Auditions: April 14 at NJPAC
Performances: July 18-22 at Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University
July 26-29, Sitnick Theater at the Lackland Performing Arts Center
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT) are seeking singers, actors and dancers ages 15-23 to audition for their annual summer musical collaboration. This year’s production will be the hit-packed Smokey Joe’s Café. It will play in the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University from July 18th-22nd and in the Sitnik Theatre at the Lackland Performing Arts Center from July 26th-29th. Open call auditions for dancers will be held from 9 a.m. – 11a.m on Saturday, April 14th at NJPAC’s Center for Arts Education. Open call auditions for singer/actors will be held from from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 14th at NJPAC’s Center for Arts Education. Dance callbacks will start at 6 p.m. on April 14th and final callbacks will be held by appointment on Saturday, April 21st both at the Center for Arts Education.
Rehearsals for the show will be held on weekends and Monday evenings between May 19th and June 8th; six days a week from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. between June 18 and July 9. “Tech” week will start July 9th. Rehearsals at the Lackland Performing Arts Center will take place July 24.
Smokey Joe’s Café features the classic hits of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The score includes 40 of the greatest rock and roll songs ever recorded, including “Stand By Me,” “On Broadway,” “Spanish Harlem” and “I’m a Woman.”
Sets, props and wardrobe operations, onstage and backstage, will be in the hands of professionals assisted by young technical interns in each area. The actors, musicians and technical interns will come from across the Metro-area and participate free of charge in this unique project. Past NJPAC/NJYT Summer Musical productions include last year’s Kiss Me, Kate; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Ragtime: The Musical (both productions named by Peter Filichia of The Star Ledger as New Jersey’s “Best Musical Revivals,” in 2009 and 2006) as well as productions of Midnight Madness, 1776, Guys & Dolls,Anything Goes, West Side Story (recipient of the 2003 Music Theatre International “Award of Excellence”), South Pacific, Once On This Island, Brigadoon, Oliver! and Carousel.
Who: Musical theater performers ages 15- 22.
What: Sing a song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, preferably from the Smokey Joe’s Caféscore. Bring appropriate sheet music in the correct key, a photo and a resume. The Smokey Joe’s Café score will be available at auditions. Female performers should be able to BELT to an E above C.
Dancers
9 a.m.-11 a.m. (1950s, 1960s, ballet)
Singers/Actors
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dance Callbacks, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Callbacks by appointment
9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
All auditions to be held at:
NJPAC’s Horizon Theater in the Center for Arts Education24 Rector Street, Newark, NJ |
Horizon Foundation Theater
New Jersey Youth Theatre, formerly known as the Westfield Young Artists Cooperative Theatre, is one of the most celebrated youth theater companies in New Jersey, enabling young artists to receive the highest caliber, professional level theatrical experience and education possible. Performers learn firsthand about musical theater by participating in a full-scale, professional level production.
The NJPAC/New Jersey Youth Theatre Summer Musical Program is made possible in part by McCrane Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,Provident Bank, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, Lillian P. Schenck Fund, Yahoo! Employee Foundation and the Westfield Foundation..
www.njyouththeatre.org
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit
www.njpac.org for more information.
Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by Discover Jersey Arts.
NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.
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