PERFORMANCES:
- Dates: Sept. 24, Oct. 1-2, 8-9, 2021
- Venue for Sept. 24 New Vida Church of God, 3727 W. Kiest Blvd, Dallas, TX 75133
- Venue for Oct. 1-9 The LOT Downtown, 110 S. Main St., Mansfield, TX 76063
- Promotional excerpt performances: Sunday mornings, Sept 12-19-26-various locations TBA
AUDITIONS:
- Dates:
- Fri. August 6 - 7pm - Voice and Dance (come w appropriate footwear and dressed to move)
- Sat. August 7
- 9am - Callbacks for Dance 2nd Level
- 10am - Callbacks for Acting/Singing to include Script sides, and improv
- Venue: Stacia's School of Dance, Studio B; 212 Houston St., Cedar Hill, TX 75104
REHEARSALS:
- Rehearsals Begin: Thursday, August 12, 7pm. Stacia's School of Dance.
- Rehearsals expectations:
- Full Cast including Chorus - should expect Friday nights and some Saturdays, until final rehearsal span.
- Featured Company & Jesus - rehearsal schedule will be intensive. In addition to the Full Cast schedule, The Featured Company should expect a minimum of 2-3 additional evenings a week.
- IMPORTANT TO NOTE regarding The Featured Company: The show revolves around this essential group who is onstage together the entire time. Therefore they must rehearse together extensively, developing a high level of mutual trust and become a single functioning unit. If you wish to be considered for this elite group, it will be best to minimize your outside evening conflicts for the span of rehearsals. Every effort will be made to find mutually common rehearsal evenings. Little compensation can be allowed for absences.
- ALL MUST CLEAR CONFLICTS FOR FINAL SPAN OF REHEARSALS AND ALL PERFORMANCES: Sept 17-Oct. 9
FOR AUDITION:
- Vocal: Prepare best 16 bars of a Broadway song. Bring sheet music. Accompanist is provided. (No accompaniment trax please.) Select something that not only showcases your voice quality and range, but also provides you with best opportunity to demonstrate your acting.
- Dance:
- Fri. Level 1 - All participate in basic movement audition including strong jazz technique and physical pantomime skills.
- Sat. Level 2 - Callback dance audition including jazz leaps and turns, contemporary expressive movement.
- Acting Callbacks - Readings from Script Sides, pantomime, improv.
CASTING NEEDS: Seeking a multi-ethnic, diverse cast of teens/adults of all ages for GODSPELL, the Stephen Schwartz musical with book by John-Michael Tebelak. Seeking strong singer/actors who can move well. The cast will be larger than the traditional ten characters. This production WILL include the Prologue and Tower of Babble
- Leading Role: Jesus | Singer/Actor who can move well (vocal range A3- G4); solos God Save the People, Beautiful City, Alas for You, All for the Best
- Additional named characters Judas/John the Baptist will be double cast from within the Featured Company.
- Featured Company of 10-12 (evenly balanced men/women) †Strong Singer/Actor/Dancers; as the core community of followers/disciples of Jesus; specific characterizations not completely necessary. Songs & specific parable assignments ultimately will be assigned based on individual talent and not necessarily following scripted characters. While these must be able to stand out with strong performance skills, it is important that they are able to function as an ensemble unit.
- Strong soloists: These individuals will be covering all major solos of the show. See GODSPELL CALLBACK SONG EXCERPTS spreadsheet for more details.
- Strong actors: They are onstage throughout the entire production and must show strong comedic/improv skills, functioning well as a unified acting ensemble. The opportunity to work together this extensively is like no other show experience!
- Strong Musicians: The 2012 Revised Edition has extensive and intricate vocal arrangements which are really challenging. This group must be able to learn highly intricate harmony parts!
- Strong Movers: This is a HIGH ENERGY production requiring the ability to MOVE and sustain the energy!
- Additional Chorus of 10-20 strong singer/dancers, singers who move, or dancers who sing; this additional group will join on specific large ensemble numbers such as Day by Day, Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord, Light of the World, O Bless the Lord, We Beseech Thee, Beautiful City, Finale.
- The song On the Willows could potentially be covered by a duet from this group, although it is traditionally covered by the band.
https://www.familymusictheatre.com/auditions
