[NEohioPAL] PAID POSITION – COSTUME DESIGNER – BECK CENTER YOUTH THEATER

Sun Aug 24 15:08:41 PDT 2014

PAID POSITION – COSTUME DESIGNER – BECK CENTER YOUTH THEATER

Beck Center for the Arts’ Youth Theater is accepting resumes for Costume Designers for its 2014-2015 Theater Season.  This is a paid position (flat fee per production). Each production has a budget as well as costume stock from which to pull.  Please email cover letter and resume to jkronenberger at beckcenter.org<mailto:jkronenberger at beckcenter.org>.

Please indicate for which shows you are interested and available. This is an excellent opportunity for young designers as well as experienced designers.

The 2014-2015 Beck Center Youth Theater Season:

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #1: MACKEY MAIN STAGE

MR. TOAD’S MAD ADVENTURES

Based on The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Dramatized by Vera Morris
Directed by Russel Stich

Student Matinee: Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, November 7, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.

Toad of Toad Hall is an eccentric but likable chap given to "crazes."  His latest craze involves motorcars.  Unfortunately, he smashes them up as fast as he gets them.  He even steals one for a wild ride over the countryside.  Naturally, this gets him into a great deal of trouble.  His dear friends Badger, Rat and Mole do their best to help, but their efforts aren’t enough, and Toad ends up in prison.  When Toad finally meets up with his friends again, they devise a clever scheme to recapture Toad Hall from the weasels in another wild adventure.  Once you meet mad Mr. Toad, you will never forget him.

Auditions are open to students ages 6 – 19.*
Audition dates: September 13 & 14 // Callbacks: September 15, 2014

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #2: STUDIO THEATER
HILLBILLY HOLIDAY
Written and Directed by Rachel Spence

Fridays, December 12 & 19, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, December 13 & 20, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Sundays, December 14 & 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.

Join us for this wacky original country Christmas comedy filled with laughs and a jamboree of characters.  Written and directed by our very own Rachel Spence, this is the first of her original comedies to receive a full revival at Beck Center!

Auditions are open to students ages 6 – 12.*
Audition dates: October 25 & 26, 2014 / Callbacks: October 27, 2014

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #3: MACKEY MAIN STAGE

CHICAGO

Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Direction by Jonathan Kronenberger
Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster
Choreography by Caitlin Elizabeth Reilly

Fridays, February 20 & 27, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, February 21 & 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 22 & March 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
Student Matinee: February 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess" Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune and acquittal. This sharp edged satire features a dazzling score. Premiering in 1975 and the hit of the 1997 Broadway season in a production that originated at City Center's Encore! series, Chicago won six Tony Awards including Best Revival and later the Academy Award as Best Picture of the Year.

Auditions are open to students ages 12 – 19.*
Audition dates: November 22 & 23, 2014 / Callbacks: November 24, 2014
YOUTH THEATER SHOW #4: MACKEY MAIN STAGE
OLIVER!
Music, Lyrics & Book by Lionel Bart
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco
Musical Direction by Joanna Li
Choreography by Caitlin Elizabeth Reilly

Fridays, May 15 & 22, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, May 16 & 23, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
Sundays, May 17 & 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Student Matinee: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

Based on the Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, about the boy who dared ask for “more,” this classic musical engages with pathos and drama, while delighting everyone with its outstanding musical numbers. Food, Glorious Food, I'd Do Anything, Where is Love?, Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me, Who Will Buy and Reviewing the Situation are musical theatre classics. Dickens' memorable characters are brought to life with all their facets glowing in this Tony Award winning musical that also won the Academy Award as Best Picture of the Year.

Auditions are open to students ages 6 – 19.*
Audition dates: February 7 & 8, 2015 / Callbacks: February 8, 2015

*Students must be enrolled in the semester that the show performs in to be eligible to participate in the production.  You do not have to be enrolled at the time of auditions.

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Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio.  Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional artists. For more information about the Beck Center, visit our website at www.beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org/>.
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