AUDITION NOTICE: The CAST Program

The CAST Program Presents GODSPELL

AUDITIONS - March 30, 2013 - 3:00-8:00 pm

The CAST Program is a part of the Youth Singers of Calgary’s SUMMER STAGES.

Our goal is to give young performers (ages 16-24*) the tools necessary to take their love of the arts to the next level as they continue to pursue post-secondary, community or professional performance opportunities. In addition to preparing GODSPELL participants will learn and refine dance fundamentals, sing in vocal master classes and take acting lessons that will all contribute toward our final production.

Recently revived on Broadway GODSPELL challenges performers to grow in many aspects of theatre. Along with its enduring melodies and themes we are excited to use it as our training vehicle for the 2013 season.

2013 PROGRAM DATES

June 22 – July 31: Classes/Rehearsals held on Tues/Thurs evening, & Sat late afternoon (Designed so you can keep your summer day job!)

Aug 1-3: Performances with Matinee on Aug 3

For more information call: 403.234.SHOW

To book your audition please email your preferred time to:

thecastprogram@gmail.com

Saturday March 30, 2013 – FIRST ROUND**

3:00-4:00 pm – Individual Auditions (must stay for dance component at 4:00pm)

4:00-4:30 pm – Dance Audition

4:30-5:30 pm – Individual Auditions (must stay for dance component at 5:30pm)

5:30-6:00 pm – Dance Audition

6:00-7:00 pm – Individual Auditions (must stay for dance component at 7:00pm)

7:00-7:30 pm – Dance Audition

Please prepare 32 bars of one song of your choice. Please provide mp3 or CD accompaniment.

Candidates will be asked to read lines in the audition; no monologue required.

Successful candidates will receive a package with details on tuition and registration.

VIDEO AUDITIONS are welcome for those out of town or who cannot make the set audition date. Files can be emailed or posted on a video sharing site and linked in an emailed. Please include:

- 32 bars of one song of your choice

- 1-2 minute monologue

- written description of dance experience in email

- attach resume & headshot to email

* 15 year olds will be considered with recommendation from fine arts instructor (eg. voice teacher, drama instructor, previous theatre director,

etc.)

**SECOND ROUND – TBA

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*COLLABORATIVE ARTISTS' SUMMER TRAINING* A division of Youth Singers of Calgary Summer Stages www.youthsingers.org/cast

AUDITION NOTICE: Birnton Theatricals

The Ugly Duckling Auditions- March-June, 2013

At Stage West Theatres

Directed & Written by Chris Stockton

This Production is fun for all ages.

Birnton Productions is excited to announce the auditions for their second production. Birnton Productions is a new company whose mandate is to produce theatre and offer educational programming that introduces kids and young adults to the power and magic of live theatre and drama.  Our goal is to not only foster the development of beginning artists but also to excite a young generation into becoming life long patrons of the arts.

The Ugly Duckling – Toni is the new girl at school and she is looking to just fit in.  When she gets cast as the lead in the school play, the other students don’t warm up to her any quicker.  Through the rehearsal period she struggles to make a name for herself and be accepted by her peers.  Ultimately it is Toni who saves the day when each of the other students starts to struggle on stage during the first performance of their show “The Ugly Duckling”.  A story about inner beauty and talent, finding a place where you belong and bullying all centered around the positive benefits of being a part of a show.

Auditions for all roles will take place:

Thursday, March 7(7-10pm)

Friday, March 8 (7-10pm)

Auditions will be held at the Theatre Calgary Rehearsal Hall - Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts (220 9th Ave SE Calgary)

Audition Requirements:

·      Prepare a popular/musical theatre song for the audition

·      Bring your own accompaniment if required on CD

·      One comic or children’s theatre monologue

·      Please bring your resume and headshot to the audition

To book an audition, please visit www.birntontheatricals.com or email ailsa@birntontheatricals.com

ROLES

Toni – A young girl who is new to school.  She is timid but talented.  She is shy and wants badly to just fit in.

Mrs. Grisonich – The drama teacher and director of the show The Ugly Duckling.  She is artistic, enthusiastic and yet down to earth.

