Long Wharf Theatre invites local Non-Equity actors ages 14 to 60 to audition for the musical Tiger Tiger Tiger to be produced by the Next Stage Program, a program for early career theatre professionals.
Tiger Tiger Tiger, a musical for young audiences written by Mac Wellman, with music by Michael Roth, will take place April 6-9. Maryna Harrison, Long Wharf Theatre's artistic resident, will direct the show. Annie DiMartino, director of education, will be the musical director. Members of the theatre's Next Stage program will also be designing the show. "These are the artists of the future designing and creating shows for the audiences of the future," said DiMartino, administrator of the program.Auditions for the show will be held on January 10 from 6:00 - 10:00 at Long Wharf Theatre. Rehearsals are tentatively scheduled to begin the first week in February. Reservations can be made by calling 203-787-4282. No monologues are necessary, but actors should come prepared to read sides from the show and to sing 16 bars from a rock musical (Thirteen, Little Shop of Horrors or Seussical are suggestions). Candidates should bring a headshot, resume and any potential rehearsal conflicts. Actor/musicians who play piano, bass, guitar or drums are a plus. Actors of all ethnicities encouraged to audition. There is no pay.Next Stage Productions is a young company of artists in residence at Tony Award-winning Long Wharf Theatre, located at 222 Sargent Drive in New Haven, CT.
ABOUT THE THEATRE
Long Wharf Theatre (Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director and Ray Cullom, Managing Director), entering its 46th season, is recognized as a leader in American theatre, producing fresh and imaginative revivals of classics and modern plays, rediscoveries of neglected works and a variety of world and American premieres. More than 30 Long Wharf productions have transferred virtually intact to Broadway or Off-Broadway, some of which include The Glass Menagerie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Wit by Margaret Edson, The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer and The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn. The theatre is an incubator of new works, including last season's Have You Seen Us? by Athol Fugard. Long Wharf Theatre has received New York Drama Critics Awards, Obie Awards, the Margo Jefferson Award for Production of New Works, a Special Citation from the Outer Critics Circle and the Tony® Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.
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