NEW LINE LOOKING FOR
MULTI-RACIAL CAST FOR
WORLD PREMIERE REVUE
"SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK AND ROLL"
AT THE NEW IVORY THEATRE
New Line Theatre will hold auditions for an exciting new revue of theatre songs, SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK AND ROLL, on two successive Monday evenings, June 11 and 18, 2007, 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. SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK AND ROLL will be produced at the new Ivory Theatre for 12 performances over four weeks, Sept. 27-Oct. 20, 2007. For more info about the show, go to www.newlinetheatre.com/sexpage.html or for other audition info, visit www.newlinetheatre.com/auditions.html
Can anyone doubt that SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK AND ROLL are the three most powerful forces in American culture today -- and for the last fifty years (even longer for sex and drugs)? With continual nationwide debates over teen pregnancy, gay marriage, abortion, smoking, medical marijuana, illegal drug trade, pop music lyrics, hip-hop culture, and lots more, could it finally be time to stop demonizing these forces and start understanding more deeply humans' relationship to them? SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK AND ROLL is a fearless celebration and exploration of these three ubiquitous forces on Americans and our culture.
Ranging widely from the actual moment of conception ("Prologue from Baby") to venereal disease ("I Got It from Agnes") to adultery ("Nobody Needs to Know") to threesomes ("By Threes") to adult entertainment ("Perky Little Porn Star"), Act I explores the complexities of human sexuality in all its comedy and tragedy. Act II tackles drugs from marijuana ("Pitch for Pot") to Hashish ("Hashish") to morphine ("The Morphine Tango"); and then goes on to explore extreme human emotions that only rock music can fully express, in songs from Jesus Christ Superstar, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Rocky Horror Show, Reefer Madness, and other shows.
New Line is looking for a multi-racial cast of 16 adult men and women. We will not cast anyone under 17. New Line is looking for strong actors who sing well and who are willing to take risks onstage. Performers are asked to bring a prepared contemporary theatre song, with printed piano music for our pianist (no tapes and no a cappella). There will not be a dance audition. Performers may also be asked to sing from the score. The show is conceived and directed by Scott Miller.
Rehearsals will be three nights a week, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m., starting in early August, and every night the week the show opens. The show runs Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, for four weeks, Sept. 27-Oct. 20, 2007 at the Ivory Theatre, 7622 Michigan in Carondelet. 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 ArtLoft for the audition before 7:00 p.m. New Line is a non-union professional company and is very eager to cast a multi-racial company.