Fil – Tall and lenky.  He is on the outside looking in and is too cool for school although he wants to be a part of things.

Kara – Athletic and ambitious.  She is a jock but wants to be involved in lots of things.  She has parents that pressure her to be perfect.

Angela – The ultimate mean girl.  She is a bully and believes that she is owed everything.  She is popular, pretty and deceptive.

Roles are not age specific but actors must be over 18.

Non-Equity Production

Rehearsals will be part time and flexible starting in March with tech rehearsals in early May.

Performance Dates and Times

May 4 – 12:30 pm           

May 11 – 12:30 pm

May 18 – 12:30 pm

May 25 – 12:30 pm

June 1 – 12:30 pm

June 8 – 12:30 pm

June 15 – 12:30 pm

June 22 – 12:30 pm                 

Ailsa Birnie

General Manager

Birnton Theatricals

(403) 875-4112

ailsa@birntontheatricals.com

www.birntontheatricals.com

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AUDITION NOTICE: Kimberley Summer Theatre

Auditions for:  Kimberley Summer Theatre Society Summer 2013

Kimberley Summer Theatre is holding auditions for a summer performance contract on March 24th in Calgary.

Contract Details:

-Performers cast will be double cast in two shows which will run throughout the summer as follows:

Self-Help (By Norm Foster) – July 9th to July 17th, 2013 & 

The Wizard of Oz – July 30th to August 9th,

2013

- Contract begins June 1st 2013 and ends Aug 18th 2013

- Accommodation is provided for performers in Kimberley, BC, a 15min walk  from Centre 64 (main rehearsal space)

-Refundable damage deposit returned to actors at the end of occupancy.

-This is a paid contract.

Audition Requirements and Information:

-Auditions

will be held on March 24th, 2013 between 12:00pm-3:00pm, at the Green Fools Space: 2404 Erlton Road SW. Actors will be given 10 minute time-slots. If you have a preferred time, please include it in your submission.

-Please

provide a current resume and 8x10 headshot at time of audition.

-Performers

are asked to prepare a short monologue and may be asked to read a short scene from either show. Please also prepare one song from Wizard of Oz as well as a second song of your choosing.

-Candidates

will be taught a short bit of choreography during the audition so please come dressed in something you can easily move in.

-Accompaniment will not be provided so please bring a sound recording to sing to. (I-pod docking station will be available, if you require another form of music player please provide it yourself)

Those wishing to audition are asked to email Truus Verkley at : truusverkley@hotmail.com with a headshot, resume and preferred audition time. If you are not able to attend the auditions but would still like to be considered for the 2013 season please email the above address for video submission details.

About Kimberley Summer Theatre: Kimberley Summer Theatre Society (founded 1997) produces yearly theatre shows and a summer theatre school in Kimberley BC, a small, scenic town in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Our objective is to provide affordable but professional theatre for an international audience of all ages.

Every year we produce a 2 show summer season. Our shows and theater school run in July and August, when Kimberley is busy with tourists from all over the world.

As a not-for-profit society, we can keep our tickets prices low because of the support of our members, donations, volunteers and local government. Apart from our professional actors, we largely work on a volunteer or semi-volunteer basis.

Phantom of the Opera Sing-a-Long!!

Studio Instructor Aaron Coates is directing this exciting show!

http://www.cowtownoperacompany.com/events

It's going to be a spectacular show.  Live orchestra, incredible cast of 19 singers, and visually spectacular.  And you get to sing along to the great tunes from Phantom!

Join Cowtown Opera for a sing-a-long like no other! Our most interactive event yet will feature favorites such as Think of Me, All I Ask of You, and The Music of the Night from the famous and well-loved musical, The Phantom of the Opera. Feel free to dress in your formals for this fine show – diva tiaras and Phantom masks will be waiting for you at the door. Let us help unleash the opera singer inside of you! Complete with orchestra, this performance features the talents of top industry professionals playing the roles of Raoul, Christine and the Phantom. Only three performances – don’t miss your chance to experience this unique show!

