Colby Theater & Dance

New Works Festival Auditions

February 22nd
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: Runnals Lobby

The Theater and Dance Department’s final main stage show of the year is the New Works Festival, an exciting opportunity designed to bring together student producers, playwrights, directors, actors, designers, stagecraft specialists and dramaturgs under the mentorship of Theater & Dance faculty. Five 10-minute plays were chosen from this fall’s New Play Competition and they will all be produced with the help of YOUR acting skills. Now all you need to do is AUDITION! No experience necessary. Novice actors welcome!

Sign-up before February 22 in Runnals on the sheet posted in the hallway outside of room 104A.

Auditions will held in groups of 3 for 20 minutes each.
No prep needed, just come with a friendly face.
CHOCOLATE may be provided and consumed :>)

New Works Festival Show dates in Strider Theater:  April 19th and 20th If you have questions about the audition process please contact: Mary Randall <mrandall@colby.edu>

AUDITIONS! February 11 and 12 in Runnals

Using movement and monologues, the Performance Lab Series is looking for actors and dancers to delve into the tangled world of obsession. Themes and Variations on Obsession, directed by Mary Randall ’13 is about exploring what makes us obsessed and how we cope (or don’t).

 Sign up for an audition time slot on the call board in Runnals (in the hallway across from room 104 C).

 Auditions are on February 11th and 12th from 4:00-6:30 in Runnals, Smith Studio (2nd floor).

 Cast members are eligible for one credit (TD 164: Performance Lab Series).

Interested in creating a completely student run performance piece? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!!!!!

ACTORS, DANCERS, and CHOREOGRAPHERS NEEDED!!!!!

Come to the Runnals Cellar (basement) Monday night, December 5th, from 7-9 for an info session/audition!!

The Performance Lab Series is a department supported but student run project that will be performed from April 26-29, 2012. This year’s project, Move: The Summer of 1963, is both a theater and dance piece that will explore themes of political, social, and physical movement in the United States in the 1960s. Here’s a longer but still compact description:

Move is an exploration of space, movement, and stillness through dialogue and dance. In the summer of 1963, two men meet working as professional movers, moving families from one house to another. The work unfolds as they move furniture and transform the space. During this turbulent historical chapter, revolutionary era in music, and time spent creating new spaces for their clients; the characters will learn from each other, but not truly change. Their stubbornness and fear prevail.

After each scene is a dance piece in the “room” John and Mark created, during which the actors remove the furniture. The dancers will act as though the furniture is still present, contributing to the exploration of movement and space. All of the dances will be influenced by the historical, musical, and social context of the summer of 1963.

A World Premiere Dance Piece featuring First-Year Students
Choreographed by Annie Kloppenberg

Monday, September 12th from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

The Long Christmas Ride Home
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Todd Coulter

Monday September 12th, 7:30-10p
Tuesday September 13th, 6-9p
(Callbacks September 14th)

Tartuffe
By Molière
Directed by Bess Welden

Monday, November 14th, 4:30-8:30p
Tuesday, November 15th, 6:30-10p
*Note that the performance will be in the spring of 2011.  If you will not be on campus this fall, there is a special audition being held on May 3rd.  Click here for more details.