Alumnae Theatre Company announces 2012/13 season

Amid all the recent posts about February, the call for New Ideas Festival scripts, and audition notice for The Drowning Girls, I realized that Alumnae’s full season had not yet been formally announced on this blog.  So here it is.

2012/13 season image. Design by Suzanne Courtney.

 

 

 

Alumnae Theatre Company proudly announces its 2012/13 season – we have many milestones and anniversaries to celebrate, starting Sept 21, with the  WORLD PREMIERE of Newfoundland writer Lisa Moore’s lovely time-shifting drama February, which she adapted from her acclaimed 2009 novel.   This season also includes two other Canadian works – The Drowning Girls by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson and Daniela Vlaskalic in November; and our Countdown to 100 play, James Reaney’s The Killdeer in April.  In between, there’s a classic Oscar Wilde comedy, A Woman of No Importance (January), and the 25^th annual (yes – 25, can you believe it!) New Ideas Festival in March.

Alumnae Theatre Company turns 95 years young in February 2013, and this is also our 40^th season in this historic former firehall.  It’s going to be a great year!

Read the full media release here:  http://alumnaetheatre.com/mediadownloads/1213press-season.pdf

And book a ticket for the opening night of February!

Audition notice for “The Drowning Girls” (Alumnae Theatre, Nov 16 – Dec 1)

Alumnae Theatre Company seeks three non-union female actors for the Canadian play “The Drowning Girls” by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic which runs Nov 16 – Dec 1, 2012, directed by Taryn Jorgenson.    Auditions will take place between Sept 8-11.  This is a non-paying engagement.

THE DROWNING GIRLS

By Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic

Directed by Taryn Jorgenson

PERFORMANCE DATES:  November 16 – December 1, 2012

The Drowning Girls is based on a true story about a murder case in England in the early 20th century.  George Joseph Smith had three lovely brides. In each case, Smith had all of the woman’s property signed over to him, purchased life insurance on her and then drowned her in the bathtub. The play is told from the perspective of the brides – Bessie, Alice and Margaret. Their narratives are woven together with very poetic language and rhythms, each telling their story from beyond the grave – their hopes and dreams of life and marriage, their choices and their regrets.

ROLES

Bessie – late 20’s/early 30’s   A posh, accomplished woman, vulnerable by her youth and distance from her family.

Alice – early-mid 20’s   A young, vibrant, passionate woman who abandoned her values for her criminal husband.

Margaret – mid-30’s to early 40’s.  A desperate, lonely spinster who had given up on love until the wrong man came along.

AUDITION DATES:

Saturday, September 8^th  10:00 a.m – 6:00 p.m.

Monday, September  10^th   6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 11^th   6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

  Callbacks:  Wednesday, September 12^th, 6:00 p.m.

PREPARATION:

Please prepare a contemporary comedic or dramatic one- to two-minute monologue and be prepared to read from the script.

Please bring photo and résumé to the audition.

PLEASE CALL (416) 364-4170 (press 3) TO BOOK AN AUDITION TIME

Auditions will be held at Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley (SW corner of Berkeley and Adelaide; W of Parliament. Toronto)

DIRECTORS STILL NEEDED FOR TWO SHOWS in Alumnae Theatre’s 2012/2013 Season

Missed the original deadline?  You can submit a proposal to direct either of these two plays:

“February” by Lisa Moore   (September 21 – October 6, 2012)

Based on her acclaimed novel of the same name, Lisa Moore’s play February is the story of Helen, a Newfoundlander whose husband, Cal, was killed in the Ocean Ranger Disaster in 1982. February is about moving forward, about never letting go and about doing the right thing. Its characters are vivid and wonderful and the story is as funny as it is sad. Alumnae Theatre’s production will be the Toronto premiere – a new version of the script, based on a workshop in March 2012.

“A Woman of No Importance” by Oscar Wilde (January 25 – February 9, 2013)

A classic Oscar Wilde comedy: England, late 1890’s – a man, a woman, and the child they had outside of marriage (oh, my!). Lord Illingworth has employed young Gerald as his new secretary. But when Gerald’s mother, Mrs. Arbuthnot, meets her son’s new boss they immediately recognize each other from their youthful days of indiscretion. Will Gerald learn his father’s true identity? What of Lord Illingworth? And how will Mrs. Arbuthnot live with the result?

 
DEADLINE:         Monday May 21st, 2012
INTERVIEW DATE:     Wednesday May 23rd between 7:00pm and 9:30pm. Location TBA.
SCRIPTS:        Reading copies are available at Theatre Ontario and at the           Toronto Reference Library, 5th floor, Performing Arts Desk.
February is also available as a digital file. Please contact Tabitha     Keast (TabithaKeast@sympatico.ca) for a copy.

TO APPLY:    Please submit an e-letter of interest to TabithaKeast@sympatico.ca by May 21st.      We’ll need you to submit via email a full written proposal and your resume by Tuesday May 22nd so that we can review it before your interview.  At the interview you will present the proposal to the Directors’ Selection Committee outlining your ideas for a full production. A template detailing what a Director’s     proposal includes is available upon request.

Reminder: This is a non-Equity/ACTRA and non-paying engagement.

Director Interviews for Alumnae’s 2012/13 season

It must be Spring at Alumnae Theatre because it’s time for the…

DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS for Alumnae’s 2012/2013 season.

 

 THE SHOWS:

February by Lisa Moore.

Performance dates:  September 21 – October 6, 2012.  This play will be a Toronto premiere (possibly a WORLD premiere if a Newfoundland production does not beat us to it!) .

The Drowning Girls by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic

Performance dates:  November 16 – December 1, 2012

A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde

Performance dates:  January 18 – February 2, 2013

The Killdeer by James Reaney (First performed at Alumnae Theatre in 1960).   Performance dates:  April 19 – May 4, 2013

Submission Deadline:   Friday April 20^th, 2012

Interview Dates:          Week of April 23, 2012 (dates and location TBA)

Scripts:                   Reading copies available at Theatre Ontario and at the Toronto Reference Library, 5^th floor, Performing Arts Desk.    Exception:  February. This is not in print and so is available as a digital copy. Please  contact Tabitha Keast (TabithaKeast@sympatico.ca  ) and she will email it to you.

To apply:             Please e-mail a letter of interest to TabithaKeast@sympatico.ca by April 20^th.      This should include your resume and the title of the play for which you’re  pitching.  

 At interview:  Be prepared to present a proposal to the Directors’ Selection Committee  outlining your ideas for a full production.  A template detailing what a Director’s  proposal includes is available upon request.

             This is a non-Equity/ACTRA and non-paying engagement.