Second Call for Male Actors for Max Langert's The Relentless Pursuit of Ice, Punchkin Repertory Company, October 30, 2013

Casting Call for Male Actors!
 
Punchkin Repertory Theatre will be holding auditions for 'THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF ICE'- BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT, MAX LANGERT, TO BE PERFORMED AT FRONTERAFEST 2014.


Auditions Wednesday October, 30th beginning at 6 pm. Location on East 6th Street, Austin. Directions will be given once a spot is confirmed. If you cannot make this date, but would like to audition, please contact us to set up another date and time. 

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THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF ICE is set in the impending desolate future, where we focus on a young couple. We follow their daily life of enduring the never ending, increasingly miserable hot sun. With the weather getting hotter, and more unbearable, a special delivery is brought to their door. Choices must be made. Will this new adventure tear them apart, or bring them together?

Character descriptions:

TOM: 30s-mid40s, Level headed, but a romantic. Determined to make his wife happy. Not easily amused.
FRANKIE: 20s-mid40s, Likes to be in control and have power over others. Wants to be needed. Ability to be two extreme versions of powerful and needy.

Please message our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/PunchkinRepertoryTheatre, or e-mail info@punchkin.org, to sign up for a time slot, AND WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF THE SCRIPT.

For more info about Punchkin Rep, go to our website, www.punchkin.org. Punchkin Rep is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance and is supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division.

Call for 5-minute Scripts Set in Automobiles, Exchange Artists, Deadline of November 15, 2013

The Exchange Artists Call for Script Submissions for Circle the Wagons
 
Requirements: 5 minutes long, set inside of an automobile, 1 to 3 characters
Deadline: Friday, November 15th 2013
Questions: exchangeartists@gmail.com

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The Exchange Artists seekfive-minute scripts set inside of automobiles for our upcoming production of Circle the Wagons. We welcome scripts from high school students and adults of all ages that capture car-culture (broadly defined) – from the anticipation of a first license, to road trips, confessionals, private escapes, DUIs, love nests, accidents, and finally the day a license is given up or lost to old age. Exactly what “car culture” means – isolation or independence, dream or delusion, etc. – will be entirely up to each writer to determine.

The half a dozen or so short plays will be presented simultaneously in a parking lot in actual cars parked in an inward facing circle around a pep band. The five-minute long plays should feature 1 to 3 actors performing for 1 to 3 audience members, and should be written for and inspired by the automobiles in which they take place. Audience members will experience the plays in random order, switching cars between performances in a sort of mad-dash ‘musical chairs’ game accompanied by the tunes of the centrally located pep band.

Interconnected stories, in which characters cross over from one short play to another, will be considered if writers choose to collaborate or submit multiple scripts. Radio plays or multimedia scripts that are played over the car’s speakers will also be considered.

Submissions are due by 5 pm on Friday, November 15th, 2013 to Rachel Wiese at exchangeartists@gmail.com. Please send as a Google doc or word doc with the pages numbered. Include the title of the play, playwright’s name, and a character list with descriptions. Selected scripts will be produced in the spring of 2014. Writers will receive credit and tickets to the production.

As Exchange Artists we create theatre inspired by cultural exchange at home in Austin, TX and abroad. Through international collaboration and community engagement we empower our artists and audiences with fresh perspectives, new experiences and a strengthened sense of connection. To learn about our past productions, visit www.exchangeartists.org

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

LGBTQ Stories Sought for OUT IN AUSTIN, Untitled Theatre Works

 DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL? ARE YOU A LGBTQ PERSON LIVING IN AUSTIN? WE NEED YOU!

Untitled Theatre Works is seeking participants for our latest theatre project: 

OUT IN AUSTIN

OUT IN AUSTIN is a docu-drama about the experiences of various members of Austin’s LGBTQ community. The text of the piece will be derived from interviews with real people just like you. It will focus on the trials and joys of living and loving in the State Capitol of Texas.

How you can help: Have you had an exceptionally exciting, emotional, strange, funny, unusual life in Austin, TX? Do you want to talk about your experiences in our city, both good and bad? We want to hear from you! We are currently seeking 10-12 LGBTQ of varying ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds to have their words featured in our upcoming theatrical production OUT IN AUSTIN.

How it works: Email us at untitledtheatreworks@gmail.com with the subject “OUT IN AUSTIN Interview Project” to let us know that you are interested. We will respond with a basic questionnaire. Fill out all of the answers honestly and return it to us via email. After reviewing your questionnaire, we will contact you if we’d like to follow up with an in-person interview where we will sit down and listen to your story. Your interview will be recorded and used as the basis for OUT IN AUSTIN.

What’s in it for you: If chosen for an in-person interview, UTW will provide one complimentary ticket to any performance of OUT IN AUSTIN when it premieres in late 2013. Participants will be listed in the final script/playbill as a contributor, although you may remain anonymous, if desired. UTW Membership will also be offered at a reduced cost. Aside from these perks, you would also get to be involved in a unique theatrical experience that speaks to you, your city and your community.

If you have any further questions about OUT IN AUSTIN please email us at untitledtheatreworks@gmail.com.

