Auditions for GREASE

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AUDITIONS FOR MULTI-RACIAL CAST 

FOR "GREASE" -- THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE!

New Line Theatre will hold auditions for the one of the biggest hits in Broadway history, the hilarious, very adult sexual satire GREASE, by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The auditions will be on two successive Monday evenings, October 23 and 30, 2006, at 7:00 p.m., at the ArtLoft Theatre, 1529 Washington, two miles east of the Fox Theatre. Performers need to come to only one of the dates. Performers are asked to bring a prepared theatre song, preferably in rock or pop style, with printed piano music (no tapes please). There will also be a short dance audition. GREASE will be produced at the ArtLoft Theatre for 12 performances over four weeks, March 1-24, 2007. For more info about the show, go to www.newlinetheatre.com/greasepage.html

 

New Line finally rescues this raw, rowdy celebration of 1950s carnality from the cute, family-friendly productions that have distorted the show into something quite different from what it was when it first hit New York and became the longest running musical in Broadway history. For the first time in a long time, GREASE will return to its aggressive, over-sexed, vulgar, ADULT roots, capturing with surprising honesty a moment in American popular culture when America saw the first cracks in the armor of 1950s conformity and sexual repression -- a moment that would lead in a few short years to the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s and 70s. This will NOT be a Grease that will be appropriate for children.

 

New Line is looking for a multi-racial cast of 16 adult men and women. We will not cast anyone under 17 in this production, due to its strong sexual content. New Line is looking for strong actors who sing well, and who are willing to take risks onstage. The show will be directed by Scott Miller, with choreography by Robin Berger.

Rehearsals will be three nights a week, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m., starting in early January, plus every night the week the show opens.  The show runs Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, for four weeks, March 1-24, 2007 at the ArtLoft. Performers will share a guaranteed 10% of box office receipts. Call 314-773-6526 for more information. No appointments are necessary. All performers should arrive at the audition before 7:00 p.m. New Line is a non-union professional theatre company and is very eager to cast a multi-racial company. To read New Line's Diversity Statement, go to http://www.newlinetheatre.com/diversity.html. 

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