Spring 2013 Shows!

Our shows for the Spring 2013 semester are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead for our play and Curtains for our musical! Hooray for shows!!

Our producers, Dan Squizzero and Joy Silvey, are now accepting applications for artistic team members, specifically Director and Master Carpenter positions. Please feel free to fill out an application here on the Guild blog. 

Our altenative shows will be The Real Inspector Hound for the play and Songs for a New World for our musical. We will default to the alternative in the case that we cannot access the rights or we do not find an adequate director. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to email the Executive Board at umtheatreguild@gmail.com

Shows for Voting!!

The nomination meeting went successfully! Thanks to all who came out to nominate and discuss. The plays we will be voting on at the meeting on Monday are:
Rosenkrantz and Gildenstern are Dead
The Real Inspector Hound
Brighton Beach Memoirs

and the musicals we will be voting on are:
Chicago
Songs For A New World
Promises, Promises
Curtains
Bonnie and Clyde

For the Spring 2013 season, the play will be getting Bowker April 11 to April 13th, and the musical will have the alternative space. See you all at the voting meeting on Monday at 6:30!

CAST LIST FOR FARRAGUT NORTH

Here is the cast for Farragut North! Thank you to everyone who auditioned for us and for the patience of all who came to callbacks. Everyone was great and made the choices very difficult. The first rehearsal will be in Bartlett 301 tomorrow (Monday) night at 6:30pm. Again, thank you and congratulations!

For those of you who expressed interest in artistic team positions, please feel free to put in an application for either of our shows. The applications can be found in the top right hand corner of our blog page.

CAST LIST FOR FARRAGUT NORTH

Paul – Mike Giovanucci

Ben – Will Holt

Stephen – Daniel Spector

Tom – Toney Brown

Frank – Daniel Dovev

Ida – Christie Basinas

Molly – Liana Gineitis

Waiter – Sandy Recinos

CALLBACKS FOR FARRAGUT NORTH

Here is the callback list for Farragut North! Thank you to all who auditioned! Callbacks will begin at 10am on Sunday, and will take place in Bartlett 65. Beneath the list of names is the schedule for the day. Please arrive 15 minutes before your call time. IF YOU ARE LATE YOU FORFEIT YOUR SPOT!  Feel free to bring homework with you to work on in between wait times. After the schedule for the official callbacks are over, we may call additional people to come back, so please have your phones on you – we might want to see you again!

On your audition form, if you expressed interest in working with us on the artistic team for either of our shows – Farragut North or Spring Awakening – please fill out an A-Team application and email it to us. A-Team applications can be found in the top right hand corner of our page. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at umtheatreguild@gmail.com. Again, thank you to everyone who came out!

CALLBACKS FOR FARRAGUT NORTH

Stephen

            Daniel Cuff

            Daniel Spector

            Toney Brown

            Will Holt

            Alex Dunn

Paul

            Daniel Cuff

            Mike Giovanucci

            Toney Brown

            Daniel Dovev

            Alex LaFeriere

Ben

            Daniel Cuff

            Daniel Spector

            Will Holt

            Jared Beaulieu

            Toney Brown

            Alex Dunn

Frank (Character can be male or female)

            Daniel Cuff

            Dan Spector

            Christie Basinas

            Mike Giovanucci

            Toney Brown

            Daniel Dovev

            Alex Dunn

Tom

            Daniel Spector

            Mike Giovanucci

            Toney Brown

            Daniel Dovev

            Alex LaFreriere

Waitstaff (Character can be male or female)

