AUDITIONS
at The Ooley Theatre
2007 28th Street
Corner of T and 28th Midtown Sacramento
SEND PHOTO AND RESUME to submissionsemhpros@gmail.com to book a date and time
2023/2024 SEASON
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COMPANY AUDITIONS
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VIDEO SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED
We are seeking our final few actors!
Judge Turpin and Pirelli
Two Ensemble
MUSICALS:
Please be prepared to perform two contrasting pieces for Sweeney Todd, 16 bars minimum, and provide your own musical tracks that can be played from a device you can connect to our blue tooth speaker.
PLAYS and/or Company Membership:
Please be prepared to perform two contrasting monologues or come ready to cold read two contrasting monologues.
(comedic and dramatic)
SUBMISSIONS: submissionsemhpros@gmail.com - Your name and your role in the subject line (writer, actor, director, etc.) Your current photo, resume and bio, and the date/time frame you wish to come in. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE AN AUDITION UNTIL YOU SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU. :)
*VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: Please Send in your video by Monday July 24th. Please use a cowboy shot (mid thigh up). Please slate with your name, what you are auditioning for, and then go for it!
SHOWS WE ARE AUDITIONING FOR:
Sweeney Todd performing Oct. 26th - Nov. 18th, 2023 - Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's landmark musical tells the tale of a resourceful pie shop owner and a vengeful barber out for blood.
Women's Wit and Wisdom - A Women's History Month festival of staged readings and 3 full length plays - material is being selected by our next round of company members in The Artist's Collective, which we will look for female driven plays to showcase female playwrights (original works and published), actresses, and female directors -
Festival runs March 14th - March 30th, 2024
Matters of Life and Death - Runs monthly featuring a local playwright's 10 to 20 minute works - two week rehearsal process, shows run the last Friday and Saturday each month - line up includes Artist's Collective members and outside submissions
The Artist's Collective Company Members - 6 month commitment August 2023 to January 2024 - workshops, chances to develop your own projects, writer feedback, and more! - this is a minimal dues paying company for artists meaning we are not specifically a theater or film company. We are a collective, who support the arts and each other.
Character Breakdowns: All ethnicities, all ages 18 - 100, all genders welcome.
*Please scroll to bottom of page for more on casting for the upcoming shows.
Sweeney Todd - Oct. 26th - Nov. 18th, 2023
For Sweeney Todd auditions, please note you will be asked to perform 2 contrasting songs of your choosing, 16 bars is fine, and provide your own musical track for this audition, something you can play from your phone which we can connect to our blue tooth speaker. When submitting, please send in your current photo/headshot, resume and also send in which day and time frame you wish to come in as listed at the top of this notice:
Sweeney Todd - Bass Baritone F2–G♭4 Morose and vengeful; a barber by profession who has returned to London, after fifteen years of unjust incarceration in an Australian penal colony, to seek revenge first on the corrupt judge and beadle who sent him there, and then on all humanity through his clients.
Anthony Hope - Baritenor G2–F♯4 A young, naïve sailor who has rescued Todd and falls in love with Johanna Barker.
Johanna Barker - Soprano G3–B♭5 Todd's beautiful young daughter, raised by Judge Turpin as his ward.
Judge Turpin - Bass Baritone E2–F4 A corrupt judge who became obsessed with Lucy Barker, and later with her daughter Johanna.
Tobias Ragg - Tenor G2–A4 (falsetto C5, as a side note but will consider all genders for this role) A simpleton who works first for con-man Pirelli and then for Mrs. Lovett, but does not trust Todd.
Beadle Bamford - Tenor C♯3–G♯4 (falsetto E5) A corrupt public official who is Judge Turpin's right-hand man and accomplice.
Lucy Barker/The Beggar Woman - Mezzo Soprano G3–G♭5 A mad crone whose interjections go unheeded, eventually identified as Benjamin Barker's wife, Lucy, who was raped by Judge Turpin.
Adolfo Pirelli/Daniel O'Higgins - Tenor B2–C5 An Irish charlatan and former employee of Benjamin Barker who has since developed a public persona as a flashy Italian barber; he attempts to blackmail Todd, but is immediately killed.
We will be taking on 4 to 5 ensemble members. Thank you!
Re: Mrs. Lovett - We are thrilled to have this musical be our first from The Artist's Collective! The mission of the collective has been to provide a place for artist's to attain their goals, to bring their dream projects to the table and then find a way to make it happen. As such, this role has been cast and we hope that you will want to come out and be part of a group and show that is making a dream come true. Best wishes to all you who come out to audition!
SUBMISSIONS: submissionsemhpros@gmail.com - Your name and your role in the subject line (writer, actor, director, etc.) Your current photo, resume and bio. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE AN AUDITION UNTIL YOU SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO, RESUME AND BIO. THANK YOU. :)
Women's Wit Wisdom - March 14th - 30th, 2024
So excited to be doing our first Women's History Month Theater Festival, featuring local playwrights, female writers, actresses, director, crew and producers.
What we are looking for:
Writers: Female playwrights with stories featuring women (preferably all female casts or casts with predominantly female roles) - if your story features LGBTQ or non-binary, highlighting the female experience or an historical figure, please submit a script - if your story is about a woman/female indenitifying character and her/their interaction with the male world requiring several male roles, please still submit
*All script lengths welcome as well as monologues, spoken word and poetry
Actors, Directors, Producers, Crew: You can involve yourself by auditioning for The Artist's Collective to help be an integral member of the festival from selecting material to acting, directing, producing, stage managing, and technical direction. YOU DO NOT Need to be an Artist's Collective member to be considered for the festival. You will simply be more involved with the inner workings of the festival if you audition for the company. We will be working with as many people as we can to make this a great 3 weekend run of amazing stories celebrating women!
