Open Call for Adult and Kid Performers for Holiday Musical Coming to Rinker Playhouse in December
Auditions to be held October 21-22 at Delray Beach Playhouse
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (October 2, 2012) South Florida’s newly formed independent theater collaborative, Stir the Pot Productions, will hold open auditions for a new musical, ONCE UPON A HOLIDAY, written by local award-winning playwright, Lisa Bankert, and directed by South Florida actor/director, musical theatre teacher and performance coach, Mark Fetterly.
Auditions for kids will take place Sunday, October 21 at 4:00pm and auditions for teens and adults will take place on Monday, October 22 at 7:00pm. All auditions will be held at the Delray Beach Playhouse located at 950 Lake Shore Drive in Delray Beach, Florida. Callbacks, as needed, will also be held at Delray Beach Playhouse Tuesday, October 23 at 7:00pm.
Performers of all experience levels are welcome to audition and should come prepared to sing 17 bars of their choice of seasonal holiday song -one ballad and one upbeat selection. Auditioning performers should bring accompanying sheet music or CD without vocals, and may be asked to read sides, sing harmonies and learn a brief dance combination at the audition. Headshots will be collected on site and may also be
e-mailed in advance to stirthepotproductions@ gmail.com Attn: Katie McBroom, Casting Director. Rehearsal schedules will be presented at the audition. A flexible rehearsal schedule may include Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Audition details and casting decisions are updated at www.facebook.com/OnceUponaHoliday
Casting Breakdown:
‒ holiday singers/dancers (teens and adults, for solos, duets and group numbers)
‒ elf-kids (ages 6-12, actors/singers, some dancing)
‒ Inspector Inkling (non-singing, male, age range 25-55)
‒ Featured/Tribute Performers to play: Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney
‒ Santa Claus (walk-on role)
About Once Upon a Holiday
Coming to the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in December, with two special preview performances at the Delray Beach Playhouse, this musical holiday who-dunnit follows the antics of a bumbling CSI North Pole detective and his mischievous sidekick as they enlist the North Pole elf-kids to help find a missing ornament for Santa’s tree. Once Upon a Holiday is an action-packed family musical filled with popular holiday songs from the 1940s to the 2000s.
Performances
Rinker Playhouse Performances are December 22 at 7:00pm and December 23 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at the Kravis Center box office: 561-832-7469. Tickets for the special preview performances at the Delray Beach Playhouse on December 9 at 4:00pm and 8:00pm can be purchased by calling the Delray Beach Playhouse at: 561-272-1281.
About Stir the Pot Productions
Stir the Pot Productions was founded in the Summer of 2012 by three South Florida theatre artists: writer/director and communications professional Lisa Bankert, community engagement and theatre education expert HavreDe Hill, and creative design stylist and editorial specialist Katie McBroom. Stir the Pot is a theatre collaborative that takes a new approach to an old idea by creating live entertainment productions that can be presented anytime, anywhere. Stir the Pot is committed to “playing it forward” by providing a forum for up-and-coming theatre artists and by giving back to the communities in which they perform. The December 22-23 performances of Once Upon a Holiday at the Rinker Playhouse will benefit the Deaf Service Center of Palm Beach County. The December 9 special preview performances will benefit the Delray Beach Playhouse children’s theatre program.
Audition Location:
The Delray Beach Playhouse – Take I-95 to the Atlantic Avenue exit and head east. Turn north (left) onto Swinton Avenue, then west (left) onto Northwest 9th street and follow the road to the end. Signs for the theatre will guide you to the entrance, which is to the right just before the cul-de-sac at the end of the road.
Contact:
Katie McBroom
Stir the Pot Productions
Tel: 561-543-8261
E-mail: [email protected]