Esther's Follies Seeks Male & Female Performers

Esther's Follies, Austin's musical comedy and magic revue on Sixth Street, is seeking

• a female singer/performer.
• a male actor, 25-40, with a wide range of ability. The actor must have a dancer’s build, and an ability to carry a tune. This person will be acting as a magician’s assistant and must be comfortable and familiar with “campy” humor.

Please send a resume and headshot to: efauditions@gmail.com
Please send headshot and resume to Shannon Sedwick aefauditions@gmail.com to set up audition time.

Contact Info: Shannon Sedwick, Esther's Follies, 525 E. Sixth Street, Austin, Tx 78701
(512) 320-0198 -- www.esthersfollies.com

Esther's Follies, Austin, Seeks Female Dancer/Performer

Esther's Follies AUDITION NOTICE, August 7, 2013

Esther's Follies, Austin's musical comedy and magic revue on Sixth Street, is seeking auditions for a female performer/dancer. Natural flexibility, basic dance background, and singing ability are necessary, as well as height requirement of 5' 5” to 5' 7” and slim build. Please send headshot and bodyshot to Shannon Sedwick at esthersfollies@aol.com to set up audition time.

Shannon Sedwick, Esther's Follies, 525 E. Sixth Street,Austin, Tx 78701
(512) 320-0198 www.esthersfollies.com

Esther's Follies Seeks Male Magician's Assistant

Esther’s Follies is Auditioning!

We are looking for a male actor, 25-40, with a wide range of ability. The actor must have a dancer’s build, and an ability to carry a tune. This person will be acting as a magician’s assistant and must be comfortable and familiar with “campy” humor.

Please send a resume and headshot to: efauditions@gmail.com


Esther’s Follies has been creating musical/ political sketch comedy and magic on E. 6^th Street for over 35 years. To see a sample of our work please visit our website: http://www.esthersfollies.com/

Improv: The Onion's Austin Decider on Esther's Follies, July 21

The Austin Decider, tied to the satirical paper "The Onion," published on July 22 its consideration of improv haven Esther's Follies in its series on "tourist traps," with links to two YouTube videos.

Tourist Trap: Esther's Follies
A window to the heart of Sixth Street and utterly complacent comedy

by Erik Adams July 21, 2009
[Decider photo: Shannon Sedwick, cast member]

Like it or not, tourist attractions are part of this city, too. But do they deserve the bad rap they get from grizzled locals? In Tourist Trap, Decider takes an ongoing, objective look at the cold, hard facts of establishments that largely exist to draw in transients. In this edition, we sit in on the vaudevillian antics of Sixth Street comedy institution Esther's Follies.

Fodor's says: "There's really one place in downtown Austin known for its rip-roaring comedy shows. Esther's has kept Austin rolling with laughter for more than 25 years. Situated in the heart of the entertaining Sixth Street District, it's the perfect place to take in an evening of satire and parody."

Decider says: The regular performers at The Hideout Theatre and The Velveeta Room might take umbrage with Fodor's assessment, but it's true that when Esther's Pool opened in 1977, it was downtown's only comedy destination. Even as the whole of east Sixth Street became a place to get a laugh at the expense of others (something Esther's gleefully exploits with its backstage window to all the debauched revelry), the theater and its vaudeville-inspired revues have retained their singularity and profitability, regularly packing the house at $20 per ticket. More than anything, Esther's Follies survives on enthusiasm, an earnest "let's put on a show" spirit that makes the broad humor of its revues hard to hate, even after the second punchline about sagging pants.

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