CRT Announces Open Call Audition For Kids

STORRS, Connecticut Repertory Theatre announced that it will be seeking two four year-old and two 10 year-old actor/singers to perform in their spring, 2010 production of the hit Broadway musical, Tommy, directed by Gabriel Barre, choreographed by Matthew Neff, with musical direction by Ken Clark.

Auditions will be held Monday, December 7 at 4 p.m. in the Drama Building on the Storrs campus. Parents interested in having their kids audition must confirm an appointment in advance, no later than Dec. 3, by calling 860-486-1629. Auditions are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Parents will receive an audition time and a detailed rehearsal/performance schedule when their time is confirmed.

The roles are Tommy (age four) and Tommy (age 10). CRT will double cast each role, so actors will alternate rehearsals and performances. Child actors perform as volunteers. Rehearsals will take place in the evenings and Saturdays beginning March 15 and performances will run from April 22 to May 1, 2010. The show will be presented in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre.

TOMMY (age four) - Seeking actor (boys only) to play four years old onstage who acts and sings. Prepare a song that shows off your voice and bring sheet music.

TOMMY (age 10) - Seeking actor (boys only) to play 10 years old onstage who acts and sings. Prepare a song that shows off your voice and bring sheet music.

The show is a theatricalized version of the rock opera, Tommy, by The Who written in the late 1960's, and concerns a young boy who is traumatized after witnessing a murder. He then becomes a pinball wizard and finally breaks free of his past and becomes a celebrity only to realize that ultimately, real healing must come from within.

The Who's Tommy
Book by Pete Townshend & Des McAnuff
Additional Music & Lyrics by John Entwistle & Keith Moon
Based on The Who's Rock-Opera, Tommy

Young Tommy witnesses a violent crime and is rendered deaf, dumb and blind. Tommy's incredible transformation from catatonia to stardom as a pinball celebrity is told through The Who's immortal songs including "Pinball Wizard," "See Me, Feel Me," "Listening to You" and "We're Not Gonna Take It." "Somewhere between arousal and a prayer, between raw blues and high opera: Pete Townshend's insistent, accelerating intro to "Pinball Wizard" is seven bars of the most exhilarating rock ever made." - L.A. Times

CRT is the professional producing arm of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. CRT productions are directed, designed by, and cast with visiting professional artists, including Equity actors, faculty members, and the department's most advanced student artists. The synergy between professional and advanced student artists creates extraordinary theatre and a unique learning environment.

 

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