Come audition for the New Works Festival, the spring one-act festival with shows written by the Playwriting class and directed by the Directing II students!

The auditions will be held on Monday, February 27th from 6-7:30pm in the Black Box Theatre in OP. The auditions will be run the same as the usual one-act festival – auditioners will be allotted exactly 60 seconds to demonstrate their talents. This can include, but is not limited to, monologues, song or dance routines, reading from a cereal box, etc.

The festival will take place April 25th-28th.

All shows are written by Allison Bannister, Nathan Crall, Jeff Denight, Madison Densmore, Dixie Griffin, Ross Knight, Sam Kyker, April Nigus, Josh Reinhardt, and Christian Wacker. They will be directed by Emily Gannon, Roxxy Leiser, and Zeeshan Reshamwala.

What:  Theatre Student Meeting with External Reviewers (for our five year review)

Who:  Theatre Students (Majors, Minors, Anyone who’s been in a show or taken a class)

Where:  Severns Theatre (OP 1301)

When:  Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 @ 5:00 PM

Why:  To help the faculty determine the future direction of the department

How:  Bring suggestions, compliments, and critiques to the meeting

The theatre department is conducting its five year review of the theatre program and is requesting that all students (majors, minors and anyone who has a stake in the department through taking classes or participating in shows) come to a full department meeting with external reviewers who will be evaluating the department and helping faculty to determine what the next step is in our development.  The external reviewers are Helen M. Housley, Associate Professor of Theatre from the University of Mary Washington; and Cole Woodcox, Professor of English in Truman’s English & Linguistics Department (more bios below).  You would be meeting with them from 5-6:30PM in the Severns Theatre on Thursday, February 2nd.  Theatre department faculty will not be in attendance so you may speak freely.  We encourage you bring all your thoughts and critiques about the department (good and bad) so that we can help improve our program.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact David Charles Goyette at dcgoyette@truman.edu

Helen M. Housley, Associate Professor of Theatre, earned a Ph.D.  (1991) in theatre from the University of Maryland, after receiving an M.A. (1976) in theatre from Western Illinois University and a B.A.  (1974) in drama and English literature from St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame. A member of the Lessac Training and Research Institute, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Dr. Housley has 30 years of experience as a theatre educator and director and has served in professional positions as artistic director and theatre manager. She is a certified Lessac Voice Trainer.

Dr. Cole Woodcox has been teaching at Truman since 1987. He specializes in and usually teaches British Literature–18th Century, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern; Film Studies; and Art History. His current research interest is in architecture.

IMPORTANT DATES:

AUDITION WORKSHOP: Sunday, January 29; 4:00-6:00 PM in Severns Theatre

AUDITIONS: Sunday, February 5; 1:00-6:00 PM in Severns Theatre

CALLBACKS: Monday & Tuesday, February 6 & 7; 6:00-10:00 PM location TBA

AUDITIONS will consist of groups of 5 coming in and singing together, then singing individually and giving monologues. CALLBACKS will consist of a short dance audition, cold readings, and singing.

MONOLOGUES:  Attached in the links are suggestions for monologues for boys or girls. You may perform one of these pieces or another 60 second monologue of your own choosing.

BOY MONOLOGUES: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56649999/Boy%27s%20Audition%20Monologue%20Suggestions.pdf

GIRL MONOLOGUES: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56649999/Girl%27s%20Audition%20Monologue%20Suggestions.pdf

AUDITION MUSIC:  The music for the audition will be singing an excerpt of “Totally Fucked” as a group, specifically measures 83-99. Copies of the sheet music, mp3 clips of the instrumental music, and youtube clips of the Broadway production are available through the following links. The entire piece of sheet music for the song is included; however, you only need to pay attention to the marked places which will tell you where the instrumental track begins, where you will be singing, and where you should stop singing.

Sheet Music: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56649999/Totally%20Fucked%20Audition%20Sheet%20Music.docx

Instrumental: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56649999/Totally%20Fucked%20Audition%20Cut.mp3 (Beat 1 of m. 83 begins when the drum fill comes in)

Youtube Link: (“Totally Fucked”) 2:25-2:55: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScK50PmcSf0&feature=related

The AUDITION WORKSHOP is not required if you are planning on auditioning; however, it will contain valuable information. David will be discussing what he will be looking for during auditions, there will be a walk through of the audition songs with the musical director, Chris Thomas (you may want to bring a recording device for this part), there will be tips on how to act through a song, and this will be the first chance for you to sign up for your audition time slot.

The SIGN UP SHEET for auditions will be available for the first time at the audition workshop. Afterwards it will be on the scene shop door. You will be signing up for 20 minute time slots with a group of 5.

A copy of the SCRIPT will be in the Theatre Department office (OP 1109; across from the art gallery) and in the Costume Shop (OP 2321) and will be available for you to check out on a 3 hour loan. Please make sure to sign them out and back in on the sign out sheet.

This link will take you to a copy of the TENTATIVE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE. Please check your availability against these dates before auditioning. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56649999/Spring%20Awakening%20Rehearsal%20Schedule%20FOR%20AUDITIONS-1.pdf

Please contact M.K. Jacobi (mkj2622@truman.edu) if you have any questions or if you would like a copy of the full instrumental tracks.

The Directing II class is holding auditions for our Festival-in-the-Round! Auditions will consist of a one minute monologue (memorization is not necessary, but encouraged) which you either bring yourself or choose from a number of provided monologues.  Callbacks will be Wednesday (1/11) night after auditions and Thursday (1/12) night.  Contact the Theatre Department Office theatre(at)truman(dot)edu for a copy of the monologues or Roxxy (Leiser) Duda at jrl8758 for any questions.

The one acts are as follows:

The Body Image Project by Eleanor Albanese, directed by Emily Gannon (3f, 1m)

“My Name is Rachel Corrie” taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie and edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, directed by Roxxy Duda (1f)

Iphigenia by John Barton, directed by Zeeshan Reshamwala (4F, 4M)

The rehearsal schedule will be three hours during the evening with the first rehearsal on Friday, January 13th, with performance dates on 2/3 and 2/4. Also please note that this festival is separate from the Director’s Showcase that happens at the end of the year. It is a different project.

Scripts for Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon are available for check out from the Theatre Department office in OP 1109.  Audition information will be announced soon!