Auditions for the Fall 2007 Theater-by-the-Grove Mainstage productions of ALMOST, MAINE, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE were held in May of 2007. Auditions for the third Fall 2007 Mainstage Production of CITIZEN/SOLDIER were held in the beginning of this semester
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Auditions for the Spring 2008 production of THREEPENNY OPERA were first held on Monday, November 5, starting at 7 PM.
Additional auditions and Callbacks (2nd round) for the Spring 2008 production of The 3PENNY OPERA will be held on Thursday, December 6, in Cogswell Hall rm126 starting @ 6 PM. ****NEW auditioners will be seen first.****
THE 3PENNY OPERA by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
A Music Theater and
Theater-by-the-Grove Co-production
Directed by Rob Gretta · Musical
Direction by Sarah Mantel
Feb. 21-23 & Feb. 27-Mar. 2; 8:00 p.m. · Feb. 24; 2:00p.m. Waller Hall Mainstage
A milestone of Twentieth Century musical theater, The 3Penny Opera rolls
on unstoppably into the Twenty-first with this production. In this "opera for
beggars," composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht both satirize and
profoundly break from the old-fashioned opera and operetta forms, combining a
barbed political perspective and the sound of 1920s Berlin dance bands and
cabaret. Macheath, a notorious bandit and womanizer, runs afoul of Jonathan
Peachum when he marries Peachum's daughter, Polly, in a ceremony of doubtful
legality.
Initial audition: Perform a memorized 1 min. monologue & 16 bar song from The 3Penny Opera or something else. If not singing from the show, please provide sheet music. An accompanist will be provided.
Callbacks: Read scenes from the script that will be provided.
For more information, please contact the director, Rob Gretta.
(724) 357-4037
Please check the Callboard in the Lower Lobby of Waller Hall for further information on these auditions.
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Auditions for Henry IV, Part 1, directed by Michael Hood, will be held on Monday, 11/26/07 starting at 7:30 PM and Wednesday, 11/28/07 from 6:45-7:45 PM.
Audition requirements for Henry IV:
Bring a short speech or scene from HENRY IV, PART 1 or any other play of
Shakespeare's to read.
Dress to move comfortably.
Note well: Several parts generally assigned to males may be available to
qualified female actors. Women may choose a traditionally male speech for
their audition and should be able to perform it in the male character as
written.
If you have a class or work schedule that prevents your attending as scheduled, please contact Assistant Director Rachel Nelson at nlsl@iup.edu .
Callbacks will be scheduled for Wednesday, 11/28 and Saturday, 12/1. Please see the Callboard the day after auditions to see if you are called back.
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Auditions for KINDERTRANSPORT directed by Rachel Nelson
Kindertransport: Between 1938 and 1939, nearly 10,000 unaccompanied children
rode
trains out of Germany to freedom in Britain, America, or Paraguay.
Most of the children never saw their parents again. Based on the
real-life accounts of these children, this moving play tells the story
of one of them...
Written by Diane Samuels
Auditions will be held on Tuesday, November 27th at 7pm in Waller
Hall's MPR (second floor). Callbacks will be held on Thursday,
November 28th at 7pm in Waller Hall's Studio Theater (basement).
Auditions will consist of readings from the script. These readings
will be available twenty minutes prior to your audition time. Please
sign up for an audition time on the callboard located in the basement
of Waller. Information about the script, characters, and schedule can be found
there as well.
Contact Rachel Nelson with any questions or concerns.
(724) 464-7143
R.L.Nelson@iup.edu
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Auditions are open to all students at IUP! Theater-by-the-Grove is funded, in part, by the Student Cooperative Associations.
If you would like to work on any other area of production, please contact Brian Jones (brjones@iup.edu ) or 724-357-2969 as soon as possible.
Academic credit is available for working on all of these productions.