            Sandy Recinos

            Jared Beaulieu

            Toney Brown

            Matt Vella

Ida

            Corinne Huschle

            Anna Meehan

            Christie Basinas

            Alexandra Feinberg

            Kasey Kinseller

Molly

            Anna Meehan

            Liana Gineitis

            Christie Basinas

            Steffi Porter

            Sandy Recinos

SCHEDULE

10-10:20 – Ben

10:20-11 – Paul, Ben, and Stephen

11-11:20 – Paul

11:20-12:20 – Paul, Ida, and Stephen

12:20-1– BREAK

1-1:30 – Ida and Stephen

1:30-2:10 – Molly and Stephen

2:10-2:25 – Stephen

2:25-2:55 – Frank and Stephen

2:55-3:25 – Tom and Stephen

3:25-3:40 – Waiter

3:40- TBD

SPRING AWAKENING CAST LIST

Thank you so much to everyone who came to audition!! We had some difficult choices to make, but we have a cast list for Spring Awakening! Congratulations to all! The first rehearsal will be this upcoming Tuesday at 6:30 in Bartlett 301. For those of you who would like to continue involvement with the Guild, please feel free to audition for our play Farragut North next weekend, September 14th at 7pm and September 15th at 1 and 7. Also for those who have expressed interest in artistic team positions, please fill out an application and email our producer Dan (or for the play, Joy) at umtheatreguild@gmail.com. If you are interested in playing for the pit, please contact our music director Colleen Peterson at cdpeters@student.umass.edu for information on audition times. Again, thank you and congratulations to all involved!

Wendla - Meghan Ryan

Martha - Tara Smith

Thea - Hayley Rivlin

Anna - Chelsea Thiboutot

Ilse - Dayna Fisk

Melchoir - Mac Leslie

Moritz - Marc Boyd

Hanschen - Conor Dennin

Ernst - Luke Baker

Georg - Alan Couture

Otto - Ronald Vorce

A. Woman - Erin Wholley

A. Man - Alex Stravinski

CALL BACKS for Spring Awakening!

Thank you to all who came out to auditions!! We had an incredible turn out. Here is the callback list for tomorrow, September 9^th. Below the list is the schedule for the day. Please arrive 15 minutes before the time slot you are called for. DO NOT BE LATE. If you are late, you forfeit your callback slot. We will begin at 9 am. After 2:10, we will be calling individuals or pairs that we would like to see again – please have your phone on your person! Once again, thank you to all who auditioned for us. If you do not see your name, we hope you will consider applying for artistic team. Applications can be found in the upper right hand corner of the blog page. For those who would like to play in the orchestral pit, please contact our music director Colleen Peters at cdpeters@student.umass.edu.

GIRLS

Wendla

            Meghan Ryan

            Katie Kramer

            Dayna Fisk

Mollie Cook

Ilse

            Julia Piker

            Meghan Ryan

            Casey May

Tara Smith

Katrina Turner

Martha

            Devyn Yurko

            Dayna Fisk

            Emmeline Cordingley

Geehae Moon

Thea

            Katherine Lavenue

Hayley Rivlin

Chelsea Thiboutot

Shaelyn McGrory

Anna

            Audrey Clark

            Caroline Crimmins

            Katy Geraghty

Annie Healy

Adult Female

            Erin Wholley

            Barbara Kirby

Melissa Mahoney

Mollie Cook

BOYS

Melchior

            Mac Leslie

            Ben Finn

Marc Boyd

Phil Rosario

Moritz

            Mac Leslie

            Kyle Arrington

Luke Baker

Trey Cullen

Hanschen

            Jordan Albert

            Jarrod Stein

            Connor Dennin

Peter Staley

Ronald Vorce

Georg

            Peter Vaiknoras

Zac McDermott

Peter Staley

Alan Couture

Ethan Berube

Ernst

            Ben Hutchins

Jared Beaulieu

Phil Rosario

Mitch Scuzzarella

Luke Baker

Adult Male

            Alexander Stravinski

Peter Staley

Erik Olsen

SCHEDULE

9:00 -Wendla

9:25 -Wendla and Melchior

9:50 -Melchior

10:10 -Melchior and Moritz

10:20 -Moritz

10:40 -Moritz and Ilse

11:00 -Ilse

11:15 –Adult Male

11:30 -Wendla, Marta, Anna, and Thea

BREAK 12-12:20

12:20 -Marta

12:35 -Wendla, Adult Female

12:55 -Hanschen

1:10 -Hanschen and Ernst

1:35 -Ernst

1:50 -Georg

2:10 and beyond – TBD

Welcome Back!

A new school year and another exciting season of UMTG theater are about to start! To those of you who have joined us for previous productions, welcome back! We cannot wait to reunite with all of you. For those who are looking to join the UMass Theater Guild for the first time this year, we look forward to meeting you!

Important Dates and Times
We will have a table set up at the Activities Expo Wednesday, September 5th, starting at 4pm. Stop by to pick up some information, ask us questions, or just say hi! 

The first general body meeting of the semester for the UMTG will be Wednesday, September 5th at 7pm Campus Center room 174-76.

