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AUDITIONS for the JPAS' 36th Season will beJuly 13, 2013 from 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Warehouse Rehearsal Space
Next to Compass Furniture and the new Party Planet Xtreme, behind Ochsner
(click address for more details)
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AUDITIONS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Those interested in Blueberry Hill (a new musical by Butch Claire)
should come prepared to sing Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill," Irma Thomas' "It's Raining," and Art Neville's "All These Things." We will have music for these songs in a variety of keys.
Please bring a current headshot and resume. For questions, email
ALL ROLES ARE COMPENSATED!
The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold auditions for all roles in the following productions listed below.
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I Didn't Know That!
By Johnny Saldaña, Louis Moloney, Joyce Selber and Rachel Winfree
Directed by Phillip A. Benson
Rehearsals are August 12, 2013 - September 11, 2013
Performances Sept 12-15 Teatro Wego and Area School Tours TBA
A lighthearted revue of first facts, selected oddities and world records. The Guinness Book of World Records is incorporated in this creative and exciting new comedy for children. I Didn't Know That!presents more than 50 startling facts in a 35-minute, trivia-style revue. Audiences have "oohed" and "aaahhed" in amazement to learn such fascinating facts as the first policewoman, the origins of superstitions and the world records for leapfrogging, sneezing and egg laying. Rapid-fire sketches and songs plus total reliance on ensemble acting make this comedy both simple and challenging to stage-and a world winner with young audiences.
SEEKING 3 Actor/actresses 20s-30s who can improvise and are able to work during the day for school tours
Blueberry Hill
Directed by Butch Caire
Rehearsals begin August 18, 2013
Performances are September 20-October 6, 2013 in Teatro Wego! and October 18-27 Northshore
This New Orleans "Jukebox Musical" is truly homegrown with a story by Butch Caire featuring classic New Orleans R&B songs made famous by local musical icons like Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, Ernie K-Doe, and many others! Not a revue type show or a retelling of the history of the recording business, Blueberry Hill instead tells a new story of everyday people who find themselves dealing with love & betrayal, laughter & tears. Audiences will find themselves sharing in the joy and sadness onstage and singing along as the plot takes some unexpected twists while bringing to life the songs they know and love.
Writer/director and Big Easy Award winner as Best Director (JPAS' "The Light in the Piazza"), Butch Caire is looking for actors with strong voices who can dance well, harmonize, and bring out the tenderness, playfulness, pathos, and (above all) humor of these classic R&B songs.
Auditioners should come prepared to sing Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill," Irma Thomas' "It's Raining," and Art Neville's "All These Things." We will have music for these songs in a variety of keys. Come find your thrill at BLUEBERRY HILL!
CHARACTERS
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Pete - male, middle-aged, Caucasian - owner of the Blueberry Hill Bar & Grill (This role is already cast)
Johnny - male, 20's, Caucasian - Pete's son, a college senior in love with Claudia
Claudia - female, 20's, African-American - a college senior in love with Johnny
Josie - female, middle-aged, African-American - Claudia's mother
Willie - male, middle-aged, African-American - works at the Blueberry Hill Bar & Grill
Thea - female, 20's-30's, African-American - works at the Blueberry Hill Bar & Grill
Della - female, 20's-30's, African American - works at the Blueberry Hill Bar & Grill
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
Directed by: John Brooks
Rehearsals begin September 21, 2013
Performances are: October 18-November 3, 2013 Teatro Wego! and November 8-17, 2013 on the Northshore
A new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror. On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll's experiments with exotic "powders and tinctures" have brought forth his other self-Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend. When Hyde meets a woman who stirs his interest, Jekyll fears for her life and decides to end his experiments. But Hyde has other ideas, and so the two sides battle each other in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to determine who shall be the master and who his slave. With multiple Hydes portrayed by members of the cast.
