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THE PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES OPEN
AUDITIONS FOR ITS 64th SEASON
The Parkway Playhouse will hold open
auditions in Burnsville for the plays and musicals scheduled for its 64th Season
on March 13th and 20th starting at 10am, and March 28
starting at 2pm at the Mountain Heritage Center in Burnsville, NC. People with
questions about the audition process are encouraged to contact the theatre at
828-682-4285 or send an email to
info@parkwayplayhouse.com.
The Parkway Playhouse is also seeking
musicians for orchestra and band positions as well as staff for the theatres box
office, production office, and scene shop. There are numerous volunteer
opportunities in addition to the seasonal staff that is hired at the theatre.
People of all ages and levels of experience with an interest are encouraged to
audition.
“Auditions are a big part of the creative
process for a theatre. Being a part of a play or musical is a big commitment
and the first step is to audition, it demonstrates the performer’s commitment to
the show. Everyone who gets on stage auditions for the role that they get”
commented Parkway Playhouse Producing Artistic Director, Andrew Gall. “It can
be an anxious experience, but the best casting comes from auditions. I have
worked with actors over and over, and they still must participate in an
audition. It is rare to just be asked to be in a play.”
All auditions will be held at the Mountain
Heritage Center in Burnsville, located at 113 Green Mountain Drive and at the
theatre. No experience is required and interested adult performers should be
prepared to read scenes from the play with other potential actors, sing either a
prepared section of 16 bars of a song or will learn one at the auditions, and
actors wishing to be considered for the musicals Annie or Guys and
Dolls will also participate in a short dance audition. Last year over 100
people came to Burnsville to audition for the Parkway Playhouse and most were
from Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Mars Hill, and the Asheville area. The theatre,
which hires a small corps of professional actors, receives over 500 resumes from
actors across the country and the competition for the college internship program
is fierce.
“The number of people who auditioned for the
theatre in during my first season in 2004 was about 20” continued Gall. “We
struggled to find people. The fact that we had a cast of 45 in Oklahoma!
last summer is inspiring. I know there is a lot of interest in Annie and
Guys and Dolls. However, we need passionate people for all of our
productions to make them successful.”
The cast of Annie and Guys and
Dolls will be the largest with about 25 people in each show. Pride and
Prejudice will have a cast of fourteen, The Ballad of Tom Dooley
will have a cast of about 10 and Leaving Iowa has a cast of 6. The bulk
of the performers who end up being cast will be drawn from the talent that comes
to the auditions this month.
Auditions on Saturday March 13 will start at
10:00 AM and will be to cast adults aged 15 and up in the musicals Annie,
Guys and Dolls, and the world premiere folk musical The Ballad of Tom
Dooley. The non-musicals, Leaving Iowa and Pride and Prejudice
will have open auditions on Sunday March 28, starting at 2:00pm.
On Saturday, March 20, casting for children
aged 7-14 will start at 10am. Annie calls for 7 girl orphans –
including the title role and some roles, according to Gall, who is directing the
production, will be double cast (meaning two actors will share the role and
alternate at performances). Additional roles for children of various ages are
in Guys and Dolls. Children wishing to be considered for a major
speaking/singing role in Annie should learn the song “ Tomorrow” from
Annie or “Luck be a Lady” from Guys and Dolls. No adults will be
read on this date. Parents with questions about the audition process are
encouraged to contact the theatre before March 20th.
Information about all of these shows,
including more detailed audition and calendar information can be found on the
Parkway Playhouse website at
www.parkwayplayhouse.com. Scripts are available at the TRAC Gallery in
Spruce Pine and Burnsville, as well as the Parkway Playhouse office located in
the Mountain Heritage Center across from the theatre.
For more information about the Parkway
Playhouse, its 2010 season, performances, or becoming a sponsor, please call
the Parkway Playhouse office at 828-682-4285 or visit the Parkway Playhouse
website at www.parkwayplayhouse.com

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