VIRTUAL AUDITIONS
If you plan to audition virtually, you are required to send in two videos, a 60-second video of you singing your audition song and a video of yourself dancing with the provided choreography located in the Google form linked below. This choreography is completely different from the choreography learned for in-person auditions. Linked in the form, there is a Google classroom you would need to join to have access to a harmony line provided by our vocal director Sophie. We ask that you learn your vocal part, listen to the audio associated with the part (soprano, alto, tenor, etc), and record yourself singing to send in with your audition. Virtual auditions must be sent in by Friday, February 9th at 3pm.
IN-PERSON AUDITIONS
In-person auditions will take place on two days, February 9th and February 10th.
At the GBM on the 9th, Morgan, the choreographer for Legally Blonde, will be teaching the in-person audition choreography. For those who cannot make it to the GBM that day, there will be a video posted on our myUMBC page for those to learn. February 9th GBM will be in the RAC room 130 from 12pm to 12:50pm.
Starting at 3pm on the 9th, vocal auditions will begin in room FA 318. Prepare a 30-60 song that you will sing for our creative team. You are also required to learn your vocal part (soprano, alto, tenor, etc) and have it ready for your in person vocal audition. You will then be brought in with your audition group and will be asked to sing the line that was provided in the Google classroom in the audition form. Vocal auditions will be held from 3pm to 6pm. Sign up for a slot using the Signup Genius link in the audition form.
On February 10th from 10am to 11:30am, we will be holding dance auditions. This will give applicants time to practice the choreography learned the day prior at the GBM or through the video posted on our myUMBC page.The video that is provided in the application form is NOT the choreography that you will perform for the creative team. Sing up for a slot using the signup genius link in the audition form.
Hope you're well!
My name is Julia Arbutus, and I'm directing A Man of No Importance at the Greenbelt Arts Center this spring.
I am reaching out because we are in search of certain production team members and wanted to see if any of the students involved with MTC would be interested in working on this project with us. I'm a UMBC alum myself (class of 2020 and former treasurer of MTC), and so far, most of our production team is made up of UMBC alums! So you'll be working with a group of great people :)
We are looking for: Stage Manager, Asst. Stage Manager, Set Designer, Lighting Designer and Orchestra (Bass, Cello, Guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Reed and Violin).
Generally, we will be running rehearsals Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. No one but a stage manager would be required to be at all or most rehearsals. Although it would be ideal for a stage manager to be available for all rehearsals, we can be a little flexible with absences, so we encourage anyone interested to reach out with their availability. Additionally, auditions take place Feb. 5-7 in the evenings and we would love it if our future stage manager could attend all three nights—although again, this is not mandatory.
All positions for this production are unfortunately unpaid; however, we are certain this show will be a fun and fulfilling production for anyone who loves community theater. We wanted to do this production because we are passionate about bringing this underperformed, queer show to new audiences, so if you are interested in rare theatre, queer stories or a good time, this would be a perfect opportunity to hone your skills with a group of cool people!
Feel free to reach out to this email with any questions! More information about the show, including auditions, can be found here: https://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/auditions/
Show dates will be April 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 and May 3 and 4 at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on April 21 and 28.
Some info about the show: A Man of No Importance is about Alfie Byrne, a bus conductor in 1964 Dublin whose heart holds secrets that he can’t share with anyone but his imagined confidante, Oscar Wilde. When he attempts to put on an amateur production of Wilde’s Salome in the local church hall, he confronts the forces of bigotry and shame over a love “that dare not speak its name.” But the redemptive power of theatre changes his life and brings his friends back to his side.
