Marble Falls High School Seeks Lighting Designer

Facebook announcement by M. Scott Tatum:

Lighting designer friends, Marble Falls HS is looking for someone for their spring production of Tarzan the Musical. You can contact Bryce Gage at BGage@mfisd.txed.net

Opportunity: High School Teacher of Technical Theatre, McCallum Fine Arts Academy, Austin

From M. Scott Tatum via Facebook:

McCallum High School & Fine Arts Academy is looking for a new Technical Theatre Director. www.mactheatre.com if you want to see what they've been up to.

Click to go to job posting at Austin Independent School District.

2013-2014 MacTheatre Season, McCallum Fine Arts Academy, Austin, TX

2013-2014 60th Anniversary Season

BONNIE &CLYDE

September 19-22 McCallum Arts Center Mainstage


Fearless, shameless, and alluring, their electrifying story of love, adventure and crime captured the excited attention of an entire country. Now, the most notorious couple of the twentieth century takes on a whole new adventure: the stage.
BONNIE AND CLYDE is an exciting, cutting-edge musical with a non-traditional score, combining blues, gospel, bluegrass and rockabilly music. Our production will feature a large ensemble cast, spectacular scenic design, rocking live orchestra, and a recreation of the infamous Bonnie & Clyde 1934 Ford V8 death car!








TRENCHCOAT IN COMMON:
A BLOG TURNED INTO A PLAY 

November 6th-10th 
Fine Arts Theatre

A teenage girl, too smart and inquisitive for her own good, starts to publish a blog about her new tenant-in-common apartment building. Living in the cottage with her dad in the back, she enjoys a clear view of the building’s rear windows. From her room, she captures her neighbors’ private moments on her cell phone and publishes them online, with commentary. At first, she thinks she’s just writing for herself — but when strange, menacing events begin to take place at her home, it becomes evident that her journal isn’t going unnoticed. Someone is reading, someone is watching, and everyone is in danger.






LES MISERABLES

February 26th-March 2nd
McCallum Arts Center Mainstage


Broadway’s legendary musical has been specially adapted to meet the needs of young performers. This author-approved edition has been abridged to a running time of just over two hours, while carefully maintaining the integrity of one the greatest musicals ever written. *Special Saturday Gala performance celebrating the 60th Anniversary of McCallum Fine Arts Academy.







IS HE DEAD?
April 3rd-6th
Fine Arts Theatre

Jean-Francois Millet, a young painter of genius, is in love with Marie Leroux but in debt to a villainous picture-dealer, Bastien Andre. Andre forecloses on Millet, threatening debtor’s prison unless Marie marries him. Millet realizes that the only way he can pay his debts and keep Marie from marrying Andre is to die, as it is only dead painters who achieve fame and fortune. Millet fakes his death and prospers, all the while passing himself off as his own sister, the Widow Tillou. Now a rich “widow,” he must find a way to get out of a dress, return to life, and marry Marie.
An elaborate madcap comedy that registers high on the mirth meter and reaches especially giddy comic heights!




THE 39 STEPS
May 15th-18th
Fine Arts Theatre

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4? 8? 10? 12?), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!

A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure! The 39 Steps was Broadway’s longest running comedy, and played its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009!






THE REP:
STUDENT-DIRECTED SERIES
April 25th & 26th

Black Box Theatre

Auditions for SummerStock Austin 2013 Musicals, March 10, 17 and 24

SummerStock Austin, the award-winning educational theatre company, will be opening its 9th season with the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, Jesus Christ Superstar, followed by the Broadway dance hit, SWING! SSA's Theatre-for-All production will be The Bremen Town Musicians by Austin's own Allen Robertson.

Jesus Christ Superstar will be directed by SSA's Ginger Morris (The Producers), choreography for the dance spectacular SWING! will be handled by Broadway vet Vincent Sandavol, and creator Allen Robertson (Zach Scott Theatre, The Biscuit Brothers) will stage and music direct his Bremen Town Musicians.
AUDITION DATES AND TIMES: March 10th (1pm-5pm; Dance Call is 3-4:30pm), 17th (11am-4pm; Dance 1:30-3pm) and 24th (10am-4pm; Dance 1:30-3pm). Ballet Austin Studios, 501 W 3rd St, Austin, TX 78701 Kodosky Studio

WHAT TO PREPARE?: 2 contrasting songs, 16 - 32 bars each
One selection should be pop/rock style. The other should be jazz, musical theatre, etc. Consider the shows you are auditioning for as you select material. Note: Please make sure your music is properly marked, in the right key and is in a book or binder. Please do not bring loose leaf copies.

