PASSING STRANGE, Half and Half Productions, May 2 - 12, 2013

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Half and Half Productions is a brand new theater company, but its artistic directors have been working in Austin for years. Before starting Half and Half, Julianna E. Wright and M. Scott Tatum studied together in college, taught together at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy, and worked together on a number of other theater projects in town. So the company may be new, but the partnership is a decade old.

For their debut as Half and Half, Wright and Tatum are staging Passing Strange, a comedy/drama rock musical by Stew. It’s a coming-of-age piece and a tale of the self-discovery of a young artists. With a live band and music that spans genres from soul to gospel to punk, the energy of the show is something like a rock show crossed with a stage play. The show will be staged at Half and Half at Highland Mall, a new black box style theater in what used to be a clothing store at Highland Mall.

Passing Strange

At Half and Half at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport Blvd, Suite 1020

May 2 -12, Thursday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 6:00 p.m.

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Auditions for Passing Strange, musical by, Half n Half Productions, March 19, 2013

Half & Half Productions (Company) is casting Passing Strange; a rock musical performance art piece by Stew and Heidi Roswenwald about the search for “The Real.” Julianna E. Wright & M. Scott Tatum direct. Rehearsals begin April 12th. Performances run May 2-12 in Austin, Tx (Half & Half @ VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED. AUDITIONS ARE MARCH 19th, 2013 at Casa De Luz.

SEEKING

Narrator: Our narrator. Incredibly strong musician/actor/singer. Charismatic, funny and strong. PREFERRED: PLAY GUITAR. Actor will accompany himself at audition.

Youth: Man, 18-35. Exciting, an artist at heart. Seeking a dynamic singer/strong actor with a sense of exploration.

Mother: 35-60. Strong, vulnerable, warm, maternal. Dynamic singer sought.

Edwina / Marianna / Sudabey: Multi-character role, female, 20-45. Sexy, irresistible, dangerous. Seeking a dynamic singer.

Mr. Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus: Multi-character role, male, 20-45. Energetic, with an edge. Dynamic singer/strong actor sought.

Terry / Christophe / Hugo: Multi-character role, male, 20-40. Younger, a sense of naïveté and sense of humor. Seeking dynamic singer.

Sherry / Renata / Desi: Multi-character role, female, 20-35. Young, sexy, edgy, vibrant with a vulnerability and strength. Dynamic singer sought.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS Resume required, Head Shot Preferred. Dress comfortably for the dance and movement portion of audition. Please come prepared to audition with 32 bars of music in the style of the show. Music from Passing Strange is permitted as you will sing it at callbacks. In addition, sides will be given. Men wear tank tops and athletic shorts and Women wear leotard and leggings. Bring jazz shoes if you own them. Black clothing preferred.

SYNOPSIS A young, Black musician, The Youth, travels on a picaresque journey to find “the real.” His journey is complicated by his need to rebel against his mother and his upbringing in a church-going, middle-class, late 1970s South Central Los Angeles African-American neighborhood. The Youth grows up, “passing” through place to place, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Los Angeles. As a musician, he attempts to express his true self through a number of musical styles, including gospel, punk, blues, jazz, and rock.

Auditions will be held by appt. only March 19, 6pm-10pm at @ Casa de Luz, 1701 Toomey Road, 78704. To schedule an audition appt., fill out the below AUDITION FORM; or email résumé and picture to halfandhalfaustin@gmail.com. Members of the cast will receive a small performance stipend and cut of box office revenue. We are sorry we cannot offer Equity contracts for this production.

Audition Sign-Up Form