Audition Notice: Fawlty Towers

Audition Notice
 
Workshop Theatre Presents
 
Yet Another Evening at Fawlty Towers
 
Running at the Pumphouse Theatres - January 27 - February 4, 2017
 
Welcome back to Fawlty Towers, a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, on the "English Riviera". Our plots centre on tense, rude, and put-upon Basil Fawlty, his bossy wife Sybil, comparatively normal chambermaid Polly, who is often the peacemaker and voice of reason, and hapless Spanish waiter Manuel, showing their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests. 
 
(Back by popular demand – Three different episodes!)
 
The Builders
Basil the Rat
The Germans

Directed by Kayte Davies, Bob Cooper and Alan LeBoeuf
Produced by Emily Brennan
 
Audition Dates: Monday, October 24 & Wednesday, October 26 from 7pm – 9pm
 
@        Workshop Theatre space
Bay 10 415 60 Ave SE
Calgary, AB
 
Audition Requirements
 
Auditions will be held in a group format, working with various scenes in the script. Please be prepared to stay for the two hours, though you may not be required for the full time. Please contact Kayte Davies, at kayteparnell@yahoo.ca  with your headshot & resume.
 
We are looking for ALL characters – including a sizable ensemble group who will have the opportunity to play multiple parts!
 
Workshop Theatre is Calgary's longest running community theatre organization. This volunteer-operated organization performs four main stage productions during the year, all at Pumphouse Theatre. Workshop Theatre produces some of the best community theatre in Calgary with past and present hits from New York, London and Canadian stages, as well as new works by local playwrights using non-equity performers and backstage crews from the Calgary area.
 
Workshop Theatre is committed to providing local theatre enthusiasts an opportunity to develop and master their performance and stagecraft skills.
 
 

AUDITION NOTICE How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Book by Music and Lyrics by ABE BURROWS, JACK WEINSTOCK and WILLIE GILBERT FRANK LOESSER Based upon the book by SHEPHERD MEAD Originally presented by CY FEUER and ERNEST H. MARTIN in Association with FRANK PRODUCTIONS. Directed by Jamie Eastgaard-Ross Musical Direction by Allie Higgins-Pompu Choreography by Andrea Gleason
Where: Beddington Heights Community Arts Centre 375 Bermuda Dr NW (watch for signage) When: Wednesday November 16th,2016 Friday November 18th,2016 Saturday November 19th,2016   Callbacks: If required, callbacks will be held on either Monday November 21st and/orWednesday November 23rd from 7-10 PM. Confirmation of your availability will be requested at your audition. Please note that not all roles will require a callback. Show Run Dates: March 24th - April 8th, 2017 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. ALL AUDITIONERS are requested to prepare: - a Comedic Monologue, MAXIMUM one minute in length - ONE MINUTE of a Golden Age musical theatre song, demonstrating both range and character.*** ALL AUDITIONERS should be prepared to do a range check, if required. ALL AUDITIONERS will be asked to stay for a GROUP DANCE AUDITION held once per hour. Where possible, women are requested to bring standard character shoes and men are requested to bring flat soled shoes. No runners please. Please wear clothing appropriate for a dance call. *** PLEASE BRING A BACKING TRACK (iPod/MP3 player or CD) or accompanist. No accompanist will be provided, and no A Capella auditions please. PLEASE BRING A PHOTO & RESUME (photo does not need to be a professional headshot). Visit our website (www.frontrowcentre.ca/auditions/) for detailed role information.
For More Information or to Book Your Audition:
Visit our website at www.frontrowcentre.ca Call 403-246-8505, Extension 3
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Auditions for Skin Flick

AUDITIONS FOR SKIN FLICK
A comedy by Norm Foster
Directed by Alice Nelson
Performances at the Pumphouse Theatre – February 3 - 18, 2017

For more information (including character descriptions), or to book an audition, visit www.morpheustheatre.ca, call 403-246-2999 or e-mailaudition@morpheustheatre.ca.

Daphne and Rollie Waters are in financial trouble. Daphne is out-of-work, and Rollie is about to be laid off. With few prospects, Daphne decides that the solution to their economic woes is to enter the world of adult entertainment. With the help of their cameraman friend Alex, as well as Jill, an out-of-work actress, and Bryon, a sexually inexperienced bookie, they begin the innocent, surprisingly sweet and often hilarious process of producing their very own home-made skin flick.

