**NB We also offer acting classes to all ages (children to adult) - new session begins Januray 2012, enrol now.

Kingston has many opportunities for actors in theatre and in film. If you are looking for work, paid or unpaid, check back often and ask to be added to our auditions mailing list. You will be notified from time to time when new opportunities are posted here.

Sometimes, other companies let us know about auditions that they are holding. When possible, I will add information to this page about calls in the community, and in larger centres like Toronto and New York. Unless I think that listings outside of our own are particularly attractive, or important, I may not send to my email list. This is to avoid annoying recipients with frequent emails. You are welcome and encouraged to check this page as often as you wish, but I won't spam you with every notice that comes out. However, I will send email each time we are casting shows for our own company.

We make no claims of legitimacy for any posting for casting for any company or person, other than Bottle Tree Productions. We strongly recommend that you find out about the company that you are auditioning for before you accept work, or before you audition for strangers. There are several pages of audition information here on our site. You will also find articles about what to expect for auditions for actors of all ages, as well as monologues for teens, children, and adults.

Auditions for Bottle Tree Productions

We usually draw on the community in Kingston for cast and crew. Most calls are open.

If you would like to be notified of casting calls by email, please send to auditions mailing list. More contact information (full name and phone number) is also appreciated but not necessary. Please do not send resumes by email, but do bring a resume and head shot to your call. OR subscribe to our feed and find out about postings immediately! Click the orange RSS button on the right to add our feed to your reader.

Additionally, we are always interested in making new friends and seeing old ones. If you like the atmosphere of theatre, and you would like to help with our productions, we can always find room backstage for more hands! Please email a.mortensen (at) bottletreeinc (dot) com, subject "Auditions" and you will receive all casting calls which will also include requests for help on specific shows. Please tell us in your email what you like to do and include your full name and phone number.

Audition Tips

Auditions can be nerve-wracking experiences, particularly if you are auditioning for a stranger. Here are three tips from our article

“Be Prepared: 10 Audition Tips for New Actors”

Take classes.
Develop your network, your resume, and your skills.
Learn a two minute monologue from a real play.
Refrain from using Googlelogues.
Don't give up.
If you want to act, you have to audition. Repeatedly.

More tips here.

Monologues

We have information about preparing and delivering monologues, and we have many FREE monologues posted online to help actors with their auditions.

1 New Notices

posted Dec 4, 2011

Heritage Minutes

Males between the ages of 25 and 65 required.

(From Greg Curtis)
I am assisting with the production of some new "heritage" minutes for broadcast in Kingston. We require several male actors between the ages of 25 and 65. Most are non-speaking roles. In particular, we need lookalikes for Winston Churchill, both at the age of 66 and 27 (the latter must have a British accent). Unofficial shooting date is January 7. A small gratuity will be offered.

They will be broadcast on CKWS and appear on YouTube. We have done three in the past, two about Sir John A. Macdonald and one about Fort Henry, the latter of which you can see here . Our two newest ones will be about Winston Churchill's visits to Kingston, first in 1901 (when he promoted his book about the Boer War), and again in 1940 (when he secretly met with the U.S. Secretary of Defense.) Please contact me for Greg's email information, if you are intereseted in this opportunity.

posted Nov 28, 2011

Cinderella

Males and females 14 - adults of all ages

Show runs December 16 & 17
Possibility for daytime shows for schools.
Rehearsals begin immediately
Auditions will be held on Wed. Nov 30 5pm - 8pm
Audition location - Baiden Street Theatre, 57 Baiden Street (Way back down the driveway!)
WHAT YOU NEED:
No need to prepare, we have you do reads from the script. Please be ready to sing a short song of your own choice, or sing a verse of O Canada or Happy Birthday.

RESUMES and HEAD SHOTS:
are helpful but not mandatory for this audition.

REHEARSALS:
Will be at the Baiden Street Theatre on Mon, Tues, ?Wed?, Saturdays until we go up on the weekend of the 17th. Please check your commitments before you audition. We will not be able to afford a lot of missed rehearsals, because we have a short rehearsal period.

Cast of Characters:
Cinderella
her Stepmother
her two Step Sisters (Ethel and Gertrude)
Fairy Godmother
servant
doctor
Queen
Prince
King
Ed
Hubert
various partygoers/chorus

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