[NEohioPAL] [title of show] AUDITIONS Announced @ Beck Center !!

Scott Spence via NEohioPAL neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
Thu Jul 31 14:28:26 PDT 2014


Beck Center in Lakewood is pleased to announce auditions for the acclaimed new musical......


[title of show]

Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen | Book by Hunter Bell 

Directed by Scott Spence, Beck Center Artistic Director
Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster, Beck Center Resident Musical Director

Open auditions will be held Tuesday, Sept. 2nd  and  Wednesday, Sept. 3rd.

Both Equity and non-Equity performers will be seen.  Up to two AEA contracts
available. (Special Appearance Tier One). Non-Equity actors are also compensated.

Appointments will be scheduled between 6PM and 7:30PM each day. Some auditioners may
be asked to stay past 7:30 if possible. Appointments should be made by calling  Beck Center
Patron Services at (216) 521-2540 x10 during regular business hours (generally 9AM to 8PM)

Cast: 2 Men and 2 Women                                                                                                                                                                                    

ALL four roles are open. No early casting for [title of show] has taken place.

Ideally these characters are age 24 to 28 in appearance.  Auditioning actors should be believable in this
range or at least that proximity. 

Auditioners should be terrific actors first,  as well as extremely capable singers. While this is not at
all a "dance-y" show, all four should be comfortable movers. 

Performance Dates:

[title of show] opens on Friday, Oct. 10th and plays six weekends through Sunday, Nov. 17th. 
Performances are ONLY Fri/Sat evenings at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM. There is NO performance
on Sat., Oct. 18th.

Rehearsals:

Will begin ideally on Sat., Sept. 6th or Sunday, Sept. 7th. This will be a six day a week schedule in
general. Off Night will likely be Friday evenings, but this will depend upon casting. 

Audition Preparation:

Please prepare at least one (and preferably two) musical theatre selections not to exceed 60 seconds each.
An accompanist will be provided. Bring sheet music that is already in your key. For callbacks is is advised that
auditioners be familiar with as much of the show's music as possible.


Description:

Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away. With nothing to lose, the pair decides to try to create something new with the help of their friends Susan, Heidi and Larry on the eighty-eights. With the cast in place, Jeff and Hunter begin a conversation about what to write about. Eventually, Jeff suggests they write about what to write about. They make a pact to write up until the festival’s deadline and dream about the show changing their lives. [title of show]—taken from the space on the festival’s application form which asks for the [title of show]—follows Hunter and Jeff and their friends on their journey through the gauntlet of creative self-expression. In the span of 90 minutes they write and perform their show at the festival and learn lessons about themselves as people, friends and artists. [title of show] is, above all, a love letter to the musical theatre—a uniquely American art form—and to the joy of collaboration. The musical received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Book of a Musical in 2009. 


 [title of show]” is genial, unpretentious and far funnier than many of the more 
expensively manufactured musicals that make it to Broadway ...  NY Times

“BRACINGLY CLEVER WRITING.A clever meta-musical!”... TheatreMania


More info (such as directions, etc.) about Beck Center can be found on our web page...  www.beckcenter.org 

More info (such as directions, etc.) about Beck Center can be found on our web page...  www.beckcenter.org 

Any questions should be addressed by replying to this post, or to grumio85 at aol.com 

Please do NOT write this address to request your audition appointment. Do this by calling (216) 521-2540 x10


  
Scott Spence         
Artistic Director
Beck Center for the Arts

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