"The Milford Project" Auditions

The Department of Dramatic Art's Spring East-Coast Premiere Musical, "The Milford Project", is holding open auditions for all registered students Monday December 5th from 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. and Tuesday December 6th from 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. Callbacks will be on Wednesday December 7th from 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.

Please sign up for an audition time on the callboard outside the Center for Dramatic Art's room 105. Auditions will take place in room 101.

In preparing for your audition, please follow these guidelines:

"First, what I'm looking for: courageous, compassionate, and considerate collaborators.

Next, the style of this piece: sort of in the flavor of commedia dell'arte. The characters are simultaneously unrealistic (HUGE) and truthful. For guidance in this regard, look at the masterful performance by Ellen Green in the film Little Shop of Horrors. Stunning. The aim is to make these characters as big as possible, without sacrificing truthfulness.

Finally, the audition criteria: you will prepare an original piece, no longer than one minute:

1. take an aspect of yourself (characteristic) and expand it to epic proportions
2. write a piece -- in which you try to get something from someone else (objective/tactic) -- which includes singing. In other words, at some point you should break into song. The melody need not be original, but the lyrics should be. Remember, you are portraying yourself -- a huge version of yourself.

When you audition, you will instruct your partner (who will be provided for you) re: the given circumstances. So you might say, "You're my dad and you're really crazy about your car." Then you will play your piece. In this case, for example, you might write a piece about really needing to use your dad's car -- because it's the only way you're going to get _____________ to go out with you. While you're trying to break your dad's resistance, you eventually burst into song.

That's just an example. Your idea will be way better then mine.

I don't want to say much more, because part of the audition process is about you creating. (i.e. It should be FUN.)"

For more information on the show, including plot summary, rehearsal and performance dates etc. please visit:
http://labtheatre.blogspot.com/p/season.html
and scroll down to "The Milford Project"

If you have any questions, please email the stage manager, Zachary Meicher-Buzzi at:
meicherb@live.unc.edu