If you are an actor, come with your monologues (1 comedy, 1 drama) or be prepared to cold read a monologue. If you are a director, please come in for an interview to talk.
So excited to be doing our first Women's History Month Theater Festival, featuring local playwrights, female writers, actresses, director, crew and producers.
What we are looking for:
Writers: Female playwrights with stories featuring women (preferably all female casts or casts with predominantly female roles) - if your story features LGBTQ or non-binary, highlighting the female experience or an historical figure, please submit a script - if your story is about a woman/female indenitifying character and her/their interaction with the male world requiring several male roles, please still submit
*All script lengths welcome as well as monologues, spoken word and poetry
Actors, Directors, Producers, Crew: You can involve yourself by auditioning for The Artist's Collective to help be an integral member of the festival from selecting material to acting, directing, producing, stage managing, and technical direction. YOU DO NOT Need to be an Artist's Collective member to be considered for the festival. You will simply be more involved with the inner workings of the festival if you audition for the company. We will be working with as many people as we can to make this a great 3 weekend run of amazing stories celebrating women!
If you are an actor, come with your monologues (1 comedy, 1 drama) or be prepared to cold read a monologue. If you are a director, please come in for an interview to talk.
Matters of Life & Death - The Last Friday and Saturday of each month
Welcome to Matters of Life & Death! This is a half hour show we live stream each month to feature a local playwright or film maker's work. If it is a theater piece, we interview the writer and then perform their 10 to 20 minute selection of their work. If it is a film, we again interview the writer live on our show and then we will screen their short film.
WRITERS: Playwrights, please submit your 10 to 20 minute pieces or film makers, please submit your film for screening OR you may submit an unproduced script to be done as a staged reading.
ACTORS/DIRECTORS: Want to play in the sandbox and don't have a lot of experience yet OR you just can't commit to a full length play but want to get on stage, or maybe you just are experienced and just want to really work on a something short to keep yourself sharp. Rehearsal for the plays are about two weeks and the then show is only two nights. Most often we do two or 4 person plays, and they run 10 to 20 minutes.
If you are an actor, come with your monologues or be prepared to cold read a monologue. If you are a director, please come in for an interview to talk.
THE ARTIST'S COLLECTIVE - Company Members
Welcome to The Artist's Collective! I look for artists of all types both film and theater who are seeking a community to learn and grow and socialize with as well. This company is not specifically a theater company but rather a place for you to work on your goals as an artist be it film or stage. This is for everyone, not just actors and directors. This is for all types both in front of the camera or behind, on the stage or off.
Our goals and dreams and aspirations as entertainers has a home to network from at The Ooley Theatre where we produce our myriad of ideas for stage and screen. This company's focus is to allow artists of all levels to explore their talents or learn new ones.
We are a minimal dues paying company. You are NEVER required to be a company member to audition for shows with the collective, EMH or The Ooley Theatre. You will be equally considered for all roles you are fit for regardless of membership. This company encourages you to work with others in our community, while requiring its members to support the company in a variety of ways that you can choose to participate in.
If you are a writer, please submit a short excerpt or 10 minute play. If you are an actor, come with your monologues or be prepared to cold read a monologue. If you are a director, producer, stage manager, film maker (all aspects of film), or technical crew for stage, please come in for an interview to talk with our members and myself, Elise, and see if this is a place for you!
Welcome to The Artist's Collective! I look for artists of all types both film and theater who are seeking a community to learn and grow and socialize with as well. This company is not specifically a theater company but rather a place for you to work on your goals as an artist be it film or stage. This is for everyone, not just actors and directors. This is for all types both in front of the camera or behind, on the stage or off.
Our goals and dreams and aspirations as entertainers has a home to network from at The Ooley Theatre where we produce our myriad of ideas for stage and screen. This company's focus is to allow artists of all levels to explore their talents or learn new ones.
We are a minimal dues paying company. You are NEVER required to be a company member to audition for shows with the collective, EMH or The Ooley Theatre. You will be equally considered for all roles you are fit for regardless of membership. This company encourages you to work with others in our community, while requiring its members to support the company in a variety of ways that you can choose to participate in.
If you are a writer, please submit a short excerpt or 10 minute play. If you are an actor, come with your monologues or be prepared to cold read a monologue. If you are a director, producer, stage manager, film maker (all aspects of film), or technical crew for stage, please come in for an interview to talk with our members and myself, Elise, and see if this is a place for you!
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SUBMISSIONS: submissionsemhpros@gmail.com - Your name and your role in the subject line (writer, actor, director, etc.) Your current photo, resume and bio. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE AN AUDITION UNTIL YOU SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO, RESUME AND BIO. THANK YOU. :)
*VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: Please Send in your video by Monday July 24th. Please use a cowboy shot (mid thigh up). Please slate with your name, what you are auditioning for, and then go for it! |
EMH Productions - This is the primary force behind The Ooley Theatre and The Artist's Collective
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ELISE HODGE - Producer/Director/Writer/Actor
*It came to my attention that there is a lot of division about pre-casting a role in a show. The Artist's Collective was set up with an eye towards allowing artists be they actors, writers, directors, producers, light or sound or set or camera and all manner of behind the scenes artists to be able to present a project they wish to do, and then we can hopefully help them attain that goal. For example, if an actor comes in with a dream project, we consider it and then cast them in the role if we go forward with the project, as they are the one who came forward with it to be done. I have believed it lacks integrity to tell actors you are casting all roles when in reality you are not. My hope is that people will be excited by the idea of having a place they come develop a project, to see it come to life and be part of it. I am hopeful that the idea of being in a show that is someone's dream makes it that much more fulfilling for all those involved. - Elise Hodge
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