Open auditions for all roles will take place:
Sunday October 30th (1:00 to 4:00pm)
Tuesday November 1st (7:00 to 9:30pm)
Thursday November 3rd (7:00 to 9:30pm)

at the Morpheus Rehearsal Centre
3512 – 5th Avenue NW
(lower level of the Parkdale Community Centre)

Callbacks, if required, will take place on Sunday November 6th from 1:00 to 4:00pm.

Audition Requirements:
*A prepared COMEDIC monologue (2 minutes long)
*A cold read may be requested
*Please bring your resume and headshot to the audition

Rehearsals will take place from November 22 through February 2 with a break over Christmas and New Years. Rehearsals will be Sunday afternoons,Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Morpheus Theatre requires that auditioners come prepared to commit to the rehearsal and performance schedule.
 

Messiah on the Frigidaire - Need Men!

WE NEED MEN!!! But all roles are still available for audition.  If you are a bit older, or younger that the range listed for Dwayne, Larry, Lou Ann, or Betsy, but can pass for 30’s to 40’s… we need you!  We also need a young actor up to as old as 14, if he hasn’t had a growth spurt and still looks like a boy, not a young man J

St. Peter’s Players is holding a third night of auditions for Messiah on the Frigidaire on Tuesday October 18^th, 7pm at 903 – 75^th Ave SW (St. Peter’s Anglican Church)

"The small town of Elroy, South Carolina is thrust into the evangelical spotlight, when what seems to be the image of Jesus appears on a refrigerator in a trailer park. The discovery by Lou Ann Hightower, her husband Dwayne, and her best friend Betsy, sets into motion a frenzy of conflict, communion and good old fashioned commerce. When the National Investigator turns the appearance into front page headlines, their trailer park becomes a mecca for miracle seekers, soul searchers and disciples with a decidedly political agenda. At the urging of the towns business leaders, Betsy pretends to get messages from the appliance-based apparition, and the crowds multiply like loaves and fishes. Through the ordeal, the three undergo an evolution in their relationships with each other, and they are forced to come to grips with their lowly status in the caste system of the rural south. In a region where religion is as much a part of life as grits and cotton fields, God surely moves in mysterious ways."

Cast of Characters

Lou Ann Hightower: An attractive woman. 30's to 40's. Southern beauty, but no belle.

Dwayne Hightower: A man in his 30's to 40's. Still handsome, but life has taken its toll.

Betsy Gridley: An attractive woman 30's to 40's. Though her better days are behind her, she still enjoys flaunting her sexuality.

Reverend Cecil Hodges: A man in his 50's-60's. Pious preacher at Elroy First Baptist Church.

Larry Williamson: A man in his 30's to 40's. The balding cocky and condescending City Councilman.

Woman: Mother in her mid 30's to early 40's.

Boy: Blind nine-year-old.

Stranger: The mysterious man, or woman, perhaps in their late 40's or 50's, but could be almost any age

Casting Note: Lou Ann, Dwayne, Betsy and Larry all went to high school together, so it should be believable that they are the same age.

Auditions will be by group read. Please choose the night that works best for you. There is no need to come on both nights

Auditions will held at St. Peter's Anglican Church at 903 – 75th Avenue S.W. Calgary on October 18th at 7:00 p.m. 

Call backs TBA - Peter's Anglican Church (903 – 75th Avenue S.W. Calgary)

There will be a full read through with the cast within two weeks after casting is complete. There will be two or three rehearsals in mid-December and we will begin rehearsing in earnest in January, with rehearsals on Wednesday andFriday evenings from 7 to 10 and on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 5.

The play will be performed in the last 2 weeks of February.

Re-Cast - Doubt

URGENT RE-CAST |Doubt AT BERT CHURCH LIVE THEATRE, October 21-October 22 Written by By John Patrick Shanley. Doubt: A Parable is an exquisite, potent drama that will raise questions and answer none, leaving the audience to grapple with the discomfort of their uncertainties We are in URGENT need to re-cast the role of Mrs. Muller in Doubt. Rehearsals are currently taking place on Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:00-9:00 p.m. Character Breakdown: Mrs. Muller (30-40, African American actor required) -The mother of Donald Muller. Please contact: Mandi Fusaro Smith if interested: afusarosmith@gmail.com

Messiah on The Frigidaire - Second Night of Auditions

St. Peter’s Players is holding a second night of auditions for Messiah on the Frigidaire by John Culbertson.
Directed by Stuart Bentley

"The small town of Elroy, South Carolina is thrust into the evangelical spotlight, when what seems to be the image of Jesus appears on a refrigerator in a trailer park. The discovery by Lou Ann Hightower, her husband Dwayne, and her best friend Betsy, sets into motion a frenzy of conflict, communion and good old fashioned commerce. When the National Investigator turns the appearance into front page headlines, their trailer park becomes a mecca for miracle seekers, soul searchers and disciples with a decidedly political agenda. At the urging of the towns business leaders, Betsy pretends to get messages from the appliance-based apparition, and the crowds multiply like loaves and fishes. Through the ordeal, the three undergo an evolution in their relationships with each other, and they are forced to come to grips with their lowly status in the caste system of the rural south. In a region where religion is as much a part of life as grits and cotton fields, God surely moves in mysterious ways."

