Wednesday
June
13, 2007
from
9:00 am-6:00 pm.
Click
here to download the
Audition Application Form
(.pdf)
*Conference Registration is not required to attend
auditions
SCHEDULE:
9:00-10:00
am Registration
10:00
am-12:30 pm Combined Auditions
12:30-1:00
pm Break
1:00-6:00
pm Individual Company Callbacks
Each
auditionee must prepare up to 90 seconds of a
monologue(s) in addition to 32 measures of two songs.
We will not be providing an accompanist- but request
that each auditionee bring a CD . CITA
will provide a boom box.
Participating
Audition Companies (bios below) Include:
The A. D. Players, founded in 1967 by Jeannette Clift George, pioneered a unique
style of theater committed to producing plays and
programs that uphold human value, offer creativity, and
promote literacy and education. From a small group of
part-time actors, the company has increased in size to
one of
Houston's largest resident theaters,
impacting more than nine million people.
Jeannette Clift George, founder and
Artistic Director of the A. D. Players continues to
represent the Houston community by lecturing extensively
throughout the
United States.
She is a renowned author, director, actress and Golden
Globe nominee.
Good Soil Theatre is a touring ministry that performs in Canada and the U.S.
A team of ten people work in various capacities of acting, tech and volunteer supervision.
Each team tours with two productions in repertoire. One is a Missions production that raises
awareness and funds for Children and AIDS work in Africa. It is called Little One.
The other is a Romantic Comedy that takes place in Rome. One Rose In Rome has l
aughs, tears and Italian accents. We are looking for actors for both plays for our 2007/2008 tour.
It will tour the East Coast of both countries from September to May with a six week break over
Christmas. All flights, food and accommodations are covered by Good Soil Theatre along with a
small monthly stipend of 200.00 during the tour.
Lampost Theatre & Coffee Co. Since 1980 Lampost has
been “illuminating the mystery" through innovative
original performances ranging from nationally-touring
ensemble works to large-cast musical- theatre
productions. Training projects include working weekly
with college students, and training missionaries in the
use of performance for cross-cultural ministry.
At
the core of Lampost is the resident ensemble. The
ensemble lives in a discipleship community at Lampost's
theatre/coffeeshop. Here they interact through study and
prayer as well as creative development. They seek to be
missionaries dedicating both creative lifestyle and
performance to impacting contemporary culture. Team
members are involved in all aspects of Lampost's
ministry, including stage performance, college
discipleship, relational ministry in the coffeeshop,
and daily operations of the home base.
Morning Star Productions is formerly the drama
ministry of Eastbrook Church in Milwaukee, WI, Morning
Star Productions produces three full-length plays each
season. Morning Star was started by actor Alan Atwood
when he was hired by Eastbrook to run their drama
ministry. Most of these plays are written by the
members of the ministry as a team. We had 300
subscribers to our first season last year and anticipate
growing to 700 this coming season. We are committed to
producing:
1)
Great stopries, well -told
2)
Within the understanding of our audience
3) and
which take place in the reality of the Kingdom of
Heaven.
Actors
from outside of our church are paid from $300 to $1200
for an individual show. If they come in from out of
town they are provided with a place to stay (free of
charge) and $200 a month spending money. We are
currently looking for three young men to play characters
from 17 to 27 years old for a production this coming
October. Rehearsals would begin just after Labor Day
and the show would close October 28th.
Regent University’s Department of Theatre Arts offers the Master of Arts (MA) in Theatre with two emphases:
Theatre Ministry and Theatre Studies; the Master of Fine
Arts in Acting with two concentrations: General and
Directing; and the Ph.D. in Communication with a minor
in Theatre. A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in
Theatre is currently being proposed. The Department of
Theatre Arts’ mission is to send talented, well-trained
artists and scholars of the theatre into the following
arenas: professional theatre, cinema, television,
ministry, and the academy. Auditioning Graduate
and Undergraduates!
Rosebud Theatre is a professional
theatre company that employs a resident company of
actors. It is located in Rosebud, Alberta, Canada and is
a destination theatre for 40,000 patrons a year,
offering a year round season of five plays on two
stages. Rosebud Theatre works in partnership with
Rosebud School of the Arts in training young theatre
artists, including qualified students as apprentices in
many of its shows.
Saltworks provides dynamic, interactive and
inspiring dramas for children and youth addressing
issues of alcohol and drug use, violence, sexual
responsibility, and self worth. Each year, we tour 200
performances to schools throughout PA, Oh, WV, NJ, MD
and NY. These assemblies are designed to educate,
challenge and inspire students to make positive choices
in threatening circumstances. Saltworks is a Christian
organization and everyone who works with us is a
Christian. We do not evangelize or proselytize through
our shows.
Sight
& Sound Theatres® operates two theatres in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, with a third
theatre slated to open in mid-2008 in Branson, Missouri.
Sight & Sound produces spectacular original musical
productions based on Biblical stories, characterized by
casts of up to 50 actors, live vocals, massive yet
intricately detailed sets, hundreds of elaborate
costumes, live animals, and amazing special effects.
Millennium Theatre® is known for its 300-foot-long stage
that wraps around three sides of the audience of 2,000
and for its state-of-the-art technical capabilities,
while Living Waters Theatre is known for the more
intimate style of its 600-seat venue, with some shows
including live instrumentals. Internationally-known
Sight & Sound is often called the “Christian Broadway”
and welcomes about 800,000 guests each year.
Sight &
Sound Theatres has been staging original productions for
more than 30 years. All facets of the show, with the
exception of commissioned musical scores, are produced
at the Theatres’ corporate offices in Pennsylvania. A
team of about 500 works in areas including
scriptwriting, costume design and construction, set
design and construction, special effects, animal
training, lighting design and operations, sound,
rigging, animatronics, and more.
Taproot Theatre Company, founded in 1976, is a multi-faceted non-profit theatre
company founded and guided by Christian artists. Based
in
Seattle, Taproot serves the Pacific Northwest with a six
show mainstage season, Church and School touring
programs, and an acting studio. Taproot exists to create
theatre that explores the beauty and questions of life
while bringing hope to our search for meaning. TTC is a
member of TCG, the national service organization for
non-profit professional theatres.
At
CITA, Taproot will be auditioning actors for their
school touring programs. Touring throughout the Pacific
Northwest, these actors perform at schools with dynamic
social issue plays. During the 2006-2007 school year
alone, Taproot performed over 230 times for more that
80,000 students.
Wycliffe Dinner Theatre (WDT) is an entity of
Wycliffe Bible Translators. Wycliffe Dinner Theatre
Teams travel around the United States with 12-14 cast
and crew members. They perform a full length play
(complete with cultural meal) highlighting the work of a
Wycliffe missionary. The teams tour twice a year:
August to November and January to May. WDT travels with
a full set, lighting and sound equipment, full
restaurant set-up with tables, dishes, cutlery and a
fully functioning mobile kitchen. WDT cast and crew
primarily consist of college age students, the majority
of whom received their education in theatre. Wycliffe
Dinner Theatre's purpose is to share the need for Bible
Translation in the nearly 2,300 languages (272 million
people) who do not yet have the Word of God in their
heart language. Travel, room and board expenses and a
$10 daily expense allowance are provided for all WDT
cast and crew members.
