Auditions for Fun Home at Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio - Renaissance Performing Arts

Auditions for Fun Home

Submissions Open October 3rd - October 10th

Performances January 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th at 8pm and January 21st and 28th at 2:30pm



The Renaissance Theatre is seeking actors/singers for their production of Fun Home

All ethnicities encouraged to submit

Performance dates: January 19,20, 26 and 27, 2024 at 8pm January 21 and 28, 2024 at 2:30pm



Production: Fun Home, Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel

Directed by Jenny Bennett

Musical Direction by Michael Thomas

Venue: Renaissance Theatre, 138 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, OH 44902



Auditions: Please submit a 32-bar cut of a musical theatre song in the style of the show.

When: Video submissions accepted Oct 3rd, 2023-Oct 10, 2023. There will be no in-person auditions for this production.

Who: Actors between the ages of 9 and 50 (Please see character description.) The Renaissance Theatre values diversity and inclusion in all activities. Performers of all ethnicities, gender (identity or expression), sexual orientation, and disabilities are encouraged to audition.

Compensation: Nonunion guest artist contracts start at $200 weekly, and include housing and a $100 travel stipend.

How to submit: Please send an unlisted YouTube link of your audition cut to production@rentickets.org. Please include:



Name

Resume

Headshot

Height

Vocal range

Role you are auditioning for

Will you accept any role? (Y/N)

Address, email and phone number



Rehearsal/performance schedule:



Dec 27 6-9PM children and local actors

Dec 28 6-9PM same

Dec 30 10AM-2PM same

January 2 music with full cast 6-10PM

January 3 music with full cast 6-8, staging 8-10PM

January 4 staging 6-10PM

January 6 staging 10AM-4PM

January 7 12-4PM

January 8, 6-10PM

January 9 6-10PM

January 10 6-10PM

January 11 6-10PM

January 13 10AM-4PM

January 14 12-4PM (tech Sunday)

January 15 6-10PM

January 16 6-10PM

January 17 6-10PM

January 18 6-10 PM(final dress)



Performances: January 19, 20, 26, 27 at 8PM and January 21 and 28 at 2:30PM January 25 brushup rehearsal, 6-10PM



About the theatre: The Renaissance Theatre is a 1400-seat movie palace that was built in 1928 as part of the Warner Brothers theatre chain. A complete renovation took place in the 1980s and 1990s, and an expansion in 2009. It is located at 138 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, OH. The Renaissance produces 6-8 professional mainstage and Theatre 166 black box productions each season. Theatre 166 also hosts the Emerging Artists Festival, which showcases new, original work by playwrights from all over the world. Guest artists are paid a performance stipend as well as travel and housing stipends. The Renaissance also offers Equity Guest Artist contracts.



About the director: JENNY BENNETT is a fourth-generation director, actor, and educator. Her directing includes Richard III, The Fall of King Henry (3 Henry VI), Much Ado about Nothing, King Lear, and The Winter's Tale in the Blackfriars Playhouse at the American Shakespeare Center; The Three Musketeers (9 AUDELCO nominations, four awards), Henry V (3 AUDELCO awards) at the Classical Theatre of Harlem; and Much Ado About Nothing at Titan Theatre Company. In Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Jenny founded a theatre company and collaborated with international artists for seven years, while also training Pronunciation & Speech through theatre practice at Shu-Te University. She was an SDCF Kurt Weill Fellow on Lost in the Stars at WNO in the Kennedy Center. Jenny is a member of AEA, SDC, and the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. B.A., Drama, University of Virginia, M.F.A., Acting, PTTP at University of Delaware



Note about staged intimacy: All scenes with intimacy follow a specific set of staging and rehearsal protocols rooted in consent and safety for the actors. Theatrical intimacy is any action on stage where the given circumstances of the scene or the overall production calls for touch, both physical and imaginative, or moments between actors of simulated sexuality or sexual violence.
Salary: Starting at $200/week