Dates: March 1, 2, 3
Time: March 1 & 2 – 7:30pm, March 3 – 2:30pm
Location: Lantern Church, 1401 10 Avenue SE (Inglewood)
Price: $42 General Admission, $38 Student/Senior

AUDITION NOTICE: Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre

AUDITIONS CALL (Calgary) – i-ROBOT Theatre @ Beakerhead*

Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre will hold auditions for *i-ROBOT Theatre:*

*February 28 - 6pm-10pm*

*March 2/3 - 10am-6pm*

*March 4** **– Callbacks - 6pm-10pm*

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Character List Follows

*TIMELINE*

April 2013-September 2013

–      April 20/21: Weekend Creative Development Workshop

–      May 18/19: Weekend Creative Development Workshop

–      June 22/23: Weekend Creative Development Workshop

–      July 20/21: Weekend Creative Development Workshop

–      August 17-September 2: Part time rehearsal.

–      September 3-10: Full time rehearsal

–      September 11-22: Performance Run

Remuneration: An Honorarium will be provided

BACKGROUND*

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This September, Swallow-a-Bicycle presents *i-ROBOT Theatre, *a two-act original production performed in an industrial warehouse-style space.  *i-ROBOT

Theatre* integrates performance and cutting edge technology to create live science fiction. It will be part of Beakerhead, a citywide spectacle of arts and engineering.

The play explores a near-future world heavily populated with robots. The show uses technology to ask philosophical questions on the nature of identity and autonomy. The show is a re-working and retelling of the original 2011 production that received rave reviews. This version will be developed to be bigger, bolder and integrate more technology.

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To apply, please email your headshot and resume, along with the

character(s) you would like to read for and preferred audition times, to Kelsey Ledbury at ledburykelsey@gmail.com.

*Audition Notes:*

- A prepared monologue is not required, but if you wish you may perform 1 contemporary monologue no longer than 2 minutes. Cold read material will be provided.

- Callbacks will include group work.

- For call backs Actors are required the full duration of 6pm-10pm on March 4.

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*Please note *i-ROBOT Theatre *will be a highly experimental and collaborative process. Aside from assigned characters, actors will be part of a group ensemble and the second half of the play will be highly physical in nature. Dance and/or physical theatre experience is *not *a pre-requisite; comfort working physically and an openness to physical improvisation *is *a prerequisite. Actors may also be employed as puppeteers; no puppet experience is necessary beyond a willingness to learn.

*Character Descriptions (Some roles are double cast)*

*Wife* – Female. 23-30. Top of the line android prototype. Very realistic but cannot completely pass as human.

*Jonathan* – Male. 25-30. Human. Programmer. Book smart, passionate, hardworking. Treats robots with some respect but ultimately does not view them as equals.

*Humidifier *– Female or male. 20-40. Household Robot. Innocent at first.

Takes corporeal form in the second act.

*Heaven Android Robots #1, #2, #3* – Male or female. 20-50. Newly created, little experience and very naive. Learning about the world.

*Builderbot* – Male or Female. Large industrial robot with revolutionary tendencies. Will be a multi-piece puppet.

*President* – Female. 30-45. CEO of DreamCorp, the world’s largest robot manufacturing company.  Confident, used to getting her way. Expects obedience.

*Siegfried* – Male or Female. Junkyard Robot. Built from the scraps of discarded and outdated robots. Dangerous. (Will be a puppet)

*Snotra* – Male or Female. Junkyard Robot. Built from the scraps of discarded and outdated robots. Dangerous. (Will be a puppet)

Check out the i-ROBOT Theatre trailer:

www.swallowabicycle.com/performances/irobot2013

Beakerhead information: www.beakerhead.org

For questions or more information, contact Kelsey Ledbury at ledburykelsey@gmail.com.

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Charles Netto

Co-Artistic Director

Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre

www.swallowabicycle.com

"A playwright lives in an occupied country. He's the enemy. And if you can't live like that, you don't stay. It's tough. He's got to be able to take a whack, and he's got to swallow bicycles and digest them."

- Arthur Miller, 1915-2005