Destination Theatre

Phone: 734-620-3936

Email: info@destinationtheatre.org

FURTHER INFO AT THEIR WEB SITE: http://www.destinationtheatre.org

2009 - 2010 Season

SHOWS SHOW DATES AUDITION DATES

RENT

 Oct 29, 30, 31 and Nov 1,5,6,7 Auditions: August 10 and 11 from 7-10 PM at Cherry Hill Village Theater on the Main Stage.

Call backs are August 12 from 7-10 at Cherry Hill Village Theater on the Main Stage.

*ALL AUDITIONING MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE AT TIME OF AUDITION*  

Please bring 16-32 bars to sing.  songs from the show preferred.  

Be prepared to move and do cold readings.

Show dates are : Oct 29,30,31 Nov 1,5,6,7.  

 Directed by Timo Anderson, music Kylee Phillips, choreography by Patty Mazzola.         
Questions ? wsielaff@umich.edu

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Bohème. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel; Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble; Benjamin has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends; and Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general, always behind the camera recording the events but never playing a part.

Roger Davis, a struggling musician who's HIV+. Roger hopes to write one last meaningful song before he dies.
Mark Cohen, a filmmaker and video artist, and Roger's roommate.
Tom Collins, an HIV+ computer genius who's back in New York after being away.
Benjamin Coffin III, landlord of Mark and Roger's building. Benny wants to start a multimedia studio.
Joanne Jefferson, a public interest lawyer, and Maureen's lover.
Angel Shunard, a transvestite street drummer also infected with HIV.
Mimi Marquez, a dancer with AIDS and a drug problem.
Maureen Johnson, a performance artist and Mark's ex-girlfriend.
Mark's mom, Roger's mom, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, Mr. Grey, Alexi Darling, Steve, Paul, a Christmas caroler, a woman with bags, a pastor, man with squeegee, a cop, a waiter, and others.

Bring headshot & resume

The Who’s Tommy   

Book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff. Lyrics and Music by Pete Townshend

 July 23, 24, 25, 31 and Aug 1, 2

OPEN AUDITIONS will be held at the CHERRY HILL VILLAGE THEATER ON THE MAIN STAGE

ALL AUDITIONING MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER

April 26, 2009 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm
and
April 27, 2009 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm.

Children’s auditions for young Tommy will be on April 28, 2009 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

Callbacks will be held April 28 pm from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

The Who’s Tommy" will feature three female and four male principle characters and will also showcase a medium-sized ensemble of talented singers, actors, and dancers, ages 18 and older, from which various other roles will selected.

For general auditions, please prepare a contemporary/rock selection exhibiting vocal range (no songs from the show, please). An accompanist will be provided and no a capella singing will be accepted. Please bring piano music in your key for the accompanist. Auditions will also include a movement component so please plan to wear appropriate clothing or bring a change of attire. General auditions will begin with the movement component on both days.

Auditions for Tommy's two younger personae will consist of a short excerpt of "Listening to You" from "Tommy" and a few theatre exercises. Both young men and women (ages 8-13) are welcome to audition at the time specified above.