Music Circus Auditions Announced for Sacramento

California Musical Theatre is looking for performers for the 2011 Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. This is the 61st season of Music Circus, presented by California Musical Theatre under the leadership of Executive Producer Richard Lewis, Artistic Director Glenn Casale and Associate Producer Scott Klier. Music Circus auditions performers in New York, Los Angeles and Sacramento.

The 2011 Music Circus lineup is: The Producers (July 12-17); Oliver! (July 19-24); Anything Goes (July 26-31); Camelot (August 2-7); Annie Get Your Gun (August 9-14); I Do! I Do! (August 16-21); and Miss Saigon (August 23-28).

Sacramento auditions for non-Equity singers and actors (ages 16 and above) will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1-2, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street, Sacramento by appointment only. Appointments may be scheduled by calling the audition hotline at (916) 446-5880, ext. 137, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 23-35, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Calls will only be accepted during these hours (no messages please). Auditioners should be prepared to sing 16 bars of a ballad and an up-tempo musical theatre song and must bring sheet music in his or her own key. An accompanist will be provided. All Non-Equity actors must have local housing.

All actors must be available to attend callbacks on Friday, March 4.

Members of Actors' Equity Association should refer to the Casting Notice posted online at www.actorsequity.org for information regarding union auditions.

Sacramento dance auditions (ages 16 and above) will be held on Saturday, March 5 at The Ballroom of Sacramento, 6009 Folsom Boulevard, between 60th and 61st Streets, at 10:00 a.m. Appointments are not required. Separate audition appointments for dancers will not be scheduled.

Auditioners should arrive to check in at 9:00 a.m. The audition will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Dancers should be registered, dressed in appropriate dance attire and warmed up by 10:00 a.m. Performers should be prepared to learn dance combinations, and everyone should also bring 16 bars of musical theatre sheet music in his or her own key in the event they are asked to sing. We are looking for dancers proficient in ballet, jazz, and tap; acrobatics is a plus.

Dancers, 16 and over, will also have the opportunity to be considered for participation in a series of dance classes this summer with visiting guest instructors. For more information about the dance classes, call Victoria at (916) 446-5880, ext. 122.

Auditions for children (ages 10-16) for participation in the Music Circus Junior Company will be held Monday, February 28, beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Pavilion at 1419 H Street in Sacramento by appointment only. Appointments may be scheduled by calling (916) 446-5880, ext 147, Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 7-8, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Each child should be prepared to sing 16 bars of musical theatre sheet music in his or her own key. An accompanist will be provided. The Music Circus Junior Company is a three-week fee-based program of the California Musical Theatre education department. The program will take place July 5-24 and culminate in the students participating in 8 performances of the 2011 Music Circus production of Oliver!. Additional performance opportunities may exist in the 2011 Music Circus productions of Camelot and Annie Get Your Gun. The fee for the Music Circus Junior Company program is $650.

California Musical Theatre actively solicits women and minorities for non-traditional casting opportunities. Music Circus is a professional theatre organization. Union members and non-union performers are welcome.

Music Circus was founded in 1951 as the first professional musical theatre in the round west of the Mississippi. Until 2002, its first-class summer stock productions were presented under a canvas tent, the last of its kind in the country. In 2003, the company introduced its new, modern tent-theatre, the Wells Fargo Pavilion, which combines the traditional Arena Stage with improved audience comfort. Music Circus is the largest, continually operating musical theatre-in-the-round in the country, making it a landmark in the professional theatre community and a living museum of musical theatre history: Sacramento Music Circus is America's theatre-in-the-round. Music Circus operates under a contract with Actors Equity Association, the union for professional actors in the United States, and the majority of the principal and ensemble cast have extensive Broadway and national tour credits. The Acting Company will be announced in late spring.

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