Hi, The Houde School of Acting will be hosting a Musical Theater Workshop with Joanna May Cullinan on Feb. 9th! Musical Theater Audition Technique workshop Saturday, Feb. 9th 1130am-230pm ($65) Houde School of Acting 1777 Coventry Road Cleveland Heights, Oh Whether you're an experienced singer trying out new material or a beginner preparing for your first musical audition, this is the class for you! Joanna May Cullinan (artistic director of Cain Park) will share tricks of the trade including song selection, communicating with the accompanist, dressing the part, and other tips on walking into a musical audition with your best foot forward. Students must prepare at least one cutting (apx. 32 bars or 1 minute of a song) to be coached one-on-one. Please bring your own sheet music in the proper key for the entire song. An accompanist will be provided. Having multiple songs prepared is encouraged, though not necessary. If time allows, we may work on more than one song per person. Resources MusicNotes.com is a wonderful site to download sheet music for single songs. If you don't know what to sing, here is a great list to choose from: www.musicnotes.com/now/news/50-best-songs-for-vocal-auditions-with-16-and-32-bar-audition-cuts/ What about non-singers? There are plenty of roles in musical theater that require little-no singing, but often times you still have to prepare a song to get in the door. Here's a short list of songs that may appeal to you: I'm Not That Smart (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) Talk To The Animals (Doctor Doolittle) Mister Cellophane (Chicago) Guv'ment (Big River) Hey Look Me Over (Wildcat) Always True To You In My Fashion (Kiss Me Kate) A Little Brains, A Little Talent (Damn Yankees) Oom Pah Pah (Oliver) I Just Want To Be A Star (Nunsense) No Time At All (Pippin) Bio Joanna May Cullinan is the artistic director of Cain Park, most recently directing the critically acclaimed productions of Rock of Ages and Memphis. She is also the Associate Director of Community Engagement for The Musical Theater Project. As a freelance director/performer throughout northeast Ohio, Joanna has worked with Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland Play House, Mercury Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, and Beck Center among others. Joanna graduated from Baldwin-Wallace University with a B.A. in Theatre where she studied under Victoria Bussert, and completed the graduate studies program in Arts Management at The University of Akron. She also attended The National Cabaret Conference at Yale University where she worked with multiple Broadway legends and Tony award nominees. Sincerely, Jessica Houde-Morris Owner, Houde School of Acting