UPCOMING AUDITIONS

  Auditions for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Burien Little Theatre

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Burien Little Theatre announces auditions for the 1950s rock & roll musical version of Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” adapted by Arne Zaslove and updated in 2008.

BLT is seeking actors to play roles ages 16 to 60—you don’t have to be those ages, just portray them.

Auditions are Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27, 2009, from 7 to 10 p.m. Callbacks are Wednesday, October 28 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Please prepare a comic monologue, preferably from Shakespeare’s work, and two short contrasting songs (serious/comedy, ballad/patter). Bring resume and headshot. Callbacks will consist of cold readings from the script and work with music from the show.

Please make audition appointment: audition@burienlittletheatre.org, or call Burien Little Theatre at (206) 242-5180. 

Performances are at Burien Little Theatre in Burien from February 12 through March 21, 2010.

Synopsis: A be-bopping version of Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identities and love, featuring classic ‘50s rock and roll tunes. Set at Athens High on graduation day 1957, the characters, in poodle skirts and leather jackets, sing and dance the night away.

Rehearsals begin in earnest Sunday, January 3, 2010, with a couple of rehearsals possible in early December.

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Stage director Maggie Larrick and music director Ann Sager.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> $100 stipend provided.

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Character List:

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Theseus – Age range 30-45. High school principal. Straight, mature, fatherly image.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Hippolyta - Age range 25-45. Drama/gym teacher. Friendly, well-liked.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Egeus – Age range 36-60. Tyrant father. Chorus singing only required.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Lysander – Age range 17-18. Athletic, Mister Popularity, could have a crewcut. Could be African American.T-shirt, jeans and basketball shoes. Letterman.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Demetrius – Age range 17-18. Pat Boone type.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Hermia – Age range 17-18. Small, cute, Miss Popularity, homecoming queen.  Must be shorter than Helena. Saddle oxfords.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Helena – Age range 17-18. Cute, but with glasses. Must be taller than Hermia. Studious. Poodle skirt and penny loafers.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Peter Quince – Age range 25-50. Head custodian, has all the keys. Or head coach, with whistle, basketball cap and clipboard. Fussy, nervous.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Snug the Joiner – Age range 25-50. Big coveralled laborer, plumber.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Francis Flute – Age range 25-50. Charmer. Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Nick Bottom – Age range 25-50. Loudmouth, bowling shirt, pot belly. Bully. Ham.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Tom Snout – Age range 25-50. Generic custodian. Gentle and shy.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Starveling – Age range 19-22.  Beatnik who happens to have a job, recent graduate.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Oberon – Age range 18-25. Elvis/Fons, rock ‘n’ roll coolcat. D.A. (duck’s ass) haircut. Could be out of school already.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Titania –  Age range 17-18. Va-va-voom. The high school knockout. Pedal pushers, tight sweater, mature beyod her years. Dates guys in pickup trucks, lives in trailer camps. Cool and sexy.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Puck – Age 16. Class clown (could be male or female). Oberon groupie. Wise-guy, offbrat. Freshman in a group of seniors.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Fairies – Age 16-18. Cheerleaders/slumber party girls.

AND:

Further Auditions for "Christmas with the Crawfords." 

Work with a geat cast on the best Christmas show in the puget sound region!  BLT is seeking two adult actor to play the roles of Joan Crawford's son Christopher, and dughter Christina.  Many of the roles in this production are cross-dressing roles, and BLT is open to either gender for Christopher and Christina.

Burien Little Theatre is holading auditions on Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27, 2009, from 7 to 10 p.m. Callbacks are Wednesday, October 28 from 7 to 10 p.m. created by Richard Winchester and written by Mark Sargent. 

Character List:

Christopher Crawford – Male role, Joan’s son, age 5 (but played by an adult)

Christina Crawford – Female role, age 5 (but played by an adult), Joan’s daughter, actress and author, who became best known for writing “Mommie Dearest,” an expose of alleged child abuse by Joan Crawford.

Synopsis: Featuring Hollywood’s most famous dysfunctional family, this musical comedy pays tribute to and parodies Tinseltown’s “Golden Age.”  To revive her ailing career, Joan Crawford arranges a live radio broadcast in her home on Christmas Eve, 1944, but uninvited celebrity guests hog the spotlight to sing their holiday favorites.  A surprise hit since 1992.

Performances are at Burien Little Theatre in Burien from November 27 to December 20, 2009.

Stage director Steve Cooper and music director Ann Sager.

$100 stipend provided.

For auditioning, please prepare two short contrasting songs (serious/comedy; ballad/patter) and a short comic monologue under two minutes long. Accompanist will be provided.  Please also bring headshot and resume.  Actors invited to callbacks will do cold readings from the script and working with music from the show.  Choreography is minimal.

