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SHOWCASE 2014: Winter Quarter
Friday, May 24, 1-4pm, Room 108

Sign up for an audition time slot immediately on the Casting Office door.

Please submit your headshot and resume to the Casting Office when you sign up to audition.

Only students who expect to graduate in a 2014 are eligible to audition (Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014 AND Fall 2014)

Please Prepare: Two contrasting contemporary monologues totaling under 5 minutes OR if you are an INCREDIBLY STRONG SINGER prepare 1 monologue and one 32 bar song.  Make sure that the material you choose represents who you will be in Showcase.

You will be judged on a numbers rating scale.  Your work ethic and attitude in your years spent at SCAD will also be factored in.  You must have a 3.0 GPA or higher, and you cannot have failed any MPRA classes.  If you don’t plan on moving to NY or LA, there is no need to audition.

Understand that you will be contributing, out of your own pocket, a minimum of $750 (airfare & accommodations).  This year we may go to LA so it may be an additional $700. Fundraising opportunities will be available.

If you have any questions or concerns please email Professor Andra Reeve-Rabb at areevera@scad.edu.

From Professors Majkowski and Ballard:

We’re about to embark on a great adventure and a first for SCAD:  A Shakespeare Tour to area High Schools.

We’ve both been directly involved as actors and directors in such tours in our own careers.  We know it requires a very special type of performer.  It demands a unique form of commitment.  Such actors need not only to be talented, but particularly mature and professional in both manner and action.  You become ambassadors, putting a face on the sponsoring institution.  You will be representing not only the Performing Arts and Production Design departments but Savannah College of Art and Design.

As actors we all know auditions are a subjective search for the right performer.  But one of the distinguishing elements of any audition— from the auditor’s perspective, not the actor’s— is to determine if the director feels the person is right.  Can they be fully trusted to be empathetic, mindful, artists?  Will they be troublesome to work with?  Are they sometimes less than fully reliable?  Having talent is only part of the casting equation.

Every theatre professional knows this basic truism:  People who are difficult to work with do not work—at least for any duration.  The bitter pill to this platitude is the simple fact that it is the producer who gets to make that call, not the actor.  So it goes without saying: all auditions are not created equally.

In classes, many of your professors have told you everything you do, every action you take, is a test.  In this sense, for actors, every day is an audition.  Whether you know it or not, you have been quietly revealing your levels of commitment, your work ethic, your attitude.  These qualities are three key elements in casting any actor in a tour to High Schools and are just as vitally important as having the right talent.  As Jaques says in “As You Like It,” you have been steadily inflating “the bubble reputation.”

We have had many of you in class(es).  We have worked with many of you on audition pieces or in rehearsals.  To this end, for some of you, this may be familiar territory.  For many others, this will be our opportunity to souse you out a bit more.

Actors ourselves, we dislike and disfavor anything smacking of pro forma auditions as much as you do.  Subsequently, it is our goal to make this selection process as brief and painless as possible.

We look forward to seeing you audition and break a leg,

VM/LB

Vivian Majkowski
Professor of Voice and Speech

Laurence Ballard
Professor of Performing Arts

Auditions and Artistic/Staff Positions:
Shakespeare Tour Fall 2013
ROMEO AND JULIET (this show may change after we create the company)

We will be creating a company of actors anywhere from 8-16 members (final number still TBA).  This company will tour area schools with a cut version of a classical play.  We will rehearse and run the show during Fall Quarter 2013. This tour will also be a class that meets in the TR 8am slot. We will be rehearsing during class as well as touring during that class time and/or on Fridays. Selected students will be asked to sign up for one of these special sections:

• MPRA 421 Advanced Classical Acting VM
• MPRA 377 Production Lab LB
• MPRA 377 Production Lab VM
• MPRA 478 Production Lab II LB

All Moxie, Mobb Liner and Compass Players: Please audition! Conflicts should be minimal for these fall shows.

AUDITIONS:

Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18; 5:00-8:00pm; Crites Room 306

Auditions are in 5 minute slots by appointment only.