AUDITIONS for our musical Spring Awakening will be held Friday, Sept. 7th at 7pm, and Saturday Sept. 8th at 1pm and 7pm; callbacks will be Sunday Sept. 9th. Auditions for our play Farragut North will be the following weekend, Sept. 14th at 7pm, and Sept. 15th at 1pm and 7pm; call backs will be Sunday Sept. 16th. Auditions for both shows will be held in Bartlett 65. There is no preparation necessary; we will teach you the audition materials. All levels of acting, singing, and dancing experience are welcomed.

Artistic Team Applications
Our producers are still hiring for the upcoming season! The musical is still seeking applicants for choreography, scenic artist, lighting director, costumes, stage management, hair/makeup, publicity, props, tech director, and dramaturge, as well as all assistant positions. The play is still accepting applications for hair/makeup, lighting, stage management, props, publicity, scenic artist, costumes, tech director, and dramaturge, as well as all assistant positions. 

If you would like to put in an application, you can find one at the top of this page. If you run in to any trouble or want to discuss the details of the job you are applying for or any time commitments, feel free to email us at umtheatreguild@gmail.com.

We will post more about our upcoming events as we get closer to the start of the semester. Enjoy your last few days of summer, and we'll see you soon!

Upcoming Fall Season 2012

Congratulations to the cast and crews of The House of Blue Leaves and A Little Night Music on two amazing shows. Thank You to everyone from the University staff  like the Center of Student Development, the UMass Arts Council, UMass Catering, Campus Design & Copy, People's Market, to local businesses such as Silverscreen Design, Dinn Trophy and Copy Cat that helped make this past season for the Guild possible. While we hope everyone is having a safe and fun filled summer the Guild is excited for its upcoming Fall season.

Next semester we will be putting on Spring Awakening and Farragut North. 


Auditions  
Looking for a chance to be on stage? Auditions for our musical, Spring Awakening, will take place the first weekend of the semester (September 7th and 8th). Auditions for our play, Farragut North, will take place the following weekend (September 14th and 15th). Be sure to mark your calendars.

There is no preparation necessary, we will teach you the audition materials. Also, all levels of acting, singing, and dancing experience are welcomed.

Artistic Team (Technical Crew) Application
All people with all different levels of experience are welcomed to apply for an artistic/technical position on our A-Team. Most positions (if not all) have potential for an assistant position. This allows the Guild to help fulfill its mission statement as a learning organization, by offering assistant positions for those with less experience. We hire an A-Team for the play and musical each semester. Here is a list of some of the positions available for next semester:

• Stage Manager
• Tech Director
• Set Designer
• Scenic Artist
• Lighting Designer
• Lighting Assistant
• Sound Designer
• Sound Assistants
• Costume Designer
• Hair/Makeup
• Publicity Coordinator
• Dramaturge
• Props Master

Feel free to e-mail us about any questions you may have regarding job responsibilities, time commitments, etc. at umtheatreguild@gmail.com. [Note: none of these are paid jobs].

Look out for more information on auditions and first General Body meeting details as next semester gets closer. Have a great rest of your summer!

The House of Blue Leaves

The UMTG's spring production of John Guare's play The House of Blue Leaves will take place one weekend only! Hope to see you all there.

Location: Bowker Auditorium

Dates & Times:
Thursday, March 1st @ 7pm
Friday, March 2nd @ 7pm
Saturday, March 3rd @ 2pm & 7pm

for more information about the show and purchasing tickets visit: http://umassleaves.com/

Cast List for A Little Night Music

Thank you to everyone who came and auditioned for us this weekend! This was a difficult show to cast due to all of your talent. If you were not cast we hope you will consider applying for an Artistic-Team position. You can find an application here on our blog (right hand side).

CAST LIST

Mme. Armfeldt……………………………………………………………… Tara Smith

Desiree Armfeldt……….………………………………………………….. Sam Mandeville

Fredrika Armfeldt…….……………………………………………………. Hayley Rivilin

Fredrik Egerman…….……………………………………………………... Jason Mellin

Anne Egerman…….………………………………………………………....Alex Russell

Henrik Egerman…….………………………………………………………. Luke Baker

Count Carl-Magnus Malcom…….…………………………………….Peter Staley

Countess Charlotte Malcom…….…………………………………….. Kat Buckingham

Petra…….……………………………………………………………………….. Liana Gineitis

Frid…….………………………………………………………………………….. Jared Beaulieu

Liebeslieders…….…………………………………………………………...Dana Mulone, Rachel MacKenzie, Audrey Clark,

                                                                                                    Alan Couture, Ben Hutchins

The first rehearsal for A Little Night Music will take place Tuesday, February 7th @ 6:30pm in Bartlett 61. All cast members are called.

