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 Oregon
Cabaret Theatre
Casting Information for 2008 Season
Oregon Cabaret Theatre is a professional non-Equity theatre in Ashland, Oregon, just one block from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Our theatre is unique and elegant, housed in a beautifully renovated church with table-seating on tiered levels and balcony. 2008 is our 23rd season and we have built a reputation for producing top-quality shows with superb talent and high production values.
Salary is $1600-1700/month. Out-of-town actors receive $500/month housing stipend and $200 travel allowance. Some AEA Guest Artist contracts (tier 3) may be available.
Altar Boyz
Catholic boy band on a mission to save souls.
Rehearsals: Feb 20; Opens Mar 12; Closes June 1
Matthew – the dreamboat leader of the group; Mark – the sensitive one; Luke – the streetwise B-boy; Juan – the Latin hottie; Abraham – he’s Jewish.
All must be very strong singers (pop-contemp.) and dancers (hip-hop/contemp.)
archy and mehitabel
Cats, a cockroach, lightning bug and ladybugs; 50’s jazz score; Mel Brooks script.
Rehearsals: May 21; Opens June 11; Closes Aug 31
archy – cockroach poet; mehitabel – feline fatale; big bill tomcat – mehitabel’s tough beau; 3 female singer-dancers – play cats, ladybugs & broadway the lightning bug
All must be strong singer-dancer-actors comfortable in a jazz/Broadway style.
A Brief History of White Music
Mainstream white pop music (Beatles, etc) re-interpreted in a jazzy-soulful style.
Rehearsals: Aug 20; Opens Sept 10; Closes Nov 2
Male – high bari; Woman 1 – soprano belt; Woman 2 – richer gospel/soul voice
All must be strong African-American singers and dancers.
Ali Baba
A wacky musical in the British Panto style; original score based on Scheherazade.
Rehearsals: Oct 22; Opens Nov 12; Closes Dec 31
Ali Baba – young hero on a quest (high bari); Scheherazade/Pearl – shapely young singer-dancer (sop-belt); Pasha Poobah/ Genie – evil villain/wry genie (bass-bari); Ruby Twankey – Brooklyn-born ex-hippie; played by male (tenor); Fish – a little British punk; Chip – tall British twit…together they play singing/dancing Camel
All must be great comic actors who sing and move very well.
AUDITION
SCHEDULE
All
auditions by appointment only –e-mail jim@oregoncabaret.com
to request an appointment or submit materials. Artistic Director Jim Giancarlo will be auditor.
Audition slots are 5 minutes total and should include a brief contemporary monologue and 2 contrasting songs (32 bars each). Gear your material toward the show(s) you are most interested in. Generally, songs from the show are OK. If dance is one of your strengths it’s a good idea to show that in your audition.
NEW
YORK CITY
Saturday December 8 (10am-2pm) and Monday December 10 (1-6pm). Dance call @ 6:00. Ripley-Grier Studios, 520 8th Ave at 36th St.
SEATTLE
Saturday
December 15 (10am-2pm) and Monday December 17 (3-7pm). Dance call @ 7:00pm. University of Washington, Hutchinson Hall, Room #211
SAN
FRANCISCO
Monday
January 7 (2-7pm). Dance call @ 7:00pm.
San Francisco Playhouse, 533 Sutter between Powell & Mason.
ASHLAND
TBA
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