There is a lot happening back stage at ACT this week. On Jan 30th Tap Classes with Amy McCarthy begin. You can register online at the act website www.actandover.com under the classes tab. In February (just a few days away) we have Dance Fit with Amy Wilkins Blanchette Here is a little more info about Dance Fit (The class will consist of warms up, across the floor and/or center aerobics, and various styles of choreography. Warm ups will be plies, a lot of stretching, laterals, and isolations followed by sit ups, push-ups and triceps dips. The choreography section will be the most challenging for non-dancers. The warm up section will not be hard in terms of dance ability, but may be physically challenging.) And then we have auditions for 42nd Street! Feb 7th and 8th
Auditions for the musical 42nd Street with book by Michael Stewart and MarkBramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. Auditioning for allroles. 42nd Street 42nd Street tells the story of a humble, naïve youngactress named Peggy Sawyer who has come to audition for a new Broadway musicalDirected by Julian Marsh and starring Dorothy Brock. In a twist of fate theyoung actress Peggy has 36 hours to learn the show to take over for the starthat just broke her ankle. Directed by Charles Gracy, Choreographer BethKennedy, Music Director Mark Mercer. For more information visitwww.actandover.com or email charlesgracy@actandover.com 978-476-1138MORE INFO: http://www.actandover.com E-MAIL TO: theater@actandover.com Don't miss out of all the exciting things happening at ACT this month!
Friday, January 27, 2012
There is a lot happening at ACT this month!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Audition Notice for The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Audition Notice
WHAT: The Great American Trailer Park Musical
WHEN: Thursday, November 10 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
WHERE: ACT Rehearsal Space
250 Canal Street Lawrence MA 4th Floor
This is an extremely funny and irreverent adult show. The MUSIC is extremely difficult, if you are not a strong parts singer this is not the show for you.
There are 7 parts in total. The roles of Betty, Lin and Pippi have already been cast, all other roles remain open.
Check out the official web site: http://www.trailerparkmusical.com/
Questions? Email Charles Gracy, Director charlesgracy@actandover.com or call 978-476-1138
A musical written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso.
There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres – and she’s wreaking havoc all over North Florida’s most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil-loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband – the storms begin to brew.
NOTE: This play contains adult themes and language and is not suitable for persons under 18 years of age.
“Adultery, strippers, murderous ex-boyfriends, Costco, and the Ice Capades. Undeniable fun.”
- The New York Post
“South Park meets Desperate Housewives in this big-hearted musical comedy with a cheeky script and an infectious score. Trailer Park sparkles with treasure.”
- The New York Sun
“Joyful and unashamedly vulgar, this comic fable about women in a Florida trailer park and their no-account men is more fun than a chair-throwing episode of Jerry Springer set to music.”
- The New Yorker
CHARACTERS
THE LOVE TRIANGLE and THE VILLAIN
JEANNIE GARSTECKI (Brenda Brunston) Jeannie has lived in a trailer at Armadillo Acres for 20 years with her husband and high-school sweetheart, Norbert. A faded beauty, she was 17 when she married, 18 when her son was born and 23 when he got kidnapped. That, coupled with a really bad perm, has turned her into an agoraphobic. She hasn’t left her trailer in all these years, and the man she loves is drifting further and further away and she’s determined to get him back ... that is if she could manage to get out of the trailer to do it…
NORBERT GARSTECKI (Joshua Robertson) Jeannie's husband Norbert collects tolls for a living and tries to be as good a husband as one can be to an agoraphobic. A former high-school football star, he has rugged good looks marred by fatigue and the stress of his difficult marriage. He is a simple man who desperately wishes his wife could get out of the trailer, but he's not equipped with the emotional or intellectual tools to help her do it. He has never loved or slept with a woman other than Jeannie. That is until he meets...
PIPPI . Pippi is a striking beauty with a great body and a taste for clothing that shows it off. Up to this point, Pippi's life has been about surviving. She is a professional stripper who has gotten by on her looks and talents for dancing and petty theft. She means no harm and is ready to stop making bad choices and start making changes, but first she has to get lost in a hick-town trailer park in North Florida so she won’t be found by her last bad choice...
DUKE Duke is Pippi’s obsessive, possessive and excessive Magic Marker-sniffing boyfriend; “ex”-boyfriend according to Pippi. Not so, according to Duke. Not the brightest guy south of the Mason-Dixon Line, Duke leaves a trail of disaster in his wake wherever he goes. His road trip to Starke is no exception and his arrival at the trailer park is full of surprises - even for a group of people who have had their share of excitement…
“THE GIRLS"
BETTY Betty attended high school with Norbert and Jeannie Garstecki and has lived at Armadillo Acres for just as long. She now runs the leasing office and makes it her business to know everything about everybody who passes through the trailer park. Though a self-proclaimed "bad-ass," Betty is really a mother hen to the denizens of the trailer park. Of all "The Girls," Betty is the most grounded, earthy and dry.
LINOLEUM “LIN" So-named because her mother gave birth to her on the kitchen floor, Linoleum has a husband on death row at the Florida State Prison. His fate is an electric chair that doesn’t work properly unless most of the town’s electricity is turned off, so Lin watches everyone's lights and appliances very closely in the hopes that she can keep the chair on the fritz. Sometimes self-absorbed and sometimes just a smart-ass, she hints at a wild, rock-and-roll past and is the fieriest of "The Girls."
