DON'T TELL MAMA FALL CABARET SHOWCASES - Don't Tell Mama Non Equity Auditions

BroadwayWorld, ASCAP+ & AMT Film Festival award-winning off-Broadway composer/lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh (Love Quirks, Malka) is seeking singers for his fall cabaret showcases at Midtown Manhattan's renowned cabaret club Don't Tell Mama. Looking for musical theater performers who want more exposure and experience in front of a live audience with a live pianist. Performers sing two songs, talk in between and receive 4K videos of their performances a few hours after the show. Industry guests are encouraged and comped; agents have signed and casting directors have cast talent before. The longest-running showcase series of its kind, Bisen-Hersh has produced, emceed, and accompanied over 980 showcases in the last 19 years featuring over 6,000 singers, dozens who have gone on to TV and/or Broadway (including one Tony Award winner).

Singers bring six people who pay a $21 cover and $20 food/drink minimum. If they don't have six people, performers owe $18 per person under 6: but at zero people, they owe at most $100 which is the cap; one person: $90; two: $72; three: $54; four: $36; five: $18; 6 or more: $0. This covers all the club, pianist, and videographer fees.

The shows are at 7PM with rehearsals the day of the show with singers in 20-minute slots 4-6PM to rehearsal 10-minute sets twice. The open performing slots are:

Tuesday, October 6th
Tuesday, October 13th
Tuesday, October 20th
Friday, October 23rd
Tuesday, October 27th
Tuesday, November 3rd
Tuesday, November 10th
Tuesday, November 17th
Friday, November 20th
Tuesday, November 24th
Tuesday, December 1st
Tuesday, December 8th
Tuesday, December 15th
Thursday, December 17th
Tuesday, December 22nd
Tuesday, January 19th
Friday, January 22nd

Performances are at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC. Singers usually start on just one night, but are welcome to do as many as they like after that. (More non-Tuesdays will be added if there is demand.)

There are a lot of people throwing the word “cabaret” around these days, and while definitions and language are fluid: in essence, a cabaret is an evening of stories and songs with a live pianist. The stories infuse the songs and by learning more about the singer personally, the songs take on added meaning. The more interesting and personal the stories are, the more interesting and personal the performance of the songs becomes. Evenings of just songs without stories are not technically “cabaret”. Even if they are in a cabaret venue, these are really song cycles or concerts. Cabaret is the most personal form of theatre, and when done well, there is nothing to compare it to.

For consideration, please email your headshot/résumé and a video link (not a video file) to seth@sethbh.com to set up a phone interview. For more info, please visit http://www.sethbh.com/showcases3.