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SUMMARY:Much Ado About Nothing AUDITIONS
DESCRIPTION:Auditions for William Shakespeare’s\nMuch Ado About Nothing\nAudition Dates: Sunday October 13 and Monday October 14 at 7:00 pm\nShow Dates: February 13-16\, 2025\n**PLUS a required student matinee February 12 at 10a.m.**\nDirected by Tom Liszka \nAuditions for this Shakespearean rom-com will take place Sunday October 13 and Monday October 14 starting at 7 p.m. Auditions will be open in the ACT Rehearsal Hall unless a private audition is requested. \nActors must be available for all performances\, including a student matinee at 10am on Wednesday February 12. Availability for rehearsals will be asked at auditions\, please be prepared to list all conflicts from October 17 through November 1 as well as January 2 to February 16. While regular rehearsals will not begin until January\, actors will be expected to be off book at the start of full rehearsals. \nIf you are unable to attend general auditions\, please contact director Tom Liszka at TRL1@psu.edu before October 1 to arrange an alternate time. \nCall-backs are expected to take place October 16 as needed. \n  \nActing audition: It is highly recommended you read the director’s version of the script prior to auditions. Then\, choose two scenes/monologues to prepare from those available in the Google Drive linked below. You do not need to prepare a scene for every character you are interested in playing. If you prepare a scene that requires more than one actor\, a member of the crew will read with you.\nDirector’s note: “I’m interested in actors who can act naturally\, just as you’ve always done for any other part.  Don’t just try to recite Shakespeare’s lines like they are some kind of sacred text.” \nThis show will also incorporate some music elements throughout. Singing\, dancing\, and instrument playing is not a requirement to audition*.\nOptional dance audition: no preparation needed\, you will be taught a dance at auditions\nOptional music audition: prepare any song (the director recommends a “fun schmaltzy Italian song”) to sing acapella or accompanied by a track or yourself; you may also do a music audition with just an instrument and no singing.\n*The character Balthasar will be required to sing in two scenes \nFor more information\, please read the director’s full statement on auditions here.\nIt is highly recommended you read the director’s cut of the script prior to auditions.\nFull Script & Audition scenes available via a Google Drive here.\n  \nAbout the show: \n\nLove is in the air as two of Shakespeare’s most tumultuous couples— Beatrice and Benedick\, and Claudio and Hero—volley hilarious quips and damning accusations back and forth. For Beatrice and Benedick\, wit is a full-contact sport\, and each is happy to throw some elbows. But wethinks they doth protest too much. Sometimes a stubborn soul needs that proverbial kick in the pantaloons to get out of their own way.\n\n\nWill the truth win in this mischievous game of love? Romance\, wit\, false accusations\, mistaken identities\, and a cunning villain fuel this beloved classic with a central couple that set the standard for today’s rom coms.\n\n\nAvailable Roles \n(all auditionees should be of Junior High School age and above) \nDon Pedro—a Prince and a soldier\, any adult age \nLeonato—Hero’s father\, older\, governor of Messina \nAntonio—Beatrice’s father\, even older than Leonato\, a gentleman of Messina \nBenedick—a soldier\, 20-40\, witty\, swears he’ll never marry (until he falls in love)\, upper class \nBeatrice—an independent woman\, 20-40\, witty\, swears she’ll never marry (guess what happens)\, upper class \nClaudio—a soldier\, 20-40\, upper class (must be willing to kiss on stage) \nHero—20-40\, more innocent\, upper class (must be willing to kiss on stage) \nMargaret—an attendant to Hero\, possibly slutty\, thinks herself witty\, probably younger\, but possibly any age \nUrsula—an attendant to Hero\, probably younger\, but possibly any age \nDon John—a soldier\, younger brother to Don Pedro\, also a Prince—the villain \nBorachio—a follower of Don John\, so also a bad guy\, any age\, his name means “drunkard” in Spanish \nConrade—a follower of Don John\, so also a bad guy\, any age\, thinks he’s a gentleman \nDogberry—Constable in charge of the Watch\, lower class\, confuses words\, thinks he’s important\, any age \nVerges—Dogberry’s sidekick\, lower class\, a little slow\, maybe smarter than Dogberry?\, any age \nSexton (Francis Seacoal)\, any age\, lower class\, might be double cast with the Messenger\, and one of the “Several” people below \nMessenger\, a soldier\, might be double cast with the Sexton\, and as one of the “Several” people below \n4 Watchmen/women\, lower class\, any age\, need to develop individual comic attributes\, one of them has pants that fall down \nBalthasar\, a professional singer\, any age\, might be double-cast with the Friar\, might also be a musician \nFriar Francis\, any age\, might be double cast with Balthasar \nSeveral Musicians\, Servants\, Mourners\, a Boy\, Party-goers\, Dancers—4 to 7\, these might all be the same people\, any age \n  \nAll roles are available. No prior theatrical or ACT experience is required.\nRoles are open to diverse & gender-inclusive casting.  Our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender nonconforming\, genderqueer\, transgender and nonbinary actors to select the roles they most identify with. \nAge ranges are suggestions\, please audition for any role you would like. \n  \nQuestions can be directed to the ACT Office. \nPhone: 814-943-4357 \nEmail: act@altoonacommunitytheatre.com
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/much-ado-about-nothing-auditions/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
