Sunday, September 15, 2013

THE WILD PARTY CAST LIST

Thank you all so much for coming out to audition for “The Wild Party!” The callbacks process was absolutely incredible, and we cannot believe the talent that came through this weekend. Choosing a cast was unbelievably difficult for us, and we hope that if you did not make it into this show that you will definitely apply for A-team and stay involved with the Guild this semester. Applications are in the link above, please send them to umtheatreguild@gmail.com before September 23rd. See you in rehearsals, (tomorrow at 6:30 in Bartlett 301) cast!

“THE WILD PARTY” CAST LIST

Queenie: Dayna Fisk
Burrs: Alan Couture
Black: Peter Carboni
Kate:  Tara Smith
Madelaine: Casey May
Phil D’Armano: Luke Baker
Oscar D’Armano: Misael Figueroa
Mae: Meghan Ryan
Eddie: Will Healy
Nadine: Caroline Phinney
Dolores: Chelsea Thiboutot
Sam: Bobby Hawes
Kegs/Neighbor: Nick DiStasio
Jackie:  Ellen McDonald
Ensemble Boys: Kyle Arrington, Jimmy Benjamin, Yiorgos Tsivranidis

Ensemble Girls: Caroline Crimmins, Melissa Donovan, Amanda Urquhart

Saturday, September 14, 2013

THE WILD PARTY CALLBACKS

EDIT: CALLBACKS FOR THE PART OF "EDDIE" HAVE BEEN ADDED.

Thank you everyone for coming out to audition for "The Wild Party" this weekend! We had a great time watching you all perform, and cannot wait to see you again at callbacks bright and early tomorrow morning. Please (please please please) remember to show up fifteen minutes before your scheduled time, and remember to bring something that you are comfortable moving around in. If you do not see your name below, please consider applying for the artistic team - the Guild welcomes all forms of help! Click the link above to fill out an application and then email it to us at umtheatreguild@gmail.com before September 23rd. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us as soon as possible.

Queenie:
Melissa Ennulat
Melissa Donovan
Dayna Fisk
Casey May
Meghan Ryan
Tara Smith

Burrs:
Kyle Arrington
Alan Couture
Peter Carbonif
Bobby Hawes
Will Healy

Black:
Elliot Bruce
Peter Carboni
Bobby Hawes

Kate:
Dayna Fisk
Angela Fenton
Katie Fontes
Meghan Ryan
Tara Smith

Madelaine:
Angela Fenton
Katie Fontes
Meghan Ryan
Tara Smith

D’Armano Brothers:
Luke Baker
Misael Figueroa
Crais Simonetti


Mae:
Katie Fontes
Angela Fenton
Caroline Phinney
Meghan Ryan
Amanda Urquhart

Eddie:
Alan Couture
Will Healy
Yiorgos Tsivranidis

Ensemble:
Jimmy Benjamin
Sylvia Barjolo
Nick D’Stasio
Ellen McDonald
Chelsea Thiboutot
Caroline Crimmins

SCHEDULE:
8am-10am: Dance Callbacks (ALL, INCLUDING ENSEMBLE)
10am-10:30am: D’Armano Brothers
10:30am-11am: Madelaine
11am-12pm: Eddie and Mae
12pm-1pm: LUNCH
1pm-1:30pm: Queenie
1:30pm-2:15pm: Burrs
2:15pm-2:45pm: Black
2:45pm-3:15pm: Katie

3:15pm-500: Queenie, Burrs, Black, Kate

Sunday, September 8, 2013

UMTG "THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK" CAST LIST

Thanks again to all that showed up during the casting process this weekend! We were completely blown away by the talent that was presented to us, and choosing a cast was a very difficult decision. It was an absolute pleasure to meet and work with everyone, and we cannot wait to begin rehearsals with our new cast this Monday (tomorrow). If you did not make it into the show this time around, please come either audition for "The Wild Party" next weekend or apply for A-team. Or, if you're feeling as excited as we are, do both! Applications for A-team are due on September 23rd. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

CAST

Anne: Sevan Dulgarian

Margot: Sarah Etkin

Mr. Frank: Alex LaFreniere

Mrs. Frank: Lily Sexton

Mr. Van Daan: Tristan Donahue

Mrs. Van Daan: Mallory Kassoy

Peter: Marco Monroy

Mr. Kraler: Jared Beaulieu

Mr. Dussel: Adam Winograd

Miep: Joy Silvey

Saturday, September 7, 2013

"THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK" CALLBACK LIST

Thank you all for showing up to audition, we were very impressed by all of the wonderful talent we have seen these past couple days! The callback list and schedule for tomorrow is below; please read it through thoroughly a some people are called back for multiple parts. If you did not get called back, we would still love to have you as part of the Guild and encourage you to apply for A-team positions through the link above and/or audition for our musical, "The Wild Party," next weekend. We will be accepting applications for A-team until September 23rd and more information on auditions for the musical can be found via our facebook page. We appreciate all of your dedication and hope to see you in the future!