Congratulations and thank you all once again!

umtheatreguild@gmail.com

CALLBACK LIST for A Little Night Music

Thank You too all of you who auditioned! We appreciate the time and talent you shared with us! Below is the schedule for callbacks and the Callback List, please look at both carefully. If you were called back for a role please attend both the acting and singing portions of your callback. Callbacks will take place in Bartlett 65.

Please arrive 30 minutes before your scene time.

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SCHEDULE

(Acting)

9:00-9:40AM Desiree & Fredrik

9:40-10:20AM Fredrik, Anne & Henrik

10:20-11:00AM Petra & Anne

11:00-11:40AM Fredrika & Mme Armfelt

11:40AM-12:20PM Charlotte & Carl Magnus

*Lunch-*

(Singing)

1:30-2:30PM Liebs

2:30-3:15PM Madame Armfelt

3:15-4:00PM Desiree

4:00-4:30PM Fredrika

4:30-5:15PM Charlotte

5:15-6:00PM Anne

*Dinner *

7:00-7:45PM Petra

7:45-8:15PM Fredrik

8:15-9:00PM Carl

9:00-9:30PM Henrik

9:30PM-TBA Additional Scenes (TBD)

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 MADAME ARMFELT

Sam Mandeville

Rachel MacKenzie

Tara Smith

Emily Edstrom

Emma Ayres

FREDRIKA

Alex Russell

Hayley Rivlin

Shaelyn McGrory

DESIREE

Sam Mandeville

Tara Smith

Liana Gineitis

Emily Edstrom

Emma Ayres

CHARLOTTE

Sam Mandeville

Kat Buckingham

Tara Smith

Liana Ginteitis

Caitlyn O'Brien

PETRA

Kat Buckingham

Tara Smith

Liana

Audrey

Caitlyn O'Brien

ANNE

Kat Buckingham

Audrey Clark

Liana Gineitis

Alex Russell

Hayley Rivlin

FREDRIK

Peter Staley

Jason Mellin

Alan Couture

Luke Haskell

CARL MAGNUS

Jared Beaulieu

Luke Baker

Peter Staley

Jason Mellin

Alan Couture

Ryan Hill

LIEBESLIEDERS

(Boys)

Jared Beaulieu

Luke Baker

Ben Hutchins

Alan Couture

(Girls)

Kat Buckingham

Audrey Clark

Rachel MacKenzie

Dana Malone

Liana Gineitis

Sam Mandeville

Alex Russell

HENRIK

Jared Beaulieu

Luke Baker

Peter Staley

Once again thank you to all who auditioned! If you did not receive a callback please consider applying for an Artistic Team position. You can find applications on this blog (right hand side).

Thank You,

Your Casting Board

umtheatreguild@gmail.com

Auditions for A Little Night Music

Come audition for the Guild's spring production of A Little Night Music! Auditions are THIS weekend only! There is no preparation or experience required! Just show up at Bartlett 65 either Friday 2/3 (7pm) or Saturday 2/4 (1pm or 7pm) and we will give and teach you the material for your audition. [Note: you only need to auditions for one of these three times]. Callbacks will take place Sunday (also in Bartlett 65). Hope to see you all there!

If you have any further questions feel free to email the Theatre Guild: umtheatreguild@gmail.com

1st Rehearsal for The House of Blue Leaves

Congratulations to the cast! The first rehearsal will take place tonight Monday, January 30th in Bartlett 301 @ 6:30pm. See you all there!

The House of Blue Leaves CAST LIST

Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to come out and audition for us. We had such an amazingly talented pool of people to choose from. You truly made casting  a difficult task.

For those who were not casted we hope you will consider auditioning for our spring musical A Little Night Music this coming weekend. Auditions will take place in Bartlett 65 starting  Friday, February 3rd @7pm and Saturday February 4th @ 1pm and 7pm. (You only need to audition one of those three times). Callbacks will take place Sunday, February 5th. 