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SUMMARY:Much Ado About Nothing AUDITIONS
DESCRIPTION:Auditions for William Shakespeare’s\nMuch Ado About Nothing\nAudition Dates: Sunday October 13 and Monday October 14 at 7:00 pm\nShow Dates: February 13-16\, 2025\n**PLUS a required student matinee February 12 at 10a.m.**\nDirected by Tom Liszka \nAuditions for this Shakespearean rom-com will take place Sunday October 13 and Monday October 14 starting at 7 p.m. Auditions will be open in the ACT Rehearsal Hall unless a private audition is requested. \nActors must be available for all performances\, including a student matinee at 10am on Wednesday February 12. Availability for rehearsals will be asked at auditions\, please be prepared to list all conflicts from October 17 through November 1 as well as January 2 to February 16. While regular rehearsals will not begin until January\, actors will be expected to be off book at the start of full rehearsals. \nIf you are unable to attend general auditions\, please contact director Tom Liszka at TRL1@psu.edu before October 1 to arrange an alternate time. \nCall-backs are expected to take place October 16 as needed. \n  \nActing audition: It is highly recommended you read the director’s version of the script prior to auditions. Then\, choose two scenes/monologues to prepare from those available in the Google Drive linked below. You do not need to prepare a scene for every character you are interested in playing. If you prepare a scene that requires more than one actor\, a member of the crew will read with you.\nDirector’s note: “I’m interested in actors who can act naturally\, just as you’ve always done for any other part.  Don’t just try to recite Shakespeare’s lines like they are some kind of sacred text.” \nThis show will also incorporate some music elements throughout. Singing\, dancing\, and instrument playing is not a requirement to audition*.\nOptional dance audition: no preparation needed\, you will be taught a dance at auditions\nOptional music audition: prepare any song (the director recommends a “fun schmaltzy Italian song”) to sing acapella or accompanied by a track or yourself; you may also do a music audition with just an instrument and no singing.\n*The character Balthasar will be required to sing in two scenes \nFor more information\, please read the director’s full statement on auditions here.\nIt is highly recommended you read the director’s cut of the script prior to auditions.\nFull Script & Audition scenes available via a Google Drive here.\n  \nAbout the show: \n\nLove is in the air as two of Shakespeare’s most tumultuous couples— Beatrice and Benedick\, and Claudio and Hero—volley hilarious quips and damning accusations back and forth. For Beatrice and Benedick\, wit is a full-contact sport\, and each is happy to throw some elbows. But wethinks they doth protest too much. Sometimes a stubborn soul needs that proverbial kick in the pantaloons to get out of their own way.\n\n\nWill the truth win in this mischievous game of love? Romance\, wit\, false accusations\, mistaken identities\, and a cunning villain fuel this beloved classic with a central couple that set the standard for today’s rom coms.\n\n\nAvailable Roles \n(all auditionees should be of Junior High School age and above) \nDon Pedro—a Prince and a soldier\, any adult age \nLeonato—Hero’s father\, older\, governor of Messina \nAntonio—Beatrice’s father\, even older than Leonato\, a gentleman of Messina \nBenedick—a soldier\, 20-40\, witty\, swears he’ll never marry (until he falls in love)\, upper class \nBeatrice—an independent woman\, 20-40\, witty\, swears she’ll never marry (guess what happens)\, upper class \nClaudio—a soldier\, 20-40\, upper class (must be willing to kiss on stage) \nHero—20-40\, more innocent\, upper class (must be willing to kiss on stage) \nMargaret—an attendant to Hero\, possibly slutty\, thinks herself witty\, probably younger\, but possibly any age \nUrsula—an attendant to Hero\, probably younger\, but possibly any age \nDon John—a soldier\, younger brother to Don Pedro\, also a Prince—the villain \nBorachio—a follower of Don John\, so also a bad guy\, any age\, his name means “drunkard” in Spanish \nConrade—a follower of Don John\, so also a bad guy\, any age\, thinks he’s a gentleman \nDogberry—Constable in charge of the Watch\, lower class\, confuses words\, thinks he’s important\, any age \nVerges—Dogberry’s sidekick\, lower class\, a little slow\, maybe smarter than Dogberry?\, any age \nSexton (Francis Seacoal)\, any age\, lower class\, might be double cast with the Messenger\, and one of the “Several” people below \nMessenger\, a soldier\, might be double cast with the Sexton\, and as one of the “Several” people below \n4 Watchmen/women\, lower class\, any age\, need to develop individual comic attributes\, one of them has pants that fall down \nBalthasar\, a professional singer\, any age\, might be double-cast with the Friar\, might also be a musician \nFriar Francis\, any age\, might be double cast with Balthasar \nSeveral Musicians\, Servants\, Mourners\, a Boy\, Party-goers\, Dancers—4 to 7\, these might all be the same people\, any age \n  \nAll roles are available. No prior theatrical or ACT experience is required.\nRoles are open to diverse & gender-inclusive casting.  Our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender nonconforming\, genderqueer\, transgender and nonbinary actors to select the roles they most identify with. \nAge ranges are suggestions\, please audition for any role you would like. \n  \nQuestions can be directed to the ACT Office. \nPhone: 814-943-4357 \nEmail: act@altoonacommunitytheatre.com
URL:https://altoonacommunitytheatre.com/event/much-ado-about-nothing-auditions-2/
LOCATION:ACT Rehearsal Hall\, 1213 12th St\, Altoona\, PA\, 16601\, United States
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