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NEW LINE SEEKS MULTI-RACIAL CAST FOR RICE & LLOYD WEBBER'S "EVITA" Auditions for New Line Theatre's more intimate, more rock and roll take on Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's political potboiler EVITA will be held on two successive Monday nights, May 3 and 10, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at the Washington University South Campus, 6501 Clayton Road (formerly CBC High School), just east of Big Bend, in the second floor theatre. This is NOT on the Washington University main campus. Performers need to come to only one of the dates. The show will run July 8-31, 2010. For details about the show, a plot synopsis, and a list of songs, visit the R&H website or visit New Line's EVITA webpage on our full service website. New Line is looking for a multi-racial cast of 16 adult men and women. We do not cast anyone under 17. New Line is looking for intelligent singing actors who are willing to take risks onstage. Performers are asked to bring a prepared contemporary theatre song, with printed piano music for our pianist (no tapes and no a cappella). There may be a dance audition. Performers may also be asked to sing from the score. No roles in the show have been pre-cast. All roles will be cast through the auditions. New Line may also be casting for the fall show at this time. EVITA tells the somewhat fictionalized story of Eva Peron, from her roots in a small town in Argentina through her meteoric rise to first lady of Argentina as wife to Juan Peron. Though Eva was a real historical figure, Tim Rice fashions her turbulent life into a fascinating, often thrilling soap opera, a Shakespearean tragedy of intrigue, deception, betrayal, greed, and power, a kind of monstrous Cinderella tale mixed with Richard III. With EVITA, lyricist Tim Rice was his usual smartass, acerbic, cynical self, and Lloyd Webber wrote the most mature score of his career – one he would never equal again. With this production, New Line will create a new, more intimate, more rock and roll EVITA. No violins and no giant chorus. Just sex, power, and rock and roll. NEW AUDITION POLICY: If you have performed with New Line Theatre during the last eighteen months, you don't have to audition. Instead you just have to contact artistic director Scott Miller before the last night of auditions to tell him that you want to be considered. On the other hand, if you want to be considered for a role that's very different from what you've done for us before, then you are more than welcome to audition and show us how perfect you are for that role. Rehearsals will begin in late May, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m., and also a few Sunday afternoons for choreography, plus every night the week the show opens. Rehearsals are at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in St. Louis Hills. Performances are at the Washington University South Campus Theatre, 6501 Clayton Road. Performers will share a guaranteed 10% of box office receipts. Call 314-773-6526 or email NewLineTheatre@NewLineTheatre.com for more information. No appointments are necessary. All performers should arrive for the audition before 7:00 p.m. New Line is a non-union professional theatre company and is always very eager to find a multi-racial cast. To read New Line's Diversity Statement, go to http://www.newlinetheatre.com/diversity.html To learn more about New Line, go to http://www.newlinetheatre.com/contact.html | ||
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All auditions for future shows will be announced on this page. Generally, New Line holds auditions for each show during the run of the previous show. All details will be posted here when they become available. Do I need an appointment? No, just show up at 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). What if I have rehearsal schedule conflicts? If you have one or two schedule conflicts, we may be able to make accommodations in the schedule. If it's more than that, we will not cast you. What should I bring? You should prepare a song (sometimes we have preferences about what kind of song, noted in the audition announcement), and you should bring a legible copy of the piano music for our accompanist, in the key you want. Do NOT bring unattached pages. Do NOT bring lead sheet (music with only vocal lines, no piano part). Either tape the music into an accordion or put it in a binder. Mark clearly any cuts or changes. If you're bringing a published book, please break the binding ahead of time so your music lies flat on the piano. Can I sing something from the show? The answer is almost always YES at New Line. Other companies often have different preferences. Do you want 16 bars or more than that? Generally, we allow performers to sing a full verse or two, sometimes a whole song, if it's not too long. We generally find that 16 bars just isn't enough time to strut your stuff... Do I need a picture and resume? If you have those, bring them. If not, it's not a problem. Other Auditions The St. Louis Auditions Website
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