Cast of Characters

Lou Ann Hightower:  An attractive woman. 30's to 40's. Southern beauty, but no belle.
Dwayne Hightower:  A man in his 30's to 40's. Still handsome, but life has taken its toll.
Betsy Gridley:  An attractive woman 30's to 40's. Though her better days are behind her, she still enjoys flaunting her sexuality.
Reverend Cecil Hodges:  A man in his 50's-60's. Pious preacher at Elroy First Baptist Church.
Larry Williamson:  A man in his 30's to 40's. The balding cocky and condescending City Councilman.
Woman:  Mother in her mid 30's to early 40's.
Boy:  Blind nine-year-old.
Stranger:  The mysterious man, or woman, perhaps in their late 40's or 50's, but could be almost any age

Casting Note:  Lou Ann, Dwayne, Betsy and Larry all went to high school together, so it should be believable that they are the same age.

Auditions will be by group read.  Please choose the night that works best for you.  There is no need to come on both nights

Auditions will held at St. Peter's Anglican Church at 903 – 75th Avenue S.W. Calgary on October 7th at 7:00 p.m.
 
Call backs will be held on October 12th at 7:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Anglican Church (903 – 75th Avenue S.W. Calgary)

There will be a full read through with the cast approximately one week after casting is complete.  Rehearsals will begin slowly in early to mid-December and will begin in earnest in January, with rehearsals on Wednesday and Fridayevenings from 7 to 10 and on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 5.

MONOLOGUE STYLE TWO-PART AUDITION WORKSHOP

Hello,

The 2016-17 theatre season is definitely well underway so now is a great time to work on your audition skills.  In order to help you with this, we are offering two different FREE audition workshops.  The workshops will be led by Jane MacFarlane, Chris Stockton and myself.

MONOLOGUE STYLE TWO-PART AUDITION WORKSHOP

Dates:  part one on Mon Oct 24/16 and part two on Mon Nov 28/16, 1:00pm until 6:00pm both days

This two-part workshop is aimed to help you choose monologues that show you in the best possible way as well as reinforce basic audition practices such as how to submit, how to dress, how to present yourself in general.  In Part One, you will come in with three contrasting 2 minute monologues chosen by you (which you will READ – memorization and “acting” are NOT encouraged) and we will discuss how everyone’s options may or may not be the best choices and why.  We will also discuss “Audition 101” information – the Dos and Don’ts that will help you put your best foot forward.  In Part Two we will do a practice run of an audition situation where you present (with memorization and “acting”) at least one of your monologues and receive redirection as you would in an actual audition – as well as feedback on any Dos and Don’ts that come up.

*You must be available for both parts of this workshop.

To sign up, email me at smcnairreid@theatrecalgary.com with the subject line “Two-part audition workshop”.  Space is limited so first come, first served.  Once you are registered, I will give you more information on what to prepare.

SHOW SPECIFIC AUDITION WORKSHOP

Date:  Mon Feb 13/17 from 2:00pm until 6:00pm

This workshop is for the type of audition where you are provided sides and are reading for a specific role in a specific show.  You will be provided sides as if it was an actual audition and be asked to come in as you would in a real situation and then we will work with you and give feedback.  We will cover topics such as how to submit, how to dress, and how to prepare your sides as well as what the expectations are from our side of the table. 

I am not accepting registration yet for this one as it is months away but I wanted to let everyone know that we have listened to requests and have scheduled this type of workshop.  I will email again when I am ready to sign people up.

Thanks,

SMR

Susan McNair ReidCompany Manager

220 9 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 5C4

403-294-7440 Ext. 1053

smcnairreid@theatrecalgary.com

www.theatrecalgary.com

ALL TOGETHER for the 2016-2017 Season – Join Us!

Russian Speaking Actors Needed

Hello, 


If you are an actor who speak Russian please contact me. I am planning Christmas party for Russian kids and I want to put together 20-30 min the scenario

Thanks,

 

Masha Srivastava
Owner/ Event Designer
Wedding Finesse Inc.
NW, Calgary, Canada
www.weddingfinesse.ca
(403)700-3773