Auditions for *Romeo and Juliet*!

Auditions for “Romeo and Juliet,” the first play in Flatwater Shakespeare Company's 2020 Season, will be held at Turbine Flats, 2124 Y Street in Lincoln on Tuesday, January 7, 6-10 p.m. and on Sunday, January 12, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Callbacks will immediately follow the January 12 auditions, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Visit www.flatwatershakespearecompany.org or Flatwater Shakespeare's Facebook page and follow the links -- or go directly to tinyurl.com/FSCauditionsR-J -- to reserve a space in an hour-long time slot. In order to help auditions stay on schedule, each time slot will be capped at ten people.

Actors should prepare ten to fifteen lines of Shakespearean verse. You will be asked to perform the monologue three times, as though three different characters were saying the lines. We recommend that you bring a printed copy of the lines with you, along with your head shot and resume. Arrive at least fifteen minutes before your scheduled time in order to complete audition forms.

“Romeo and Juliet” will be directed by FSC Executive Artistic Director Summer Lukasiewicz. Rehearsals will take place in February and March. The show will run March 18-22 and 25-29 at Turbine Flats, with performances starting at 7 p.m. The production will feature original music by Andrea von Kampen and fight choreography by Will Cover. Michelle Zinke is the Stage Manager and Stephen Buhler the dramaturg.

Auditions for Flatwater Shakespeare's remaining shows in 2020 will be held in March.

The summer “Short Shakespeare” production will be “Twelfth Night,” the play that started the FSC saga in 2001. A seventy-five minute version of Shakespeare's gender-bending romantic comedy will be directed by Kat Cover. On June 4-7 and June 11-14, the play will be presented at the Swan Theatre in The Stables at Wyuka. On June 18-21, the company will visit Lincoln parks for this year's Flatwater FREE Shakespeare tour.

The season will conclude with William Shakespeare's magnificent tragedy “King Lear,” directed by FSC Associate Director Emily Ernst. The role of Lear will be taken by FSC's Founding Artistic Director, Bob Hall. All other roles are open. Performances will be September 24-27, October 1-4, and October 8-11 at the Swan Theatre in The Stables at Wyuka.

All actors appearing in Flatwater Shakespeare Company productions receive compensation.

For further information, please visit www.flatwatershakespearecompany.org.