Call for Scripts and for Director Applications, Oh Dragon Theatre Company, Austin, Texas, Deadline of July 1, 2013

Oh Dragon Theatre Company is accepting directorial applications and script submissions for our next season starting in October 2013. We are a new theatre company with a small budget, but we are passionate about bringing great live theatre works to our community. We cannot offer compensation at this time for directors, actors, or crew. If Oh Dragon selects your submission, we will produce the full-length version of the show as part of our regular season.

You may submit:
• A script with no director selected.
• A script with a director selected.
• A director with no script selected.

Submitted scripts may be:
• An original work (not published, royalty-free).
• A royalty-free play
• A published play with a plan to raise funds to pay performance royalties

To include with your submission (if applicable):
• Date suggestions (does not guarantee dates will be chosen).
• Resume of directing experience *Directors only.
• Copy of submitted script (may mailed or emailed).
• Completed contact form
• Show elements (Set, lighting, sound design, etc). *Directors only.
• Fundraising plan *Published play submissions only


Submissions begin June 1st, 2013 and end July 1st, 2013 at midnight. We will notify all applicants by August 1st, 2013.

If you are interested in submitting a show, applying to be a director, or both, please contact Lacey Cannon at ohdragontheatrecompany@gmail.com.

Bottle Alley Theatre Co Seeking Scripts & Directors by May 31, 2013, for Second Season

Bottle Alley Theatre Company is seeking new and original scripts for production as well as directors interested in directing experimental projects.


We are currently in the midst of Make-Believe, our fourth production as well as our final show in what we are calling our "first season" of shows. We would like to start planning for the future and to read new words and meet new, talented people who can come in and bring a fresh perspective.


A little bit about us, and the kind of theatre that we do: We produce experiments. New work. Unapologetic, smashmouth theatre that makes the audience THINK and FEEL. Theatre that is not afraid. If you can dream it, we might be able to produce it. Puppet shows. Theatre in warehouses. Movement pieces. Poetry. Theatre that will move us and the audience to discuss the work, long after the performance is over. Drab theatre, works by playwrights that have been dead for years, curtains and blackouts are not our style.


Still interested? Hope so!


Scripts: Pretty simple: Send your scripts! It might take a while to get back to you, but know that your words are being read and kicked around by our talented group of minds. We might or might not suggest edits and you might or might not be interested in making them. Either way, we'd love to read these words.


Unfinished scripts/proposals are kind of a risky business. We LOVE hearing new ideas, but would greatly prefer finished product. But if you feel so passionate about an idea that you just have to share it, then please do!


So, yeah. Send your script along with a brief bio about it (where'd the inspiration come from, how long have you been working on it, etc) as well as any production history that it has (if any) as well as a little bit about yourself. Just simple stuff. Are you a student, a graduate, you work at a record store, stuff like that.


Directors: Pretty simple as well: send your resume! If we are interested, we'll set up a interview so we can get to know you a little better. Now, maybe you come with your own scripts and ideas. That's fantastic! Include it in a brief cover letter. Like so: "Hello Bottle Alley. My name is Chris Fontanes, a director here in Austin. I have an idea to direct a play about bugs."


Maybe you are a director in search of a project or the right script for you. That's great too! Send us your resume! If we're interested, we'll set up an interview, and try and find the right script/project for you.


Contact: Email Artistic Director Chris Fontanes at his personal email address cmfontanes@gmail.com. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY, PLEASE


Deadline: The deadline for ALL submissions is the end of May - the 31st, to be exact.  Hope to hear from you soon!

Madrigal Theatre Call for Scripts (May 31) and Directors (May 15), University of Texas, 2013

Full information, guidance, and rules for Madrigal dinners:

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Call for Scripts and Directors, Last Act Theatre Company

The Last Act Theatre Company is accepting script and directing submissions for our next season beginning January 2014. Please know that we are a small group in Austin, Texas, with a very modest budget. You would not be paid for your services but if your submission is chosen by our administrative board, we will produce a full-length play of your original work and/or direction.
If you are interested in submitting, please know that you can submit:

• -script proposal w/ no director in mind

• -script and director proposal

• -director proposal (you can specify whether you are interested in directing regardless or if you are interested contingent on the shows that will comprise the season)

Our 2013-2014 season will be comprised of two shows with three week runs and one FronteraFest piece.
For those interested in submitting a script proposal, the options are:

• -original plays

• -adaptations of classics (anything royalty free)

• -existing play w/ a fundraising plan to cover the royalties

Submission deadline is March 16, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. We will make our decisions by April 30, 2013 for the season. Directors may be chosen at that time or if needed we can send scripts to interested participants and then pick directors by May 31, 2013.
If you would like to submit, or have any questions about the process, please contact us at lastacttheatre@gmail.com.

Tech Crew Sought for 'South Pacific,' Georgetown Palace, February 22 - March 24, 2013

[810 S. Austin Street, Georgetown, Texas]

We're looking for crew members for our production of South Pacific. This amazing show opens February 22nd, and runs through March 24th, with 19 performances. We need a lots of help with lots of different positions. We can work around conflicts, though it's important you attend as many of the tech rehearsals as possible, which begin on February 6th. This show will be amazing, and you will have lots of fun. We can and will train you as well. So while experience is helpful, it isn't required. You'll also get 2 comp tickets as well.

Please contact Jessie, her email is jessie@georgetownpalace.com, if you are interested, or if you know friends or family who'd be interested.

Please forward to anyone you know who might be interested in helping. Thanks, Ron