There will be a dance call each day. Bring dance clothes.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Performers, Stage Managers & Technicians currently enrolled in College and High School

SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION SLOT: Go to www.summerstockaustin.org and fill out an online application.

If you cannot attend one of the auditions, and would like to upload a video, please email us for more information. info@summerstockaustin.org

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SEASON When: Rehearsals are July 6-24 Performances are July 25-August 11, 2013 There are NO FEES for this program and a select number of College students will be chosen as SSA Mentors in areas such as Marketing, Stage Management, Technical (Lighting, Set and Props), and several others. The Mentors will receive a stipend.

 Go to AustinLiveTheatre.com for more information . . . .

OKLAHOMA! by Rodgers & Hammerstein, McCallum Royal Court Players, February 28 - March 3, 2013

Upcoming: Bye-Bye, Birdie, musical, Vandegrift High School, January 24 - 26, 2013

Tickets: $12* Reserved Seating

$8* General Admission

*When ordering ONLINE via SeatYourself.biz please note there is a $.50 service charge PREadded to the price of each ticket. Thank you
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Promotional Video: Texas Musical Theatre Workshop for High School Students, Summer 2013

Posted on YouTube November 14 by Texas Musical Theatre Workshop (TXMTW):









June 9 - 29, 2013
For high-school students interested in a career in musical theatre, TXMTW offers training, access to Broadway professionals, visibility and insight that's not available anywhere else. The mission is to foster the development of new musicals and provide a bridge for young artists to the professional world.

TXMTW is a collaboration between the musical theatre faculties of The University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University. The Texas Musical Theatre Workshop is a tremendous opportunity to gain pre-professional training in acting, singing, dancing, auditioning and performing. Participants work with and perform for top industry professionals and college-level theatre faculty over an extended period of time. Students also get an inside look at the process by which new musicals are developed - all in a safe collegiate environment.

It's a one-of-a-kind chance to explore your potential for a career in musical theatre. Founding Artistic Directors: Kaitlin Hopkins, Lyn Koenning, Jim Price

Please feel free to contact us at tmtw@austin.utexas.edu or call 512-471-3721 with any additional questions. Click to go to the website for staff bios, schedule, and more.

Playing This Week: Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig, Dripping Springs High School, November 8 - 10

Dripping Springs High School Theatre Department presents

Leading Ladies

by Ken Ludwig

directed by Rachael Koske

November 8 - November 10

Performance Times:

November 8th 7:30pm

November 9th 7:30pm

November 10th 2:00pm and 7:30pm

Dripping Springs ISD Auditorium Theatre: 940 Hwy 290 W, Dripping Springs, TX, 78620

Tickets: Purchase at Box Office or online at www.seatyourself.biz/dsisd. Tickets at the door are $6 for students, $10 for adults. All online purchases are $8. Children under 3 are free.

The Dripping Springs High School Theatre Department proudly presents Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies, Thursday, November 8th – Saturday, November 10th. 

Set in York, Pennsylvania in 1960, this classic farce centers on two down-on-their luck Shakespearean actors, Leo Clark and Jack Gable, played by seniors Jacob Scott and Leo Freeborg. While on tour in Pennsylvania, Jack and Leo learn from a newspaper that Florence Snider, an ailing heiress played by senior Morgane Xenos, is trying to finalize her will and has been unable to find her long-estranged sister’s children Max and Steve. 

Leo and Jack decide to pose as Max and Steve in attempts to claim portions of her multi-million dollar inheritance. When they discover that long-lost “Max” and “Steve” are actually “Maxine” and “Stephanie”, the pair continue undaunted, in drag. The plot thickens as Leo falls for Florence’s actual niece Meg, played by senior Sarah Yoakley, while Jack swoons over Florence’s part-time aide Audrey, played by junior Amanda Cripe. Fans of the legendary film Some Like It Hot will recognize its influence in Ludwig’s over-the-top and hilarious play.

Leading Ladies had its first production at the renowned Alley Theatre in Houston in October 2004. We are proud to present its Dripping Springs premiere.

The local production team includes Rachael Koske as Director, Teresa Carson as Scenic Designer, and junior Cassandra Timm as Stage Manager.