Please prepare one of the following options (monologues must be memorized):

• two contrasting classical monologues
• one contemporary and one classical monologue
• one contemporary monologue (your choice) and a Shakespeare monologue selected from the attached document (Audition Monologues_Shakespeare Tour Fall 2013.pdf)

To sign up for an audition, please email Colleen Mond (cmond@scad.edu).

CALLBACKS:

Friday, April 19; 10:00am-12:00pm; Crites Room 306

At callbacks we will be looking at the following scenes from ROMEO AND JULIET:

• The Balcony Scene; Act 2 scene ii
• Friar Laurence and Romeo; Act 3 scene iii
• Nurse and the boys; Act 2 scene iv
• Lady Capulet, Nurse and Juliet; Act 1 scene iii
• Lord Capulet, Juliet, Lady Capulet and Nurse; Act 3 scene v
• The opening sonnet

ARTISTIC/STAFF POSITIONS:

We are also looking to fill the following Artistic/Staff positions:

• Stage Manager (1)
• Assistant Stage Manager (1-2)
• Assistant Director (1)
• Assistant Tour Manager (1)
• Dramaturge (1-2)

Please email Professors Ballard (lballard@scad.edu) and Majkowski (vmajakows@scad.edu) if you are interested in being considered for these positions; there will also be a place on the audition sheet to let us know this.

taking the leap

IMPROV AUDITION

Auditions for both Mobb Line and Moxie will be held on Friday, April 5 from 12-3pm in room 414.

A sign-up sheet will be posted on the door of room 408 Crites Hall.

If you have rehearsal for MONSTERS, URINETOWN or are in the Jed Bernstein course, please sign up right away to get an audition slot that doesn’t conflict with your rehearsal or class.

Children’s Theatre of Charlotte (CTC) has summer employment opportunities available to graduate and undergraduate students. We are hiring for Summer Camp Counselors and Summer Administrative Assistants. We would welcome applicants from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

CTC is a fully producing, professional theatre company whose primary audiences are young people ages 3-18 and families. Annually serving approximately 300,000, CTC is unique among theatres for youth by placing equal emphasis on the production of high quality professional performances and comprehensive educational offerings for elementary, middle and high school students. Our summer camp is part of this theatre education experience.

Timeline: May 29 – August 9, 2013; Monday-Friday 8:00am – 5:30pm

Compensation: $8.50/hr (40 hours per week minimum)

Summer staff must be able to provide their own housing and transportation.

Summer Camp Counselor

Theatre Camp Counselors will have direct supervision responsibilities working with children ages 3 -18 during Children’s Theatre of Charlotte Summer Camp. Duties include classroom assistance, drop-off and pick-up, snack time, post care and administrative duties. In addition to the daily duties, the Counselors may have the opportunity to observe and collaborate with Children’s Theatre Teaching Artists.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of one year of college required.
• Background in theatre or education preferred.
• Experience working with a variety of ages.
• Reliable transportation is required.
• Comfort with administrative duties.
• Experience with customer service and/or interacting with parents of young people.

Summer Administrative Assistant

The primary roles of a Summer Administrative Assistant are to complete administrative duties in relation to summer camp. These duties include generating camp materials such as roll sheets, story handouts, programs, name tags, and mailings while maintaining communication with parents, teachers, and summer staff. Administrative Assistants will also work directly with Summer Camp Counselors and Teaching Artists to offer support with supervision of students during camp operations.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of one year of college required.
• Background in theatre, education, or administration preferred.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and phone etiquette.
• Experience working with children and/or teens.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Interest or experience in Graphic Design preferred but not required.
• Experience with customer service and/or interacting with parents of children and teens.

The job requirements and application process can be found at http://www.ctcharlotte.org/jobs.html

For more info, click here:

Milwaukee Repertory Theater – Artistic Intern Program Brochure

To find out more, download the information here:

BCP Internship Program

See the message below.  Be careful out there.  It may not seem like a big deal, but it really is:

When you are confirmed for an audition for the casting office, you are confirming that you will be on time and professional. Recently, actors have not been showing up for auditions or arriving late. This is not acceptable in the casting office, or in the professional world. If you have a valid conflict please contact any casting intern or stop by the office at least 24 hours in advance.

Thank you,
The Casting Office
scadcastingoffice@gmail.com