DONNA "PICKLES" A newlywed, Donna is called "Pickles" because she is perpetually hysterically pregnant - that is, she's so convinced she should be pregnant that she's exhibiting symptoms. Her husband is a lot fancier than she is, as he is from the big city of Jacksonville. His parents haven’t been very supportive of his marital choice, so Pickles is desperate to give her husband a family of his even if she has to fake it. The dimmest of "The Girls," Pickles is airy, sweet and blissfully ignorant.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
ACT Theater Company Has Expanded It's Season for 2011 - 2012 Check it Out!
ANDOVER, MA ACT has a busy year planned. Currently in production is the musical ANNIE which hits the stage at The Rogers Center for the Arts at the end of October. Tickets are on sale now!
Up next is The Great American Trailer Park Musical - You don't want to miss this hysterical, irreverant comedy in January. In March ACTjr adds a new production to our annual season and fills the void left my the departure of MJT (Merrimack Junior Theater) this past year. Watch for audition and show announcements for this show coming soon! In May, ACT is back to the Rogers Center for the Arts for our next spectacular production of the award winning showstopper 42nd Street followed by our Summer Dinner Cabaret at The Andover Country Club. Students don't miss out on this summer's ACTjr Summer Theater Arts Camp which promises to be even bigger than last year's Les Miserables! Check the ACT website for updates on auditions, our online box office and more. For additional information or questions email theater@actandover.com.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Annie Auditions
Adults and Children needed for this great cast. This is a great show for the whole family. ACT Visit The ACT Theater Website
Audition Dates: Children Sunday August 14th 2-6 pm at the Center for Performing Arts 1820 Turnpike Street N Andover
Adults Auditions Monday August 15-16 7-10pm The ACT Space 250 Canal Street Lawrence MA
Rehearsals Start Thursday August 18th (read thru)
Rehearsals will be Sunday 2-7pm and Tues and Thurs 7-930pm
You will be called for specific rehearsal times (not every rehearsal)
Here is a list of some of the available roles:
Character Breakdown
ANNETTE- A French Maid
ANNIE- Spunky, friendly, big-voiced, street-wise urchin--one of the orphans 11 years old Mezzo-Soprano: A - high F
BERT HEALY - Radio Personality
BOYLAN Sisters: Bonnie, Connie, Ronnie - Singing sisters, perform on "Oxydent's Hour of Smiles" radio program
BUNDLES McCLOSKEY- The Laundryman
CECILLE,- A French Maid
CORDELL HULL-Male Cabinet member
DRAKE-Warbucks's English Butler
DUFFY-The biggest orphan 13 years old
FDR, the President Baritone (C-flat - E-sharp)
FRANCIS PERKINS-Female Cabinet member
FRED McCRACKEN-Radio Personality
GRACE FARRELL-Faithful Assistant to Warbucks Soprano: A - high G
HAROLD ICKES-Male Cabinet member
HENRY MONRGENTHAU-Male Cabinet member
JULY-The quietest orphan 13 years old
KATE-The next to littlest orphan 7 years old
LILY-Rooster's floozy girlfriend Soprano: D - high G
LOUIS HOWE-Associate to Roosevelt
MISS HANNIGAN-Cantankerous and mean old orphanage director Mezzo-Soprano: A - A flat
MOLLY-The littlest orphan 6 years old
MRS. GREER-The Housekeeper
MRS. PUGH-The Cook
OLIVER WARBUCKS-Warm-hearted, stiff-collared host to Annie for 2 weeks at Christmas Baritone: C - high F
PEPPER-The toughest orphan 12 years old
ROOSEVELT CABINET MEMBERS-Francis Perkins, Cordell Hull, Harold Ickes, Henry Morganthau
ROOSTER-Miss Hannigan's no-good brother Baritone: B - high G
TESSIE-The cry baby orphan 10 years old
WACKY- Radio Personality
Questions?
Call 978-476-1138 or email charlesgracy@actandover.com
Director: Charles Gracy Choreographer: Beth Kennedy Music Director: Mark Mercer
Performed by license with MTI at The Rogers Center for Arts North Andover
Friday, November 5, 2010
Auditions for Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods
Audition Dates: November 9th and 10th
(callbacks on November 11th).
Audition Time: 7 PM.
1st rehearsal Nov 14th 2-6pm
at Center for the Performing Arts
Audition Location:
Center for the Performing Arts
1820 Turnpike Street (Rte 114)
North Andover, MA.
Take the elevator to the
third floor and follow signs to audition space.
Auditions will consist of a singing audition
and an acting audition.
Please wear comfortable clothes,
for ease of movement.
There will be no dance audition.
For your singing audition -
please prepare 16 bars of music to perform.
You must bring the sheet music for
the accompanist to use –
no CDs or a capella singing.
Singing auditions will be first, followed by acting auditions.
Please arrive 15 minutes early in order to fill out paperwork. If you have a headshot and resume, please feel free to bring it with you. You must bring your schedule for the next few months with you, to fill out a conflict sheet. We will be rehearsing around the Christmas and New Year holidays. Potential conflicts may impact our casting decisions.
We are casting all parts through auditions, including lead and ensemble roles. Veterans of ACT, as well as newcomers, are encouraged to audition. Anyone auditioning must be 16 years of age or older, with reliable transportation to and from rehearsals.
For more information, please contact:
Kat Alix-Gaudreau (kalix@verizon.net)
Charles Gracy (Charles@gracyteam.com) 978-476-1138
Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine
Director Kat Alix-Gaudreau
Producer Charles Gracy
Music Director Peg DiGrazia
Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine