Hey Puppet Lovers!
"CRACK! The Improvised Puppet Musical" has a 6 show run with Gnap! Theater Projects at SVT this summer -- first 3 weekends in August, Fri/Sat @ 8pm.
This is an open casting call notice for that run.
When: 2pm - 4pm on Sunday, May 16th
Where: SVT -- during the Merlin Works Mixer -- http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic ... highlight=
Call backs will be the following Sunday, 2pm - 4pm on May 23rd.
Here is a description of Crack! (2009) on my PIP website:
http://puppetimprovproject.com/shows.html
One of my goals for the 2010 show is to have a new Guest Star each night. Currently I have guest star confirmation from SHANA MERLIN, JOHN RATLIFF & ALBERT IM.
Some of the original cast members are returning to be in the Crack! 2010 ensemble -- Sara, Valerie, Asaf, Madi & Howard. Our musical imp will be Michael Brockman.
I'm looking to cast around 9 more singing puppet improvisers to beef up the current ensemble. I will also be adding puppet techs -- ppl who help support and operate the larger puppets (requiring 2-3 ppl to operate). I'm wanting to have 8 ensemble members in each show, and two techs, as well as our Guest star.
We will do 2 rehearsals a week in late June & July leading up to the shows, with 1 a week during the show to get the guest stars familiar with the show. Rehearsals will PROBABLY be a mix of 3hr blocks on Sun-afternoon/ Mon-eve/ Thu-eve @ SVT. I'll be gone 2 weeks before the show which is why the rehearsals start the last week of June. I'll be asking ppl to commit to 75% of the show/rehearsal dates in order to be cast in the show.
FYI, the time commitment for being in the ensemble is big, but it is important. The reasoning is that we are working on developing ensemble improv skills, improv singing skills, and puppetry skills. It's a lot of plates to have up in the air, and we've learned that practice helps you get more comfortable with the insanity of it all.
Hope to see you on May 16th!
Sincerely,
Sara Farr
