Auditions for Equity and non-Equity actors. For more information or to register for auditions: 330-972-8301 or concerts@uakron.edu Final auditions are Saturday, March 9, for the August 8-10, 2013 world premiere of “Tuning In” at E.J. Thomas Hall at The University of Akron.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. outside Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., across from E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. • Actors, singers and dancers sought. • Roles available for men and women; ages 18 and up, including older adults. • Equity and non-Equity actors welcome. • Bring photo and resume. •
Prepare 16 to 32 measures — preferably from the American Songbook focusing on tunes from the 1930s and 1940s. "Tuning In" creative team: • Director/choreographer: George Pinney — Tony nominee, Emmy winner • Musical director: Terry LaBolt — acclaimed Broadway conductor • Music & lyrics: Larry Kass • Book: Larry Kass & Ron Newell
"Tuning In," a brand new musical premiering in August 8-10, 2013, at The University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, is about a nostalgia radio station in a retirement village in Ohio. The station is staffed by resident volunteers, all of whom had previous careers in show business. Their station and the Big Band Era they love is threatened when the corporation owning the retirement village threatens to change the format to make the station more profitable. The residents decide to fight back to preserve what is dear to them, and to raise funds with a radio-thon where they all perform. The generation gap is closed when college volunteers interact with the senior citizens, learning mutual respect and admiration. There are passionate romances, frustrations, elations, and determinations, ending in a high note at the end of the show as the performers connect with the audience. “Tuning In" features singing, dancing, and a pit orchestra like Broadway musicals of the past.
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