Sheri Sanders, creator and star of NYMF's upcoming world premiere of ROCK THE AUDITION - IN CONCERT, will be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network's "My Time" this Sunday, September 25th at 10am. Locally, the program airs on Time Warner channels 115 & 682. In the new weekly reality-based series "My Time," adults are given a second chance to go for their unfulfilled dreams, paired with experts devoted to helping them achieve the goals they once thought impossible. Oprah Winfrey hand-picked Sheri Sanders to be followed by cameras for five weeks with a woman who had always wanted to be a performer but, due to extremely difficult circumstances, was never allowed the opportunity to follow her dreams. Sheri transformed the woman not only into the performer she always dreamed of, but also gave her the courage to overcome many of her longtime personal challenges.
ROCK THE AUDITION - IN CONCERT is set to make its world premiere at the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) for three performances only: October 11th, 12th and 13th at TBG Theater, 312 West 36th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.) In this riveting musical evening, acclaimed actor and teacher
Sheri Sanders offers an exclusive preview of the rock concert that will take her around the country on tour with her Hal Leonard published book, Rock The Audition, How to Prepare for and Get Cast in Rock Musicals. ROCK THE AUDITION - IN CONCERT is a captivating journey through the decades of rock music and pop culture, and its influence on Sheri as a person and an artist. Brimming with dexterity and wit, her concert arrives as the timely answer to the wedding of rock music and contemporary musical theatre. ROCK THE AUDITION - IN CONCERT is directed by
DJ Salisbury, with music direction by
Wendy Bobbitt Cavett.
Sheri Sanders has had success performing roles from Kitty Genovese in The Screams of Kitty Genovese (NYMF), to playing Little Becky Two Shoes in the National Tour of Urinetown. In between, she's played a hippie in both HAIR with Encores! and in Kerrigan-Lowdermilk's The Woman Upstairs (NYMF), a revolutionary Jew on the lower east side during the depression (Goodbye and Good Luck, The York), a loony maid in turn of the century Northern England (
Tom Jones, NYMF), and had the honor of interpreting
Laura Nyro's music twice in 10 years. She's also appeared as Georgie in three productions of The Full Monty, Mme. Squirrel in Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas at Goodspeed, and spent three summers with
Michael Bush at the O'Neill Center. Sheri was invited by Hal Leonard Books to be the first person ever to write a book on auditioning for rock musicals. Her students have appeared on Broadway, in national tours and regional companies of Rock of Ages, Wonderland, Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Wicked, The Wedding Singer, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Rent, Shout, and Fat Camp. ROCK THE AUDITION is about to embark on a worldwide tour to promote Sheri's book, and teach teachers and their students how to holistically embody the essence of the rock musical they are auditioning for.
ROCK THE AUDITION - IN CONCERT is being presented by NYMF, in association with
Rich Affannato, and performances are Tuesday October 11th at 8pm, Wednesday October 12th at 1pm, and Thursday October 13th at 11pm at TBG Theater. Tickets are $25 and are available by calling 212-352-3101 or through
www.nymf.org/rocktheaudition.
