Call for Directors The Summer Shakespeare Trust is seeking a director for the 2012 Summer Shakespeare Production. Directors will be asked to choose from one of the following plays: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

May 13, 2011

Call for Directors

The Summer Shakespeare Trust is seeking a director for the 2012 Summer Shakespeare Production.

Directors will be asked to choose from one of the following plays:

Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The production will take place in an outdoor venue,17^th February – 2^nd March 2012, following a preview season at Gladstone Vineyard, Wairarapa, 9^th – 11^th February 2012. Rehearsals will take place over summer from mid November in Wellington.

Please note, this a two part selection process—only expressions of interest are sought at present.

A short list will be determined from all expressions of interest received and those directors will then be contacted and invited to prepare a full pitch. This should include:

Reasons behind play selection
Approach to working with a cast and design team drawn mainly from students and recent graduates
Working with an outdoor venue (and also including an alternative wet-weather venue)
Overall concept for the production.

Prospective directors are expected to have some sense of the Summer Shakespeare ethos and background.

This is a paid position (fee negotiable) with a high-level of responsibility.

If you would like to register your interest, please email a cover letter indicating your play of choice and a CV to summershakespearewellington@gmail.com by 31^st May 2011.

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