KVPAC Holds Auditions for Next Adult Musical 7/20-21

Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC) has their adult community theatre, Encore Players, preparing for their upcoming theatre production of WORKING, The Musical. Auditions for WORKING, The Musical will be held in 30-minute slots at KVPAC on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 20 and 21, 2010 starting at 6:30pm. We will see five actors per 1/2 hour slot. Be prepared to stay for your whole half hour slot.

Please prepare 16 bars of a ballad and an additional up tempo. You may sing acapella or bring a CD or Mp3 backup. No accompanist will be at the audition. You may only be asked to do one song. Please also prepare a 45 second monologue from a play that shows a character sharing something that moves them deeply. You will possibly be asked to cold read or sing with a group after a brief session with the musical director. Bring heasdhot/resume if you have one. Participants must be age 17 or older.

WORKING, The Musical is about the hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical. That the everyday lives of "common" men and women should be so compelling and moving will surprise and inspire anyone who has ever punched a time clock. Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, "Working" paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the waitress, the mill-worker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman, the housewife, just to name a few. It's a highly original look at the American landscape that's simply impossible to forget.

All parts are open. Casting is for a variety of characters from Studs Terkel's interviews: casting men and women from late teens to retirement age. Most will play multiple roles.

Rehearsals begin immediately after all casting is completed! Performances are September 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26, 2010. Visit www.kvpac.org for more information and sponsorship opportunities for this show.