (or a recent photo of your face) and a theatrical resume • Be prepared to sing and do acting improvisation exercises • For musicians, Saturday afternoon is not available for auditions; they can either audition on Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon. In order to be a member of the Entertainment Cast, you must be at least 16 years of age by the beginning of the Festival season or have either a parent or guardian on the Festival site as a member of cast at all times during show days. Those selected from the auditions will become a part of the Festivals training program, the Oklahoma Renaissance Actors (OKRA) Academy. OKRA Academy is taught by a faculty of professional performers, historians, and arts educators. Classes will include Character Development, Street Theatre, Improvisation, Dialects, Customs and Manners, Movement, Country Dance and a variety of Tudor History and Performance classes. In conjunction with Festival rehearsals, the OKRA program prepares the cast for performance at the Festival. OKRA classes are held all day as indicated on the schedule below. These classes are required and critical to cohesion and cast development. Focus Character and Types • Villager- Seamstress • Villager- Young Hunter • Villager- Butcher • Villager- Baker • Villager- Candlestick Maker • Villager- Barber • Villager- Shepherd • Noble- Scottish Lady Some audition preparation tips: People auditioning should prepare the following: Dynamic, Larger Than Life Street Characters - Two monologues, one classical and one contemporary. Monologues should not exceed one minute each. Be prepared to sing and do improvisation exercises. About the Festival Starting in 1996, the Oklahoma Renaissance Festival offers fine arts & crafts with food and entertainment of 16th century England. Renaissance Festival (Ren Festival or just Festival) is an amalgam of many things. It’s partly an artisans/craft fair, it’s partly historical reenactment, and it’s partly performance art. Everyone working at Festival dresses in costumes (or garb) typical of the late Tudor period. There are many booths selling both crafts and food. Parades wind their way through the crowds. Jugglers, musicians, magicians, and other entertainers perform through the day. One can wander about, examining goods for sale, sampling foods, watching plays and performers, and of course drinking fyne English Ale. OKRA Academy Calendar Auditions January 11th Academy Basic Character Creation and Development February 7-8th Academy Peer Group Development and Cast Foundations February 21-22nd Academy Cast Blending and Precedence March 7-8th Academy Final Dress Rehearsal and Media Day April 11-12th For more information and details about the Oklahoma Renaissance Festival please visit okcastle/
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