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2020-2021 Season Audition Information

Dance Musical Theatre Theatre

Dance

Dance Season Audition Information:

She Moved the Prairie

August 20-September 18, 2020
WSU Dance grant with paid student opportunities
Open to any SPA student who identifies as female & has completed one semester of intermediate technique
Information & audition form due by August 1

Kansas Lineage

September 21, 2020-March 14, 2021
WSU Dance grant with paid student opportunities
Open to any SPA student
Information & audition form due by August 15

Kansas Dance Festival (KDF)

Open to Dance majors & minors
Casting 12-18 dancers & 3-4 dancers as rehearsal/production assistants
Rehearsals starting end of August
Required audition form
2 options to audition
- Audition in-person (option 1)
  - Wednesday, August 19, 2020; 3:30-5:30 pm; Heskett Center
  - Links to phrases for the audition (coming soon)
  - Sign-up for Dance majors/minors only
  - Sign-up for all students
- Audition via video submission (option 2)
  - Due Wednesday, August 19, 2020 (if combined with Brave New World submission, deadline is September 1, 2020)
  - Upload your video of all 3 phrases to YouTube & submit the link to all faculty members: Denise Celestin, Cheyla Clawson, Nick Johnson, & Sabrina Vasquez

Brave New World

Open to all SPA students
Potentially casting 30-50 dancers/actors/movers in 7 different scenes in addition to rehearsal/production assistants (NOTE: some scenes require being comfortable in water.)
Rehearsals start late January/early February '21 (some scenes may start in October '20) & continue through April '21
Audition in-person or via video submission.
Required audition form
2 options to audition
- Audition in-person (option 1)
  - Wednesday, August 19, 2020; 3:30-5:30 pm; Heskett Center
  - Links to phrases for the audition (coming soon)
  - Sign-up for Dance majors/minors only
  - Sign-up for all students
- Audition via video submission (option 2)
  - Due Wednesday, August 19, 2020 (if combined with KDF submission, deadline is September 1, 2020)
  - Upload your video of all 3 phrases to YouTube & submit the link to all faculty members: Denise Celestin, Cheyla Clawson, Nick Johnson, & Sabrina Vasquez

Movement Video Links for Practice

Movement phrase #1(Modern - Cheyla) - Please learn phrase from 3:30 to 4:00.
Movement phrase #2 (Ballet/Contemporary - Denise & Sabrina)
Movement phrase #3 (Physical Theatre - Nick)

Audition Information

Musical Theatre

Theatre

Theatre Season Audition Information:

Auditions for all 3 shows - The Monty Hall Problem, Rule of Three & Our Spaces, Our Voices - will be self-tape submissions.

Audition Package Submission Deadlines

August 18th @ 5 pm for Juniors and Seniors
August 19th @ 5pm for Freshman, Sophomore, Transfer Students

Callbacks

August 20th @ 6 pm for Rule of Three
August 21st @ 5:30pm for The Monty Hall Problem
No callbacks for Our Spaces, Our Voices
Will be conducted via zoom
The show Director will send a zoom link to everyone who is called back along with additional material needed

Audition Package Includes

YouTube link of video audition
Resume
Headshot
Completed audition information form (This form is also available on Blackboard under My Organizations > School of Performing Arts.)

Video Audition Requirements (2 contrasting monologues)

One 1-minute contemporary comedic monologue
One 1-minute contemporary dramatic monologue

Specifications for Video Recording

Can be done using the camera on your phone
Use a neutral background (white, blue or gray wall is best); make sure it is an uncluttered background
Framing:
• Tape horizontally, not vertically. Horizontal gives you space to move in frame.
• Frame yourself in a medium shot: from about waist height to just slightly above the head.
Slating (introducing yourself and your pieces):
• Slate at the top of your tape.
• State full name, height, pieces you are doing (title of play and playwright) and why you are submitting a self-tape audition. Example of slate: “Hi, I’m Danette Baker. I am 5’3”. I’m doing a piece from The Moors by Jen Silverman followed by a piece from A Doll’s House by Henrick Ibsen. I am self-taping per theatre program audition specifications.”

Sending Your Audition Package

Using your WSU student email, email your full audition package to danette.baker@wichita.edu; bret.jones@wichita.edu, and jeannine.russell@wichita.edu.
Upload your self-tape audition to your YouTube channel, set the privacy to "Unlisted" and include the link in your audition email. Don’t forget to attach your resume, headshot and completed audition information form.
In the subject line of the email put: Your Name, Theatre Season Self-Tape Audition 2020. Ex: Danette Baker, Theatre Season Self-tape Audition 2020

Audio Production Opportunity

Gumshoes, a 3-episode audio show.
Required media for the audition: audio recording. The printed sides for the audio recording will be available in the school office. Building hours are limited during the summer. Please email or call (316.978.3360) ahead & make arrangements to pick them up in person. An alternative electronic version of the sides can be found on Blackboard under My Organizations then School of Performing Arts.
Send the audio audition file to bret.jones@wichita.edu or use WeTransfer if the file size is too large.

Scripts

Scripts & sides can be checked out in the school office. Building hours are limited during the summer. Email or call (316.978.3360) ahead to make arrangements when picking them up in person.

They can also be found on Blackboard (under My Organizations then School of Performing Arts) as they become available.

Directing Opportunity

Two episodes of the film project Rule of Three are open for any students interested in directing. Contact Bret Jones bret.jones@wichita.edu for more information about this.