There are also a number of Artistic Team positions still available for both the play and the musical. We are still accepting the following applications for our musical: stage manager, tech director, costume designer, scenic designer, hair, set designer, props, and dramaturge. We are still accepting the following applications for our play: stage manager, lighting designer, costume designer, tech director.  A-Team applications can also be found on the blog.

Once again thank you all for sharing your time and talents!

CAST LIST

Artie Shaughnessy………….………………….…………Ryan Marchant

Bananas Shaughnessy……………………………….…Christie Basinas

Bunny Flingus………………..……………………………………..Julia Piker

Billy Einhorn…………………..………………………………..Stefano Perti

Ronnie Shaughnessy………………………………………….…Mac Leslie

Corrinna Stroller…………….………………………………..Erin Wholley

Head Nun………………………………………………………..Sophie Kaner

Second Nun………………………………………………Marielle O'Malley

Little Nun……………………….………………………………Anna Meehan

Military Policeman…………………..…………………….……Daniel Cuff

CALLBACK LIST for The House of Blue Leaves

Thank you to everyone who came out to audition for The House of Blue Leaves! We thoroughly enjoyed watching all of you perform, making it that much harder to choose from. We would like to see the following people for these characters for a callback. Please read through all of the characters as some people are called back for more than one role. Also, note the schedule also being posted below the callback list.

Ronnie

 Tyler Appel

Peter Staley

Mike Giovanucci

Mac Leslie

Alex Dunn

Matt Mellin

Luke Baker

Jeffrey Barcher

Nick Galatis

Artie

Daniel Dovev

Peter Staley

Mike Giovanucci

Stefano Perti

Daniel Cuff

Ryan Marchant

Sean Toland

Billy

Daniel Dovev

Peter Staley

Mike Giovanucci

Sean Toland

Stefano Perti

Daniel Cuff

Ryan Marchant

Alex Dunn

Ryan Moore

Bananas

Phoebe Vigor

Christie Basinas

Sophie Kaner

Erin Wholley

Julia Piker

Anna Meehan

Megan Fusco

Bunny

Christie Basinas

Sophie Kaner

Erin Wholley

Julia Piker

Megan Fusco

Anna Meehan

Corinna

Ella Peterman

Madeleine Schnier

Sophie Kaner

Julia Piker

Christina Gregg

Megan Fusco

Alex Karkos

Marielle O'Malley

Erin Wholley

Nun 1

Phoebe Vigor

Meaghan Morris

Shailee Shah

Madeleine Schnier

Alex Karkos

Julia Piker

Anna Meehan

Nun 2

Phoebe Vigor

Ella Peterman

Pamela Anderson

Shailee Shah

Madeleine Schnier

Marielle O'Malley

Alex Karkos

Julia Piker

Anna Meehan

Nun 3

Ella Peterman

Shailee Shah

Annie Kuszmaul

Marielle O'Malley

Anna Meehan

Pamela Anderson

SCHEDULE:

For your callback, please show up in Bartlett 65 a half an hour earlier than your scheduled time!

Ex. Those called back for the role of Artie must show up @ 9:30AM.

10-11am Artie

11am-12pm: Corinna and Artie

LUNCH

1-3pm: Nuns, Artie Bunny, Bananas

3-4pm: Artie, Bunny, Bananas

4-5pm: Artie, Billy, & Bananas

DINNER

6-7pm: Ronnie

7-TBD: Extra scenes (will be announced)

Once again, thank you to all who auditioned! IF you did not get a callback we would love for you to please consider auditioning for our spring musical A Little Night Music. Auditions will take place next weekend Friday Feb. 3rd @ 7pm, Saturday Feb. 4th @ 1pm and 7pm in Bartlett 65.

Thank you all once again!

AUDITIONS!!!

Join us for auditions for the UMTG's spring play, "The House of Blue Leaves"

Friday January 27th at 7pm
Saturday January 28th at 1pm and 7pm

Auditions will be held in Bartlett 65

NO PREPARATION REQUIRED!! We will teach you the material before your audition.

Callbacks will occur  in the same location on Sunday January 29th at 9am.

Callback list and Cast list will be posted here on the UMass Theatre Guild Blog

Hope to see you all there!!

~The UMTG EBoard