SEEKING 4 men ( 2 aged 55+) and 2 women (doubling)
Murder at Café Noir
Director: "Uncle Wayne" Daigrepont
Rehearsals are December 29, 2013 - January 23, 2014
Performances: January 24 - February 9, 2014 Teatro Wego! and February 14 - 23, 2014 Northshore
A play with some music/singing. This forties detective story come to life features Rick Archer, P.I., out to find a curvaceous runaway on the forgotten island of Mustique, a place stuck in a black and white era. The owner of the Cafe Noir has washed ashore, murdered, and Rick's quarry was the last person seen with him. He employs his hard boiled talents to find the killer. Was it the French madame and club manager, the voodoo priestess, the shyster British attorney, the black marketeer or the femme fatale? The audience votes twice on what they want Rick to do next and these decisions change the flow of this comic tribute to the Bogart era.
CHARACTERS
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RICK ARCHER - age 25-50 some singing - a private eye who's always wanted to be Bogart or Mitchum in one of those 40s film noir movies, and has not gotten his chance.
MADAM TOREAU - age 30-50 some singing - a lady who's seen it all while managing the Cafe Noir - where everything is for sale.
SHEILA WONDERLY - age 20-30 some singing her real name is Sheilda Schickelmeier. Once a spoiled rich girl, she took a job at Cafe Noir and learned about life the hardest way of all, becoming hardened in the process.
ANTHONY CAIRO - age 30-50 - a dealer in the black market working Cafe Noir to avoid the St. Vincent police. He has two scars, one on either side of his face.
MARIE LARUE -age 18-30 some singing the Creole illegitimate daughter of a Voodoo priestess and a St. Vincent's political figure. She sells spells and fortunes at Cafe Noir.
SIMON GUTTERMAN - age 30-50 some singing a British barrister who lost his standing when he became implicated in a scandal of having affairs with wealthy female clients. He now caters to the clientele of Cafe Noir. Simon is always looking for a quick way to make it to the top.
THURSBY - a two bit gun runner.
VANGILDER - a Dutch blackmailer. RIGFIELD - a British cop from St. Vincent.
CASTING NOTES
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THURSBY, VANGILDER and RIGFIELD are all played by the same actor. age 30-50 some singing
Director: Phillip A. Benson
Rehearsals are February 8, 2014 - March 6, 2014
Performances: March 7-23, 2014 Teatro Wego! and March 28-April 6, 2014Northshore
An appalling situation. A bridegroom wakes on his wedding morning in his own bridal suite, with his bride-to-be about to arrive any moment, and finds a strange girl in bed beside him. What's more an extremely attractive girl whom, in the depths of his post stag-night hangover, he can't remotely remember even having been introduced to. Worse - during the ensuing panic to get the stranger dressed and out of the way, the bride arrives and the girl is trapped in the bathroom. The only way out of the dilemma is to persuade the best man to pretend that the hidden girl is his girl friend. Then the problem is that the best man's real girl friend has to be kept ignorant of the fact. By the time the bride's parents and half the hotel staff get in on the act, the chaos reaches nuclear proportions!
CHARACTERS
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RACHEL - the bride, 20s, always in command
BILL - the groom, 20s, rarely in command
TOM - the best man, 20s, solid, dependable
JUDY - a girl, 20s, very attractive
JULIE - a chambermaid, 20s, kooky, volatile
DAPHNE - the bride's mother, 40s, emotional
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JPAS is also accepting applications and volunteers for technical positions in scenic, costuming, sound, lighting and stage managers for the 36th Season. If you are interested in a technical position with JPAS, please send your resume to Production Manager, Nicholas Frederick at production@jpas.org. You can also mail your materials to JPAS at 1118 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, LA 70001.
JPAS is accepting volunteers age 15+ for various positions including house staff, administrative assistance, production assistance, stage crew and wardrobe crew. Interested volunteers should contact Box Office Manager/Volunteer Coordinator, Phillip A. Benson at boxoffice@jpas.org or call 504-885-2000 ext. 202. |
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