Anne:

·         Amanda Barnes
·        Aradhita Saraf
·         Erica Risti
·         Melissa Manning
·         Rachel Bloom
·         Sarah Ethan
·         Sevan Dulgarian

Margot
·         Amanda Barnes
·         Emily Hechavarria
·         Hailey Cherepon
·         Krystyana Greaves
·         Melissa Manning
·         Rachel Bloom
·         Sevan Dulgarian

Mrs. Frank
·         Joy Silvey
·         Lily Sexton
·         Rowan Rosenthal

Miep
·         Hailey Cherepon
·         Joy Silvey
·         Krystyana Greaves
·         Mallory Kassoy
·         Sarah Sinizer-Hopkins
·         Sevan Dulgarian

Mrs. Van Daan
·         Hailey Cherepon
·         Mallory Kassoy
·         Mellissa Bowden

Peter
·         Jared Beaulieu
·         Marco Monroy
·         Samuel Hockenbury

Mr. Van Daan
·         Adam Winograd
·         Alex LeFreniere
·         Dennis Kane
·         Tristan Donahue

Kraler
·         Adam Winograd
·         Alex LeFreniere
·         Griffin Lyons
·         Jared Beaulieu
·         Tristan Donahue

Mr. Frank
·         Alex LeFreniere
·         Griffin Lyons
·         Tristan Donahue

Mr. Dussel
·         Adam Winograd
·         Alex LeFreniere
·         Dennis Kane
·         Griffin Lyons
·         Samuel Hockenbury

CALLBACK SCHEDULE 9/8
Please show up 15 minutes before your call time.

8am-9am: Miep and Mr. Frank
9am-10am: Mr. Frank, Mrs. Frank, and Anne
10am-11pm: Mr. Dussel and Anne
11pm-12pm: LUNCH
12pm-1pm: Peter and Anne
1pm-2pm: Margot and Anne
2pm-3pm: Mr. Van Daan and Mrs. Van Daan
3pm-4pm: Mr. Kraler

Please have your phone on after your callbacks in case we would like to see you once more after 4pm.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Spring Break and Reminders!

Hey all!

Spring Break is this upcoming week! Hopefully everyone will get the rest they deserve!

Following break, we have some important dates!
- Sunday March 24th is the load-in for Curtains - try to be at Amherst High School as early as you can. We start loading the truck at the scene shop at 8am, bright and early! We will be working through till around 11pm. Check the load-in schedule posted by our Tech Director on your respective FB groups!
- Curtains goes up March 29th and 30th at Amherst High! Tell your friends!!
- Publicity Day for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead starts on April 6th at 11am - make sure you're in the Student Union on time!
- Sunday April 7th is the load-in for R&G - we will be in Bowker Auditorium (time TBD).
- R&G goes up April 11th, 12th, and 13th! Tell your friends!!

Dates not involving the shows:
- We have no General Body Meeting during Curtains tech week; instead, we have scheduled one for April 4th.
- The E-Board Elections/Constitution Voting Meeting that was originally on April 4th has been CHANGED: it will instead happen on Tuesday April 16th (a Monday schedule) at 6:30. Check with Kat to make sure you've got your voting rights!
- We will be holding the Nomination Meeting for next semester's shows on Wednesday April 17th, and the Voting Meeting for the shows on April 18th. Check with Kat about voting rights!
- The tentative date for Banquet is May 4th, potentially in the Massachusetts Room in the Mullins Center. Keep your ear out for more details!

That's it for now! Go have a wonderful break!

If you have any questions about the above dates or events, please email umtheatreguild@gmail.com

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Name's Guild... Theatre Guild

(Forgive the cheesey title...)

Our bi-annual Coffeehouse is coming up! This semester's theme is CASINO NIGHT! Come dressed in your swankiest (if you feel comfortable doing so!) and be ready to play with us!

The event will take place in Earthfoods in the Student Union. Doors open at 6:30, and the event begins at 7!


Coffeehouse is the UMass Theatre Guild's once a semester open mic night. The event is catered and free of charge! Anyone in the Guild, on the UMass campus, or within the community can sign up or attend - past acts have included playing musical instruments, singing, poetry reading, dancing, stand up comedy, and short performance sketches! We also provide free refreshments for our attendees 


The application to reserve a spot can be found here: http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/9h79V9L2j5aeNeDQeBc0d. Please try to keep your performance to under 5 minutes! You can also join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/136909636476830/?fref=ts

Sunday, February 3, 2013

CAST OF ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD


Thank you to all who performed for us! You all made it hard to decide, but we have formed our cast! Congratulations to all!

The first rehearsal will be tomorrow (Monday) night at 6:30 in Bartlett 301.

For those who do not see their name on this list, please stick with us! We are still accepting applications for artistic team positions. If you are interested, please fill out an application, found in the upper right hand corner of the blog spot.

With that, here is the cast of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead!

Principles
Rosencrantz – Mike Giovanucci
Guildenstern – Marielle O’Malley
Player – Rhian Stuttle

Elizabethans
Hamlet – Jared Beaulieu
Claudius – Adam Winograd
Gertrude – Melissa Bowden
Ophelia – Ashlee Sparfven
Polonius/Soldier – Alex Lafreiere

Tragedians
Alfred/Player Queen – Matt Brown
Flautist/Spy/fortinbras – Corinne Huschle
Horn/Spy/Horatio – Marco Monroy
Drummer/Player King/English King – Austin Seda
Poisoner/Ambassador – Slava Tcheul