Tag: Barefoot in the Park (2008)

Button Theatre presents Barefoot in the Park

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Audition Notice: An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein

Relapse Theatre held auditions this past Saturday night, but I was unable to attend. Also the run dates had not been finalized. All that was mentioned was the end of July. Barefoot in the Park runs in July. The dates for this show start the very next weekend after Barefoot. Show times for Barefoot are also on Thursday night. I may have too many conflicts for rehearsals. We shall see.

They have added another audition date: “We added another day for auditions due to an overwhelming display of interest.”

An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein

Welcome to the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein, a world where nothing is as it seems and where the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. The ten imaginative plays in this collection range widely in content, but the style is unmistakable.

Directed by Sally Ann Cone

Audition: Saturday, May 10th, 7:00 to 9:00 PM

Cast: 8 total (M or W)

Show Dates: July 31, August 1,7,8,14,15,17

Location: 380 14th Street, Atlanta, Georgia

This is a cold read audition. All roles are nonpaid. If you are unable to attend the allotted time for auditions contact Sally Ann Cone to make arrangements.

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Final Weekend for Anne of Avonlea

There is always a sense of emptiness and sadness that comes with the end of run. In some way though, this is different only because audience turnout has been so low. It’s almost a relief to be finished. We do have 5 more shows: three this weekend and one each on Tuesday and Thursday. The Tuesday and Thursday shows are private showings for Girl Scouts, I believe. Sold out or near that anyway.

I had been trying to find a show to do between this one and Barefoot in the Park which rehearses in June and runs in July. So know what do I do for the next month; I feel the withdrawals coming on.

I so could do this full time!

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Callback and a Play

I received a call from Candy Spahr on my way home from work on Friday. She offered me a callback for Anne of Avonlea. The callbacks have been moved to Monday at 5 PM. This was interesting because as far as I knew, there were more auditions to be held on Saturday. But as I stated before, I was the only adult male to audition on Thursday night.

On Saturday, I received a call from the Artistic Director, IJ Rosenblum, at Button Theatre offering me a role in Barefoot in the Park. The Auditions were last weekend and I has assumed I did not get a role. The part I auditioned for and which I knew I did not get was for the older eccentric neighbor. The part I was offered, and accepted, was for the TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN. It is a paid role and my first role at a Professional Non-Equity theatre. All I have done before now have been in Community Theatres.

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Callbacks for Barefoot in the Park

To my surprise, I received a callback for Barefoot in the Park at Button Theatre. If you read the previous post you will remember that I discussed not having a beard during auditions. So I did something stupid for the callback… I shaved.

My thought was that if I shaved, I would appear younger, and the director would read me for the younger role. Had I spent just a few seconds and thought, I would have realized that I was being called back for the part I read for, which was the older male role.

Now I have cut myself out of a role because I did not look the part. I knew this and was just being stupid.

In discussing this with my friend Mark Gray, who acts in Atlanta, you should even where the same cloths you work for the initial audition.

Of course if I had just did a little research before the audition I would have know the age range of the character that I wanted.

I am still going to shave before auditions.

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Auditioned for Barefoot in the Park at Button Theatre

I auditioned for Barefoot in the Park at Button Theatre last night. The audition consisted of a monologue and a cold reading from the script. I have never seen the movie or the play so no nothing other than Robert Redford was in the movie. I have made it a point not to watch movies or broad casted plays for something I might want to act in. I do not want to be influenced by the acting done in these plays. I truly want to develop my own character.

The monologue I did was Inferno from the BBC TV show Coupling. After doing the monologue my way, the director had me do it again as if angry to see who I could think on my feet. This was also part of the Meister technique. Learn the lines with no thought as to anger, comedy, presentation, etc. This way when you are asked to perform a different way you are not hindered by the lines but only by the direction of the direction given.

There are 5 characters in this play. The main couple is in there 20’s. With my beard I look 10 years older. I believe my acting range (without makeup) is mid 20’s to late 30’s. With my beard I am at the upper end of that, if not higher. I said I would do any of the 3 male roles. The director had me read for the eccentric upstairs neighbor. I think my beard needs to go for auditions.

Also the artistic director had a hard time matching me to my headshot. It is 3 years old. I do need a new headshot.

Callbacks are on Saturday. We will see if I get a callback.