Please make an audition appointment, by emailing  audition@burienlittletheatre.org, or call Burien Little Theatre at (206) 242-5180.

Auditions and callbacks will be held in Studio 2 at the Burien Coimmunity Center, located at the intersection of S.W. 146th and 4th Avenue S.W. in Burien.  DIRECTIONS

August 24, 25 and 26th:

Auditions for "Christmas with the Crawfords." 

This is information is subject to slight revision:

BLT is seeking adult actors to play characters ranging in age from 2 to 49, including some cross-dressing roles for the musical comedy “Christmas with the Crawfords,” created by Richard Winchester and written by Mark Sargent.

Synopsis: Featuring Hollywood’s most famous dysfunctional family, this musical comedy pays tribute to and parodies Tinseltown’s “Golden Age.”  To revive her ailing career, Joan Crawford arranges a live radio broadcast in her home on Christmas Eve, 1944, but uninvited celebrity guests hog the spotlight to sing their holiday favorites.  A surprise hit since 1992.

Performances are at Burien Little Theatre in Burien from November 27 to December 20, 2009.

Rehearsals begin Sunday, October 18, 2009.

Auditions are Monday, Aug. 24 and Tuesday, Aug. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. Callbacks are Wednesday, Aug. 26 from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Stage director Steve Cooper and music director Ann Sager.

$100 stipend provided.

For auditioning, please prepare two short contrasting songs (serious/comedy; ballad/patter) and a short comic monologue under two minutes long. Accompanist will be provided.  Please also bring headshot and resume.  Actors invited to callbacks will do cold readings from the script and working with music from the show.  Choreography is minimal.

Please make an audition appointment, by emailing  audition@burienlittletheatre.org, or call Burien Little Theatre at (206) 242-5180.

Auditions and callbacks will be held in Studio 2 at the Burien Coimmunity Center, located at the intersection of S.W. 146th and 4th Avenue S.W. in Burien.    DIRECTIONS 

Character List:

*Note: Traditionally, many of these are cross-dressing roles, particularly Joan Crawford, but we are open to either gender.  Some roles may also ba double cast.

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Joan Crawford – Traditionally, a gender-bending role, but we are open to either gender, age 39, famous movie star, desperate to revive her ailing career

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Christina Crawford – Female role, age 5 (but played by an adult), Joan’s daughter, actress and author, who became best known for writing “Mommie Dearest,” an expose of alleged child abuse by Joan Crawford

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Christopher Crawford – Male role, Joan’s son, age 5 (but played by an adult)

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->Shirley Temple – Female role, age 16, famous movie star, she’s a sugar-coated tough cookie

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->Jane Crawford – Female role, age 36, Joan’s “sister,” actually a younger version of Baby Jane as played by Bette Davis in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Andrews Sisters – famous singing trio who also appeared in several films:

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->Laverne – Female role, age 33

Maxene – Female role, age 28

Patty – Female role, age 26

Hedda Hopper – Female role, age 59, film actress and famous Hollywood gossip columnist

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Judy Garland – Female role, age 22, famous movie star and singer

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Gloria Swanson – Female role, age 45, famous movie star on the downside of her career

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Hattie McDaniel – Female role, age 49, African-American signer and film actress, best known for her role as Mammie in the film “Gone with the Wind”

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Carmen Miranda – Female role, age 35, Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and famous star of stage and screen

Ethel Merman - Female role, age 36, famous stage actress

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Thursday August 27, 2009:

Auditions for readings of "The Undescended."

By  Christopher Bailey

Burien Little Theatre invites actors to audition for a reading of a new full-length play, “The Undescended,” by Christopher Bailey. (This play is under consideration for BLT's 2010-11 season.)

Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script on Thursday, August 27 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Synopsis: Mysterious psychological drama with darkly comic moments.

Character List:

Jim Atwater: Psychiatric resident in his mid to late 30s

Tom Maser: Jim’s colleague, a psychiatrist in his mid to late 40s

Diane Atwater: Jim’s wife, an attorney in her mid to late 30s; the couple has no children, which has created an issue 

Lana Devlin: Jim’s psychiatric patient, in her mid to late 20s

The time commitment is minimal as two to three rehearsals are planned.

There will be three public readings at Burien Little Theatre in Burien on October 3, 24 and 31, 2009, that is the first and the last two Saturdays of the run of "Psycho Beach Party."

Make audition appointment or just show up!  For an appointment, contact readings@burienlittletheatre.org or call 206-242-5180. Please also bring resume and headshot if available.

Auditions will be in Room 5 at the Burien Community Center, located at the intersection of S.W. 146th St. and 4th Ave. S.W. in Burien.    DIRECTIONS

Burien Little Theatre's auditions are open to all ethnicities.