4th Wall Theatre, a non-union theatre company in Bloomfield, NJ, will hold additional men’s auditions by appointment for its upcoming 20th Anniversary M.I.D. Stage production of TAKE ONE, a new musical comedy by former Saturday Night Live writer Jeff Ward. The show will be directed by NYC-based director Nancy Robillard, music directed by Markus Grae-Hauck, and stage managed by Emma Iacometta. The performance will be presented March 3-5, 2017, at Westminster Arts Center on the campus of Bloomfield College, where the company is in residence. Rehearsals will begin January 3rd, 2017.
4th Wall’s M.I.D. (Musicals-In-Development) Stage Series gives emerging writers the chance to see and hear their work in the context of a fully memorized, fully staged workshop. All three performances will be followed by audience talkbacks with the cast, director, and creator of the show.
TAKE ONE is the story of the disastrous, hilarious first versions of three great things we are all familiar with. It’s a history-spanning musical comedy that explores the struggles that come with the act of creation, even for the gods. Writer/composer Jeff Ward is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. He wrote jokes for Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” from mid-Colin Quinn through mid-Tina Fey, and writes music and comedy for National Public Radio and the comedy group Euphobia. Director Nancy Robillard has a number of world premieres to her credit and directed off-Broadway and regionally at Luna Stage, Northern Stage, Walnut Street Theatre, MetroStage, Boulders Dinner Theater, and Cumberland County Playhouse; she has also directed workshop productions like this one at The Kennedy Center, The Dramatists Guild, The Lark, and Hudson Stage.
Auditions are scheduled for Thursday, December 29th from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Auditions will be held at the Montclair Operetta Club studio, located at 494 Valley Road in Montclair, New Jersey, easily accessible by train or bus from Manhattan. Please email kate@4thwalltheatre.org for an appointment time. Anyone who is interested but not available on the 29th should also email to make other arrngements.
4th Wall is seeking a strong adult cast (17 and over) of at least 7 terrific actors/singers/movers to double and triple the various roles in the three acts (see character list below). Come to auditions prepared to sing 32 bars of a standard musical theatre song; no rock or pop material, please. Also bring a headshot and resume stapled together, and be prepared to provide all potential conflicts for weekday evening and weekend daytime rehearsals beginning January 3, 2017. Visit www.4thwalltheatre.org/auditions.htm for a more complete character breakdown (with vocal ranges) and links to directions. Non-union; no pay.
ROLES to be cast from this call:
Act 1: Adam
Act 2: Michelangelo, Ludovico, Papal Secretary Chamberlain, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Savonorola
Act 3: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Rouben Mamoulian, Howard Da Silva, Lorenz Hart
4th Wall Theatre sets the highest standards of excellence in producing diverse, seldom performed and original productions, celebrating a wide spectrum of visions and voices in theatre. 4th Wall is committed to breaking through the wall of imagination, to make cutting edge works accessible, and to foster a positive theatre experience for our artists and audience.
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