Acting in Atlanta
Good audiences all weekend. Over 60 people on Saturday and over 20 on Sunday. Oddly enough I don’t remember Friday night. I have been moving all weekend from my house to a storage unit. We filled up a 10 foot truck and we still have stuff in the house. So I am exhausted.
On Sunday we had a Guest Actor for the Lord and Taylor Delivery Man. She was great and she seemed to have a good time, although I don’t remember her name. This was a birthday gift to her from her husband.
The first weekend went fine for a 3 day holiday weekend. We had over 50 people on Saturday night. Saturday was our opening, because Friday was the 4th of July. The audience was very good, very responsive.
Sunday had less than 10 people, being a holiday-and-all, but they seemed to enjoy it. Hopefully the following Sundays will have larger audiences.
The Rosewater Theatre in Roswell is holding non-equity Open Auditions for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams on Tuesday, July 8th from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM & Saturday, July 12th from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Auditioning for 5 men aged 25 to 65 and 3 women aged 25 to 65 and 3 to 5 children aged 8 to 15. Parents please be aware that this play does have some coarse language. Cold readings from the script.
Headshot appreciated but not required.
Auditions to be held at The Rosewater Theatre, 633 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Roswell, GA 30076 (located on the corner of Alpharetta Hwy in the Roswell Village Shopping Center).
Check website for show dates and directions to our theatre. PLEASE DO NOT MAPQUEST THE ADDRESS AS IT IS INCORRECT.
In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie, Big Daddy’s daughter-in-law, wants to give him the news that she’s finally become pregnant by Big Daddy’s favorite son, Brick, but Brick won’t cooperate in Maggie’s plans and prefers to stay in a mild alcoholic haze the entire length of his visit. Maggie has her own interests at heart in wanting to become pregnant, of course, but she also wants to make amends to Brick for an error in judgment that nearly cost her marriage. Swarming around Maggie and Brick are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son. By evening’s end, Maggie’s ingenuity, fortitude and passion will set things right, and Brick’s love for his father, never before expressed, will retrieve him from his path of destruction and return him, helplessly, to Maggie’s loving arms.
For additional info please visit www.rosewatertheatre.com or email lisa@rosewatertheatre.com or call 770-640-5500.
The 2008 Metropolitan Atlanta Theater Awards nominations were announced yesterday. The two plays that I was in and reviewed were Breaking Legs and A Christmas Story.
Breaking Legs at Kudzu Playhouse
Best Major Supporting Actor in a Play – Chris Arapoglou – “Mike Francisco”
Best Minor Supporting Actor in a Play – Jay Croft – “Frankie Salvucci”
Best Set Design in a Play – Wally Hinds
A Christmas Story at ACT1 Theater
Best Minor Supporting Actress in a Play – Martha Kennedy – “Miss Shields”
Youth Award in a Play – Bobby Cookson – “Ralphie Parker”
Youth Award in a Play – Andrew Hudson – “Randy Parker”
Best Costume Design in a Play – Anne Voller
Best Set Design in a Play – Rich Vandever & Gayley Crockett
Best Lighting Design in a Play – Murray Mann
Best Sound Design in a Play – Murray Mann
A few weeks ago, I mailed out 30 new headshots with resume to attendees of the 2008 Atlanta Unifieds. I think it is beginning to pay off. I have received invitations to audition for the Marcus Jewish Community Center Theatre and the Alliance Theatre. Both professional theatres and both audition times were for the same day. I elected to go with the general auditions at the Alliance Theatre. I am very excited.