Rockhurst Theatre
AUDITIONS!!! See below for information about the auditions for The Fever and Urinetown. Girls from any area high school are encouraged to audition for both shows.
2009-2010 MAIN STAGE SEASON:
Rumors
by Neil Simon
Directed by Mrs. Annie Barney
October 7,8, & 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm
October 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $6 for students and senior citizens, $8 for adults, at the door and online soon!
Please note: this production contains adult language, similar to a movie with a PG-13 rating. Parental guidance is suggested.
At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity. (samuelfrench.com)
The Fever
by Wallace Shawn
Directed by Mr. Bill Murphy
February 3-5, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Februrary 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $6 for students and senior citizens, $8 for adults, at the door and online soon!
Winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play. The nameless narrator of this blistering monologue lies ill and alone in a dreary hotel room in a poverty-stricken country. A political execution is about to take place beneath his window. Far from the glib comforts of his own life, he struggles with memories and his own conscience, which are challenged by the misery and poverty he sees. With compassion, eloquence, and ruthless self-scrutiny, the playwright discovers that having good intentions toward the dispossessed is not enough. As the narrator reminisces and agonizes over his own responsibility for the downtrodden, he reaches the inevitable conclusion that the politically correct are guilty themselves unless they take action. At the play's conclusion, the narrator has succeeded in defining his own guilt but is uncertain whether or not he has the personal courage to join in the struggle. Aghast at his own weakness, he longs for forgiveness and the strength to earn it. (dramatists.com)
AUDITIONS
Monday, November 23rd, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24th, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
In the Studio Theatre
This play is a one person narrative and reflects the views and memories of that character. This one person is, "in the silence before dawn," overcome with a fever and vomiting, while traveling in a poor foreign country.
The additional actors in this one person's narrative are players in his fever-induced memories and philosophical ramblings.
Auditioners for "The Fever" should come prepared to do improvisational work drawing on subjects and situations described in the text.
Urinetown
Music by Mark Hollman
Lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis
Book by Greg Kotis
Directed by Mrs. Annie Barney
Musical Direction by Mr. Samuel Anderson
April 7-10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
April 11, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $8 for students and senior citizens, $10 for adults, at the door and online soon!
One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year draught, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, URINETOWN catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter. (mtishows.com)
AUDITIONS
First Auditions: Monday-Tuesday, December 14-15, 2009 (you may attend either day)
Callbacks: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
3:45-6:00
Rose Theatre
9301 State Line Road
Here's what you need to do:
1. Prepare a 1-2 minute audition song. An accompanist and a CD player will be available. If using the accompanist, make sure your music is clearly marked. Audition songs should be in your vocal range and show off your voice well. Up-tempo songs, especially jazz or gospel, are a plus.
2. Memorize and present one of the monologues below, or prepare a 1-2 minute monologue of your own. While you are preparing the monologue, try to make interesting choices about the character: what could his/her voice sound like? How does he/she move? What is he/she trying to accomplish?
Officer Lockstock (male)
Caldwell B. Cladwell (male)
Bobby Strong (male)
Penny (female)
Hope (female)
3. You will be asked to do a short dance that will be taught on the day of the audition. Be sure to wear clothes that are appropriate for this movement exercise.
4. Email Mrs. Barney at abarney@rockhursths.edu to let her know which day (Monday or Tuesday) you plan to attend.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
2008-2009 STUDIO THEATRE SEASON:
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Patrick Pribyl
November 19-21, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $7 at the door
Produced around the country under the American Playwrights Theatre program, this drama opens with Thoreau in jail for refusing to pay taxes to a government conducting a war of aggression in Mexico, at midpoint shows Emerson visiting him, and ends on the morning of his release. Scenes portray his return from Harvard where he idolized Emerson, his attempt to establish a transcendentalist school, his career as a handyman and tutor in Emerson's household, his romance and his friendship with an illiterate cellmate. The end is a grotesque dream in which the characters take up guises in a mortal assault on Mexico. (samuelfrench.com)
Improv and Juggling
Presented by the Rockhurst Improv Troupe and Juggling Club
December 4, 2009 at 7:30 pm
May 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door
If you like the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, these shows are for you! Rockhurst’s best comedians join the high-flying Juggling Club for an evening of hilarity and amazing tricks you won’t believe.
Vikings
by Steven Metcalfe
Directed by Paul Otto
March 4-6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $7 at the door
This heartwarming play about a contemporary American family delighted audiences at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The Vikings are not Norsemen of old, but an American family of Danish descent who pride themselves on their strength of character. They include Grandfather Yens Larsen, who founded the family carpentry business, his son Peter, and Peter's son Gunnar. After Peter's wife dies, Peter looses interest in life. His father and his son do everything they can to help him, including trying to make a match between Peter and an old school friend of his, Betsy Simmons, who is now divorced and lonely, too. (samuelfrench.com)
Questions????
Contact Rockhurst High School or call 816-363-2036 extension 235.