Monday, January 11, 2016
Audition Notice: Front Row Centre Players
AUDITION NOTICE for FRONT ROW CENTRE PLAYERS
SOUTH PACIFIC
Music by RICHARD RODGERS
Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Book by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II and JOSHUA LOGAN
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Tales of
the South Pacific” by JAMES MICHENER
Directed by Joey Sayer
Musical Direction by Allie Higgins-Pompu Choreography by
Andrea Gleason
WHERE:
Beddington Heights Community Arts Centre 375 Bermuda Dr
NW (watch for signage)
WHEN:
Saturday, January 30, 2016, 3:30-6:30 pm Monday, February
1, 2016, 7-10 pm
Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 7-10 pm
Thursday, February 4, 2016, 7-10 pm
CALLBACKS:
If required, Callbacks will be held on Saturday, February
6, starting at 6 pm.
SHOW RUN DATES:
June 10 – 26, 2016 In the Beddington Heights Community
Arts Centre
AUDITION
REQUIREMENTS:
Members of Equity and ACTRA please note that as FRC
produces shows on a volunteer, recreational basis, we will not pay any
professional association fees, such as the fees stipulated by Equity’s Amateur
Guest Artist policy, under any circumstances whatsoever.
Please note that due to thematic material and plot
requirements, the roles of BLOODY MARY and LIAT will be cast from auditioners
able to convincingly portray characters of Asian descent. The roles of NGANA
and JEROME will be cast from auditioners able to convincingly portray children
of mixed Polynesian (or Melanesian)/French descent.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED ONLY IN THE NON-SINGING ROLES OF
HARBISON AND BRACKETT, please prepare a one- to three-minute monologue.
FOR CHILD ACTORS INTERESTED IN THE ROLES OF JEROME AND
NGANA, please prepare a song, as per below. Also, if possible, please prepare a
couple sentences in French, as the characters will be singing and speaking
French.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ALL OTHER ROLES, please prepare a
one- to two-minute monologue, and prepare approximately 30 bars from a classic
musical or from a WWII era song that focuses on range, ability, and
interpretation. Everyone should also come prepared to do a range check (if
needed).
PLEASE BRING A BACKING TRACK (iPod/MP3 player or CD) or
accompanist. No A Cappella please.
ALL AUDITIONERS (except for those ONLY interested in the
roles of HARBISON,BRACKETT, NGANA and JEROME) will need to stay for a GROUP
DANCE AUDITION held once per hour.
PLEASE BRING A PHOTO & RESUME (photo does not need to
be a professional headshot). Also please arrive with any potential rehearsal
conflicts.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABLE ROLES OR TO BOOK
YOUR AUDITION visit our website at http://frontrowcentre.ca/auditions/
Friday, January 8, 2016
Audition Notice: Heritage Park
Hello! Please post the following, with "Heritage
Park Character Interpreter Auditions" in the subject line. Thank you!
AUDITIONS FOR HERITAGE PARK’S SUMMER STREET THEATRE PROGRAM
2016
_MAKE A LITTLE HISTORY OF YOUR OWN AT HERITAGE PARK!_
Heritage Park is looking for character interpreters for
their spring/summer street theatre program. Become part of the team of actors
presenting scripted and historically based vignettes through a variety of
theatrical forms in which specific, identifiable characters are portrayed in
pre-1914 Western Canada. Many of the vignettes are performed outside.
Improvised interaction between vignettes is required.
This summer's vignettes feature stories about the arrival
of the automobile, banning boxing, and a bank robbery. There is also a spirited
musical in the Opera House about a Colonist Car mystery entitled "A
Trainload of Trouble".
Successful candidates will have post-secondary drama
training and some previous acting experience. Equivalences will be considered.
Requirements include proven performance skills in acting,
excellent verbal communication and public relations skills, and the ability to
imaginatively develop and physically project a character. Familiarity with
historical interpretation is considered an asset. Rehearsals begin Monday April
25th, 2016. Rehearsals run Monday to Friday (9:30am to
5:00pm) until the park opens on May 21st. Each week is a
35 hour work week. Actors are then assigned two consecutive weekdays off during
the summer. Actors must be available to work all weekends from May 21st through
to the end of the contract which is Monday September 5th, 2016.
Four positions will continue on weekends from Labour Day
to Thanksgiving.
Audition times are available on Sunday March 13th
(daytime) and Monday March 14th (evening) in the Canmore Opera House at
Heritage Park (in Calgary). The audition consists of an interview, then for
candidates to perform a monologue, a short song and then to read from the
plays. If you are interested in auditioning, please send a resume and headshot
to Human Resources, at Heritage Park: hr@heritagepark.ca
or by mail to 1900 Heritage Drive SW, Calgary, AB T2V 2X3. The fax number is
403.268.8554.
For more information about Heritage Park, visit www.heritagepark.ca
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Background Performers Needed
BACKGROUND PERFORMERS NEEDED FOR INDIE FEATURE FILM
TITLE: “The Night Pond”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: “GREEN” Productions Inc.
DIRECTOR: John Kissack
PRODUCER: Jayson Therrien
SYNOPSIS: After suffering the loss of his best friend
Charlie on Christmas Eve, sixteen year old Bobby Whiteside ventures out onto
the lake where they played countless games of winter hockey. Upon shoveling the
ice surface he makes a shocking discovery --- a magic, perfectly groomed hockey
rink that appears only at night and only in his presence.
When a local construction company purchases the land for
development, Bobby must join forces with his high school crush, rally the town,
and play one last game on the night pond --- with an old friend.
DATES: January 6th to January 31st
UNION: ACTRA Class 2 AIP agreement
RATE: $75 a day(8 hour day) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Any
one interested
please email a picture and resume to nightpondmovie@gmail.com.
--
Jayson Therrien
Principal Partner, "GREEN" Productions Inc.
(403) 827-0159
Links:
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Cowtown Opera
Hello Alberta Singers!
It's already time to look ahead! Please read all the
information below for the many details!
We will be looking to cast our 2016/2017 Cowtown Opera
Roster Singers for lead roles, community outreach, private functions, community
partnerships and ensemble.
Roster Singers are a selected 25 singers from our
community who we feel best represent the highest level of our local talent.
These singers have been in our main stage productions as well as receive
regular paid gigs.
Some of our most prestigious events have been for High
Performance Rodeo, The Calgary Stampede, The Calgary Flames, Beakerhead, Vine
and Dine, Fashion Calgary, Alberta Culture Days, Brett Wilson's Garden Party,
Singing with the Calgary Civic Symphony at Jack Singer Concert Hall and with
the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Cowtown singers can be heard in our city on
a weekly basis with gigs paying between $100-$1,000 per event.
Cowtown Opera is also known to hit the road as we have
been hired to perform in Toronto with Tourism Calgary and for Alberta week in
Charlottetown PEI and a performance tour to Fort McLeod . Our singers were also
recently sent on two seperate occasions to perform in Edmonton for the Alberta
Government and Vine and Dine.
A huge landmark for us recenlty is the that we received
our first commission from the Calgary Public Library to produce the World
Premiere of Annie Davidson to great acclaim.
Refreshing the idea of opera and singing in our language
has become our trademark with one of our greatest successes being our "
Neverquit"
Anthem for the Calgary Flames Playoffs that was nominated
as best Anthem in Calgary and has become internationally recognized as "
One of the best hockey Anthems to ever have been written".
Our Roster singers have been trained in the worlds most
prestigious schools and programs and are performing professionally elsewhere as
well as live throughout Alberta. Cowtown Opera hopes to be a medium for them
locally.
What we are looking for in our roster singers is:
- creativity
- team players
- command of a stage
- professional
- time efficient
- fast learners
- easy to engage with audience
- training with a voice teacher/coach presently
- currently pursuing performance
- strong technique
- great actors
- excellent diction
-versatile
-must be willing to volunteer talent for selected charity
organizations.
At Cowtown Opera we are constantly being asked to think
outside the box and are being met with demands of needing great versatility.
This year we are casting our net wider and searching for top notch musical
theatre talent to join our roster.
If you are interested in joining Cowtown Opera we ask you
to prepare your resume, headshot, a 1 minute monologue and 2 contrasting pieces
of the following muscial selections:
- A standard aria sung in English ( it must be in
english). Singers are encouraged to write their own creative words to their
piece if composed before 1900.
- A Musical theatre piece in Englsih
-A popular music selection ( pop standard)
*All people auditioning must prepare a 1 minute
monologue. Acting chops and accessibility are a must for our Cowtown mandate.
There is zero tolerance for park and bark.
