Personnel:
Will Rucker, Executive Artistic Director
Ryan Koss, Managing Creative Director
Elizabeth Thornton, Marketing & Development Associate
Submission Policy:
Dorset Theatre Festival works under the SPT (Small Professional Theatre) contract with Actors' Equity Association. The union determines the number of Equity and non-Equity actors in any production. Equity Public Auditions for the summer season are generally held in March at the Dorset Playhouse in Dorset, Vermont. Audition notices are posted on the AEA Audition Center website and various trade publications. Any further auditions in New York City are arranged through agent submissions and scheduled by a casting director.
Actors may send a photo and resume to casting@dorsettheatrefestival.org or via mail to Dorset Theatre Festival, P.O. Box 510, Dorset, VT 05251.
Playwrights must submit their work through an established agent or a professional recommendation. The theater is unable to accept unsolicited scripts or samples for consideration. Submissions are accepted year-round. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be reviewed.
Theater Types:
Equity, Summer Stock, New Work, Contemporary Plays
Comments:
Dorset Theatre Festival's mission is to create bold, innovative, and authentic theatre that engages a diverse, multi-generational community and economically diverse region: enlightening, entertaining, and inspiring our audience through the celebration of great plays. They aim to redefine the landscape of theatre by presenting thought-provoking productions drawn from the new and classic canon, as well as through the development of new plays, new audiences, and new artists for the future of American theatre. They produce theatre that matters.