One For All Musical Theatre announces auditions for:
Esther: a musical
Script by: Aaron Alsmeyer and Beth Waisman
Music and Lyrics by: Aaron Alsmeyer
Orchestra Director, and Producer: Kim Moore
Director: Grace Spath
Co-director: Matthew Kischer
Choreography: Don Vinkenberg
Choral Director: Laurie Needam
Audition dates are: July 7th, July 14th, July 21st, July 28th, August 4th, August 11th, August 18th, August 25th from 10 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Location: Rockbrook United Methodist Church
What to Bring: Please bring your headshot, resume, and 16-32 bars of music with sheet music for you to sing. The audition will also have cold reads, movement, and dance.
Casting: We are looking for all sorts of ages to fill in roles, and the casting breakdown is as followed
-8 major female roles
-6 major male roles
-100+ ensemble/chorus members!
Rehearsals for Esther will begin on Friday, September 14, 2018, at Rockbrook UMC. Rehearsals will be from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm on Friday evenings through March 2, 2019
Dress rehearsals and performances of Esther will be held at the Salvation Army Kroc Center,
2825 Y Street, Omaha NE 68107. Dress rehearsals will be on Monday through Wednesday, March 4-6, 2019.
Performances will be on Thursday through Sunday, March 7-10, 2019.
If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail Mathew Kischer at
mlkkischer@gmail.com
For more information:
http://www.oneforallmusicaltheater.org/
The Story:
Young, orphaned, and a refugee in a foreign land, things seem like they couldn’t get much worse for Hadassah. Then her guardian Mordecai brings home the news that the King of Persia–Xerxes–has decided to divorce his queen and will have his pick of the ladies of the land for his new queen. It might seem like the opportunity of a lifetime, but for Hadassah, who has to change her name to Esther, things take a darker turn.
An evil, scheming prince wants to destroy not only her beloved guardian, but wants to wipe out her entire people group, in a BC-era genocide attempt that rivals the ruthless mindset of Hitler.
In the events that follow, the story moves at such a breathless pace and circumstances align in such a way that Esther sees her purpose and concludes she was placed in her unique role for “such a time as this.”
This musical is very true to the Hebrew feel of the story both in text, and music which is a rarity in modern musical theatre.
The auditions are posted as Facebook events, if you would try join them so that they know who will be there on each day, that would be much appreciated by the director.
July 7th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/492339251184988/
July 14th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/614432705581424/
July 21st:
https://www.facebook.com/events/894742990727725/
July 28th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/799476053583968/
August 4th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/194322258084962/
August 11th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/201821300537845/
August 18th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/601883603531034/
August 25th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/187270765462557/
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