AUDITIONS 2020

[Anthony De Luca]

August 24th - August 28th

Applicants entering the theater by the stage door will be directed to the auditorium. In the middle of the stalls will be sat the producing directors of the theater, the director, and the musical director. At the front row is set up a lit table, from which application forms may be taken and filled out. A sign on said table requests that these forms be returned as promptly as possible.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer. Also, if applying for the Band, please specify instrument.

Name (inc. title):

Address:

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes, please give details):

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed?

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any):

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes, please give details):

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

The structure of the Theater Company auditions will be as follows - group warm ups, followed by individual dance, singing, and acting interviews. They will be asked to learn and repeat one dance routine, perform one pre-prepared song, and one pre-prepared scene.

Applicants for the positions in the Repertory Company will be interviewed individually. They will be asked to perform a prepared audition piece of their own choosing, and sight-read and perform a monologue chosen by the in-house director.

Applicants for positions in the Ballet Company will be invited back to audition with the ballet directors. There will be set pieces, as well as a solo and group audition.

((OOC Note - The Shanachie Theater Companies and House Band are intended to be a platform for players to expand their horizons among the community. Applications can be considered to be successful if made. Regular play, in forums and/or live, would be very much appreciated where time permits. Players' names will be attached to the pertinent productions in varying roles, unless they specifically state otherwise. Please note, if you are currently on the Roll Call of the Shanachie's Companies, you will need to add your details to this thread, or contact me directly via PM, to keep that place in the Shanachie line up. In light of the last couple of years experience at this, we are also adding that should your character join the Shanachie and then do absolutely nothing - play in the rooms, post on the boards, etc - for an extended period of time, we will remove your character from the Roll Call.))

[Arandir]

For this year's audition, Aran and Carina had decided to do something a little different, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. They were already both members of the theater company, after all, so auditioning was merely a formality.

It had been Carina's idea, knowing how nervous Aran always got at auditions; and so, the couple had chosen to perform the most romantic duet they could think of - "Tonight" from West Side Story. It wasn't hard pretending to be a young couple in love, since they had been married for a few years now, and it was the Shanachie Theater they had to credit for their meeting.

Arandir's application:

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):
Theater (Regular)

Name (inc. title):
Arandir of Ilyethlin

Address:
The Little Hollow, Anarven

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed?
None

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):
Previous member of the Shanachie Theater Company as a guest and regular performer.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any):
Shanachie Theater Company member: 2014-2017 & 2019-2020

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

Carina's application:

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet): Theater (Regular)

Name (inc. title): Mrs. Carina Cox

Address: The Little Hollow, Anarven

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed? None - currently employed at the Shanachie Theater

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Two years' study of Dramatic Arts at Westbourne College; four years study of Theater and Dramatic Arts at Rhy'Din University, culminating in a first-class honors degree

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Various college and university productions; Shanachie Repertory Company member 2014-2020

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No

[Mairead Harker]

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer. Also, if applying for the Band, please specify instrument.
Theater - guest

Name (inc. title):
Mairead "Maggie" Harker

Address:
Harkers' Island

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed?
Ongoing arrangements will continue with my school, Harker's Academy.  Arrangements have already been made with the management of Dragon's Gate Sword School where I am currently teaching.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):
Music theory, dance (including ballet and tap), gymnastics training, and weapons training. Piano and violin lessons. Member of the Shanachie STARS since the program started. Experience with training dogs.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any):
Resume attached

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

Audition pieces:
Maggie sang "Flashlight", from "Pitch Perfect 2."
The message from Katniss Everdeen after the destruction of a hospital was Maggie's choice of monologue. She had been through the Blackest Night in Old Market and used the memory of that event to bring forth the emotion in the original speech. Maggie wore her own black leather armor that bore the crest of her grandmother's troops, a rearing unicorn against a sunrise.

[Robert Mallory]

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):
Repertory - Guest

Name (inc. title):
Robert Mallory

Address:
Brambles Orchard Cottage

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed?
None/Student

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):
- Member of the Shanachie STARS 2015-Present
- Currently enrolled in the Rosita De Luca School of Performing Arts

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any):
- Guest performer at the Shanachie Theater 2015-2020 as a member of STARS

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

For as long as he could remember, all Rob had ever wanted to do was become an actor. He was just as fond of horses as his father, but his dreams for the future had always involved a stage, not a stable.

As such, he'd been enrolled in the STARS program for a few years now and was starting his first year at the Rosita De Luca School of Performing Arts, with the hope of making acting a career. He'd had a few minor roles in the Repertory Company in the past, due to his connection with STARS, but now that he was sixteen, his parents and teachers had encouraged him to officially audition as a guest performer.

Though he was not from Rhy'Din or even Earth, Rob had discovered and subsequently become obsessed with the work of Shakespeare, and for his prepared piece, had chosen "Mercutio's Monologue", finding that part far more interesting than that of the lovesick Romeo.

For his second monologue, he was asked to sight read and perform "Charlie's Monologue" from The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

[Dorian Hadley]

Though Dorian was currently on paternity leave due to the birth of his first child, he wasn't about to miss filing an application for the Shanachie. After all, he'd been a regular member of one company or the other since his arrival in Rhydin City a few years ago. He added a note that he was willing to arrange for an audition, but seeing as how he'd been with the theater for the last four years, he figured he'd already proven his worth. With that done, he sent it off to the theater via courier ...

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):
Repertory and/or Theater - Guest

Name (inc. title):
Dorian Hadley

Address:
14 Riverside Mews
Rhy'Din City

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes, please give details):
Yes - Will require an understudy during full moons due to lycanthropy.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed?
None - Currently on LOA from the Shanachie Theater, but am willing to arrange for an audition, if necessary.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):
No formal training.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any):
- Ten years with the Starlight Traveling Theater Company
- Shanachie Repertory & Theater Companies - 2016-2020

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

[Marcus Spencer]

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):
Repertory - Regular

Name (inc. title):
Mr. Marcus Spencer

Address:
127 Moonshine Way, Apt. 4A
Rhy'Din City

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed?
None. Currently a regular member of the Shanachie Repertory Company.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):
B.F.A. in Theater from Rhy'Din University.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any):
- Recurring guest role on the daytime soap opera Horizons.
- Shanachie Repertory Company - 2016-Present
(See attached resume for complete list of previous experience.)

Do you have any criminal convictions? Yes*/No (If you answer Yes, please give details):
No

Marcus performed the following monologues for his audition:

- Ulysses from Troilus and Cressida

- Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream

[Eregor]

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band): Repertory (regular)

Name: Eregor Túr Gairdín

Address: Gardenhome, across the road from Maple Grove

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? No.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed? None. My time is flexible.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Please see attached resume.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Please see attached resume.

Do you have any criminal convictions? None in RhyDin.

The attached resume included a number of terms and semesters at various colleges, universities, and journeyman programs across numerous cities, planets, and interstellar empires. It also listed credits from film, television, stage, and even a few radio drama roles.

For his prepared scene, he performed a scene from Henry V in which Henry (played by Eregor) condemns three traitorous nobles.

[Doran Ilnaren]

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band): Theater, regular performer

Name (inc. title): Doran Ilnaren

Address: Stardreamer Manor, north of RhyDin City

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application? No.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed? None.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): See attached resume. The attached resume lists Doran's years of participation in the Shanachie STARS program, plus an additional year of assisting the instructors there, and all of his prior roles at the Shanachie.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): See also attached resume.

Do you have any criminal convictions? No.

For his audition song he selected "Close Every Door" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, while his prepared scene was Snoopy's "Someday I'll get you, Red Baron!" speech from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.