*All current roster singers must re-audition each year.
Video submissions or audio recordings will not be accepted for current roster
singers.
*Live auditions will be the most seriously considered.
Video submission will be accepted only before the March. 4th deadline with all
audition requirements atcowtownopera@gmail.com.
No late applications accepted.
Our singers have become more than just a part of our
company, but have become a tight knit Cowtown Family. We support one another,
encourage, instil confidence and inspire one another.
If you would like to audition, we would love to hear you.
Live auditions will be MARCH 4,5 AND 6TH at Mount Royal
University with a panel of artistic and music directors from Calgary Theatre
Companies, the Civic Symphony, and the Board of Directors of Cowtown Opera.
Audition Fee is $20 if you need a pianist and there is no
audition fee if you bring your own pianist or full back up track. A sound
system will be provided. Singing acapella is not acceptable. The pianist
provided is Evan Mounce and you can contact him for pre-coaching at ejmounce@mta.ca
If interested please contact our Artist Liason, Ainsley
Soutiere at cowtownevents@gmail.com
to have your name added to a list. Please inform her of your name, voice type
and preferred day.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FEB.1st
-you will receive your audition time AFTER this deadline.
-no late applications will be accepted.
Looking forward to hearing you !
Sincerely,
Michelle Minke
Founder and Artistic Director
Audition Notice: Theatre of Consequence
Theatre of Consequence is thrilled to announce the
commencement of auditions for their inaugural season. Auditions will be held on
Saturday January 9, 2016 at the Morpheus Rehearsal Center (3512 5th Ave NW).
Brilliant Traces from 4PM-7PM, The Monument from 7PM-10PM.
Accepting applications until January 8, 2016.
Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson
Directed by Barrett Hileman
Rehearsals will start end of June. Show runs from August
24-27, 2016 at the Motel Space in Arts Commons.
Besides working in the oil patch, Henry Harry has
completely isolated himself in a remote cabin in Alaska. He does not like
interacting with people. When Rosannah DeLuce bursts into his life one night
during a snowstorm, he does not know how to handle it. Both are running from
something, both are broken and alone. Can two lost souls accept the connection
and help each other heal?
Auditioning the role of:
Henry Harry (25-35)
A rugged man damaged by circumstance, Henry Harry has
retreated from living, preferring isolation to human interaction. Please
prepare a 60 second dramatic monologue. Auditionees may also be asked to cold
read.
The Monument by Colleen Wagner
Directed by Conrad Belau
Rehearsals will start at the end of April. Show runs from
June 1518, 2016 at the Motel Space in Arts Commons.
In the aftermath of a war, it is not usually difficult to
tell who has been the oppressed and who the oppressor. This should be obvious
in the case of Stetko and Mejra, but lines blur and they both find themselves
capable of things they never imagined. The Monument highlights the diverse
nature of power and control and the ambiguities of morality and justice.
Auditioning the role of:
Stetko (18-25) Angry, confused and uncaring, he is on
death row for crimes against humanity. Until he is saved by a strange woman who
shackles him and demands answers to questions he is scared to know the answers
to.
Please prepare a 60 second dramatic monologue. You will
be sent some scenes that we will work as well.
Actors for both shows will receive an honorarium. Please
email your headshot and resume to Conrad Belau at theatreofconsequence@gmail.com,
with the show you wish to audition for in the subject line. Further audition
information will be sent at that time.
Audition Notice: Grease
Over the past two seasons StoryBook Theatre has been
thrilled to offer our Student Summer Intensive Program to students aged 12 to
20 years old. Each year the program has grown to its current state which offers
students with an interest in the performing arts a chance to learn and grow as
both artists and community leaders. In 2015 we were thrilled to include our
Broadway Mentorship where a celebrated broadway star is brought in to work with
our students.
In 2016 we will be performing the much celebrated GREASE
the Musical as the SSIP offering and are thrilled to include Broadway star of
Cinderella and the Grease Revival, Laura Osnes. Miss Osnes will join the students
for a weekend workshop of learning and performing.
Students accepted into the program will not only be
working on the show, but they will be learning skills and tools to further
themselves in the world of theatre as well as being positive role models and
contributors to our community. The program will be a collection of master
classes in performance where every student receives appropriate one on one
attention regardless of the role by trained working theatre professionals.
FORE MORE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT http://www.storybooktheatre.org/ssip
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