Youth Actor
General Information 2024

Overview

Actors must have access to transportation. If there is any transportation issue, we will see if we can work something out.

The Camden Shakespeare Festival is a professional, non-profit theatre committed to producing Shakespeare’s plays chiefly in the Camden Amphitheatre. At the core of our mission is a passion to make Shakespeare’s plays accessible to contemporary audiences.

This summer we are producing The Comedy of Errors - Shakespeare’s hilarious farce about two sets of twins who end up in the same town, each unaware of the others. (No play contains more comedy, or more errors…) This show will have a lot of music, singing, clowning, and the best aspects of great physical theatre. It is probably Shakespeare’s most fun show to perform (and least “Shakespearean.”).

Rehearsal and Performance Schedule

Our 2024 rehearsal period is from June 21 through July 9. We generally rehearse 8 hours a day, six days a week. Our typical rehearsal day is from 11am to 9pm with a two-hour dinner beak. Monday is normally the day off.

The Comedy of Errors opens on July 10 and plays through August 4. We play 5 shows a week over the course of four weeks, for a total of 20 performances. There are no two-show days. Once the show has opened, the call is normally not before 4pm on show days.

We play in four different locations. We do 16 performances in Camden, but the show will also perform in Monson, and Bowdoinham.

The entire commitment with rehearsals and performances is from June 21 through August 4.

2024 performances

July 6, Saturday (Bowdoinham Preview) 

July 10, Wednesday (Camden Opening)
July 11, Thursday (Camden)
July 12, Friday (Camden)
July 13, Saturday (TBA)
July 14 Sunday (TBA)

July 16, Tuesday (Camden)
July 17, Wednesday (Camden)
July 18, Thursday (Camden)
July 19, Friday (Camden)
July 20 Saturday (Monson)
July 21 Sunday (Monson)

July 23, Tuesday (Camden)
July 24, Wednesday (Camden)
July 25, Thursday (Camden)
July 26, Friday (Camden)

July 31, Wednesday (Camden)
August 1, Thursday (Camden)
August 2, Friday (Camden)
August 3, Saturday (Camden)
August 4, Sunday (Camden closing)

Schedule

A typical schedule on show days is:

4:00 Set up.
4:30 Fight call and warm up
5:00 Break or individual preparation
5:30 Half hour for costumes.
6:00 Curtain
7:30 Show end and begin strike
8pm Finish strike